The Washington times., 1911-08-17
THE ONLY WAY OUT FOR
PRESIDENT TAFT.

I political chemist.
2 Investigation of their methods ha
convinced the whole country that the.
constitute a standing conspiracy 70
s the destruction of the law.
Nothing has been too bold, too in
, decent, too violent for them, if only i
promise to further the plot to ruiz
Wiley and nullify the law.
The revelations of juggling offcia
records surpass anything of the kline
ever disclosed in the Ballinger hearing
in the Alaska scandal, or in the ole
postoffice graft inquiry.
DR.. Wiley's testimony told how com.
pletely he has been eliminated as ar
active, efficient influence in the food.
law administration.
Il very seldom get a vote in TIE
food and drug board" said DR.. Wiley
because as presiding officer there is
no occasion for me to vote when the
other two members vote together, and
they always do"
That is to say, Wiley, who for years
has stood before the public as the
earnest of the honesty of the laws
execution, has m fact been driven out
of all real participation In it!
There have been about 100 cases."
continued DR.. Wiley, sin which DR..
Dunlap and stood together, and Nc
Cabe opposed us BOTH But in those
cases Dunlap at once changed his vote,
supported McCabe, and overruled me-"
That is all President Taft ought to
require, to know where his true course
lies. That bit of illumination is the
calcium light suddenly let into all
! the treachery and deviousness of the
conspiracy to break down the law.
McCabe, who knows nothing about
chemistry; who has no possible quail
fication to pass on pure food questions;
McCabe, whose wondrous versatility as
lawyer enabled him to decide one
way in the Remsen board case and the
direct opposite in the Rusby case, but
both times against the integrity of the
law; McCabe, who dominated the per
sonnel board and planned the assassi-
nation of Wiley's character and the
asphyxiation of the law at the same
time-McCabe is the man who ruled
the food board, the personnel board,
and the Secretary of Agriculture.
There is just one course that can
let the Presiden: out of his imminent
responsibility of this moment, with
any possible credit.
He must summarily dismiss McCabe
as a dangerous enemy of the law and
of orderly, decent administration.
He must summarily dismiss Dunlap
as a scientist untrue to his profession
and to his official duty, and as a |
weakling utterly unfit to play a part
in any situation in which real men.
with real force and character, must
be met.
That much will be the proof that the
President is negatively right; the evi- |
dence that he has not been positively |
committed to and a part of this con-
sPiracy. 1t will be a beginning.
The President has need to remember
that his own skirts are not altogether
clear. He is the man who, when all
other resources of jugglery and machi-
nation failed in the whisky case, took
the responsibility of deciding What
is whisky?" and deciding it against
the scientific testimony, the common
sense, and the plain moral demands Of
the case
Therefore it is meet that the Presi-
dent give a demonstration that he
DARES get on the right side; demon
stration that he is not AFRAID q
what might be revealed about his own
relations to the plotters against the
pure food act.
When he has done all this, he will
have fairly begun.
With McCabe and Dunlap out of the
way, and consigned to that kindly OBJ
scurity which will do them the greatest
favor by saving them from the ex-
ecrations of good citizens, the Presi-
dent must then restore Wiley to the
powers that the law intended to give
him, by requiring that his hands shall
be held UP, and that the law shall b.
with the vigor and honesty
that apparently cannot be secured save
under the rule of Wiley.
If, in such a right about face of
policy, it becomes impossible for Sec
-etary Wilson to remain in his Cabi-
net seat, that will impose the ad-
litional necessity of finding a new
of Agriculture. :
And if, finally, all this shall be es,
,eemed by the Attorney General a
on his participation in these {
strange performances, then there will {
,e need for a change in the manage ,
nent of the Department of Justice.
This conspiracy must be rooted out {
n every branch, department, and rami.
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