The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-11
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Sudden Interest In the Measure
Seemed Develop Final
,jii Action Not Taken.
II d I STlLTs DURING DEB A1E.
Impeachment Charges Oh Nhicfl
Will VIC Tried Prc-88
scnted BY Committee.
II tBy 4 la,ed rress.,


n icy Assoc slated Press
s5 WASHINGTON, Jnnunry 10. IT he sos
sion n OF tho q House to-day was given!
4 over almost entirely 70 u discussion o.
the bill /, reported BY tho Comrilt teo on
thanking and Currency. to improve c,,r-'
\ fency onditions, III "A sudden Interest In
Tho r1cualro seemed to develop as evil
4 derecds BY tho large attendance through
out the day. Democratic Opposition,
mainly wns disslpated Nv the adoptio
Y 81 an amendment ofrored BY Mr.. y yvil-i
58linms mississippi provldIr s that govern
$ffrlent deposits shall be made only upon
competitive bids. Final action on tho
\ bill was not tai cr,.
88 rIie impeachment charges upon which
Judge charles swayne viii DO \ Rcd were
presented before ad journlncnt and no q:
q Tied WIS given By liner Penn
sylyania) chairman, Of tho committee
8of sscyci,S which prepared them, that he
would ell tho case upon e hursda next.
speech py bartlett 3;ss
5s ii. n Bartlett Georgia., who was he
solo member OF tho l3nn king ana X cur s.!
St'ancy Committee pposed 70 the 4, cur +:
8rcncy a,lll, and who filed the minority
report upon II /, Il brlef. but vigorous
speech. d eclared that he had no APOLOGIES
I to make to the IIouso5 Or tho people Of
The country for hls \ posi- ton cgardlrg3
the bill. RE a trlrmed his I'D ference 10
SDninocratic prime Pies ana said lie could
not favor bill i no did not believe In
d ga rcastic vein lie spo.se OF ~ he n
legged anxiety OF the Republicans to ne
Il form currency condi III Ions, " hen, he sntd,
q they knew they were adopts and past
masters In tine art OF being $oste nstblys
for something they did not u end 81 To-
il Sipaxs, Mr. bar tlctt ritluised tho manner
fin3Eswhich tho bill had been H kept TO the
front. and " inquired whet her II or not ~
was Ii preference to- all glslntlon look-s
ing to n the re form Of tlle8 tariff brsSto
lsi'aiding the people to relieve Il themselves
Il from the choking and grasping lin gers
gof D d CON inati0n OF ri road gs extor-2
Etionlsts.''' 81 Fl 8 NH
m tho course OF his rernar ks Mr. Bart
left touched upon tho ia,no un I per capita
4 represented by the postal receipts Is Of
certain Ct ties ms Georgia. II he figurcsS
were challenged BY e Mr.. Smith Iowa.. &
who denied that the teineI,t Eva cor
rect. 5s8 81
N Oil !'$ replied Ar. Bartlett, Will. a.
languId IA al an, K not snr pri sed that
You deny III t. be ter man than you
denied &c chris e ono a II
rio Williams araend Ment 81 tered some
htffv On
Il ba ,lks only Upon competitive bids. wa s;
q opposed by Mr.. snni Til iowa. and favor
e,i 5by Mr.. EC ockran Sew York;
Cochran and + oWler. 58Si
Inst he course Of his einnr IA
!: tockral, # was interrupted 4 by Aicssrs.E
IN ey Iowa.. l,nms (allssissippi) and
Fowler (New3 Jcrsey), airman u q tho
i Commit tee on Banking and n Currency
8the latter Of wi ON took except Ion to ccr-ss
y tain deductions made BY Mr. Cochran
TO IT tho amusement Of 81 tho Il Dem crattc
side, Mr.. Cochran chnrnct crIzed tfS Mr..
u Fowler cas- the most imposing aid the
most respectable au thority' on the sub
;ect Of finance In q the world $3tl I l,e
Z Republican side Was thrown into mn. s,'p-
roar " hen Mr.. FoWler rel orted !, III your
Judgment was worth anything I would
thank you. IN s.8
55g NJ II. Cochran, Ito Wever, received yocl--6
ferrous Democrauc applaus ey when no de-,
II clared In reply thu t he had only made
the statement for tho sake OF argument
#s..and u say. he added, already 1t has
made the argument rid iculo 3s3
F59s Ne. Fowler spok g Y in nd vocacy 9 his
q ow,, amendment; which prov dcs for gov
&ernmcnt deposits up to. twenty i've per.
cont OF tho banks CAPT zat Ion, ct Two.
3 per ii cent. interest he government to
8iajc first lien on the bank sccurit les,s and
argued that hero could 10 no law that
would result In moro equal Justice then
X that. K NO.
4. Upon tho conclusion Of Mr.. FoWlel's
remarks, a vote was take on tho NVll-
lliayls amendment, which was adopted III u
ito 90 N 5tS5 NJ az Il ri
~ M Thayer (Alasac husctts) referring to
4 tho Fowler amendment said he had an,
tSinlslihgt Il, some way hat IL Il tho bill,
became law. mos t OF tho money would 30
,tof ew ork. 4! VI \, ~ VI
Fowler Amendment Lost.
Y & MI. Williams thought that ac Ion 81.
u tho Fowler nrne ndnlent was unne cessaIy
a IN Z view of 4 the adoption OF ~ his "a own!
u amendment, Al Then the Fowler a,nel,d-
f1Ient was offered by Z Mr.. Bowie Gala.
1 ftI,na) designed to meet tho su ggestio on 8of
n $Thayer. providing that all moneys
I SO deposited shall be equitably distributed
sbotweer the banks IN the several States
Z or this Union, !" / but Mr., a taysr, cons
tended that It did not so far enough
55S4s On a rising vote, n IS to- Il. s s.
agreed to incorporate to tho y wie arlend-
SInent. as a part of the Fowler amend.
amelt, III g. III Me- III 8s53
The question h thcl, required on the
Z Fowler amendment as amended, The
amendment was lost, 101 to 1875,
An amendment by Mr. TllayeT (AIassh,
\ cllusetts) restricting the amount Of sill,
5sver to be recoined into subsldl ary coin
10 s15. 900 900 In any ono Iyear was adopted
L An amendment providing for tho recoll-
age OF standard oliver dollars from
I.psh In tho general fund In the treasury
4 was lejec tee. 4##55s W 's5 s 3sSaFs
5js4 The House adjourned until tomorrow
without Srompletng the BILL, lSllS 60 VI IN