The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-07-27

Frank Kellogg for special services.
and that Kellogg had been paid $22-
600 on unitemized expense accounts.
Do Not Want Expert Wiley.
WASHINGTON, d. c., SpeciaI.-In
the attempt that is being made to
Dust DR.. Harvey w. Wiley from his
position OF Government pure food eX-
pert and chief of the Bureau of
Chemistry the Taft administration is
confronted by a situation that may
develop as much bitterness even as
the Ballinger- PinchOt controversy.
While the attempt to remove DR..
Wiley is based solely upon an alleged
conspiracy TO evade an appropriation
statute, II is apparent that there is a
general desire on the part of the De-
partment of Agriculture officials to
be relieved Of DIT. Wileys presence
in that branch of the Government.
The general complaint made about
DR.. Wiley is practically the same as
that made against Clifford Pinchot-
that he is running his bureau in the
Department Of Agriculture in a high
handed manner over the heads of his
superiors. Mr.. Pinchot did about as
he pleased with the Bureau of For
estry without consulting Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson. and DR.. Wiley
has been giving an imitation of the
former chief forester
President Awaits Answer.
the effort to remove DIR. Wiley have.
reached President Taft.
President Taft will not take any ac-
ton until the pure food expert re
plies to the charges.
a big row Will be kicked up i'm Con-
gress over the attempt to Gust DR..
Wiley. The House Committee on Ag-
riCulture will make investigation into
the whole matter.
Members of the House Commit
IL -
ment of Justice are now making di-
rect charges that the law had been
violated by Attorney General Wicker
sham himself, who approved the
recommendations i'm DR.. Wney's case
in connection with the administration
OF his own department. II was
charged that lump payments had been
made 10y the Attorney General to Spe-
cially retained lawyers for their eX-
penses, whereas, the law specifically
required that all such accounts be
itemized and the payments made on
vouchers.
Dr. Wiley has not yet sent his re-
ply TO the President lie viii make
it to Secretary Wilson, who will for
ward it to President Taft.
Becomes Vital Problem.
The Tart administration may be
seriously embarrassed 10y the Wiley
affair. President Taft's friends rea-
lie that campaign waged 10y the
]
! Wiley issue would be more effective
/ even than that carried on in the BAL
| 1nger-PinChOt controversy, because il
would involve a question which af-
| fects the national stomach. They
point out that the charge against DIR
! Wiley involves no graft. but merely
an evasion of the law for the supposed
| good Of the service.
! Secretary Wilson said this morning
/ that as soon as he had received the
| answers OF the officials involved he
/ would file with the President recon-
mendation in the case.
! Or. Wiley today was understood to
be busily engaged in preparing his
reply.
DIR. Wiley Friend of Public
| Representing the general iudigna-
| ton against the move to GUST Of.
] Wiley, Representative SulZer, of New
York, today declared: DIR. Wiley is
/ one OF the few champions the people
| have had. He is the most valuable
man in the Government service. He
has done monumental work for ;his
Government and the people in pro-
tectlng them from The food adultera-
tors, patent medicine concerns and
canned food manufacturers. The peO-
pie have a champion in Dr. Wiley.
lie has kept them from being the
prey OF these combinations l will
give DR.. Wiley all the support I have.
He may have made mistakes, but they
have been mistakes of the heart and
not Of the head"
Reacts on Attorney General.
"A strange state OF affairs said
Chairman Beall. of the House COM
mittee now investigating the Depart
ment Of Justice. our committee dis
covered, when the charges against
DR.. Wiley became public. that the
Attorney General has by no means
restricted himself to hiring expert as
sStantS. The committee has in its
possession vouchers showing where
Mr.. Kellogg was paid lump sums for
additional compensation
"Dr. Wiley's offense is not to be
compared at all with that of the At
tOrney General, who has been so quick
to condemn the pure food expert Or
Wiley has stood between the public
and the des spoilers for years"
In view of the disclosures concern
ing the liberties taken by the Attorney
General in dispensing thousands for his
expert advisers, | am unable to see any
comparison whatever between the
technical breach. said to have been
committed by Or. Wiley, and the
wholesale breach INDUCED in by the
Attorney General"
MISLED, WHEN WED:
WIFE NOW INSANE