Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-08-25
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
BY CLYDE H. TAvENNER.
Washineton, D. C, AUGUST 81, 1911

ley from the government service.
This thought must have suggested itself
time and again to the minds of the men
and women who crowded the Moss inves-
tlsating committee rooms and heard Dr.
Wiley lay bare the startling facts of a
systematized fight against him because he
insisted the food manufacturers keep their
products pure
AT times as DIR. Wiley told of the fierce
persecution he had endured his voice al
most broke and he could proceed only with
dlf1culty. AT times also the committee
members, utterly dumbfounded by the doc
tors statements, were at a loss as to what
questions to ask him next
Not only was it shown that DIR. Wiley's
efforts to serve the public and protect it
from injurious and poisonous substances in
food preparations had been absolutely
blocked by the conspirators in the admin
lstratlon headed by Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson and his controlling influence,
Solicitor McCabe, but that the latest effort
to force DIR. Wiley out of office was based
upon letter which he never received and
knew nothing about
Not boastfully or eagerly, but in response
to questions by members of the committee,
DIR. Wiley recited the universities at which
he had studied, the great scientific societies
at home and abroad which have honored
him in various ways. and the recital went
a long way in revealing to the committee
the great public spirit and sympathy of
this man who possessed courage in pub
lie duty which neither threats from official
sources nor opposition by the powers of
evil had been able to break down.
While the whole hearing was a revela-
tion that left the committee and specta-
tors thunderstruck, the most astonishing
testimony came when DR.. Wiley told of his
efforts to prevent the use of alum and sui
phur dioxide in food products.
Alum used in foods" said DIR. Wiley,
especially in baking powder is RESPONSE
BILE for the large amount of constipation
that is prevalent throughout the country.
| considered its use serious danger to
public health, and wanted it stopped pend
ing an investigation. But the other two
members of the referee board overruled
me, as they invariably did and the use of
alum is still permitted.
Another case involved the use of sui
phur dioxide. Dunlap and McCabe recon-
mended that we discontinue the rule re-
quiring the presence of this drug be indi-
| Gated on the label. AS the rule had been
adopted after most exhaustive inVesti-
| CATION, was convinced that to do away
with il would be grave mistake. Dunlap
and McCabe revoked the rule, however,
during my absence, and when returned |
wrote letter to Secretary Wilson asking
for hearing. But Secretary Wilson did
not even reply to my letter"
ADMINISTRATION STENOGRAPHERs.
Here is a story of two Taft administration
stenographers which shows how hard il is
to work for the government these days and
remain honest
F. M. Kerby, stenographer to the late
Secretary of Interior Ballinger, exploded
the whole Ballinger defense by bringing to
light the "Lawler memorandum" Kerby
wrote this memorandum and knew, there
fore, that President Tafts letter exonera-
ting Ballinger was ante-dated and frame
up to clear the Secretary. And because
he revealed information which came to
him in his confidential capacity as stenog-
rapher, Ballinger called him unworthy"
and discharged him.
Now contrast this with the case of Miss
Carrie M. Davis, stenOgrapher to DIR. l.. F..
| kebler, of the bureau of chemistry. In his
campaign to GUST DIR. Wiley, Solicitor McCabe
locked Miss Davis in room and "sweated"
her for three hours because she refused to
divuge confidential information which
McCabe thought he could use against DR..
Wiley.
Kerby broke confidence because he placed
loyalty to the people above loyalty to Bal
linger and was discharged. Miss Davis
refused to break confidence and for that
she was cruelty chastised by a subordinate
in an administration. the high officials of
which frequently prate about ethics.
A Four Ply MONOPOLY.
One of the first facts developed by the
Stanley steel investigating committee was
that the directors of the steel trust actually
dominated the boards Of directors of nearly
all the important railroads of the country
Then it came to light that the same spirits
OF the steel trust cO-operated with and
practically dominated Standard Oil. And
now II develops that four of the six direc-
tors of the harvester trust are also directors
of the steel trust. In other words, the steel
trust, the railroads, the harvester trust and
STANDARD Oil Gall star contributors to Repub-
lican campaign funds) are dominated by the
same handful of men. And these men in
turn, take orders from one man, Mr.. j. p.
Morgan.
LA TOILETTE A REAL CANDIDATE Now.
Taft and sure defeat, or La Toilette with
chance to win" This cry has been taken
up new by the Genuine Republican in
surgents since La Toilette co-Operated with
the Democrats in an honest endeavOr to
revise the Payne Aldrich tariff downward
The indications are that If Mr.. Taft obtains
the denomination. the Roosevelt and La
Toilette hosts will not raise finger, much
less their voices. TO help him,
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Prospects for the election of a Demo-
cratic President have never been brighter"
declared Hon. James 7. Lloyd. chairman
of the National Democratic Congressional
Committee, who had charge of the cam
paign which resulted in the present heavy
Democratic majority in the House. The
Democratic party is popular from one end
Of the country TO the other, Mr., Lloyd con-
tinued. THE party has carried out the
prediction promises. and made credita-
BILE showing in every way, The many in
vestigations conducted by the Democratic
committees have demonstrated to the sat
isfactiOn OF every intelligent man in the
country that the Republicans are guilty Of
maladministrati0n and should be relieved
Of power"
CLARK The BEST MAN.
THE President has raised an issue which
will rage with undated fury until the
close Of the polls in November 1912"
When Speaker Champ Clark threw down
this challenge in what is now regarded as
one Of the most brilliant and militant
speeches Of his entire career, IL meant not
only that the Democratic fight for lower
cost Of living was to be one 10 finish,
but that Champ Clark himself was the
man best qualified to lead that fight