The Mena weekly star., 1908-05-14
HOUSE REPUBLICANS REACH AN AGREEMENT ON THE EMERG-
 ENcY CURRENCY BILL.
ONLY ONE DAY ALLOWED FOR DISCUSSION
Caucus Accepts Committee Report by Vote of 1S8 to 16-Representatives Murdock and Campbell of Kansas Voted Against the Measure-No Doubt of the BilI's Passage.

Washington, May 13.-By a vote of 138 to 16 the Republican members of the house of representatives Monday night agreed to an emergency cur rency bill drawn by the special com mittee appointed by the same confer ence last week and consisting of Rep resentatives Vreeland of New York, Burton of Ohio, Weeks of Massachu- setts, Mckinney of Illinois and Know land of California. By an equally de- cisive vote the conference placed in the hands of the Republican members of the committee on rules the deter imitation of the procedure by which the will of the majority, thus ex- pressed, shall be carried into effect in the house. A resolution to request the banking and currency committee to bring in report on the Aldrich bill in order to give the house a parlia- mentary basis for the substitution of the conference committee bill, was de- feated
 The bill ratified provides for an is- sue of emergency currency not to ex- ceed $500, ,000,00 obtainable for cir culation through the national clear inghouse associations scheme The bill was adopted in exactly the form as presented by the conference com mittee with the exception of two minor amendments. Among those who voted against the bill were Represen- tatives Cooper of Wisconsin, Brumm of Pennsylvania, McMoran of Michi- gan. Murdock of Kansas, Darragh of Michigan, Campbell of Kansas, Cush- man of Washington, Waldo of New York, Kennedy and Keller of Ohio, and Fowler of New Jersey. Representa-. tives Prince of Illinois, and Hayes of California, quit the conference shortly before the vote was cast.
 Following a conference Tuesday of the managers of the house with Speak CT Cannon, it was announced that the currency bill agreed upon Monday night by the Republican caucus will be taken up for consideration Thursday next.
 When the subject of consideration of the bill was first taken up there was no effort to an exact understand ing as to the length of time that should be allowed to the measure, but 1t was stated by some of the leaders that in all probability the bill would be before the house for only one day. The disposition is to take it up promptly upon converting Thursday, discuss it until o'clock and then take vote That the bill will pass the house even its opponents admit, but they believe that 1t will have difficulty in securing consideration in the sen ate. Some of the Republican mem bers, such as Prince, Keller and Fowl CT, will cast their votes against the bill, but they do not themselves be lieve that the number will be suffi. cient even though all the Democrats oppose 1t, to secure its defeat in the house.
 The advocates of the Vreeland bill are determined. however. to take nc chances and immediately after the | time for beginning it's consideration was agreed upon, MT. Watson, the Re publican whip, began a systematic
 notification to Republican members
 to be present in their seats on Thurs | day at noon, with the idea of lending | the support of their presence to the
 measure and for the purpose of meet
 ing all possible efforts at filibustei
 which may be directed against the | bill.