Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-21
ALDRICH BILL LAID
ON Table IN HOUSE
CURRENCY COMMITTEE VOTES
AS ONE MAN TO sHELvE
SENATE MEASURE.
PLAN is
TO HAVE HEARING
Proposed Substitute, However, May
BE Dealt With In Much the Same
Manner-Fowler Outline to Be
Given Consideration.

washington, Apr. lS.-Ihe mouse
committee on banking and currency
Friday voted unanimously to table the
Aldrich financial bill. It also was de-
cided to give hearing to Representa-
tive yreeland of New York, who re-
Gently introduced financial bill
for the Aldrich measure.
The discussion in committee was
brief. The only point debated was as
to whether or not the committee
should make formal report giving
its reasons to the house for its I'M
favorable action, and the conclusion
finally was reached that no reasons
should be given. Consequently the
committees report will be a mere
statement of the action Of the COM
mittee.
Thirteen Attend Meeting.
OF the 10 members Of the commit
tee 10 were present at the meeting.
They were Messrs. Prince, Illinois;
McMorran, Michigan; Waldo, New
York; Hayes, California; Durey, New
York; Lewis, Georgia; Pujo, Louis
lana; Glass, Virginia; Gillespie,
Texas; Crawford, North Carolina;
McHenry, Pennsylvania; Weeks, Mass
achusetts, and Chairman Fowler
The Vreeland bill introduced In the
house az substitute for the Aldrich
bill, and which, 1t is understood, is to
be considered at Republican caucus
to be held next week, was not consid-
cred at Fridays meeting of the COM
mittee. 1t was decided, however, to
give hearing to Mr.. Vreeland.
May Table Vrseiand Bill.
Chairman Fowler and many mem
bers of the committee refused to be
4 quoted as to the probable fate of the
Vreeland bill, but the opinion seemed
to prevail that it would follow in
the wake of the Aldrich bill.
The bill introduced by Chairman
Fowler, providing for currency COM
mission, also will be considered at
the meeting of the committee The
commission idea, apparently, has many
friends in the committee. A hearing
also will be granted to Mr.. Lowering on
his bill to incorporate the Sovereign
Trust Company of America. Two
other measures will receive consider
alton at the meeting, the Dalzell bill,
making 1t a misdemeanor to circulate
false reports regarding national banks,
and the Freedmans bank bill, recent
" passed by the senate.
LiIley Himself ls Probed.
The special house committee inves-
tigating charges against the Electric
Boat Company devoted its attention
Friday to Representative Lilley, au-
thor of the resolution under which the
Investigation was ordered, The com
mittee was DESTROYS of ascertaining
what information has been supplied
members of the press touching on the
submarine matter through Mr.. Lilley
and to that end examined Benjamin
Webster, private secretary to Mr.
Lilley. Mr.. Webster said he had given
out affidavits concerning the remunera,
ton received from the Electric Boat
Company by former Senator H. C.
Butler Of South Carolina. These at
fldavits were taken from the records
of case now pending in local court
and were furnished the press by Mr.
Webster during Mr.. Lilley's absence in
| Connecticut. When Mr. Lilley re
turned, the witness said, he repri
manded him for the course he had
pursued.