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and county aforesutij, personally appeared Chas. TT.
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. Dealers are now claiming that practically all
makoa of automobiles are dawn to prewar pricas,
but the news would be a lot moro cheering- If in
comes were up. to prewar figures.
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Those folks who. have been greatly disturbed
over the problem of how to keep the boys and
girla on the" farnv will take temporary aeart
over the fact that none of. them can get very
far- away from it with prices-, for farm produce
aa low as they are at present-
Former Emporer Charles of Hungary made
a second unsuccessful- effort to get back, his:
throne by landing from an airplane and gather
ing a small army about him. The king business,
mess seems to be about as hard to revive as the
ordinary run of businesses
The house came within a few votes the other
week of expelling a member because he had
mad an offensive speech. We suspect that the
people will da considerably better when it comes
to rebuking' other members who have, made of
fensive speeches,, along about election time."
- There seems to be, great competition among
statesmen and: office-holders to do something for
the, farmer. One, of the latest efforts was to re
duce the freiglit rate on. wheat, a reduction that
took effect in November after seventy per cent
ot the wheat had been sold oft the farma of the
middle 'west
QorffeltHuIl, the. new chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee, declares that the
'Democratic party will win tho presidential elae
tioir in 192:4.. He would have dono well to hnv
added; if the ranlc and file of the party will take
charge ot its affafra and present a prorranT n?
real service to tho people of the nation
Unwritten History
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The following is an extract from the 13th in
stallment of Mr. Tumulty's book entitled,
"Woodrow "Wilson as I Knew Him."
"There is an interesting incident in connec
tion with the handling of the currency legis
lation that brought about what threatened, to
be the first rift in the President's, Cabinet. r It
concerned Mr. Bryan'a attitude 'of Opp'oSttion'to
certain features or the bin as araiGea oy me
Ranblne- nnrl Owrroncv Clommitfiefe of the Hbuse.
My connection with this particular affa'ir'aros'e
in this way: In the early stages, ot the disciis
sion of tho Federal Reserve actf and while Mr, '
Glass's committee ' was considering the Jmatter
a messenger from the White House infdrmed me
that the President wished' to confer with- mo
in his study. As I walked into the room, I
saw at once from his general attitude an ex
pression that something serious was afoot and
that ho was very much distressed. Turning
around in his chair he said: 'It begins: to look
as if W. J. B. (he thus referred to Mr, Bryan)
and I have come 'to the- parting of the ways on
the -Currency bill. He i& opposed to the bank
note feature of the bill as" drawn. We had a
long discussion abdut the matter after Cabinet
meeting today. In a thoroughly kindly way,
Mr. Bryan informed me that he was opposed to
that feature of the bill. Of course you know,
W. J. B. and I have never been in agreement
,on the money question. It is. only fair how
ever, to say that in our discussion Mr. Bryan
conducted himself in the most generous way,
and I was deeply touched by his personal at
titude of friendliness toward me. Ha even went
so far as to say that, in 6rder that I might not
be embarrassed in the handling of the bill, he
was; willing to resign and leave the country
and make no public criticism of the measure. In
the -meantime, Mr. Bryan has promised to say
nothing to any one about the matter until he
has a further discussion with me,'
"The President then frankly discussed with
me the effiect Upon his whole party program of
the possible resignation of Mr. Bryan. The
President suggested that I drop in on Mr. Bryan
very soon and if possible casually invite a. dis
cussion of the Federal Reserve act, telUng Mr
Bryan of his (the President's) interest in it
and liow much he appreciated Mr. Bryan's per
sonal attitude toward him-
I realized the seriousness and delicacy of the
situation I was asked to handle-, and, being, on
the friendliest terms with, Mr. Bryan, I tele
