The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-10
SENATE COMM TEE
HOSTILE TO JONES
AND WARBURG
Oppose Appointments TO Fed
eraI Reserve Board
The PRESIDENT WILL FIGHT
Wilson Stands by His Nominees and
Supporters viii Insist on
Combinations

Washington, July lO.-The admins
uation met defeat yesterday in the
FIRST stage of its fight to have the Sen
ate confirm the nominations of Tho
mas r. Jones, Chicago and Paul NJ.
Warburg Of New Yrk, as members of
the federal reserve board. The bank
ing and currency committee voted Z
to 4 to report the nomination OF Mr.
Jones to the Senate with an mlaVor-
able recommendation and unanimous
ly agreed to postpone indefinitely FUR
ther consideration of the nomination
of Nj Warburg
The Jones report will be submitted
by Acting Chairman Hitchcock early
next week, and tho debate over his
confirmation viii be resumed on the
floor of the Senate behind closed
doors in executive sessions. No furth
er action Will he taken by the COMM
tee on the Warbrs appointment un.
less the New YORK banker changes
his mind ANA decides to accept the
committees invitation 20 appear be-
fore it and submit to questioning The
next move, according to members OF
the committee, must come from Mr..
Warbug.
The committees action on these
two nominations was taken in the
face OF a determined effort on The
part of the president to secure ap-
p.oval of them. In his conference
with the newspaper men yesterday
the president made Il clear that he
would keep up the fight. II was point
ed ont tonight tina, by insisting on
confirmation OF Warburg the pfcai-
dent was running into the question
of Senate prerogatives, and might
find many votes against him which
could otherwise be ON his side, The
Senate has grumbled TO, years about
the invasion Of its prerogatives By
presidents, and in this case many SEN
sailors feel they have found an issue
on which they can stand together.
Senator Lewis of Illinois is conduct
ing the fight for the confirmation OF
Jones. It was understood he counts
upon a majority Of two 10 put the
nomination through but 1t is conced-
ed that even q halfdozen senators
might delay confirmation for many
weeks If not dc.oat 70 entirely. a
real campaign TO put the Jones' nomi
unffp, Ga .DU0I r,feIt ,,,te, fl. c.,
ate 20 abandon its work on antitrust
legislation and keep i'm executive ses-
sion most OF the time.
Opposition to Mr. Jones was based
upon The fact that he is director OF
the international harvester company
now being sued boy the government as
combination in restraint of trade
and Illegal under the Sherman anti
trust act Senators Lee of Maryland
Hollis of New hampshire. pomcrenc
of Ohio and Shafroth of Colorado. all
democrats, voted TO make a favorable
report ON this nomination. while Ser
ators Hitchcock of Nebraska and
Reed of Missouri. democrats. and Bris
tow of Nebraska. Nelson of Minneso-
Ia, Crawford of South Dakota, Weeks
OF Massachusetts and Mclean of Con
necticut, republicans. voted for an I'M
favorable report. The vote came af-
ter long discussion of the testimony
given by Mr.. Jones when ho appeared
before the committee early in the
week There was liiile criticism OF
Mr.. Jones other than that he was q
director OF the harvester company.
but several members are said 20 have
declared they could not conscientious
ly approve man connected with "a
concern now being prosecuted. Stress
was laid on the fact that some of the
acts OF the harvester company com
planned OF in the governments bin
asking for its dissolution were com
miited since April. 1909 when Mt
Jones became q director.
Objection to Mr. Warburg so far is
based upon an entirely different rea-
son. The committee has asked him
Co appear and submit 90 questions
about his business connections lie
has refused. and the question. us now
viewed By the Senate, is whether &C.
should conf m ans man Who viii not
accept such an Invitation. The mat
ter was discussed yesterday and al
though no record vote was taken. ;,
developed that eight OF the n seua-
tors present were OF the opinion that
the committee VAS right aud that Mr..
Warburg should appear. holding that
under The constitution nominations
are made by and with the advice