Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-26
Observation-Disclosures
Representative FOWIer's Attack Hills
The Administration Very Hard.
,REAT OPENING FOR DEMOCRATS
viii Also Place President Roosevelt,
and Secretary cor,clyou on the Dc
tense Within Their own Party :
viii Make Trouble in Congress.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-Thc at
tack made by Representative Charles
n. Fowler Of New Jersey. on Pres.
dent Roosevelt and Secretary of the
Treasury Cortelyou. which was pub.
lished broadcast on Sunday. nstound.
I'D Administrations officials
MIR Fowler has been chairman Of
the House Committee on Banking
aud Currency for several ycnrs and
was slated for rcappontmcnt to the
same Craftsmanship .on the organiHa
ton OF the new Congress. That he
should have como out so st. ongly
against the Administration and its
plans for the relief OF the financial
situation indicates that Mr. Roose-
welt. III he has any definite sugges-
tons for currency reform. must look
10 some other spokesman In Con,
gress. u also indicates that Mr. Fow.
Ter Will oppose any plan other than
his own for meeting necessities OF
conditions that will be discussed In
HE Presidents annual message. now
being printed. Mr.. Fowler has nj.
ways been very extreme In support.
ing his own views, and his uncom.
promising attitude and that OF other
financial exports In Congress have
heretofore prevented any possibility
Of agreement
Helps Democratic Attack.
The declarations made by the
chairman of tho Currency Committee
that the financial crisis has already
passed and that tho Administration
Injected It's scheme for relief at o
time when the necessity for II had
pissed il regarded here us very
serious charge. II Will have the NOR
al effect. Of placing the Roosevelt nd
ADMINISTRATION ON the defensive within
it's own party. Already the Democrats
are preparing carefully arranged
attack on the Administration for
bringing tho Treasury into condi.
ton where IN time of peace 1t had to
issue st50000.0OO of bonds TO obtain
money with which to run the Cove n.
mont The attack of Mr.. Fowler will
greatly aid the Democratic assault be
cnusc. rs no says. he was the author
of Section % of the War Revenue
measure of 1898. under which the Is
SUE of sl00,0n0.000 3 per cont. certl.
llcates Is made, aud that no such use
OF tho authority of Congress was con
templated ms that which has been
made by The President and Secretary
Cortelyou.
1T was pointed out here ~ officials
that wllilo no reply will be made Ia
7, MIR. Fowler. he has surely inllnmcd
tho opposition to tho Administration
anil he has certainly embarrassed
Speaker Cannon greatly nv maxine
this attack OH the President and
the Republican policies.
Trouble In Coming Congress.
Speaker Cannon has in general
terms approved of tho issue of bonds
aud certificates, ana he has adopted
the plan of unfolding the hands III
the Administration and getting along
without quarrel ut this session OF
Congress. Since currency reform Is
perhaps the most pressing measure
to come before Congress-, artor the
regular appropriation bills. the Speak
err viii begin the work OF the session
IL he is not To have trouble with Mir
Fowler, with man at the head OF
the committee that will handle chr,
rency matters In the House @,.n s
not only hostile to the President. bn,
has burned his bridges behind him
by the BITTERNESS os his opposition.
II was also said here that Mr.. Fow.
Ter must have been laboring under
great feeling when he prepared his
statement. because in one place he
speaks of the Government having
$210.00o,000 in the banks. In another
s240o00,0oO and in another S25O.OO0
600.