phoned him and invited myself to his- home
the old Logan mansion, a beautiful place in
the 'northwest part of Washington. I found
Mr. Bryan alone when I arrived. We Went at
once to his library and, in a boyish, way, he
showed me a picture which, the President had
autographed for him only a few days previous
As we stood before this picture Mr. Bryan gave
expression to his sincere admiration an-1 affec
finVwV116 Presti(ilnt-t He related, with, deep
Q1' l0,w much he had enjoyed his contact
and official companionship with, him, and how
ho had come to have c very deep, affection for
him. As we turned away from the picture he
grew serious and began the discussion of the
very thing the President and I had conferred o
Ail f0W hourl31ore. He freely Ssse4
his differences with the President over the Fed
eral Reserve act and asked me tie dhret oull'
tion 'Who from Wall Street has been discuss
ing this bill with the President?- il 2
that some of the President's, friend Ce been
emphasizing too muclr the view of Wall Street
n their conferences, with, the President on thto
bilL' I frankly told Mr. Bryan that h r. fm
putation did a great Injustice the fine im?n
with, whom the President conferred on fhe SSt
ter of banking, reform, and that I was cerSn
that the President's only intimate advisers in
thia matter were Mr McAdnrT SLvSI J? lu
of Oklahoma and fer&M t
I personally knew that in their discsions fh
President never argued the point of $ew Qf the
eastern: financial interests. Mr. BrsSa w ro
assured by my statement and proceeded ? w
before me bin objections to the chamcter of tff
currency Tssne provided for in the hm 1x2
took from the library shelves a Volume Mntal?
ing- an the Democratic national : nSSoiSS ;
read excerpte from them bearing 5n 4
tion of currency reform SZ!a tno ?UGak
me that there was St 2rtt Th2Sice
ion, Before leavmhfra HStt him trnvT
terview vlth the President and how deenlv7"
tressed" the President was that Mr nSSJ dls"
not disnosod to support him m the mJtr?3
Federal' Reserve act. It waa StffS SBa L
ryan felt a keen sympatTyothe' &enr
and that he was honestly trying to find a wav
out of his difficulties that would enable him to
give the President his whole-hearted support
He showed real emotion, when I disclosed to him
the personal feelings of the President toward
him, and I feel sure I left him in a more agree
able frame of mind. I told hJm that I would
talk with the President, Mr. McAdoo and Mr
Glass and report to hini on tha following day
"I returned to the President's atudy and re
ported to him in detail the results of my con
ference with Mr. Bryan. I' called hia attention
to Mr. Bryan's criticism, of the bill nud then
ventured. the opinion, that Mr-. Bryan, according
to tje traditional policy- of, the Democratic party
wtt.,jrisuc au Jia utuxuua uua, taac x jett he (Mr.
Wtlsonl was wrong. For moment the Presi
dent showed a little im-patio,hc with this state
ment 'and asked me; tp poljrjt out o him whero
the .party In the. imtlonat '.platforms- had ever
taken the view Mr. Bryan indicated in his dis
cussion with. me. I then showed him the book
Mr. Bryan had given me, containbig the Demo
cratic platforms, and he road very- carefully
plank after plank on the currency.. He finally
closed the book, placed it on hip deslc, and saidr
'I am convinced there i& a kreat deal in what
Mr. Bryan says. 'We then discussed ways of
adjusting- the matter. I ffnhlly suggested that
the President allow me to 4alk with Mr. Glass
and place before hira MrBryan"s position, and
that, he have Mr. Glass .confer wth Secretary
McAdoo and Senator Owen. ' This was aiTanged.
I had no way of ascertaining just what took
places at thia conference, but after the Cabinet
meeting on the fallowing Tuesday Mr. Bryan
walked around to where the President was sit
ting a.nd said to him: .lMr president,, we have
settled our differences and you may rely upon
me to remain with youj to. the end of the fight,'
The President thanked hirat cordially, and thus
the first break hr the Cabinet line-was averted.'
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mL i ine,.HFWl a IrW eats" .gariio daily hi
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is that old. age isn't the only thrhg- that garlic-eating-
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