The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-28
MAY GET TOGETHER
ON CURRENCY BILL
Wilson Working With ''In-
surgents"- Bill
i'm Last Stages

Washington. July 27.-President Wilson
has received further assurances from
leaders in Congress that his programme
of currency reform will receive favorable
assurances have been made in the face
of the sharp split among democrats of
the House banking and currency commit
tee and in spite also, of the desire of
many democrats in the Senate to delay
currency action until the December ses-
sion
Rapid progress has been made on the
tariff bill in the Senate and the Presi-
cent and his congressional advisers have
been encouraged at the prospect of the
passage of the tariff bill much earlier than
had been expected Republican sena tors
defeated at eYary. tara. IN their efforts TO
amend the bill, have given way on much
of their proposed opposition, and the
democrats propose to push the revision
bill rapidly during the coming week.
Confers With Insurgents
While the democrats of the House cur
rency committee have found it impossible
to agree Oh the Glass-Owen currency
bill. the House leaders and President Will
son believe the measure can be whipped
into shape in a democratic caucus. If it
Is necessary to adopt that course. The
President has been comforting with the
so-called insurgents" one by one and
ottained their views and ascertained the
strength OF their opposition.
1t is believed the bill could be taken
into caucus with the backing of the Presi-
dent, Democratic Leader Underwood,
Speaker Clark and Chairman Glass, and
perfected there and given the endorse.
ment of the democratic party Further
efforts will be made this week to bring
the House committee members together
on the bill, but should the attempt fail.
the administration is prepared TOD push
the currency measure into the House
without delay.
Through Early Stages
The tariff bill has gone through its
early stages in the Senate with unexpect-
ed rapidity. Few members have made
general tariff speeches and 1t is believed
the debate will be meager during the
next two or three weeks. The chemical
schedule had been practically completed
yesterday, the earthenware tariff will be
taken up tomorrow with Senator stone
in charge of the debate.
Interest in the revision has tagged
throughout the week and indications
point to less republican opposition as the
bill progresses. Senator La Toilette has
not yet entered the debate.
He has employed two experts for
many weeks in preparing substitutes
for many schedules of the democratic
tariff. When these are offered the Wis-
consin senator is expected to lead a
hard fight for their adoption and DEM
ocratic leaders are looking forward to
that phase of the debate as most likely
to cause delay.
Will Offer Substitutes
Senators LaFollette and Smoot each
will offer substitutes for the democratic
wooden tariff. A concerted effort is TO
be made on the republican side to
break up the democratic ranks on the
free wool issue, but democratic leaders
insist their woolen tariff will go
through by a safe margin without
change
Congress is standing by as to the
Mexican situation, waiting for an out
come of negotiations now going on in
the executive departments, before at
tempting to formulate any definite ex-
preston as to a Mexican policy,
The President has encountered fur
thcr opposition in the Senate to recent
appointments. Several of his diplomatic
appointments still remain unconfirmed
ana IL HS 1T Is DtlnB i4dQt dSdlHSL4 sew
eral minor appointments. Objections by
Senator Vardaman have now raised an
issue over Adam T. Patterson, the ne
gro recently nominated for register of
the treasury. Senator Vardaman has
declared he will oppose the confrma-
tion of Patterson
No General Programme
No general programme of opposition
to the Presidents appointments has
been carried out by republicans, how
ever notwithstanding promises of trou-
BILE given last February. when demo-
Gratis held up President T'afts final ap-
pointments Out of nearly 1000 post
office appointments sent IN by Presi-
dent Wilson. all but about 800 have
been confirmed and those are held
back, in the majority OF cases, only
for the usual routine expectation.
The lobby investigation to- be re-
sumed tomorrow by the Senate investi-
eating committee is approaching an
end. as far as the Senate Is concerned.
according to members of the commit
tee. An opportunity is to be given of-'
ficers of the National Association OF
Manufacturers for limited cross-ex-
animation of Martin NJ. Mulhall who
claims to have been for many years
their lobbyist and secret political