Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1913-10-30

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The record which has been achieve,
during the first six months of tn.
present administration would ind;cat.
ehat 1t has. No President ever dom
mated his party in congress more
completely than did Wilson during tht
long and exhaustive consideration O,
the tariff. He did it with such in.
Unite tact, so graciously and yet SC
llrmly, that, while there were NUT.
terings Of dissatisfaction heard oc.
caslonally, no concerted antagonisn
was created, no schisms opened ut
within the ranks. The President
task was made all the easier by the
splendid support accorded him by
Underwood, Clark, Simmons and
other big leaders on both sides of the
Capitol but it was a great victory fo1
his leadership none the less.
The Presidents good luck remained
with him insofar as having the lower
house accede to his wishes when the
currency and banking bill was taken
up. As in the case Of the tariff, he
got that bill through the house lust
as he desired it. But when the mea.
sure went to the senate committee on
banking and currency, it quickly be-
came apparent that the President S
control over the legislative branch of
the government was to be put to a
severe test. To begin with, there
are number of democratic senator's
who did not want to take up currency
and banking legislation at this session.
Some of these men are members of
the senate committee to which the
measure was sent. 1t was with any,
thing but favorable state of mind
that they entered upon the consider
alton of the measure. Added to these
potential recalcitrant- were there
pubIicans, very few, if any, of whom
were in favor of the house bill or any
other bill at the present session. At
that time, it certainly looked a bit
dark for the second half of the Presi-
dents extra sessions program.
But the atmosphere has cleared
during the past two weeks.
The democratic senator's who were
hanging back are beginning to mani
fest some genuine interest in the stu
alton. Moreover, several republican
members seem to have come around
to the President 5 way of looking at
the particular piece of business in
hand. From information which | re-
ceived from an authoritative source
today, it is altogether probable that
early in November, the SEN
ate banking committee will report out
a currency and banking bill and that
the report will be signed by all men,
bers of the committee, republicans as
we'll as democrats. 1t will not be
the house bill but it will be a mea-
sure satisfactory to the President
which means that the house will ac-
cept it. 1t will not be partisan bill
either since the President is consult
ing freely with the republican MEM
oers of the senate committee and is
an open minded DISPOSE
Jon to yield to their suggestions on
points.
| would not care to predict that the
currency bill will be passed at this
session of congress but | do know that
the outlook is infinitely more encour-
aging that it was a week or two
weeks ago. Moreover, if the bill is
passed at this session, the credit will
belong almost solely to the President
who, in the face Of tremendous pres
sure, has steadfastly refused to con-
sent to an adjournment although a
big majority of both houses Of con-
gress desired to quit and 20 home.
1t will indeed be remarkable re-
cord if the President is instrumental
if having both tariff and currency
and banking law enacted at this spe'
cial session but the supreme test OF
his leadership viii come during tne
forthcoming regular session. ih's