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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS THB WILEY INVESTIGATION. Pittsburg - rpiohi "The -opera Hens of the ami-Wiley clique appear to have been conducted ao quietly and elaadee-finely elaadee-finely that It 1 not aurprtelng they were not unearthed eooner. Poeelbly they might have continued IndeAnttely had It not been for the Oxceea of aeal that led to the attempt to fore Dr. Wiley to resign. re-sign. His refusal to b ouated at th dictation of a clique brought th matter to a crisis and ao exposure." Baltimore Sun: "Solicitor McCab of tb egrlcultural department will And that alteration of the opinion of a court In order to make it conform to the view of Dr. Wiley' opponent on benaoat of soda will be an excMdlngly difficult thing to explain away. One thing bard to understand I why official who had done ao many thing that were certain to create eerloue public dissatisfaction should have gone out of their way to atlr up Dr. Wiley." . I'tlca Press: An example la what aome are frying to do with Dr. Wiley. Many, perhaps not all. of those who bring accueation agalnet bim are personally person-ally grieved because he haa etepped on some. fraud and prevented Its continuance. continu-ance. It Is his business to enforce the pure food law and there are no batter statutes on the books. If he to to enforce en-force that law ha must Interfere with It viola tore." . New Tork Time: "Secretary Wfleoo la . 7 years old. The records produced before the house committee on expenditure expendi-ture In th agricultural department show either that ha did th things of which he I accused or that ha permitted permit-ted a youturer and mor active maa to do them. The records also show that the younger man muet have beaa his solicitor, so-licitor, George P. McCabe." Boston Post: "About tbe moat tactleee of th mistake of Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture Wlleon In. hla dealings with the Wiley controversy waa to give out, at hla own knowledge, mat the defense of benaoat of aoda waa "on of the poM. eles of the administration." Mr. Tart doea noc relish thle emd aa wonder and he baa caused it lo be vigorously dealed." Washington Star: "That Dr. Wiley ha the entire eympethy ' of the American people and their conadenee muet by thia time be evident from th expreeelona that have oorae from all quarters. That hla caae ha been strengthened rather than weakened by the testimony thus far SlvcB before th nous committee la alao plain. Chicago Tribune: "At the beginning of the latest attack upon Dr. Wiley It waa suggested that hla opponent and th nature na-ture of their opposition be thoroughly scrutinised. This scrutiny already haa Indicated In-dicated the need for a houee cleaning In th department. Such a house cleaning will act awee out Dr Wiley." |