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Show ...... , II i D" U , verBy ... - - ? v . ht f'JW. . -- promises V to become historic. iT frequently-- ; denominated the "least known branch of our government" Whether the present ?tet km - will -dispel the' n jsteiy that has,, 'in Wi4--;y:S,- ' 3 con-gres- --- .H M PNQTQGmPttS V COPYUiGinXWOQ XS.V AV VVJ1. ..,1TOW' gained In' no other manner than by practi;. : For all that 4hannoneLary rewards Ot a is never are career service by no So.ret a. dearfh-o- f ajn'lieaflt iorUhe JUniited, ,ouiabfix of..4!Ssfi(?.!i . as the ia this confidential corps. Following any occasion snch brmightriifflKjiicnou8l JQjfee s iii;WeTn1i"ewlP?&3is. pit applications by attention of the public, Chief Wttkle, rwt-ivcthe score from young men in all parts of 'the country who are ; s iff ' when hestepnetf ttowr -- : his Into presentresnlenpnai Tne.'poftion of President Roosevelt's message which yoked v . the ire of congress is: 'tast year an amendment was incori)orated In the. measure that th?re prwitHftg fw no tfanBfe- rand service secret the no detail from ghonij be has this' amendment thctefroni. It Is not too much to say that tbe benefit be of aud'could been of beneflt"6nl'r ytfr. ritfSFclits.ses. " "cTiief "arfuuierif tn farorrf the if0v4sfr was 4bt-4be-- . congressmen did not themselves wish to be investigated by secret service men Very little of such investigation has' been done In the past, but it is true that the work of the secret service agents, was partly renonsJbte.?otMe- inditwiient r:and " conviction of a senator"'" gressnian forjand frauds in Oregon. "I do. not believe that it is in thef eld lV"'..- - AR JJ 'AW Saai " k a .hMeitiis9W9vMei crim.. , -- :' ,4 President Roosevelt Is now chafing the operations of the secret service are at present restricted to what might be- termed Its r fuuctlonsf-namel"the apprehending of counterfeiters 'and the" protection or the person of the Thief --magistrate, JJntiKcon- - -gress called a halt, however, there wasa gradual but continuous expansion of the of the Tiation'B secret police until they bade fair to outdo'7 their "European -brethren la tbelscope of their sur T - , velllance. 4 public"' UrZ,?y ... .. . iv.- -: . x erativea were, "loaned" to the retary of the interior and f na's whowere in ( ren- - the Rovefninent, so in my; belief we should be siven ample means to prosecute" them if : found In Uxe Jegislative ; branch. .... ; : .Hut if this is notTPonstdered de- sirable,,a special exception could be made in' the law prohibitingtlie use if ' ,1 44 vvi,ji-w-'jiir' sSTGREPOQM . divided on the secret service map-Ieach of these- districts -- aaecret - service operative Is stationed just as. a patrolman is on duty on his beat, but la addition to the men thus detailed to Indicate geograph"-Ica- l divisions there operate from - the central "bmceat Washingtpn-- a number of trained detectives who . may literally be sent to any place atany time. To this class belong ice-- aien.,w ho qi fowt-ger "reinforce" the regular- - bodyguard of the president whenever the chief' -- 5 f ci -- i Hii-w- ttf -- -- ' ' ' ' "j- dercd , the most .y. Impgrtant serv- ice in in evidence securing connection - with-t- he land fraud -cases. In the west. Other seeret serv- ice men had a hand !n exposing the sensational "cotton report leak" , In . the department of agriculture, and so -- -- f, t.H-VSA- " Mr ll sryNLiLM -v- - - r 'fw r -- ' . ill the secret service was madef branch of the United States treas- - .1 In connection"' with ury department their shadowing of :tuspecteOoaiiter fellerCl.OwrettBWvtereTi-have- -bt'on enabled to- gather much Inforraa- Hon" oOHegfeatesrrvHraBT'eaTdin2-- rIack