Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-04-17
TALES OF FRICTION BETWEEN
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF
CABINET ARE FALSE.
RESENTED IN WHITE HOUSE
Facts Show Mr.. Wilson and Secretary
Bryan Were in Complete Accord
Concerning Chinese Loan and Sen
ate Control.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

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=. through the country and which init
= mate. even II they do not directly
,. state. that there is friction between
a Mr.. Wilson and this member or that
a member or his cabinet over some i'm
p portant legislative matter.
: In the stories which have been
printed here and there OF discord in
the cabinet. Mr. Bryan has figured
more than any other cabinet Lember.
1t Is perfectly apparent that the
White House and state department
feel badly about what the friends OF
the president and the secretary say
Is complete misapprehension OF facts.
II happens that Mr. Bryan was In the
west when Mr.. Wilson gave out his
statement concerning the Chinese
loan AT once a story was published
IN quite number OF places that Mr..
Bryan had not been consulted about
this department matter. and that
therefore there would be ructions AS
soon as he came back There were
! no ructions when he returned
Truth About Chinese Matter.
Here Is the story OF this particu.
lat matter. Five days before Mr. Bry-
an left Washington to go west the Chi.
! nese loan matter was gone over In
detail BY the president and the sec
retary OF state. Mr. Wilson wrote
us message to the country on the sub |
lect. but Mr. Bryan aided in the writ. /
ing and sanctioned every line OF IL. |
After tho
tary mad prepared the outline OF the |
document II was submitted TO the cab
met and there discussed. then Mr.
wilson and Mr.. Bryan went over IL
again. and both agreed that 1t vas In
proper form TO be given TO the coun.
Try Mr. Bryan went away. and while
re was away the Chinese loan mes.
sage was given TO the press. II
might nave carried with II Mr.. Bry.
an signature in addition 10 that
ol MT Wilson's. for he could have put
MS hand to something to which he
mad already giver- his heart
In dispatches from Washington pri.
Or 10 the time that the senate Demo
-'atic caucus met and named Senator
Kern OF Indiana as the leader and m.
'o'n'eu steering committee to as.
ign members to committees. 1t was
'ald that the progressiyes would be
II control or the caucus. OF the steer.
hs committee and OF the committee =
themselves. II was also said that !
ertain conservative sepators OF long
erVice would be made chalrmen OF '
important committees because OF their
eniority right. but that the commit. q
ees themselves. or those OF any par !
Icuiar legislative Importance. would {
q controlled by the progressiyes. and {
nat the chairmen, no matter how con. a
erVative they might be. would find G
themselves overruled by their progress.
I've Fellow committee members.
Pro9ressives In Control. I
Since these committees were nm. I
ointed. although 1t was made perfec,. a
clear In advance that seniority b
,ouio demand the giving OF certain a
nail inahships 10 conservatives. IL ii
as been held in some places that the n
wing OF these chairmanships to tho
ID timers means that the conserva O
ives nave defeated the progressivas g,
nd are in control OF the Democr.,ts 81
majority In the senate OF the uni,oa n,
tates. Senator Kern. the Democrn, -,
leader. when asked about ,ho =.
err said: IF there is an; don,, "'' -,
.ne control OF these commlt,eos D.
naiyze the membership" An anaI' -,
Is SHOWS that the progressivea o.
east men who have agreed IN no ~
resslVes, and in whom conAda,o
laced are In control OF oyer. 10
littee OF Importance in the san. NO" er
he United States. ''"a'e OF to
All OF this was done in ID sa
1T. Bryan knew OF the coursa ance' ia
'as TO be taken and ba ,a,. when tn
roval. but he did not give :, us ap-
nose apr wal was necessary I'm, Ono pr
ne VINO having his Views in rho o.s as tn
~ wanted to show that tbov nat tn
n, nc nose OF the president ana Iee ~ tic
10 p'osressives in the senate Vi ha
NM. Tariff Plan Settled ne
win all the prelimira of
les between the Democra,a' trou- an
on ana senate over the ou ,"e
on Oh what the rates .s tues an
ons . 'ain articles OF imnor, y. gre
o r0,. seems that matters bay por,, 1t Ing
'et.y well Strengthened on, " or, oeeh cor
'rsely through the influence ana mat ito
eSiuent tariff bill will ;, VI ,he in
~" sn congress with comnara, put sta
il'ction. The hone n, ,h a','eiy ant
. quay Is that the bill win 'I BE- iead' wa
! ana that congress NAV >" Design oe sign the
'r'ainly by July /. may adjourn 7
~ virtually has been assrro, Is
'e RE, VIII be one comprebsu usea that vat
.st u,l I'm, Instead Of dozen or we tar will
Itb s 1I,,s. each one concernIDs so sep, sep. par
In :, a different schedules "'"s itself will
e n - apparent from what m,n,. ing
at democratic tsr, leaders saw ,h many Of and
al d,t ,arln law. while it will I he 'nat the Ing
,c u,ner ',1 from the one now ~e radical was
'f trso VIII not represent tbs ID exist mel
,I lree trade except in some e' ,. extreme
ay 1 h. although these few na ar r', parti. will
EN-, % th, called important PARTICULARS op.n van
tbs mat compromise s.,, ones. 1t fror
'"e Democrats Representa-, satisfactory bus