Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-04-16
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TALES OF FRICTION BETWEEN
4 PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF
Z CABINET ARE FALSE.
RESENTED IN WHITE HOUSE

RESENTED IN WHITE HOUSE
Facts Show Mr.. Wilson. and Secretary
Bryan Were In Complete Accord
Concerning Chinese Loan and Sen.
ate Control. S
sy;GEoReE CLINTON.
:Washington.-One does not have to
20 to the White House offices to learn
that there is resentment there because
of the stories which occasionally float
through the country and which init
mate. even II they do not directly
state, that there is friction between
Mr.. Wilson and this member or that
member of his cabinet over some Inn
portant legislative matter.
In the stories which have been
printed here and there Of discord In
the cabinet, Mr.. Bryan has figured
more than any other cabinet member.
It is perfectly apparent that the
White House and state department
feel badly about what the friends of
the president and the secretary say
10 complete Misrepresentation OF facts.
It happens that Mr.. Bryan was in the
west when Mr.. Wilson gave out his
statement concerning the Chinese
loan. At once story was published
in quite q number of places that Mr..
Bryan had not been consulted about
this department matter, and that
therefore there would be ructions al
soon 40 he came back. There were
no ructions when he returned.
Truth About Chinese Matter.
Here u the story Of this particu-
lar matter. Five days before Mr.. Bry-
an left Washington to go west the Chi
nese loan matter was gone over in
detail by the president and the sec
Rotary Of state. Mr.. Wilson wrote
his message to the country on the sub
feet, but Mr.. Bryan aided In the writ
ing and sanctioned every line of It.
After the president and the secre,
tary had prepared the outline OF the
document it was submitted to the cab
met and there discussed. then MI.
Wilson and Mr.. Bryan went over It
again, and both agreed that 1t was In
proper form to be given to the coun-
try. Mr.. Bryan went away. and while
he was away the Chinese loan mes
sage was given to the press. It
might have carried with it Mr., Bry-
ans signature in addition to that
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his hand to something to which he
had already given his heart
$s In dispatches from Washington pri-
or to the time that the senate Demo
cratic caucus met and named Senator
Kern Of Indiana ~ the leader and ap-
pointed 4 steering committee to as-
{ sign members to committees, 1t was
/ said that the progressiveS would be
ingcontrol Of the caucus. OF the steer
ing committee and Of the committee
themselves. 1t was also said that
/ certain conservative senators of long
service would be- made chairmen OF
important committees because Of their
seniority right. but that the commit
tses themselves, or those Of any par
ticular legislative importance. would
be controlled by the progressives, and
that the ,chairmen. no matter how con,
servative they might be. would find
themselves overruled by their progress.
sivs fellow committee members.
Propressivss In Control.
Since these committees were ap-
pointed, although it was made perfect
ly clear in advance that seniority
would demand the giving Of certain
chairmanships to conservatives, 1t
has been held In some places that the
giving OF these chairmanships to the
old timers means that the conserva-
tives have defeated the progressives
and are in control Of the Democratic
majority in the senate Of the United
States. Senator Kern, the Democrat
ic leader, when asked about the mat
ter, said: III there Is any doubt as
to the control Of these committees,
analyze the membership" An analy-
sis shows that the progressives. or at
least men who have agreed to be pro
gressives, and in whom confidence is
placed, are in control OF every COM
mittee OF Importance in the senate OF
the United States.
All OF this was done in advance.
Mr.. Bryan knew of the course which
was to be taken and he gave his ap.
prevail, but he did not give it as one
( whose approval was necessary, but as
one who. having his views in the mat
ter, wanted to show that they were
like those Of the president, and Of
the progressives in the senate.
Tariff Plan Settled.
With all the preliminary trou.
bles between the Democrats of the
house and senate over the ques.
ton Of what the rates should
be on certain articles OF import, 1t
now seems that matters have been
pretty we'll sstraightened out and that
largely through the influence OF the
president q tariff bill will be put
through congress with comparatively
little friction. The hope Of the lead
ers today Is that the bill will be sign
ed and that congress may adjourn
certainly by July /.
It virtually has been assured that
there will be one comprehensive tar
III bill. instead Of q dozen or SO sep
arate bills. each one concerning itself
with different schedules. ri.
1t is apparent from what many of
the Democratic leaders say that the
next tariff law, while 1t will be radical
~ different from the one now in exist
ence, will not represent the extreme
Of free trade except in some few parti.
culars. although these few particulars
may be called important ones. It
seems that . compromise satisfactory
to the Democrats representing lumber
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