Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18
WILSON PUSHING
CURRENCY PLANS
Goes to Capitol to Confer
With Leaders on
Legislation.
DENIES
THERE is DISAGREEMENT
President Will Read His Special
Message Urging Financial
Reforms.


this afternoon to inaugurate a series of
with Senate and House demo-
Gratis on currency legislation Among
those who will be consulted will be demo-
cratic members Of the Senate and House
committees on banking and currency, and
several republicans who are interested in
currency legislation will be asked to pre-
sent their views to Mr.. Wilson.
Following the conferences TO take place
this afternoon and a the White House
during the remainder of the week, the
President will go to the Capitol next
Monday and read his message urging cur
rency legislation. Immediately after the
appearance of the President the demo-
cratic statesmen in charge of the cur
rency bill will prepare to launch il by
introduction In both bodies of the ma
tional legislature.
Denies Disagreement
President Wilson today denied in most
emphatic words stories af1oat that there
is serious disagreement among the franz
ers of the administration bill over it's
features On the contrary. the Presi-
dent asserts that there is satisfactory
accord The report of disagreement
the introduction of the bill from Friday
until next week. This however. was be-
cause the President wished to consult all
democrats on the committees engaged in
handling the bill and ascertain from
them what they thought of the different
features. hoping to bring them all into
accord for the measure.
IL there are important suggestions made
by those he consults there is every prob
ability that the bill tentatively framed
vi hr - Al
dent being. through common counsel" a
favorite expression of his to have a
measure framed that will bring to its
support the full democratic support of
Senate and House.
Wilson Confident.
With this support and all differences
eliminated, the President is still conf
dent that currency legislation will be put
through.
Courtesy will be shown the views OF
republicans. but the intention of the
President is to seek to make the cur
rency bill a democratic bill. He is will
ing that the responsibility of it's passa se
shall be accepted. whether it proves to be
useful and popular or is severely criti-
cised.
|. Show Some Credulity.
Members of the House who heard of
the statement from the White House that
there is no essential disagreement among
the leaders over currency legislation re-
ceived the news with polite credulty
At the Capitol today the currency cit
uation was classed as being up in the
air" Chairman Glass of the banking
and currency committee had practically
thrown up his hands and suspended eff
fort for the. time being
1t was the general understanding that
he has been halted by the White House.
and the rank and file We're inclined to the
belief that this enforced pause was trace
able to William J. Bryan's opposition to
some features of the tentative bill
Official statements from high quarters
failed to dissipate the general belief that
Secretary Bryan's powerful influence was
in the balance and exerted against the
bill which had Professionally been agreed
upon by the President, Secretary McAdoo,
Chairman Glass and Chairman Owen.
Henry Remains Bland.
Representative Henry of Texas regard
ed as the opponent in the House of the
opposition to present efforts to obtain
currency legislation. wore an aspect today
that was childlike and bland. very much
such as is ascribed to the cat that has
swallowed the canary.
The fact that somebody had thrown q
monkey wrench into the machinery OF
the scmoothly working efforts toward
perfectng a currency bill seemed TO ca Use
him no pain. OF course. he Vouchsa fed
no suggestion as to who might have done
ii.
Samuel Untermyer. Whie counsel
for the money trust committee and reput-
ed backer of the plan said to have Mr..
Bryans assent TO push another money
trust investigation in lieu of currency
legislation. is in town and has conferred
with Mr.. Henry. Friday Representative
Neeley of Kansas will address the House
for an hour in support OF the proposition
to continue the money trust investisa-
ton.
1t is declared currency legislation plans
were all changed last night after a three
hour conference between the President
Secretary Mead of the Treasury De-
partment and Chairmen Owen and Glass
of the Senate and House committees on
banking and currency.