The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-28
Compromise Bill Agreed Upon In House Will Now Be
 Passed By Senate
LAFO[[ETTE MAY YET
 KICK OVER THE TRACES
Wisconsin Senator's Plans Are Not Yet Known, But 1t Is Believed He Will Oppose the Bill as Now Constituted.
 

Washington. May 27.-An emergency currency law is assured The currency question held it's place today as prac- tically the only subject of considera don at both ends of the capitol. and when
 both houses adjourned the compromise
 bill which was drafted by thi. republican
 conferees had received the sanction of the House and had been presented to the Senate, whore 1t was announcd it would be taken up for consideration tomorrow, and where 1t will also be passed when the vote is reached.
 The day begun with continuation of yesterdays conference between the re- publican representatives of the two
 houses. This resulted in complete agreement, which being later presented as matter of form to the democratic eonferees, was shortly after 2 D. m. pre- sented to the House. There it was taken up at o'clock. discussed for one hour and passed by vote of 166 to 140
 The House had no sooner recorded it's
 verdict in favor of the bill than 1t was hurried over to the Senate shortly before 5 o'clock, with the announcement of the approval of the House of Representa-
 tives. The conference report was read, and after the reading had been concluded
 MT. Aldrch announced that tomorrow,
 after other business, he would move to
 take up the report and continue its con
 slderation until it was disposed of. In
 reply to a question by MT Culberson, MT.
 Aldrch stated that the democratic con-
 ferees of the Senate and House had not
 concurred in the conference report.
 Half aFith Cure.
 The opinion was expressed by MT. AL
 drich that the whole bill Is more than
 half faith cure" and that. he added, is l just what the country needs. The democratic senators spent much of l the day in informal conferences among l themselves as to the proper course to 1 pursue with reference to the bill, and de- l cided upon a conference to be held to-
 morrow at 10 o'clock as the best means l of affording an opportunity for an ex- change of views without binding any one. It was also decided to summon all absent
 democratic senators to return. As the situation now appears the time of voting and the consequent final ad- journment of Congress depends largely upon one man, and that is Senator La toilette. So far they have spoken.
 the democrats are inclined to permit final
 action after comparatively little consid- eration. They simply desire opportunity
 to enumerate what they believe to be the objectionable features of the new bill. and also to point out the sup
 posed Inconsistencies of the republican leaders.
 Senator Lafollette refused to outline his probable course further than to say that
 he would vote against the new bill. He
 was in conversation with democratic
 leaders at different times during the day,
 and his bearing was such as to lead to
 the conclusion that If the democrats
 would agree to fight the measure hs would assist them.
 Conference Report. The conference report on the conn promise currency bill was reported 10 | the House at 2:35 p. m. MT. Vreeland | of New York immediately moved to sus- pend the rules and agree to the report, the motion limiting the debate to twenty | minutes.
 1 After the reading had been finished MT. | Pujo of Louisiana sought to secure two i hours for debate, but MT. Vreeland ob- jected.
 The speaker recognized MT. Cochran of New York to make a request for the extension of the time for debate to the extent of 20 minutes. There was no objection to this petition and accordingly the time was fixed at one hour; 30 min utes on a side.
 Mir Vreeland stated his objection 10 MT Pujo's request to be due to the fact that a number of members had notified him they positively would not remain in the city longer than the time necessary for quick vote.
 Discussing the new bill covered by ths report MT Vreeland said that 1t repre- sented the vote of the republican con- ference and he expressed the hope that it would be passed by the republican house. The bill. he said, was substantially the hill in It's main features that was passed by the House after a republican confer ence.
 MT vreeand rehearsed the objections to the Aldrich bill and declared that through the measure under consideration all the criticisms that lie against the Aldrich bill standing alone were removed.
 In It's adaptability to the business of the country, Mir. Vreeland said the bill of the conferees was a better measure than the Vreeand bill.
 Two Bills in One. In the opinion of Mir. Pujo, one of the minority conferees, the bill incorporated the Aldrich and Vreeland bills. Some features of it, however, he said wera novel, II want, in a Pickwickian sense. to COngratulate the TepuDlCdn party, He
 said "the party of sound money, upon advocating a scheme lil-e this. scheme which is thoroughly unsound." He said the exigencies must be politically great. otherwise the republicans would not tty to force an asset currency upon the American people.
 This is partisan pretense," declared MT. Glass of Virginia, another minority conferee. and he added that Mir. Vreeland .,l-o t, ha hu he had considered the matter from par tisan standpoint
 Discussing the report MT. Glass said that It enjoyed the unique distinction or having been signed by every one of' the republican conferecs and not approved by a single one of them.
 "Ffty per cent of it," he declared. "is House infamy and 50 per cent of 1t Sem ate infamy. thereby making the whole bill cad" The bill, he said, was one which every republican would vote for and ~--S~~~~~~~>~~-~~~