Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-10
SUBMITS THE ISSUE
TO BUSINESS WORLD
President Stands Pat on Nom-
ination of Warburg to
Reserve Board.
ASKS PUBLIC TO DECIDE
between HIM AND SENATE
Allegation Made That Opposition
Arises From Desire to En-
barrass the Administration.

barrass the Administration.
The White House is satisfied to hevr
me business world Judge between IL and
IT'S opponents I'm the Senate ~ to tho
ght upon the nomination of Paul War
pufe 10 ne member of the federal re-
serve hoard. and will stand absolutely
pat upon its present attitude on tho
question, satisfied that in the end War
burg Will he accepted in spite of his ros;-
tive refusal to submit TO questioning by
the Senate banking and currency COM
mittee.
IT became known today that Mr.. War
hurg had placed himself in the hands
OF President Wilson as to the nomination
and will he guided by what the President
suggests. In the meantime. it is under
stood, there Will be a "watchful waiting
policy adopted. SO that the public can
express its opinions on the matter.
Majority May Sustain President.
The White House does not feel any
resentment TO the desire of the Senate
10 uphold its prerogatives as to calling
nominees before it. but high officials
in the executive offices believe the
great majority of the Senate will not
come to the conclusion that tn. issue
Is one of the dignity of the. Senate in
the face of what is declared TO b. a
concerted effort on the part of one or
two senators TO cmharrass the admin
istratlon at all stages. not only AS to
policies but nominations senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska now AT the
mead of The Senate banking and cur
rehcy committee, in the absence of
senator owen. has. il is declared fol-
lowed a uniform course of opposition
~ ihe administration, seeking all sorts
OF excuses to hight the President and
Whatever he wants
Inc issue. it is declared by some close
friends of the President is getting ia
pe one OF whether Mr.. Hitchcocks op-
POSITION TO the administrat ton is to i,e
tolerated 10y other democrats there. and
hether The majority of the democratic
~ .h .hat BODY are going to Toe persuaded
shdt tne dignity of tine Senate is af-
Ir"nted by the refusal of Mr.. Warburx
TO appear before it
Owen Cables His Views.
Senator Owen. chairman Of the banking
ana currency 90 ~imittee of the Senate
sent a cablegram from Europe yesterd ay
10 Senator Hollis of New HAMPSHIRE
stating his position rega riding the nomi-
nations of Thomas ID. Jones of Chicago
and Paul NJ. Warburg of New York as
members of the federal reserve board.
Senator Owens vote on these nominal
tons could not have been counted yester-
day at the committee meefng unless the
committee had given unanimous consent.
1t WAS said today that while the matter
had been brought p In committee Sens-
tor Hollis had not attempted TO vote
Senator owens proxy. Today Senator
Hollis maintains sphinXlike silence
earding the cables'am. insisting that
matters relating to committee meetings
on nominations should not be made
public.
Before Senator Owen left Washington
for Europe he informedAone member Of
the committee, if no more. that he was
opposed to the confirmation OF Mr.. Jones'
The opinion WIS expressed today, how
ever. by Senator Shafroth of Colorado. a
supporter of the President in the matter
of the Jones nomination. that Senator
Owen would support the President in the
case of the Jones nomination. The I'M
preston seemed general among members
of the committee that Senator owen had
decided since he left here not to oppose
the nomination of the Chicago man.
Variance in Views.
Senator Hollis declared today that he
thought the Senate would confirm the
of Mr.. Jones.
Senator Hitchcock. acting chairman OF
who voted against Mr. Jones in the COM
mittee. said:
Il should think that the Senate would
reject the nomination OF Mr.. Jones. The
testimony given by Mr.. Jones before the
committee has been printed and will be
available for members of the senate be-
fore The nomination is voted upon
He said he thought he would be able
to report the nomination of Mr.. Jones
to the senate Monday. if the
Senate held an executive session.
1T should be made clear, said
Hitchcock, that the mem bers
of the committee who have opposed the
nomination of Mr.. Jones and who do
not wish to report on Mr.. Warburs
unless he is willing to give the COM
rnittee the information il desires. are
not antagonistic to big business.
know that l am not and l do not think
that any other member of the COM
inittee is.
senator Hitchcock had reference. II
is believed. to the statement of the
President which would lead the public
TO believe that the holding up of the
Jones and Warburg nominatio was
an attack on big business.
Jones Nomination Comes First.
The opinion was expressed TODAY by
Senator Shafroth. one of the administra-
ton supporters. that no effort would he
made to get action on the nomination of
Mr.. warburg until after the Senate had
disposed of the Jones nomination. He
indicated that much would depend. so
far as the Wa-hurg nomination was con-
cerned. u,on the result of the vote on the
Jones nomination.
1t is believed that Should the bank
ing and currency committee continue to
refuse to consider the Warhurg nominal
tion a motion would be made in the
Senate by one of the ADMINISTRATOR
supporters to discharge the committee
from further consideration of the matter
and thus get the nomination before the
Senate.
Committees Action on the
Jones Nomination Regarded