Show f INSIDE INSIDEr r STUFF I P t.- t. B By PAUL MALLON t WASHINGTON May 17 The 17 The urchin ur chin thin who has been pulling putting those silo sil r vcr tacks lacks in the chairs of Roosevelt and Mar Mor Borah orah Is h Still SHU is the old Very Clever rr In Republican b ad ac Placing T Tacks boy Bar Borah a h OJ oi 01 Idaho There never was a L better tack taek man mm manin i In Jn politics He lIe has devoted a long ong career to trying tring to lo make statesmen t cry out in the particular tone he 1 wants them to lo Right night now he wants I to make silver voiced silver voiced tenors out of ol them and his tack lack method is having an en effect inside It is probably not the primary reason rea rca son on for lor the silver compromise com corn promise now being worked out but bul it itis itIs itis is an important phase Borah went to the recent White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House silver conference with his tongue in his cheek He had been steering away from the White House because e he doubted whether the administration ad ad- ministration was warmly favorable to lo silver ilver His silver ilver associates persuaded ed him to lo come along just this one time Ulric As soon as he was wa inside the door and before belore dropping his hat he piped up to ask the president Are Arc you ou read ready to lo declare remone remone- on of silver to be a fixed policy It was a question designed to put pul President Roosevelt on the spot The president hesitated a moment looked Around round then beamed the Roosevelt smile mile on the s sayin saying Yes I am That is what started all the trouble 09 a The president said plainly at the conference that he was willing to let congress fix th the policy by law but bul want anted d full leeway to lo carry it il out when and as he desired The silver boys bos rushed back to lo their offices offices' and started drafting draling bills bills starting start start- ing off oil It II is hereby declared to lo be bethe the fixed policy of Sliver Silver Boy Bon con congress that sil sil- Rush to Write rie vcr ver etc etc Policy Bills m Treasury Secret Secre Secre- I t lary a ry brought up p he hc inis adf ration bill later It If started oU- oU It U is S' S the sense of congress that thai such and should be done for lor silver The blew up They thought that that- that Mor was trying to trick them They knew very well that nobody cares about the sense ense of congress Mr Roosevelt would not have to abide by it But he would have to abide by its declarations of law such as they proposed to 0 o make At Al least thc they think so a a Apparently told the senators he did not recall the president president dent had made such a promise That made ever everyone one angry Borah threw the administration bill down on the table and said That is all I wanted to know 1 I Ido do not think we ought to lo have any silver legislation at all I would much rather go out and discuss the issue I for six sL months and then when we come back here next January I 1 believe be lieve we will have no difficulty in fn getting the silver bill through Th That t was tack No 2 The point did not escape Mr It meant that Senator Borah was ws threatening to start a silver campaign Ii against the administration O C a a Every time lime thereafter that the thc inside in side zide negotiations struck a hitch Borah would start for lor the door insisting ins he would rather talk lalk Three Little on the stump Words Afford Each t i lime i m me c he Good Loophole was called back palled patted on the back and told lold There is no use in doing that thai Lets Let's get together There was really no reason why the administration should let Borah and the others build silver backfires all over the west this summer The three words when and as as' in th the presidents president's original promise afforded him as big a loophole to esc escape pe the silver policy as he could possibly wish I for Apparently tome ome of the treasury t. t r. r people felt fell however that the pledge might be embarrassing sIng later on a a a The result of the whole business is that the silv rites in congress s place all the blame for or the trouble on Mr They believe the president president dent wanted to lo go O ahead but that thai r is strongly aDdi and aDd i wanted to lo block the agreement i It is all right for lor them to lo think that if Jt it makes them feel fecI any better belter but butI I tho those e on the Inside l know now Mr Moreen- Moreen I thau does nothing except what Mr Roosevelt wants I It Il is the duty duly of 01 a n good treasury secretary to lo take lake the blame k Co Copyright 1934 for The Telegram |