The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30
THE PEOPLE HAVE
 FAITH IN WILEY
  Next Week MomentOus in
 Congress LEADERS ARE SILENT Champ Clark Accepts Invitation of Irish in Chicago for an Address August l5 Indicating Con
 gress' Adjournment
LEADERS ARE SILENT
By RALPH NJ. NHITESDE

Il By RALPH M. WHITESDE H Washington. July % Special )-What-
 ever failings pr. Harvey W. Wiley may
 have, willingness to be the goat is not
 one of them
 The men who have been out for the
 scalp of the accomplished defender of the
 purity of the nations food supply have
 discovered that he is baldheadcd and has
 no scalp that can be taken.
 In fact, if they are able to save their own top-knots they may consider them-
 selves fortunate.
 The man on the street, and he is the
 man who runs this country of ours after all is said and done, does not know whether benzoate of soda Is poison or
 not; in fact he does not know what ben -oate of soda. is; that is. comparatively few of him knows. But he had rather ltake Wiley's word for it than that of a man who finds a profit in using it in ..is business
 l The idea is abroad through the land that Wiley is an honest public official, standing up for the rights of the people without fear or favor. and that the men who are after him are men Ipon whose oorns he has stepped in the performance of his duty.
 When the public gets such an idea in it's head it's a good thing to let it have 1 its way. With the situation as it is Dr. Wiley would be a more formidable enemy out of office than in it.
 Next week will be a momentous period 1 In Congress. The various important measures passed by the House will be voted on by the Senate and it will be l decided whether or not tariff revision shall be put up to Taft" al once or not. | The best impression is that some ar least of the tariff measures will get through the Senate and go to the Pres ident While this is probable, t is by no means certain. The situation is peculiar. No tariff measure can pass the Senate without an alliance between the deni- ocrats and the insurgent republicans. If this were all there is little doubt that such an alliance could be effected but th he House introduces a factor of uncertainty. Will it accept amendments to its tariff hills necessary to gain the support of he republican insurgent senators?
 Leader Underwood and other dominant
 
 subject. They assume an attitude of wait and see"
 In any event Congress will be the "sy- lnosure of all eyes, next week. Made desperate by the constant erosion and falling of earth from the slopes of Culebra Cut into the Panama canal bed, 1 Colonel Goethals has determined to try a new and yet ancient expedient He will l he n11n c1o terraced lawn, in the hope that the ciose- 1 ly woven grass roots will hold the sur l face and prevent anything but big slides l Colonel Goethals has called upon the Agricultural Department in Washington for assistance and several thousand pounds of grass seed and lawn expert have bsen hurried to the rescue. 1 H. Pittier, an expert botanist from the Smithsonian institute. will have charge of the planting, and will direct his ef- forts towards the quick growing of a lawn. Many of the lawn experts of the Agrt- cultural Department are dubious as tc the outcome. They agree that if MT. Pittier succeeds In growing a good hold ing lawn from seed on the steep slopes I of the Culebra Cut he will have accom- plished a great feat To sod the enor- nous area of the two slopes is an impos- sibility, however. Colonel Goethals and the canal officials have come to the conclusion that the constant erosion caused by he tropical rains Is even worse than the biz s.ides. The slides bring the earth down in one spot. and it can be removed in cornpar- atively quick time. The earth that comes down through erosion extends the full length of the cut and 1t grows in quantity rapidly day by day. | 1 If reports emanating from reIiable sources are to be believed, Johnny Hayes of marathon fame has been offered A ll- crative position. One of the big Italian clubs desires his services as coach to pre- pare their team for next years Olympic games.
 The American marathon runner has been fin Italy for some months He likes the place well that he doesn't mind l sticking 1t out for another year or so according to some of his own statements inclosed in letters to friends in this city. | The Italians are after the big honors in the Stockh olm meet. and will give all most anything to have a capable trainer CT coach put them in winning condition. They like Johnny Hayes
 Hayes has picked up a lot of weight since he's been taking it easy on tne ether side. He declares he was never in letter condition. He has won couple of 00-rnile races, but he didn't show his best form, as his opponents didn't give him any kind of a fight.
 Edward Kearns, who only few years | back was the republican senator from | Utah, looked in the other day upon his | old friends who remain, and uttered no | regrets that he is no longer Tn the sena- l torial procession Rather the expressions | of Kearns indicated that he was very well content with what is coming to him | in the development of his state, and he is | much more eager to talk of new railroads, | sheep, ranches, and gold mines and the making of fortunes than about the pentf- l ing political propositions of his region.
 There is a. rather impatient waiting upon Congress and its action on reciproc- ity and tariff, especially the tai iff" said Senator kearns, "and our banks are blessed with plenty of money which will remain in the vaults until the susnense about Washington is ended There ,s much more talk and anxiety about sched- ule K and other possible legislation than about the election of delegates to either national convention next year.
 'The republicans have no thought bur the renomination of President Taft. The | democrats, especially those in business. seem more inclined to Governor Harmon of Ohio at this time, but there is no | dei.nite organization in favor of any dem ocratic candidate"