Hand organizations and the operations of anarchists. Yet other along these- lines have re'" suited from 'the 'responsiblUtjFof the secret service for the safety of the - SERVICE. . l.V x ithoUtiJVersteth" " Uia boiiLMajaLtJJaAM.Autiiort7ar-;r;-- 4ing tion, thesecreLservicehasbeenenabledtoaccompUshmuch executive makes a tour of the country or participates In the field that is the chief concern f foreign secret ,.. ... in any great public function. , . & fine as to the plans and for necessary Is field which makes It service this It ambitions of the plotters against the world's rulers Un- of man-tabandon all secret thought service every til congress shut down upon it last.year. the treasury de- - . fixed habitation with social and family ties. He may tu Becrer Bervice to detect smuggling hA i.u, Vn.n V1 a Thvofl n fwim fhfl TTiniin :.r -- ' t 5 ... " . af t"llr uuiaDie ones aPrlng of orations In 1The. headquarters of the secret service and it in. ft o ..' are in the of ces of or fclerJcalvislolorit-- yeaKherftJ, -- 8 s. :Se!5S h,adQ-uarter- '.',', ; i andIlrro4 "ft eatr,: ."J r hn. tie secret: torvirA a nrve cenuT from i t:.' 25 dWikM into fof-t- " - "ftJhi . w.h iS! ; SiS iarou71TJn 'aisiSt ISt. atlt- (T9 - "' 1 ,fa . 7- wo?k .JmJS, now - - -- f ar5 mJIS? S'rnlr rr' K nd epenAent pc-railway sys-- States deputy marshals and foreign countries. latter, by reason of their knowledge of foreign tongues - 4.: . Is also represented la Omaha by W. J. one of the attorneys there for the satn3;eompany. ?ml Benuin-S--;2r- S consisting of SrJ?li 2 ttnnlsed.-.erTlc- ' ; close personal friend of Stewart's . is Ed. Hart, alias - ; rr Y8 "ryi. " - in Uestreer railway. and pracUcally owned , " during hls.liteAlme, a ge ranch along and interested Stewart's father was Ve'P. a " - Companyt 5; . " Stewart is also closely associated wlth X3:B. H42le-- r ton,. postmaster at Council Bluffs. Hart & Tinley and.v- ' J" - ," ia.Nebrask. ; dut, i.'preeHnto't. this case States' United menThe average age the field 5CqncernIng the attorney at other' "an? 85 Is under cases some and Btates'Therearethree year, Stewart; of toPlves Tagalnsl the best ,5i -0 wtv. J01' i pay. wnwe, inaynncreasor-to-Himself. ,JU,' "' I" J V"w 5?. Noperauve ther who," "by the 8 an4 chances of conviction good.' The amendment way, was one of the bright youne " men . . .. M. hirh7h. IS;- - is iust. 6hort of 5:0 r week tau6t bave" proven his worth whom Lyman Gage hrought from Chicago when he was in iiiihui i fin v.. nr hanaiit a ma a n nwn... criminals, and It seriously hamper, the government 'in th. by long service and have the experience which can be- - secretary of the treasury. Is but 46 years of age, and was ,'. detecfion of crime and the aeenring of Justlce." il coin whose". weighing - cand afrjr"rogues- gallery" -t- twB:CC?!!terS ; t " - " deficioni-iathege-imallSca- the question naturally sug-gst s Itself J - Where does the secret service secure its agents? In reply It may be said that upward of a doz-- . en different ' callings have, demon-- . strated their value as " fields of ap- - the R8m government publication, not even In the "Blue Book," which Is supposed to list every government employe.." : s sorely Hons, he can help it, and H-kaJ- j pubM-acknowledges Idaocatlon, At the headquarter secret service there Is a wle alSrdiBcloslng half a dozen todnr" and a.large store room where con-- therTWIo fi seated cbln. and others or Information as to the salaries paid them. counterfeiting iobtrahand seized.hr flecreLsertice-jnen.Jv i r.t.f.-,- ( 4 t cumulate until at Intervals of abZ e h"bd 'Pfft a committee.!, appointed to superintend the destruction service : th.se unlawful articles. The equipment of the secret embrace, some Interesting outat8,.