Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-17
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IN THE Wiley Case

Washington Star: The house com
mittee investigating the charges of II
legal procedure by DR.. Wiley in the
department of agriculture had three
important witnesses today. Carrie
NJ. Davis, stenographer to DR.. Keb
Ter, chief of the drug division, tolC
of the attempt made by solicitor Nc
Cabe to find out through her whether
DR.. Kebler was connected with drug
companies.
DR.. w, D. Eigelow. assistant chief Of
the bureau of chemistry. associated
with DR.. Wiley, told that the person
mel committee, in charging that an ar
rangement had been entered into with
DR.. H. H. Rusby whereby the latter
was to work part of the time, but
draw an annual salary suppressed
the correspondence that DR.. BigeloW
was proceeding upon the precedent
set by Secretary Wilson in appoint
ing members of the referee board. DR.
Bigelow characterized as unjust criti
cism made by Solicitor McCabe Of
the department.
Food Attorney Protests
Willis Baldwin of Monroe, Mich. at
torney for the food manufacturing
firms that tried to enjoin Incorporation
of the Indiana state law, appeared
to protest against what he termed was
Misrepresentation of the facts in the
Indiana case. He was grilled by chair
man Moss of the committee. who was
in the legislature when the Indiana
law was passed. Mr.. Baldwin admit
ted that it was through the influence
of the Agricultural Department that
members of the Remsen referee board
testified in favor of benzoate of soda
in the Indiana suit.
The committee adjourned until to-.
morrow morning, when DR.. Wiley,
who had been expected to testify to-
day, probably will be the star witness.
There was big crowd on hand
when the committee resumed its hear
ing at ten o'clock this morning as it
was reported that DR.. Wiley himself
would be placed on the stand. But the
continued examination of DR.. BigeloW
and of Miss Davis, stenographer to
DR.. Kebler, occupied practically all of
the committees time up to noon.
Suppression Of Correspondence
Members of the committee regard
as highly important the fact brought
out by Henry E. Davis, attorney for
DR.. Wiley, that the personnel boards
which with the Rusby appointment
as basis, recommended that Drs.
Wiley and Bigelow be permitted to.
resign and that DR.. Keller be re.
duced, suppressed in it's report to
the secretary of agriculture and the
president an important portion of a
letter written by DR.. Bigelow to DR..
Rusby bearing on the nature of the
appointment the latter was to re-
ceive.
This suppressed portion of the Big
Glow letter suggested that the ap-
pointments OF the members of the ref
cree or Remsen board afforded pre-
cedent for an identical appointment
for DR.. Rusby.
In communicating with Dr. Rusby
about mis- employment, DIR. Bigelow,
January 81, 1911. wrote as follows:
8tQeIoW's Letter to Rusby.
considering all of the kinds of
work you do, an appointment to cover
them with remuneration on differ
ent basis for each kind of work ap-
pears to be so complicated that
fear we would have difficulty in get
ting it through. The referee board is
now appointed at an annual salary of
$4,000, and If the secretary will do 1t,
I do not see why your appointment
could not be put on the same terms.
Kebler and took the matter up with
DR.. Wiley today, and he said he would
if he had on record an understanding
with you so that we could be held
responsible for your receiving an an
nual salary and not dev0ting your
whole time to the bureau"
In transmitting its report to the
secretary of agriculture and to the
president, the personnel committee
omitted DR.. Bigelow's reference to
the referee board appointments as
being a precedent, but quoted the re-
mainder of the letter in its apparent
effort toshow wrong-doing on the part
of the three officials of the bureau of
chemistry.
I'm the report Of the personnel board
sent to the secretary and the presi-
dent" suggested Attorney Davis, ION.
ly a part Of your letter is quoted"
"That seems to be correct" DR..
Bigelow returned.
"The part omitted" continued the
attorney was that which referred to
the referee board appointments as
analogous to the proposed Rusby con-
tract"
"Yes." said Mr.. Bigelow.
Mecabe's Orders Reviewed"
| The committee enquired again to-
day into the order issued by Solicitor
McCabe forbidding any one in the
bureau of chemistry from discussing
any of the affairs of the bureau with
United States attorneys without Nc
Cabe's express permission.
Were any express orders given to
that effect?" Representative Floyd of
Arkansas inquired.
Il asked Mr.. McCabe," replied DR..
Bigelow, what an officer of the bur-
eau of chemistry was to do when a
United States attorney asked specific
questions. He replied that he had no