The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-03

possible injurious effects of the drugs mentioned. and that upon the appoint ment of the Remsen board he was direct ed to stop his experiments upon young men, Dr. Wiley declared:
 .sWho committed this unpardonable sin against the conscience and health Of the public? The great tribune of the peo- ple, Theodore Roosevelt, and his cab met officers. I am naturally not greatly enthused with the prospect of the con tinuation of this crime against human ity by the return of Theodore Roose- welt to supreme power. The imperious way in which he wielded his power when President, his well known contempt for Congress and for law and his dictatorial control of the convention which nomi- mated him for President, do not augur well for the permanence of the republic under his further dictatorship. Roose- welt is just as apt to support the bad as the good. He is not guided by prin- ciple. but by impulse-and he is essen tially dangerous to free institutions. He who disfranchises the men that Abraham Lincoln died to set free is an apostate from the party which honored him with the presidency.'
 Appointment of Dunlap Of the appointment of Associate Chem ist Dunlap by MT. Roosevelt, the speaker said
 .'In order to appoint this interloper to his high position. the President of the United States had suspended the civil service law"
 q was informed in writing that pr. Dunlap was not my equal but my supe- rior and I was directed to furnish him with everything he asked for, and that no letters or other business connected with the s.bureau of ebemistry. relating to food and drugs; could go without the initials of Dunlap and McCabe. Thus, by acquiescence of the Secretary of Agricul- ture and by direction of the President of the United States, two great laws, each intended to protect the people. were set aside to place in supreme power two of the most malicious men that ever dis graced the public service. When the leg isative committee of the American Med ical association went to the White House to ask that this action be rescinded," Dr. Wiley declared. "President Roosevelt be- came violently angry, and, lvid with rage said, You jacks keep your brides on Throughout the remainder of his term MT. Roosevelt continued to be guid- ed by those seeking to emasculate the
 law" added the speaker
 President Taft's Attitude
 After telling the story of the What is Whisky" investigation and prosecu- tion which were pending when MT Roosevelt went out of office, Dr. Wiley said: "President Taft lost no time in utterly repudiating the only point on which Mr. Roosevelt had upheld the law He directed Solicitor General Bowers to hold a trial, summon and examine witnesses, etc. This led Jus tice Harlan, few days after the com pletion of this unholy work. to say to me, Whats this I hear. they have been holding court at the White House?' l replied, MT. Justice, you know as much about this matter as l do--you have read the papers, To which he re- sponded, Well. well, it's about time this question was coming up to my court"
 In most of the whisky cases, the speaker said appeals were pending when President Taft was inaugurated. ''President Taft he added, ''has prided himself on his confidence in. and sup port of the judiciary. Yet knowing these cases were pending. he stopped from his high office to do favor to the worst lot of adulterators in Chris tendon and ordered the whole matter dropped from the dockets.
 Tt is impossible, therefore. that I should have confidence in the coming conduct of these two candidates, no matter how profusely they may prom ise to be good and work for the com mon WelIdFS. oN tne1T lEultS Aioi pToii- ises) shall ye know them. And these fruits have been scabby, worm m-eat en and rotten at the core. Let the labor ing men of the country and those Of small means on whom the burden of debased foods and drugs principally rests, think soberly and deeply before deciding to cast their votes for one who, when in power, abandoned them to the avarice of the adulterator, to the malice of McCabe and to the du- plicity of Dunlap"
 Dr. Wiley dwelt at some length upon the pure food fight in Indiana and the connection of the department of agricul- ture with it. and praised the attitude and work of Governor Marshall. He con cluded with a high tribute to Representa- tive Moss of the Terre Haute district, who was chairman of the House com mittee on expenditures Tn the department of agriculture, had charge of the inves- tigation which preceded pr. Wiley's ex- oneration on charges filed with President Taft in an effort to bring about the pure food champions dismissal from office. NAH 0DENTNGC