The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-31
MAY FOLLOW MONEY
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This action. 1t is said, should be
and the administration measure
should contain some of the punitive
features recommended by the Pujo
report.
Untermeyer's Hand Seen.
Mr.. Cntermeyer, counsel for the
committee, has recently been in con-
ference with Mr.. Henry. and not long
ago entertained Secretary Bryan at
his country home on the Hudson. Mr..
Cntermyer had another talk with Mr..
Henry day before yesterday. Mr.. I'm
terrnyer made explicit denial. how
ever. a day or two ago that he was
mixing In congressional affairs at all
since his connection with the now
extinct Pujo committee ceased.
The point of all this Is that there
is apparent another complication In
securing currency legislation at this
session 1t Is we'll known that Presi-
dent Wilson is earnestly DESTROYS OF
having some kind of currency re-
form bill on the statute books along
with the rev tariff law.
He is having the deuce's time get
ting 1t. Leader Underwood is not
keen for 1t at all. because 1t threatens
to interfere with the tariff bill. and
take the mind OF congress of the
main question-tariff revision. Bust
ness men and financial interests are
clamoring for 1t. however. and Mr..
Underwood finally laid his hand on
the table and told the president to go
1t alone; he would not trump his
partners ace, anyhow.
Many Currency Bills.
There are q dozen or two cur
ren6t bills now extant. but there is
no single measure thus far which
can be said to be the administration's
bill. Representative Carter Glass. OF
Virginia, who will head the new bank
ing and currency committee, has
written ard rewritten bills until he
has writer's cramp. Senator Owen,
chairman CT the senate banking ana
currency committee. has bill; Sec
rotary McAdoo has a bill. and Presi-
dent Wilson'S table is Uttered with
them from all quarters
The last intimation from mead
quarters is that somebody Will have
to take these bills and whip them into
shape In one concrete measure. to be
officially known as the administers
tion hill" which, AZ such. Is to be
damned through under spur from the
White House.
Secretary. McAdoo will probably
have to undertake this task. He VIII,
at least. revise the composite meas
ure and pass 1t up to the president.
In the present state OF confusion In
congress over the subject OF currency.
to which old Babel wasn't = marker.
il Ia thought that congress will glad
" rise to the administration bill a.
a bass to fly.
But here comes the Henry-Lind-
bergh complication. IL 1t materializes.
as the reports have 1t. The bills thus
far presented for, consideration do
not contain the restrictive and punt
tive features recommended by the
Pu1o committee and which. 1t Is said.
Messrs. Henry and Lingbergh. with
the reported urging OF Mr.. Inter
rnyer and the alleged assent OF Secre-
tary Bryan. would embody in the new
currency law.
Mr.. Glass is decidedly opposed to
Incorporating any Of the Pu1o-U Inter
myer findings In the strictly techni-
cal provisions of proposed reform
OF the currency system. Leader I'm
derwood and his followers are OPP
posed to spending another minute In
chasing the money trust" while the
men who originally put through the
resolution for the money trust inves-
TfgHttun are-deAdset- ON taking another
shy at 1t.