Show I BRYA RYAN'S RYANS FRIENDS PLAY TO Democratic Representatives Plan Caucus to Indorse Presidents President's Message FOR POLITICAL EFFECT Minority Expects to Take Credit for Proposed Re Reform Reform Reform Re- Re form Measures Washington Feb Representative 2 e 2 Henry of af Texas Is la planning ng to force John Sharp Sarp Williams IIams minority leader leder on OIl the of the h house ue to o cull call 11 a caucus for tor the Democratic members within the next do day or ur or two tot tor the tOJ purpose of Indorsing President Pr Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's last message to congress and to pledge the Ule minority to vote for the bills the President demanded in the mesOK mes mes- OK sage Representative Henry has bas been circulating cir clr- cir cir- a petition petton the among the minority members embers today tolay directing Representative tive Williams to issue a call cl for tor a caucus cucus He le had little difficulty In obtaining ob ob- ob taming tho number of of signatures to hi his coil call as only 25 arc are necessary His plan la Is to have the Democratic caucus first and pledge gc themselves to the time amendments to the rate law anti and the Sherman trust anti law demanded b L by the President In or that the time mG may be bo placed In a vo position where Jie they wm will wil tie 00 forced force to support tho the President and still null nUJ be le to t t ob ob- ob tam tain fact an any partisan advantage fro roi i rae ric Mr tr Henry believes that If It the minority rain min takes the time ma matter up at onca the Democrats will wil bo ho able to go o b bro before ro the people p In the national calu n next fall tal and take to HO credit Co for or time tho new laws upon tho the ground bround that th the Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans u were ere In open oen revolt against tho te President and determined t to put nut astop a astop stop to the attack on trusts a Though hough no definite defnie of this kind have havo boon been arranged for tor forby by tho timo Demo crate crat In the senate there thero Is a u sl tion Uon on the part It f f ro rd ne ne of the time ext extern ern Democrats who are friendly to Mr r. r Dr Bryan ln to follow tho tim same course No course conference of or the of lh- lh lh m mn- mn orl had been called by Senator Culberson Cul- Cul berson and much will depend upon anc wil Southern Democrats whether a as a cra us Is s called cled or not Mr Ir Ir BrYHn Bryan friends however are working to that end eat end cud It I will wll bo lono S I |