The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-19
His Plan for Another
Money Probe Is Not Ex-
pected to Materialize
NOT MUCH CHANCE
FOR CURRENCY LAW
President Is About the Only One
Who Fayors-Night Get Through
House, But Have Serious
Trouble in Senate
BY C. e. STEWART

III y. SIENA ART
| Washington, June ls.-6Special.) )-Iiepre-
sentative Robert Henry of Texas sue
| ceeded in creating quite a stir in con-
gressional circles last week by bis violent
and sudden attack upon the Honey
devil''. Mr. Henry is opposed to currency
| legislation this session. and believes that
still further probing into the by-paths and
various other ramifieations of high
france is absolutely necessary before Con-
gress can deal intellgently with currency.
In spite of the fact that there are many
| members of Congress, both in the House
and the Senate, who are avowedly opposed
to taking up the question of currency
legislation ut this session of Congress.
Mr.. Henrys proposed method of postpon-
| Ing such action will not receive the sup
port which that statesman expected it
would
Another long siege of money investiga-
ton with Samuel untermyer as the star
| performer. in the opinion of the leaders,
will develop nothing new of value to those
who are framing currency bill.
Strong Wilson Supporter
lnasmuch as Representative Henry was
supposed to be most enthusiastic sum-
porter of the administra ton. and certain
ly was, of President Wilson before and
after the baltimore conventiop his action
in openly opposing the administration-tbe
llrst man to come right out and lay down
the gauntlet-was In the nature of SIR
prise 1t was Representative Henry who
upon any and all occasions in the House
during the campaign undertook to defend
President Wilson from the attacks upon
his writings made by republican members
OF the House. These attacks were fre-
quent and vicious and always the signal
for Representative Henry to rise In "a
place and fix his lance for a charge upon
the defamers of his candidates for the
presidency.
because of his prominence as a cham
pion of the President and his LOYALTY to
the Secretary of State, Mr. BRYAN. If was
much in the papers that Representative
Henry would become one of the admins
tration leaders in the House Not onlv
that, ne was prominently mentioned'' as
an opponent of Speaker Clark for the
sreakership of the Sixty-third Congress
Much in the Limelight
Early in the year, Immediately after
PRESIDENT Wilson was inaugurated Rep
resentative Henry was among the first to
appear upon the scene at the capital. and
IL very short while the papers were
full of what Representative Henry had
said, and what he was going to do.
During the days when everyone. excent
President Wilson, was making up cabinets
for the new administration, Representa-
tive Henry was quite prominent. He was
mentioned for almost every job there was
except Secretary of State. Attorney Gen.
eral, Postmaster General, and at least
one or two other cabinet places were given
to Representative Henry-on paper
When the cabinet members We're an
nounced, however, Representative Henry
was prominent only in that he was not
on the list Instead the Lone Star state
was represented in the cabinet by one AL
bert S. Burleson. who Is now struggling
with the problems of the postoffice de-
partment
There are those who intimate that Rep
,resentative Henry is peeved because he
was not given a place in the cabinet, and
because he has not been relied upon as the
champion of tn administration in the
House, and that he thought that he saw
an opportunity to "get even' by putting
crimp into the currency legisla tion by
starting his ''money devil PROBE
Whether or not this is true--there is no
substantial ground in support of such
charges-it is quite true that his move
ment may serve to defeat currency legis-
lation at this session.
No One Very Enthusiastic
In point of fact. no one has been en-
thusiastic about currency legislation ex-
cept the President. The leaders have
yielded to his wishes in the matter, and no
one has been optimistic enough to predict
that even though the House passed a cur
rency BILL the Senate would ever take 1t
up during the present session.
There is a constantly growing deter
mination, especially in the Senate, to pass
the tariff bill and quit. 1t will not be
far from September ! when this is ac-
ccmplished and 1t will then be very warm
in Washington In addition to this fact,
many senators have campaigns on their
hands. and they are impatient to get back
and Sc about their fences.
Jr the meantime Representative Henry's
plan to start another probe after the
money trust and put his friend. Mr.. I'm
termyer, again in the center of the stage
stands a good deal less show than cur
rency. If either is given consideration it
will be currency-Mr. Henry's plan is des-
tined for the junk heaps
The currency bill will be introduced in
The House probably this week. The House
NAV mass II II they can agree In caucus
70 support the bill, and they probably
Will The President has Mr.. Cnderwood's
now erful force and leadership to fall back
upon and to rely upon IN the Rouse ana
~ "a ouite likely that that leadership WILL
as !, the past be strong enough to put
tha hill through But there Is no Under
wood IN the Senate as the tariff bill rec
ord of that body clearly proves. and the
,nner house will do well to finish the