El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-16
WILSON IS HOME
FROM VACATION
President Addresses Refrig-
GRAFTON Congress-Discus-
Mexico Situation

was TO receive several hundred dele
gates to the International Congress OF
Refrigeration.
Secretary BRYAN had a conference on
Mexico while secretary McAdoo had an
engagement 10 talk over the collector
ship of the port of Boston
Currency Experts Testify.
One Of the perplexlng ana lmportanss
the new banking system proposed by
the administration bill viii be the cur
tailrnent Of business activities and the
Restraining Of credits at critical mo-
meuts, according 10 professor o. NJ ".
Sprague, OF Harvard unlVerslIy5 VINO
testified today before the senate Dank-
Had these federal banks been in
existence the last year, ne sald, thcy
would have been driven from business
for more money and extension OF dis
counts As IL is, I think the moderate
1i0ufdatfon business has had to go
through in the last six months mas
been of very great advantage anu mas
greatly strengthened the business COM
Professor sprague was the first Of
a number Of experts who viii be heard
by the committee during the next lew
DAYS -, 80 -o,7aoi,e, national
bank notes with new treasury notes
was criticised adversely by professor
Sprague. He advocated change lnat
would make government PONDS security
for those notes as they are now for
THE general features of the admins
Democrats Hold Firm.
With well oiled legislative macnin-
erv working smoothly, the adminlstra-
ZION currency bill is rolling on steadily
a chorus Of Democratic noes quick
" disposed OF the numerous RepuDll-
can and Progressive amendments "a
alter the provisions PREVIOUSLY aSISso
upon by the Democratic caucus Not
single material amendment was Foteo
Tbe debate bristIed with charges of
gag law" and caucus rule from tne
minority. with occasional sympathetlc
replies from the Democratic side, but
when the votes were needed the line
held firm behind chairman GLASS; o.
the banking and currency c0mmlttee-
Spirited Controversy.
Representative MOndens of wyoming
and progressive leader Muruock ue-
voted considerable time to pleading
with the Democrats to break the
snachles anu uessL1 ; - ~ - ! srfr-
Mr.. Mendeu became lnFolNeu IN a sIp iI
tied controversy with representative
Stanley, OF Kentucky, VINO had so lns-
thing TO say about Republican caucus
action. Representative Donovan, Demo-
cratic OF Connecticut, Joined with rep
resentatiVe Murdoch in one OF MS at
faeEs declaring that the leaders had
abandoned the currency bill to the new
beeds If the house
sSot more than half a quorum is
here" he shouted they draw their pay
regularly and abandon the work A. A.
-ached 10 their positions. This Is noIh-
ing more than stealing 80 -
dock, the caucus has forecioseo al ac-
ton on this bill ,
A few changes in ghraseology f &C
cepted by chairman Glsss "siS inc
only amendments adopted
Emery Denies Lobby.
The defence of the National Assocla
tfon Of Manufacturers to the charge OF
a checkered and improper polltlcdi
career in Washington and elseWheie
made BY its former lobbyist MAI
AZ NulhaII was concluded last night
association in the capital FOR nearly
three hours Emery addressed the mouse
lobby comm ittee. He made a detalleu
denial Of MulhalPs charges that the
.qeocfatfou hacked congressional com
rnittees: that il rode rough shod over
those members who opposed us Ies
fslatfve will: that it campaigned with
freauencv and at great eXpence 10 eject
fts favored congressional friends and
that il spent several hundred thous-
and dollars in lobby work through
MulhalI himself
With impassioued oratory, Emery
declared that the association never
tried 70 influence legislation ne
pointed TO the testimony OF Samuel
GomDers. president of the American
Federation of Labor before the COM
uittee to show that the manufacturers
merely opposed the ideas of labor 1aV-
oring legislation which Mr.. GompeTs
and the unions campalgned so Nl8or-
ously to get from congress.
Condemns MuIhaII's Actions.
Referring to AIulhau himself, Emery
surpassed in condemnation any Of the
public men who have taken the stand
in the investigation to attack the loD-
byist's remarkable story.
The evidence before this committee
conclusiTely demonstrates that the
character Of MuIhan destroys every
right TO believe him, nor is his writ
ten word worth more than is his oral
statement he said. BY his own testi-
mony against that of his letters, BY
the falsity of their contents proved by
independent witnesses, by the 0ecep-
ton, treachery and falsehOOd that IN
derIies every relation of his life, he IS
utterly unworthy of belief"
Dismissed from his employment Two
years ago, he undertook to betray his
employers while still in their pay to
representatives Of organized labor and
while pleading for reinstatement ne
was manufacturing evidence to villlfy
former beuefactOrS- By the evidence
which he himself has produced, he pOr-
trays himself as assailing with IN
creditable impartiality those for whom
he processes gratitude equally with
those who are the evident objects OF
ms5-ciOus and long plotted revenge"
Makes Charges Against Judge.
Charges against Rufus Thayer,
United States district judge at Shang-
hal, China, were laid before the house
committee of expenditures by John T.
Curtis. Mr.. Curtis charged that judge
Thayer left his court at Shanghai and
spent much time IN canton, while var
tous prisoners were awaiting trial be-
fore him He also charged that the eX-
pense accounts of the court weer IT.
regular.
COnferees Compromise.
Many of the knotty problems in the
wool and paper schedules have been
disposed Of by the house and senate
conferees on the Democratic tariff bill
and a good start has been made OF
the sundries schedule.
one of the Important agreements Oc-
CURED when the senate cOnferess re-
ceded from the amendment to free list
the cheaper grades of wooden blank Is
and accepted the house paragraph
making them cutiable at 25 percent ac
Ealorem- The paragraph on WooleL
yarns was compromised by splitting al
most equally the difference between
the two houses, the house having voted
a 20 percent and the senate a Is per-
cent duty.
Slight changes were made in the SEN
are1s rates on wooden stockings. An
cora goat and mohair were passed over
the GOnferees not being able to agree
Delivers Delayed speech.