The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-28
President Is Assured
OF Favorable Action
On the Currency Bill
COMMITTEE FAILS no AGREE
But BILL CAN BE SHAPED
UP IN THE CAUCUS
Lobby Investigation Soon to Come
to Close in the Senate. When
Mulhall Goes to the House.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. July 27.-
President Wilson has received further
assurances from leaders In congress-,
that his program of currency reformI
will receive favorable action at this
session OF congress. Thr-, assur-
ances have been made in the face oil
a sharp split amongst Democrats of
the house banking and currency conf
mittee and in spite. also OF the desiroi
OF many Democrats in the senate tot
delay currency action until the DeA
cember session. 1
Rapid progress has been made ont
the tarif bill in the senate and thet
president and his congressional ad-
visers have been encouraged at thei
prospect of passage OF the tariff bill
much earlier than had been expected. /
Republican senators defeated at every +!
turn in their efforts TO amend the bill, !
have given way on much of their pro- !
posed opposition and the Democrats 1
propose to push the revised bill |
promptly during the coming week
Whipped Into Shape.
While the Democrats OF the House
currency committee have found Il Inn
possible 20 agree on the Glass-Oven
currency bill the House leaders an6
President Wilson believe the measure
can be whipped into shape In a Demo-
cratic caucus, II Il Is necessary to-
adopt that course. The President hasl
been conferring with the so-oalled In
surgents one by one. and has securedt
their views and ascertained thsl
strength OF their opposition. II is bel
lieved the bill could be taken into al
caucus with the backing of the Presi-
dent. Democratic Leader Undervood.i 4
Speaker Clark and Chairman Glass.
and could be perfected there and given
the endorsement OF the Democratic!
party. Further efforts will be made
this week TO bring the House comm
tee members together on the bill, but
should the attempts fail. the admins
tration Is prepared 20 push the curren-.
cv measure into the House without
delay
The tar1ff bill has gone through It's
early stages with unexpected rapidity.
FSw members have attempted to
make general tariff speeches: and II
is believed the debate VII he meager
during the next two or three weeks
VIII Soon End.
The lobby investigation. 10 be re-
sumed tomorrow by the senate investi-
eating committee. is approaching an
end. as far as the senate is concerned,
according to members OF the commit
tee An opportunity IL 10 he given Of
fcers of the National Association OF
Manufacturers for a limited Cross
examination Of Martin VI. Mulhall,
who claims 10 have been for many
years their lobbyist" and secret DO
litical agent.
Under the rules adopted by the COM
mitiee requiring questions 10 be fur
nished them ? hours in advance. II is
expected that the examination OF Null
hall will be short There remain near
ly 1000 OF his private letters and re-
ports 10 be Identified. but IL is expected
he will be turned over TO the house
investigators late IN the week Mem
bers OF that committee insist they will
question him in detail as 10 his aIle-
cations affecting members and en-
plOyes ~ the house