The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-05-15
vREELAND BILL IS
PASSED BY THE
HOUSE
Party Lines Drawn In Financial
Legislation
FAVORED BY BANKERS
John Sharp Williams outwltted In Do.
bate Over His Substitute Measure
Endorsed by Bryan

Washington, May 1.-THE Vreeland
financial bill, drafted to create an
emergency currency for use in time of
panic, passed the House yesterday by
a vote of 1874 to las. 1t was practic-
ally party expression. although four
teen Republicans Joined the Demo
Gratis in opposing the bill. They we're
Representatives Calderhead of Kan
sas Cooper of Wisconsin; Darragh
of Michigan; Fowler of New Jersey;
Hill of Connecticut Keifer of Ohio;
Kustermann Of Wisconsin; Lindberg
of Minnesota; Moran of Michigan;
Morse and Nelson of Wisconsin; Price
of Illinois; Waldo of New York and
Weems Of Ohio. The Democrats yot-
ed solidly against the bill.
The rule under which the bill was
passed provided for five hours debate
and one amendment, besides discharg-
ing the Banking and Currency COM
mittee from further consideration of
the measure. Representative Price
of Illinois made an impassioned pro-
test against the rule, saying that 1t
was an insult to the committee and
4 direct slap at the members OF II who
opposed the Vreeland bill. The
House agreed to the rule by vote OF
| Ia to LAG.
The minority leader, John Sharp
Williams, was outwitted. For some
time he has been as loud In his praise
of the currency bill he introduced as
he has been bitter in his criticism OF
the Vreeland bill. Yesterday he had
an opportunity to offer his bill as q
substitute for the Vreeland bill in or
der that the Democratic party might
80 on record as favoring it, 1t having
Oeen Endorsed by William j. Bryan
Mr.. Williams declined to offer his bill
as substitute, whereupon Represen
tative Kahn. of California, Republi
can, offered the Williams measure
much to the discontinue of the Dem
ocrats. The roll was called and mos
of the minority answered present,
evidently being unwilling to vote fo
their own measure. When Mr.. vii
liams answered present" he wal
greeted by great applause and laugh
ter from the Republicans. The VIII
liams bill is said to be disconnecte,
patchwork Of various other bills intro
duced this session.
Mr.. Vreeland, In the debate, declaI
ed that there had been no round rob
!, in work 70 bring support of the meas
: ure In the House. He said that no as
ISOLATION OF bankers or manufacturing
concerns had been asked for resolu
/ lions in its favor. II charge" sal
, he that a letter has been sent t
, $500 banks of the United States upo
| the letter paper of the Banking an
[ Currency committee, signed by tn
chairman Of that committee. urgin
| bankers to telegraph and write men
bers of Congress that great DANCE
> threatened them" Mr. Vreeland sal
= that Notwithstanding that action, NOR
5 than fifty great bankers had sent lie
: tiers and kilograms favoring the pas,
Q age of the Vreeland bill
. The work of the Banking and Gu
: rency committee, of which he is chat
[ man, in endeavoring to bring In bi
A that would properly meet the stu,
a ton was defended by Mr., Fowle. Tn
/. committee, he said, had done earnes
4 and honest work, and by standing fri
S had by main strength driven the mai
( ayers OF the House among other thing
to drop municipal and other bonds a
!, securities and to accept commerci'
n paper
o The Vreeland bill will be cOnside
V ed by the Senate Immediately and
n expected to go to conference withol
S delay.