The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-13
CURRENCY BILL
 MAY BE KILLED Republican Insurgents Will Unite With the Democrats Against Conference
 Measure.
ORGANIZATION CONFIDENT
Bill win Go Through Tomorrow, They Say, Despite Rebels Claim of More Than Enough Votes
 to Defeat It.

Washington. Nay 12.-Under whip and spur the republican leaders in the house expect to put through the Vree- land currency bill on Thursday of thls week. They expect to do 1t in the face of practically solid democratic oppo- sition and despite the republican in- surgents. whose leaders are Represen- tatives Fowler of New Jersey. chair man of the banking and currency com mttee; Prince of Illinois and Hayes of California.
 Presuming that every member of the house will be In his seat and that all of the democ rats will vote against It., 20 contrary republican votes will de- feat the bill
 So the situation as 1t now Is, falls within these lines: Mir. Watson of Indi- ana, as whip of his party. has pledged every republican to be in his seat next Thursday. The insurgent leaders claim their total strength at today's close was thirty-six. the requisite twen- ty-nine and seven to spare, and that the prospects are bright for holding these three dozen firmly together. An informal cloak room conference, call ed by minority leader Williams this af- ternoon, developed an apparently solid democratic front against the bill. The republican organization" leaders made this statement immediately after the recess of the house
 Tt looks very good for the Freeland bill, The lnsurgent claims are over statements. There Is excellent reason to believe that the bill will go through on Thursday. The decision of the dem ocrats to present united front against us will simply serve to arouse party spirit among the majority and strengthen rather than weaken our llne."
 Though the rules committee, to whom was referred by last nights conference the vreeland bill. has reached no final decision as to the mode or procedure on Thursday, it Is pretty well agreed that the proposition to bring before the house the Aldrich bill, which the bank ing and currency committee has tabled, and strike out all of 1t after the enact ing clause and insert In lieu the sec tions of the vreeland bill, will be re- jected by the committee and that in stead the committee will report out tn, Vreeland bill with It's parliamentary provision for It's passage under suspen- sion of the rules after four hours of debate-two hours on the democratic side and two hours on the republican side.
 The advantage that would be derived by placing before the house the Adrich and substituting for it's provisions the sections of the vreeland bill would be in the fact that the Aldrich bill already has passed the senate, and therefore would go immediately to conference. whereas the Vreeland bill, If passed under its own title by the house. would go to the senate a3 new legislation and the benefit of an advanced legis- lative status would thereby be lost The Aldrich bill, however, could not be brought before the house without a vir- tual discharge of the banking and cur rency committee from further consider ation of 1t. and in view of the already delicate situation existing within tha republican party ranks 1t is deemed ad- visable to avoid such action if possible