The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-14
VREELAND BILL TO BE ADOPTED House Will Vote on
 Measure. DEMOCRATS WILL OPPOSE IT Fowler Bill May Be Offered as
 Amendment. The Rules Committee Has Mapped Out the Procedure for Today and
 Everything Ia Cut and

Washington. May 13-At 4:3o o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the House will vote on the Vreeland currency bill. The best information indicates that the bill win be passed by a small majority
 When the House meets tomorrow al 11:ae a. m.. resolution or order will be reported from the Committee on Rules 'in substance as follows:
 That the bill be taken up for con sIderation and passed; that amend ments be limited in number to one, that general debate proceed until 4:Sc o'clock in the afternoon, the tune be- ing evenly divided between the two sides of the House; tLat at 4:3O. the bill be voted on
 This resolution will be adopted under suspension of the rules by roll call vote. which Is not expected to disclose the real strength of the Republican in surgency, for while several of the in- surgents undoubtedly wif1 vote against the rule in order to give consistency tc their past attitude and subsequent action, others of them will vote fol the rule out of party spirit and de- sire to bring the whole controversy to an issue.
 It is to be expected that the Demo crats will vote solidly in the nesa- tive.
 The purpose of the regular Reputli- can leaders in allowing one amendment to be offered to the bill. is to give the Democrats an opportunity to move the substitution of the Williams currency bill for the Vreeland, the idea beinR that some Democrats, after casting 2 complimentary vote for the Williams bill. will. in the second and deciding WrnelanA hffl Hnf Mir. williams, the minority leader, de- clared today in an interview, that he does not propose to walk into any such trap" He said that if the order from the Rules Committee allows only one amendment to be offered, and the choice of that amendment Is given tc the Democrats. he will not cffer the Williams bill. but the Fowler bill.
 Aar. Wakglmnka, Statement.
 @The Fowler biils he said. That been reported to the House by a ma tority vote of the Banking and Cur rency Committee and is therefore prop erly before the House for action. The bill which bears my name has not the same parliamentary standing before the House, for the reason that 1t was reported from the minority of the com. nittee. do not propose 10 be placed thus triclily in the position of gratui- toAsly affronting the Republican friends of the Fowler bill by offering a minority bill as an amendment. which would be voted down anyway. If we are permitted to offer any amendment 1t will be the Fowler bill, not the Will Hams bill"
 The packers of the Vreeland bill however. are of no mind to let MT. Will Hams do this Their attitude Is that they have work enough cut out for thu morrow without counting in any fight on the Fowler bill. Hard feeling has been already caused by the ignoring of the reported Fowler bill and the virtual discharging Of the Banking and Currency Committee from any further consideration of currency measures- facts which the insurgents, though only one Of their number is positive ly committed to the Fowler bill-havt not been slow to take advantage of ir developing their dissensions in thu party ranks In view Uf all these cir cumstances 1t may be that the order tC be brought in tomorrow will designate definitely the Williams Dill as the ont amendment which will be entertained.
 As the leaders have issued strict cau' tions for all membefs to be in theil seats tomorrow noon, 1t is expected that the heaviest vote of the session will be cast on the Vreeland bill.