The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-04-12
Iy0 O|sE0RD {HERE |
y ~ Of FRICTION ErwEEN
! o. sAIO4Nr AND MsMaERs OF
AeINET ARE False.
{ED IN WHITE HOUSE
Facts pow Mr.. Wilson and Secretary
Bry4h Were in Complete Accord
condl ernins Chinese Loan and Sem
ate CSontrol.
BM GEORGE CLINTON.

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go to ths1 tie House offices to learr
that ther resentment there because
OF the ie which occasionally tioa
througrH country and which init
mate, even il they do not directly
stateJ that there is friction between
Mr.. Wilson and this member or that
member of his cabinet over some i'm
por9 tant legislative matter.
YIN the stories which have been
prFnted here and there of discord in
t4e cabinet, Mr. Bryan has figured
4Pore than any other cabinet Eember.
is perfectly apparent that the
Fhlte House and state department
Feei badly about what the friends Of
Inc president and the secretary say
rs complete Misrepresentation of facts.
~ happens that Mr.. Bryan was in the
west when Mr.. Wilson gave out his
statement concerning the Chinese
loan. At once a story was published
IN quite number of places that Mr..
Bryan had not been consulted about
this department matter, and that
therefore there would be ructions as
soon as he came back. There were
no ructions when he returned.
Truth About Chinese Matter.
Here is 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
Ject, 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 Mr.
Wilson and Mr.. Bryan went over it
again, and both agreed that it was in
proper form to be given to the coun-
try. Mr.. Bryan went away, and while
Re was away the Chinese loan mes
sage was given to the press. 1t
might have carried with 1t Mr.. Bry-
ans signature in addition to that
OF MIR. Wilson's, for he could have put
his hand to something to which he
had already given his heart
In dispatches from Washington. pri-
or to the time that the senate Demo
cratic caucus met and named Senator
Kern OF Indiana as the leader and ap-
pointed a steering committee to as
sign members to committees. 1t was |
said that the progressives would be
in control 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
tees themselves, or those of any par
tcular legislative Importance, would
be controlled by the progressives, and
that the chairmen. no matter how con.
sentative they might be, would find
themselves overruled by their progress
sive fellow committee members.
Prosressives In Control. |
Since these committees were an.
although it was made perfect
y clear in advance that seniority
would demand the giving Of certain
to conservatives. IL
las been held in some .places that the
giving of these/ Ans tn the