The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-14
WILL VOTE upon
VREELANO BILL
Members of the House Antici-
pate Somewhat of a Fight
Today.
RESULT IS VERY DOUBTFUL
MANY REPUBLICANS EXPECTED
TO KICK OVER TRACES.

Washington, May I3.-At 4:30 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon the house will vote on
the Vreeland currency bill The best in
formation indicates that the bill will be
passed by a small majority.
When the house meets tomorrow at II 80
a. m. a resolution or order will be report
ed from the committee on rules, in sub
stance as follows:
That the bill be taken up for consid-
Grafton and passage; that amendments be
limited in number to one; that general
debate proceed until 4.30 p. m, the time
being evenly divided between the two
sides of the house; that at 4:S0 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 insurgency,
Tor. while several of the insurgents I'M
doubtedly will vote against the rule in
order to give consistency to their past
attitude and subsequent action. others of
them will vote for the rule out of party
spirit and desire to bring the whole con-
troversy TO an issue.
II is expected that the Democrats
Will vote sOlidly in the negative.
Scheme of the Republicans.
The purpose of the regular Republican
leaders, in allowing one amendment 10 be
Offered to the bill is to give the Demo-
Gratis an opportunity to move the sub
stltution of the Williams currency bill
for the Vreeland bill, the idea being that
some Democrats. after casting compli-
tmentary vote for the Williams bill will
IN the second deciding vote, support the
Nreeland bill. But Mr.. Williams the mi
norlty leader, declared today in an in
IerVieW that he does not purpose ito
walk into any such trap" He said that
IT the order from the rules committee
allows only one amendment to be offered,
ana the choice of that amendment is Civ
en- to the Democrats, he win offer not
the Williams bill. but the Fowler bill.
Plan of MIR. Williams.
The Fowler bill" he said, has been
reported to the house by a majority vote
of the banking and currency committee
ana II Is thereby properly before the
house for action. The bill which bears
my name has not the same parliamentary
standing before the house, for the rea-
son that IL was reported from the mi
nority of the committee. ] do not pur-
pose to be placed in the position of gra-
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 if
Will be the Fowler bill, not the Williams
bill
Will Designate Amendment.
The hackers of the VreeIand bill how
ever. are of no mind TO let Mr.. Williams
do this. Their attitude is that they have
work enough cut out for the morrow
without counting i'll fight on the FOw-
Ter 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 cur
rency measures-facts which the insur-
gents. though only one of their number
Is positively committed to the Fowler
Dill, have not been slow to take advan-
tage of in developing their dissenSions
within the party ranks. In view of all
these circumstances il may be that the
order to be brought in tomorrow by the
rules committee will designate definitely
the Williams bill as the one amendment
which will be entertained.
The Guaranty Clause.
Word got abroad today that some of
the insurgents were willing to cast their
Votes for the Nreeland bill if there should
be eliminated from it the government
guaranty clause. A tentative compromise
was thereupon ordered. to the effect that
those in charge of the bill would con-
sent to the insertion of the words ''or
other securities approved by the secre-
tary of the treasury as an alternative
guaranty basis for emergency currency.
This proffer was rejected.
As the leaders have issued strict eau
lions for all members to be in their seats
tomorrow at noon. it is expected that the
heaviest vote of the session will be cast
on the Vreeand bill.