The Caucasian., 1913-10-21
CURRENCY REFORM
4 UNITED PARTY is THE AIM OF
PRESIDENT WILSON.
ONLY A MORAL PRESSURE
I'm Personal Way Expected to Lead
to the Successful Enactment OF
the Money Bill SoOn-A Politician
of Rare DiScernment.

In the issue of the Chicago Sun
day Tribune there is published an
interesting special from It's Wash
ington correspondent, John Callan
OLaughlin, on currency reform, as
follows:
In spite Of the obstacles which the
Senate is interpOsing in the way OF
prompt passage of the banking and
currency reform bill, President Will
son is confident of his ability to pre-
vent a split in the Democratic party
such as took place in the Republl-
can party.
He is applying moral pressure to
Democratic senators for the pul
pose of forcing them to see the light
as he desires, and he is hopeful that
! before long he will be successful.
He has resented the advice of some
Of his friends to assail publicly
members of the Senate Banking anu
| Currency Committee who are drag
ging out the hearings for the pur-
pose OF delaying action upon the ad-
| ministration measure, and IS de-
| pending upon other methods to gex
them in line.
He is creating a strong sentiment
| in the Senate itself, which will re-
suit in the application of pressure
by that body upon the recaleltrant
committeeman and which apparent
without his active Intervention Viii
force an early report Of the bill.
Doesn't Use the big Stick"
The Presidents policy in this mat
/ ter is interesting because ii shows
his capacity for dealing with men
without swinging the ''big stick 1t
is generally recognized here that he
has greater power than any OF his
Z predecessors possessed, largely be-
cause senators now are elected dl-
1ectly by the people and the con-
| Gmnation of the President would be
fatal to their candidacy for re-elec-
ton.
The fear that the President would
exercise this power did much to IN
duce Democratic senator's to sup
Dort the tariff bill and will cause
them to think twice before refusing
to voteQfOr currency reform. In
fact. it is conceded that bill en-
bodying the fundamental principles
laid down in the administrations
currency measure will bsadopted
|Ethough there will be some changes
in details recommended by the
Banking and Currency Committee
and approved by the Senate.
The President, therefore, has ac-
complished one big thing, if not the
big thing, in connection with eur
rency reform. He has caused mel
with widely divergent views tt
swing around to the main PROPOSE.
tiOns which he advocated and which
. are incorporated in the bill passes
by the House.
Trades Not His Policy.
The question arises: How has th
!, President accomplished this result
He has not attacked a single sen
ator, and will not do so unless tn
opposition becomes so determine
as to indicate no other course ii lei
al open to him. Then he will urge tn
) discharge of the committee.
.aI What he has done, however, ha
been to call senator after senator t
the White House. He has poInte
. out to them the necessity Of curren
) Icy legislation and the expectation c
ri the country that it would be pro
:. vided. He has asked his visitor
10 what objections they have to tn
80 bill passed by the House. He h;
= listened to what they said and al
- swered them as effectively as /
q could.
If their arguments proved difficu
for him to answer, he has turnt
= loose upon them the experts at n
command. He has suggested to OF
= or Two of them that they questl(
the committee as to the time r
n5l por would be made. This interrog
o. ton will become more frequent al
insistent the longer the commit
postpones action.
Old Timers Mind Wilson.
III It is worth while to note furth
66 that the senator's, even the old TIL
100 occupants of the chamber who ma
1876 talked violently against "executl
1872 usurpation," have not only listen
LOG to the President but have shown
983 disposition to do as he desires.
- Their conciliatory attitude q
s22 been Ia part due to the way