Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Do-Nothins Policy Reaches Gil
max in Financial Legis-
Iation.
CONFERENCE FAILURE
Never Got Down to Details in
Consideration Of The
Measures.

at the capital today on apparently good
authority congress would not adjourn
earlier than Wednesday, May 81, and
that there was a possibility of the ses-
sion being prolonged lsltil June 1. The
unsettled condition of several impor
ference between the two houses and
the doubt that exists as to the final dis
position of the public buildings bill
have combined to make impossible adj
journment this week.
Passed without Division.
Washington, May 21-The senate
today without division adopted the
joint resolution reported by AIdrich
from the committee on finance creating
national monetary commission to be
composed of nine representatives and
nine senators to inquire into and re-
port to congress at the earliest date
practicable what changes are desirable
or necessary in the monetary situation
or in the laws relating to banking and
currency.
For Joint Commission.
Washington, May 21.-The appoint
ment of a currency commission, to be
composed of nine senators and nine
members of the house, is provided for
in bill which Senator Aldrich intro
duced in the senate today, and If this
is passed by congress it will comprise
all of the financial legislation that will
be enacted at the present session. This
course was decided upon yesterday by
conferees on the "Aldrich-Vreeland"
bill at a conference which demonstra-
ted beyond question that there is no
hope of getting an agreement between
the senate and the house ON an emer-
gency measure. Undoubtedly this de-
cision means that leaders in congress
are determined upon final adjournment
of congress next Sunday.
Never Got to Details.
Conferees on the part of the senate
and house failed to get down to a dis
cussion of the details of the two bills
finally sent to conference The senate
passed bill providing for the issu.
ance of national bank notes ON bonds
other than those of the United States
and it appeared, from all of the debate
in the house, that such a bill would
be rejected even if presented in the
form of conference report recon-
mending the main features of the house
bill. The house passed bill provid
ing for the issuance of emergency cur
rency on securities guaranteed by
clearing house associations, and the
senate refused to regard this in Other
light than that of an asset currency
and therefore would have none of it
In view of these circumstances, con
ferees reached the opinion that il
would be better to pass the bill provid
ing for a commission on which there
is no difference of opinion.
Arrive at No Decision.
Washington. May 21.-After talking
three hours last night the republica.
members of the house adjourned thei
conference without agreeing upon /;
program with regard to anti-injunc
tion legislation. All the anti-injunc
ton bills introduced at this session
by republican members were PLACED
before the conference. and 10 amend
ments, mostly to the Hepburn bill
were offered.
Representative Littlefeld of Main
talked for half an hour in opposition
to any legislation along the broa,
lines proposed and Representative
Townsend of Michigan and Hubbar,
of West Virginia occupied three-quai
ters of an hour in advocacy of TIL
proposed legislation. The remainde
of the session was consumed in five
minute speeches.
The republican members will NEE
again in conference tonight. whe
they hope to be able to decide wha
they will do