Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-01-08 | Page 1 | The Offending Paragraph

H-H H r H H H Ii I 4 THE OFFENDING P tEA PARA GRAPH 44 4 f 4 This ThiR i is the tho paragraph o of the 4 i 4 message of January 4 whick has y i 4 1 angered so 50 greatly Iy y f 4 Tho Time chief ar argument In in favor or y yf that the tho 4 f 1 of or the tho provision pro was v congressmen did not themselves 44 4 4 i wish to be investigated I by secret 4 y 4 servIce r men Inn Very of such 44 4 4 J- J investigation in esti has Ilal- Ilal been done in in 4 1 the time pa past t but it is true truo that the tho 4 service ico 4 I 4 work of the secret a agents 4 was partly responsible for the thc indictment in- in r 4 and conviction of a 4 4 senator nail and a con congressman ressman for 4 4 land frau frauds R in Ore Oregon on I do O not 5 4 believe o that it is in m tho public 4 1 interest to protect tho criminals 4 1 in any branch of tho the public 8 sr- sr rice r- r I Ivice vice ice have ha 4 vice and exactly as we wc 4 I a again ain and a again ain during tim the vast past pastI I 4 and 4 seven years prosecuted con- con 4 such criminals who were f in mn tho the executive o branch of the y yv 4 v government so in my mv my belief we wo 4 f should bo be given on i a means to 4 J 4 r prosecute them if found in the tho thes t. s Iv I- I 4 v legislative branch But if this is 4 y 4 not desirable a spey 4 y v cial exception should be he mado made in v 4 the law Jaw prohibiting the tho uso of 44 4 4 the tho secret service pervice force in in es 4 I. tl members of con congress ess 5 4 v It would be far better to do this 4 v than to do what actually was 4 y 4 done and strive to prevent or at 44 4 4 1 least to hamper effective e action 4 y 4 against a criminals by time the r 4 y 4 4 tivo hye branch of the government o 4 4 4