The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-17
w,r,kr,RsH.N AND WILEY

wICkElsSHsN AND WILEY.
There is a storm of protest rising from ali
sections Of the country ever this possible dis
n<ssal of pr Wiley. as per the recommenda-
ten OF Mr.. wiekersham. The people recognize
that Or. wiley has been perhaps the most Na'-
liable official In the government employ. ana
they are strongly suspicious that 'eondien pun
ishusent" was really inspired by malign infiu-
ences II is certain that powerful enemies nave
been seduloas and subtle in their activities 10 !
Siscredi, Or WILEY AMI effect his removal from
= nosition In which he blocked their entrance |
into the realm OF coveted. though questionable |
profit, Perhaps the present move may have
found its inspiration behind the scenes. bur II
appears from the universal storm of protest
that has Immediately arisen that the recon
mendation of the watchful Wickersham will
hardly prevail
1t may be Of interest and information to In
dnge moments comparison Of the records OF
Wicksrshan and Wiley Dr. Wiley put Dr.
Rushy an the pay roll at s. 600 year salary.
with the understanding that he was 10 be em-
ployed only so many days as would exhaust the
amount at go per diem for laboratory work,
and $50 for court testimony. II vas u technical
violation Of the law which torbids per diem
nav of over sill a day. But in order TO secure
the valuable service of the noted expert, DR.
wiley had 10 pay bis price. and for the bene-
at of the people resorted to this expedient
which technically violated the Law.
MIR Wiekersham. on his part paid Frank
a. Kellogg over $4,000 for portion of his time
1 in prosecutions against the Union Pacific Rail
road and the STANDARD Oh Company.
Mr. Wiokershan took H. l.. Stimson, who
was in government employ at a salary OF
$4,000 and had him appointed special counsel
In the sugar customs fraud case. and for his
& services paid him $4,000 Mind you. he
was already employed by the government al
$4,000 a year. but special counsel was
given $4,000 for his work
Mr. Wickersham knows that j. G. MeRenod'
was employed BY the government al $3.50
salary, but when the tobacco trust cases eam'
along he Mas allowed TO resign as all assistan
attorney general, and was appointed a specia
counsel, and has been paid in two years some
thing over $4,000
In the yenacular of the street the Attorne!
General. MIR wiekersham. certainly had his
nerve with him 10 recommend DR. Wiley
nractical dismissal from the service Or. Vile
resorted TO an expedent TO evade the law b
which he might pay his right-hand man a fe'
dollars more than the law permitted, Wicker
sham dsbursed with lavish liberaiity thousand
of dollars more than he could have had tn
same services performed. for. This sudde
ECONOMY upon the part u the man who de
Tended Balinger in course that would fas
resulted in the probable loss Of millions of do
!. lars, 10 the Gnggenheimer interests, and who
himself disbursed with easy generosity som
thousands of dollars of the government
money, Is inexplicabe unless we accept In
Washington Times explanation that DIR
Mley's oTense consists i'll the fact that he wa
a mixer He didn't go in for big enough things
Ii is the irony Of fate that while Attorne,
General wickersham was recommending tn
resignation of DIR, Wiley on such trivia
d, grounds another, Wickersham--the ~ delegat
from Alaska~~was making charges against til
attorney general that he had allowed the gov
eminent to be defrauded by the Alaska synd
cate to the extent OF $50 900, and permitted tn
prosecution of the agents OF this fraud. thong
he held the evidence against them. to go b
default through the statute of limitation.
Shakespeare in coriolanus used this simpl
but suggestive sentence, 'You smeit abov
the moon" There is certainly In this Who'll
business an odor very like that of the ohees
they serve in the cafes of the continent.