The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-03
WINS BRYAN ON
 CURRENCY BILL
The Presidents Reasoning With the COmmOner Was Invincible- Closer Relationship Now
 EXiSts-NO Surrender.

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 the formation of the Owen-Glass-
 McAdoo currency bill and it's intro
 duction in the House, lies another
 story of vital significance to the
 Democratic party and the country generally. It concerns itself with
 the achievement of President Will son in winning Secretary of State Bryan over to the bill.
 | The complete meeting of the minds of the master minds of the
 party on this question-one which dragged down the second Cleveland
 administration and kept his party from power and in dissension dur ing the l6 years of Bryan's lead
 ership-haS a significance extend ing far beyond the drafting of a currency measure that commands
 the united support of the admins
 tration forces.
 It means that Bryan's radical req soning is now in accord with the
 thinking of his chief, the president and the very lively fears of a break
 between the president and the Com moner, which have been a subject lof common gossip and conjecture, are overcome with a success that a short time ago seemed to be impos- sible.
 There has been an honest dread | of that break between Wilson and Bryan. Both men have been getting along famouSly but Bryan's own statement this morning carries an Iintimation of what the president has been up against in his determi- nation tO have immediate currency legislation. There is a world of meaning in this sentence by Bryan: "Conilicting opinions. honestly en- 1 tertained and strongly adhered to-, have been reconciled with a sue cess hardly to be expected"
 Bryan's Former Plan. Bryan is believed to have stood
 for a plan that virtually amounted to "greenbackism.' Wilson would not for one minute consent 10 any such radical program. He knew the
 lesson of Civil war greenbackism all too we'll He believed that the end would be attained if the people, through the government, were made the bosses of the currency issue and their banks made their agents not their masters.
 About two weeks ago the situation
 is said to have been precariOus. Bryan disagreed with the McAdoo plan. It was, as he asys, an honest l difference of opinion-one that con- cerned a principle for which Bryan has been fighting since '96 His fol- lowers in Congress knew of this diff ference of opinion and his intimate friend, Representative Henry, as the country now knows, made a move to block currency legislation at this session. Bryan was not seeking a quarrel; on the contrary, the man was gloomy and sorrowful over his inability to agree with Will son.
 At a iuncture when il was thought hat the worst fears of a break were to be realized, the president got his powers of persuasion in action. He laid the cards on the table to Bryan and reasoned the situation from every angle, and conquered. There were several points al issue, and it concerned the constitution of the central control board.
 Friends of Mir. Bryan have said that he felt that the reasoning of the president was invincible and that no man could have been hon. est with himself and stayed off the reservation.
 Closer Relationship.
 The result is that Wilson and Bryan are now closer together jhan ever before. and their devotion to each other since March i has been a matter of wide comment. The chances of split between them and a consequent disruption of the cabinet. of Congress and the party in general has been rendered nega- five. for it is believed that if ever there was to be a division 1t would come on such a trying and delicate question as currency.
 Not only has Wilson wholly cap hlred the Commoner. but he is fairly 0n the way to accomplish the most difficult and ambitious leglsla- five program since the Civil war. If he gets the tariff and currency set tied. he will have settled two of the greatest problems that confront the administration.
 'I am glad to endorse most ear nestly and unreservedly the cur rency bill which has been prepared by the chairmen of the two con gressional committees in conjunc- ton with the president and Secre- fary McAdoo,' said the secretary. 'Il is much better bill than l sup noSed if possible to secure at this time. Conflicting opinions, honest lv entertained and strongly adhered lo. have been reconclled with a success hardly to be expected. l have doubted until recently the wisdom of attempting currency leg islation at this session, but my doubts were largely due to the fact that I feared the difficulties in the way would prevent an agreement upon a plan.
 The plan which the president now urges confers with great ad- vantages upon inc banks, while it