Mr. Williamson. were convicted on evidence obtained by men transferred from the Secret Service. and another Member of Congress was indicted. From 1901 to 1904 a successful investigation of naturalization affairs was made by the Secret Service. with the result of obtaining hundreds of convictions of conspirators who were convicted of selling fraudulent papers of naturalization. (Subsequently. Congress passed a very wise law providing a special service and appropriation for the prevention of naturalization frauds. but unfortunately. at the same time that the action against the Secret Service was taken. Congress also cut down the appropriation for this special service. with the result of crippling the effort to stop frauds in naturalization.) The fugitives Greene and Gaynor. implicated in a peculiarly big Government contract fraud.. were located and arrested in Canada by the Secret Service. and thanks to this they have since gone to prison for their crimes. The Secret Service was used to assist in the investigation of crimes under the peonage laws. and owing partly thereto numerous convictions were secured and the objectionable practice was practically stamped out. at least in many districts. The most extensive smuggling of silk and opium in the history of the Treasury Department was investigated by agents of the Secret Service in New York and Seattle and a successful prosecution of the offenders undertaken.
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