Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-26
CURRENCY PLANS
LOOM LARGE
BOTH BRANCHES OF CONGRESS-
NOW HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
HOUSE BUSY WITH CURRENCY.
SENATE WITH TARIFF.
CONGRESS- USED TO Personal
DELIVERY OF MESSAGES BY
PRESIDENT. AND ACCEPTS THEM
AS MATTERS OF COURSE.

Washington. ID. g.. June 2G.-Currcn-
cy reform is looming big at the south
end Of the capitol. At last that branch
of congress has something to do again.
President Wilson went there to read his
special message 1t seemed that cur
rcncy egislation was something special
v in the keeping of the house This
however is not altogether the case. The
plain facts are that either the House or
Tie Senate might begin on the Ei!l first
or the two might work along contempor-
ancOusly Bat the senate. SO to speak
has its hands full for the moment. Con
Scquently the House goes StcAmlNg
ahead with il currency bill, while the
Senate goes Stcaming ahead or tries to
70 >teaming ahead with tariff bill.
And the President goes To the House
To read his special currency message. bc
cause the hall of the House iS much
more convenient for 4 joint meeting Of
Senate and House. There is a great deal
more room in the hall. But as the Sen
ate was present. the message was dcliv-
cred iii person as much to the senate as
ii was delivered to the house.
Incidentally tongues do not wag
now when the President goes to the cap
itol to deliver Il message in person to
congress. There was no mighty To do
about it this time 1t was taken as
matter of course. Everybody seemed
rather to ike it that the President was
coming and that he did come. At the
beginning Of the extra session. he it re-
mcmb2rcd. when President Wilson pro
posed 10 read his own message 4 great
outcrv was raised. Senators Of hOth 20
liticnl parties Snccrcd and rather un-
kind things were said i'll debate about il.
But. 0f course everybody attended the
Joint session and listened 10 the reading
and matters passed off 50 satisfactorily
that the appearance Of the president at
the capitol il now accepted as matter
Of fact.
Thus il was with his visits to his
room at the senate end of the capitol.
1t was something novel ut first. and.
whenever he came there was thrOb Of
interest. 1t is thus no longer. OF
course the frcqucntcrs of the senate pre-
cincts take notice. Whenever word is
sent 10 the sergeant at arms that the
president is coming. The tidingS fly to
the senate chamber and there is spccula
ton as to who will he called To see him.
But there is no great turmoil about II
and other events of an afternoon 1T the
capitol may easily be Of more interest.
n
much demonstration. Secret service
guards usually attend him and the news
paper correspondents gather. because
there are items to be had from the names
Of senators ca led. Those names furnish
clues to stories about nominations.
Now with the Snccal message read
and with the public having j tolcrably
clear understanding. in an official way.
~ to The presidents views. the task OF
fashioning Il currency bill goes on apacc.
Members Of the House banking and cur
rcncy committee are looking very wise.
They have opportunities to talk with the
president and other prominent admins
tration men and most of them are IN
harmony with the presidents currency
idea
The cal for public building funds
again is in the land. congressman
trooping back from an extended yaca-
ton since the enactment of the tariff
bill. are ccrtaiIK taking notice. There
are about 800 projects for public build
inc sites in the United States. That
means congress has authorized the pur
chase Of grofnd for something like that
number of public buildings and III \
great number Of instances the purchase
has not been completed 1t takes q year
or two or three ordinarily 10 buy site
for one Of Tnc'c Sans buildings. a
large field force is necessary to trave
M and down and back and forth. 1t
il imperatve for these men to visit the
communities where public buildings are
to be erected consult with divers inter
csts and try to ascertain the public sen
timent and also to learn where the loca
ton is that would be of greatest pub ic
convenience There is hardly anything
else about which a community can be
quite as fussy.
For many weeks. ever since the new
administration came i'll. III fact. tele-
grams have been flying to Washington.
Local. democrats have been wiring:
Now that our own party has come into
power we want the site selected and paid
for. The Republicans fumbled and dal-
Y lied long enough