Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-10

Or. Harvey W. Wiley, chief pure food
doctor Of the government is a fraction OF
a degree hotter than the ineurgent group
In congress, old Sors furnaces In wash
lngton DO as fine . grade OF overtime work
in midsummer as any foundry outside Of
Yuma. Add to their output live wire barbs
tickling the persplring cuticle. normal man
doctor or insurgsnt cannot help cutting
loose and saying things DR.. Wlleys pres
ent annoyances are anonymous circulars
scattered broadcast by the Advertisers
Protective association" acting In the in
terest OF patent medicine makers and deal
ers DIR. Wiley" reads one OF the elrcu-
lars. can read into the (pure food and
drug law what congress never intended to
put into It. and what no court or jury, or
any other person can find in the law. II
Dr. Wiley is not removed before January l.
1919, It will be the endeavor Of the or
gsnization TO obtain pledge from the next
presidential nominees for the removal OF
Or. Wiley, before said nominee can obtain
the support Of. this organization"
The Association" intimates that there is
motive Of graft behind the officials
actions, declaring that the Kentucky dis
case, that Heinze's "ffty.seven varieties
was behind the benzoate Of soda case, and
that the doctors trust was the leader
in the fight on proprietary medicines.
The Advertisers Protective association"
hired lock box 2l24 at the postofflce at New
York City, but, although the box was soon
filled, no one has yet come 10 take posses
sion of the mail. The contents were con-
sequently taken charge OF by the officials
and marked Fictitious"
why don't these men come out in the
open and fight?" Intercepted DR.. Wiley
to a reporter for the Washington Herald.
IT think know the men who are behind
this movement. but / ehall not disclose
their names, for / am not absolutely GER
tain Of their part in the matter. Let them
try to put me out II they think they can.
1 do not consider the movement in Its
present state anything to be taken seri-
ously."
A most amusing thing happened while
Horace Havemeyer who Is Is years old,
was on the stand at the sugar trust hear
ing in Washington. He had tried TO give
an answer to every question asked. but
Representative Malby. forgetting the age
Of the witness, questioned him in elaborate
detail about something that took place
twenty-four years ago.
~ could only say from hearsay," declared
the witness. Time after time this was re-
peated.
You were quite young when all this
took place, were you not7" finally asked
Mr.. Garrett.
II was year DID," said Mr.. Havemeyer,
smiling.
Mr.. Malby had been busy with the wit
ness for at least and hour. The joke was
on him, and his colleagues enjoyed 1t.
Francis J. Kilkenny, father Of the Irish
home going movement. Ia clerk in the
Treasury department. He is the most genial
and peaceful Of young men. yet saturated
through and through with Irish tradition
and proud of the glories Of his race
On his return from Ireland last year,
Mr.. Kilkenny brought home two or three
genuine blackthorn sticks, which he gave
to some OF his friends. A newspaper man
went into his office the other day with one
of the sticks and in the course Of the dis
cussion Kilkenny picked UP the cans and
explained that the genuine blackthorn is
Identified by the branches protruding from
the main stick In groups of three. Then,
grasping the stick near the ferule-the
traditional clutch OF the Irfshman--his eyes
grew dreamy and reminiscent and SEEM
ingly he forget the presence OF his visitor.
ut makes a clean cut" murmured Kill
kenny his mind far away; mo blood
poisoning follows the blow"
About O'Clock each Tuesday afternoon,
relates Leslie's, the newspaper men gather
at the White House office building and are
shown into the cabinet room. They occupy
the chairs Of the members Of the cabinet.
crowd the ample davenport on the right
and dispose themselves over the few easy
chairs on the left, while the late corners
stand about the fireplace at the foot OF
the table. Two fixed rules of long stand
ing are all that restrict the newspaper
men. First, no one may, under any cir
ounnstancea, directly quote the president.
His mental attitude may be described. the
reason for this, that or the other policy
may be given. but never may the direct
quote be used. Secondly, whenever the
president indicates that any portion OF the
conversation is confidential, the confidence
must be strictly observed.
What would happen II the confidence
were broken7" Well. IL never has been
but onoe, and that was In the case Of q
foreign correspondent during the last ad-
mini stration, and he was promptly con-
signed to the Ansniss club.
II is not generally known that until
few years ago there was q suburban fesi-
dence within the District Of Columbia,
owned by the government which was at
the disposal OF the PRESIDENT. This was a