Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-15
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Kentucky. instead of quieting the
storm the bin was the fOmenter o
one. Never in the history Of The
government, he declared, had so much
power, affecting the property and in
dustries OF the people been lodged IN
| the hands of one man. the secretary
of the treasury. That power. he as
serted. cOnld be- asserted In Il cam
paign year. when. he said. AS a return
favor for some large campaign .conlri
button, the secretary could provide
largely for the New York banker by
! accepting arbitrarily whatever secnri
| ties he put up while the Democratic
applicant from Kentucky would BE-.
told that his securities were not good
The bill was denounced by Mr.. Pujo.
Louisiana, who said its title more pro,
perly should read The Dige3ted Vree,
land Bill for the Purpose of Enhan-
! cling the Value of UndigeSted Securi-
| ties"
The bill was characterized by Mr..
Williams. Mississippi. as being for
| the purpose of securing politica!
emergency in the Republican party
and not for the purpose of remedinS
the financial currency of the country.
vrecIand Defends His Measure.
Mr.. Vreeland the author of the
measure declared In It's defense, that
there had been no round robin" work
to bring support of the measure in
the House. He said that no associa-
tiOn of bankers or manufacturers had
been asked for resolutions in it's ia
vor. He charged that for weeks sys,
tematic efforts had been made by
those opposed TO the bill TO effect its
drfeae.
The wO!k OF the banking and cur
rtncy commission Ct which he was
chairman endeavoring to brig in a
bill that would properly meet the situ
alton. was defended by Mr. Fowler.
New Jersey.
The commission. he said had done
tarnc and honest work and had dri-
ven The managers e the House to
drop municipal and other Lends as
di:tiEct securities and also to accept
commercial paper
Mr.. Burton. Ohio. answering Some
OF the arguments of Mr.. Ol'i,. James
maintained that the secretary of the
treasury would sooner walk to an
aSsasSin's bullet than violate his duty
Vicious Measure. Says Cochran.
Mr.. Cochran, New York. de clared
that degradation of Congress had
come when it voted that three hours
would suffice for discussion of the
bill. The measure in his opinion was
vicious.
Others who spoke against the bill
were MesSrs. Hill. Connecticut: Gil
lepsie. Texas: Keifer. Ohio. and Craw-
ford. North Carolina. while among |
those who favored II were Messrs |
Vreeland and Bennett. New York: |
Weeks and Lowering. Massachusetts;
Madden and Mckinney. Illinois and
Kahn. California.
Mr.. Kahn offered the Williams bill
as substitute for the Vreeland bill i
He did so. he said because he found \
no one was willing to stand sponsor
fer it. Notwithstanding Mr. Bryan
said it was the lest bill before Con-
gress today. and In order that the i
Democrats of the House might haveN
an opportunity 10 vote upon Il.
Reversing the order OF things. Mr.
Kahn demanded the ayes and noes
and all the Republicans stood up.
The Democrats soon joined in the
demand for the ayes and noes amid
shouts of laughter.
williams Peculiar Tactics. IN
Leader Williams had instructed his
colleagues not to put themselves on
record. and when one after another
hey answered present the Repmb-
leans went wild.
A few Democrats broke away and
voted against the bill Among those
We're Messrs. De Almond, Missouri;
Macon. Arkansas; Jones and Hay,
Noon. Tennessee: Moore
md Slayden. Texas: Sulzsr. New
Fork: Smith, Missouri: Sherley. Ken
ucky. u
Mr.. Williams voted present"
To man the Republicans ca
heir votes against the bill. The VIII
Jams bill was lost. ayes 6. noes 90.
present" So
The Democrats who voted for the
III were Mcssrs. Drudge. Floyd and
tobin son. Arkansas: Cox. Indiana:
davenport. Oklahoma and Hackett.
forth Carolina f1
The Vreeland bill then was passed.
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