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PRESIDENTS PLAN CHANGED
THE PROPOSED CURRENCY MESSAGE
NOT SENT TO CONGRESS.
1T MAY BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE REouI4AA
sEssiON-REPUBLLcAN LEADERS INFORMED
MR.. MKINLEY THAT 1T MIGHT
DELAY FINAL ACTION ON
THE TARIFF BILL

Washington, July S.-The proposed message
or the President recommending the appointment
OF commission TO consider revision of the ctr.
rency and National banking laws was not sent
to Congress to-day. and Will not be transmitted
for several days. II It goes ~ at all. which 10
matter OF doubt. The President Is undecided
whether or not to send In any message, for the
reason that number OF Republican leaders in
Congress have made strong representations TO
him OF the inadvisabty Of sending a message
to Congress while the Tariff bill is in conference.
Senator'S Allison and Quay. Representative
Dingley and others called at the White House
this morning and had long conference with
President Mckinley. Some OF them urged him
TO reconsider his determination to send In q
special currency message. giving a reason
that the sentiment In Congress was such that
1t would be likely TO arouse feeling and cause
friction. which would delay final action on
the Tariff bill. After the conference Secretary
Porter announced that It had been decided that
It would not be expedent to send in the message
to-day and that it would not go in for several
days at least. and might be withheld altogether
during the special session Of Congress.
On their return to the Capitol Senator's Allison
and Quay said that they had not conferred with
the President the advsability of sending In a
the opinion. however. that II a message should
be received it would be extremely difficult. IL not
impossible, to secure action by the Senate under
existing conditions. Necessarily. he said. the
matter would be referred to the Finance Com.
mttee a majority OF which would in all proba-
bility be opposed to the scheme for a Currency
Commission. and would therefore hold the mat.
ter up indefinitely.
II is known that the Republican managers in
49, tfra, kG nnf n.
any measure providing for a Currency Commis-
sion at the present session. The promise Was
made at time when the fate OF the Tariff bill
was by no means certain, and when II was In
the power OF the opposition 1T least to delay ac-
ton on that measure indefinitely. The agree
ment provided that there should be no effort on
the part of the opponents Of the Tarin bill TO
delay action unnecessarily. and that the Repub-
licans should not urge the Currency Commission
sche,e at the present session. even II the Presi-
dent should send in message recommending
such commission. -
The Republican Senators feel that any enort
TO get currency legislation through would be
futile Aside from the difficulty Of getting
measure such as that proposed by the PRESIDENT
out Of committee. The scheme would. II reported.
be debated at length. and probably he defeated.
we think we have the votes in the Senate 10
heat such a measure" said Senator Jones' OF
Arkansas a member Of the Finance Committee.
"but II Il should he reported we should feel thet
Il would be Of sufficient importance TO demand
exhaustive debate. think IL would he dii'icuit,
he added Ito dispose Of it in less than three or
four months. ,,,
THE Republican Senators seem 10 thlnk " pet
tor that all proceedings in connection with the
matter he dropped until after the nnai uispos''
ton of the Tariff bill.