-pUriou- -- if made, much less salary p6r theasslst-- r ant chief.; William Herman Moran. yearand who Is paid J3.000 -- v impossible io predict in advance at any given place. True to Its name ana ,V wm remain at Washingtonflere am the chiefs the. servicef-M- r John E.Wilkiecf the receives a of J4.000 treasury building who " ,. rS o Hl' -- & they are totally devoid of practical experience In this line. With a profession which above all . : others iieeds devotees who can brings and thorough .. o"t"7w'ideknpwledge most with applicants-. "Trtralnlng,- yet -- " weaftbyrr-'- ppHcUonlaceAJ presldenancT thus S.?. . - ambitious to shine a3 sleuths. A . large majority of the aspirants naive--n0 ithut iPluJl?Y.'LJ'J1 " experience whatever which wouldHBt field. them for this highly specialized Many of the . Inexperienced applicants are obviously Impossible but -- - even among those, who are Sufflcient- ly promising to receive more than passing consideration the proportion . f l"pypf-r!ftpqpIs overwhelming. .. Indeed, of the 700 men whose names are now on the "waiting list" of ellgl- blest';theVeci,gtBCiivlco - that-l- a r-men who haVe r complied with the civil service regulations governing ments of the "governmentriiot forge- tting the part played by these clever Ci5t of plain clothes men in investigate! m.t ... . , Stewards attorneys are Tinley of Council Bluffs,. Ia who are also the attorneys at that place for the Omaha and Council "liiuffsStreet "Railway Company;" in which company Hail holds consider able stock, Stewart being also a - stockholder and possibly a director of d : Roosevelt raminailiQjisZuJHerg Hart ;?f a. later message Mf. m - " " :.. CHlF-G-L IM depart-- . of the farTlhintTprTmary purpose and principal function at the ... z ' 'the nsrwishrt!eTnT)tTOgcd4ihide practically all the executive utsct-t1wtra- Investl-.;- . the eovern merit bas to deal:, "Charles" T. Stewart of Council -- Bwgalyaa. ihdicted at Omaha for conspii acy"T6 "defraud the government "of the title to public lands In McPher-son county NebT, also indicted for maintaining an unlawful inclosure of the public lands," and also under for perjury in connection with final ( proof submitted by him on lands filed on by him as a homestead. In his final proof he swore that he on the andJblOSmflJ'IhaaejIded lands in McPhersoji county (w&icU aTfj "within his unlawful enclosure), "when as a matter of fact his family has. at all times resided in Council .'Bluffs, Ia. He is engaged "in. the wholesale grocery business, his store being located in Omaha, In the wholesale district there. He Is reputed to be .quite - if i S AX " rfr.'i ?i x - GAllZBYf-pss- . --- 2 conrmBAm KQQUZS : govern--tist-r-'-r''- 1 . 7W terte iu ei'vi(Hi r-- L -- Hating "members of iKe 'congreSS.Tf would 'be far better to do this than to do': what actually was done, and strive to prevent or at least to hamper effective action against criminals by the executive branch of the In f .' . 4 - xeciitiv, i)ianch tfei of fCfVf see- - - .s r,A;.. interest to protect . criminals wecvlee; 'ln"aTijr braT?ctr of h'cr-pttbH and exactly as wehaveagain and again during the past.; seven years piosecmted 1TM rlgi-na- y , -- aMJ59 vicethe self same limitations jiniler whic- h- ' " ..... long" existed is very doubt- ful, If, a debate is precipitated there will doubtless be an airing ol c nam phases , of secret service workbut it is not to be expected that there will be an lifting of the veil as jgards the means and methods of L'ncle Sam's "black cabinet.' Owing to the stipulations made by In providing the last annual appropriation for the maictenanc of the secret ser- :W Wv , - - 1- r y |