New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-03
day. step which will end the tariff ,inker-
ing farce for this session


expectation would doubtless enable Con
gress TO adjourn not later than the 18th
inst, possibly q day or two earlier. The
regular Republicans in the Senate. yielding
to the opportunities Of the Republican con-
ferrees of the House. waived their disin-
clination to serve as conferrees on the wool
bill, and Senators Penrose and Cullom were
appointed. along with Senators La Toilette
Bailey and Simmons. The conferrees VII
meet on Friday and It is the BELIZE ihat
not more than half an hour will ne required
to reach an agreement. This belief is based
on the perfectly natural assumption that
La Toilette will vote with Senators Bailey
and Simmons and that the three viii nave
fairly clear understanding az 10 the
amount OF concession Representative IN
derwood and his fellow Democrats from
the House will be prepared TO make. IL Ia
further assumed that the Ba1ley-La FOL
lette combination will be able 10 vote srf-
fcient number Of insurgents with the Dem
ocrats 10 accept any conference re-
port which may have been agreed
on. thus permitting the bill 10 reach
the White House not later than SATURDAY.
IL is nO' tAVeCt'G kIdt fitol''i'
Nothing short of Staiky
specially devised French conjusation )e
gloat. IN gloat. II sloat," would adequeteH
describe the glee of the Democratic mem
hers Of the Committee on Expenditures w
the Department Of Agriculture over the
receipt from the Attorney General OF
certified COPY of the memorandum pre-
pared for the use OF Mr. Wickershanl' IN
which Assistant Attorney General Fowler
EXPRESSED the view that the Remsen boar'
was not legally constituted. ConvenlentiE
ignoring the ACCOMMODATING explanation or
Mr. Wickersham that this was mereiN on
Of several memoranda prepared Tor MS use
oil ~ which he took into consideration IN
forming his opinion, and that the memo
randum Of Mr. Fowler never had any oni-
cial standing as an opinion OF the At'or-
nov General, the Democratic members
hailed II as II II were decision or me
Sunrene Court and sought 70 utilize the
,Inws Of one Of Mr.. Wickersham's assist
ants as demonstrating beyond persdventure
the illegslity and the insincerity Of the
formal opinion Of the chief law officer or
the government
Mr-DDr,ED THINKING.-The opponents
30 tho administration are also finding great
consolation in their belief that the com
nensatIons Of the members of the Remsen
hoard and of DR.. Rusby. employed by Dr.
Wiley are wholly Illegal. They are con
WINGED that If the employment OF INV
members Of the Remsen board was III nc
cordance with the law. SO, too, the ell
ployment of Or. Rusty must have peeh'
and from this they argue that there cannon
he found any improperly I'm inc course oi
DR.. Wiley Such reasoning may go faf
with extreme Democratic parnsans' put II
1IlI hardly appeal to others. Inc lesall'S
Of the employment OF Dr. Rusty on the
ter,ns made by DR.. Wiley rs not IN dues-
tion in so far as the chief chemist ~ coii-
carned. The only charges preferred nv
Secretary Wilson's board against the cnlei
chemist are first, that he employer Ut.
Rusty In distinct and wilful violation OF
an oninion Of the Attorney General on thst
sneclfc subject. and, secondly that ne
achieved such employment by the uello-
o-,to docontion OF his superior, the score
terv of Agriculture. II u.s. or course qui'e
nossIble that both Of those charges may "
disnroyed But. in any event, the lesa"N
Of DIR. Rushy's employment ana me con-
sistencv Of the opinions given by inc Al
tornev General. one dwelling with the rem
son board and the other with the employ
mont Of DR. Rusby. were matters win
which DR.. Wiley had no concern. Ana 10
the observer Of merely average common
sense # must be obvious that II each
chemist. physicist, becteriolosist' micro
scopist ct al. Is 10 decide for himself "heh
the official opinions of the Attorney Gen
oraI are in consonance with the law ana
whether they are consistent with other
opinions previously handed down the con
tinuance of the government az an orderly
organization must be soon terminated.
VI e'''' G. G. II.