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gerry such as an Office lawyer must per-
form That is to be left to others and
Mr. Bryan will handle the larger ques-
tions in conjunction with President VIII
son who follows foreign matters pretty
closely himself.
When campaign time comes Mr.. Bryan
will also go forth in political efforts.
There will be plenty of speaking for
him. however. whether there are political
campaigns OF hot. The demands of the
American public upon the President and
cabinet officials at Washington are sim
ply enormous. They can only be met in
part anyhow. And Mr.. Bryan also COLI
tnues to see a great number of the Office
seekers who come to Washington. 1t Is
continuously plain that he has pull
With the White House. Now and then
lie exercises it, much to the delight OF the
veteran Bryanites of campaigns past
and gone.
President Wilson is shrewdly keeping
to himself the proposed provisions of tile
new currency bill. He refuses to be
drawn into "a statement about what the
measure will be. Many are asking 10
know. The House committee on pank-
ing and currency has been appoln,ed and
has begun to meet and will soon begin
to consider the new bill. There is som,
doubt. however. as to how much au.
thoEity the committee Will exercise
President Wilson still has three currency
bills before him, one drawn by Repre-
sentative Carter Glass, chairman of the
committee just referred to. one drawn by
Chairman owen of the Senate commit
tee on banking and currency. and one
drawn by Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo.
To Il man up a tree it looks as though
the work of the House banking and cur
rency committee would be very much in
an advisory capacity to the President,
The committee Will undoubtedly investi-
gate and ponder and, perhaps, arrive at
conclusions but these will have to square
with the views of the President and Sec
rotary McAdoo. There are good reasons
for believing that Mr. McAdoo Is CON
sulting extensively with leading bankers
of the country. No publicity attends
these proceedings but that is one of the
ways of the new administration. Al
the administration is not for publicity in
development stages. 1t announces what
it has when given transaction is com.
pleted.
The President apparently intends ther.
shall be fairly conservative currency
bill lie possibly is suspicious of the
House banking and currency committee
because of traditions in that committee
For many years it has been made up OF
some of the most persistent wranSlers
in public life. II has been utterly I'M
possible to get them to agree upon any
thing of importance. This may all be
changed with tile Democratic cotctie that
Representative Glass has under his
jurisdiction. Certain it is, however, that
there are radical men on the committee
and the prosressives of the House. the
finest bunch of trouble makers In many
years, are preparing to harass and an
noy. They do not propose to allow any
harmony or any concert of action If they
can possibly avoid it. Representative
Lindbersh of Minnesota. a Progressive
is shouting at the top of his voice foI
public meetings of the banking and eur
rency committee, which mas already
caused some connection.
The President is not yet preparing his
special message on the currency bill. II
is believed he Will wait till the tariH
bill is out of committee in the Senate an.
also out of the Senate caucus. Whef
the Democrats have given their verdic'
for the tariff bill, as they will do wher
the caucus has concluded the President
will feel more at liberty to commit him
self definitely on currency and to STAR
the activities for whipping the measure
into shape and for getting it through the
House expeditously.