The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28

which was that he was opposed to the Aldrch bill
 Facing that gentleman, he said:
 Now you bring back the Aldrich bill. I replied to you that nobody wanted the miserable makeshift that passed the House and told you that you merely wanted to go into conference so you could get back with the Aldrich bill.''
 It was a mistake, he said, to say that there was no such thing as emergency currency. Emergency republican cur rency,' he said, lis absolutely necessary to the republican party"
 Burton's Views.
 The debate was brought to close by MT. Burton, who said that the incom- potency of the democratic party to rule the people was never more emphatica1- ly displayed than by it's course In con nection with currency legislation.
 Discussing the financial crisis of last fall, MT. Burton characterized 1t as fearful" causing the mightiest fintn- cial institutions to rock as If they would fall. The wheels of industry and commerce were clogged; and hundreds and thousands were thrown out of em- ployment, he said. Men who had walked with heads erect and who were proud were compelled to beg in the streets for bread. Much of the cause of that distressing condition, ne laid at the doors of the rigidity and insufficiency of the currency systerI of the country.
 He declared that the republicans against the solid opposition of the democratic party were determined to do something, so that such a calamity might not occur again. If the demo- crats had been in power and had gone home doing nothing. he said they might better have called on the rocks and hills to fall on them for their in ability to take care of the people.
 And yet,' he said, they fill the air with cries that this Is political emergency, that it Is a partisan mat ter.'
 Making reference to MT. Williams quotations of some remarks of his, Mir. Burton admitted that he did say he would not vote for the Aldrich bill, and he said: T have not voted for it and I am not going to vote for it." At that statement the democrats hooted and laugh ed. He repeated his objec- tions to that measure.
 Duty We'll Done.
 MT. Burton declared that MT. Will Hams should properly congratulate Speaker Cannon. q congratulate you also" he exclaimed, flor your leader :. ship and for the work of the republi- can members of this House."
 If the majority members had gone +n their homes, he said, with out passing a measure which would make impos- sible the sharp distress of last autumn they would have failed in tn cir duty The present he said, would serve it's purpose. It might not be permanent he said, as the conferees had placed time limit upon 1t to suit that branch of public opinion which believed in an entire reorganization of the entire sys- tenn of banking.
 Tt might be-" he said, that this will work so well that no such read justment would be required. Under the conference bill no bank notes could be issued but that would be safe any where on the globe. The vote was taken and the conference report was adopted 166 to 140.
 The democrats voted solidly against the report, and they were joined by the following IA republicans:
 Messrs. Cooper, Morse and Nelson of Wisconsin; Brumm of Pennsylvania; Fowler of New Jersey; Hill and Henry of Connecticut; Lindborg of Minneso- ta; Murdock Caldh cad and Campbell Of Kansas; Prince of Illinois; Walso of New York, and Darragh of Michigan.