The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
REPUBS AGREE ON CURRENCY IA Compromise Bill Is
 Reported. ATTACKED BY DEMOCRATS Turns Money Plan Over to Aldrich. In Warm Debate Proposed Measure is Characterised as Ca Partisan
 PreteBse, and steeped
 in Infamy.

Washington, May 27-An emergency currency law is assured. The curren- cy question held its place today as practically the only subject of consid- eration at both ends of the Capitol and when both Houses adjourned the com promise bill which was drafted by the Republican conferees had received the sanction of the House and had been presented to the Senate, where It was announced 1t would be taken up for consideration tomorrow and where IL will also be passed when the vote is reach ed
 The day begun witi continuation of yesterdays conference between the Republican representatives. of the two Houses This resulted in a complete agreement which being later presented as a matter of form to the Democratic conferees. was shortly after ?. m. presented to the House. There it was taken up at 3 o'clock, discussed Tor one hour and passed by a vote of l66 to l4o.
 The House had no sooner recorded its verdict in favor of the bill than 1t was hurried over to the Senate shortly be- fore 5 o'clock with the announcement of the approval of the House of Rep resentatives. The conference report was read and after the reading had been concluded MT. Aldrich Announced that tomorrow after routine business he would move to take up the report and continue it's consideration until it was disposed of.
 In reply to a question by MT. Gull person, Mir. AldrIch stated that the Democratic conferees of the Senate and House had not concurred in the con ference report.
 hv MF Aldrich that the whole bill is more than half faith cure" and that, he added. Is just what the, country needs.
 The Democratic Senators spent much of the day in informal conferences among themselves as to tho proper course 10 pursue with rsferepce to the bill ana decided on conference to be means of aftording an opportunity for an exchange of views without binding any one It was also decided to sum mon all absent Democratic Senators to return.
 As the situation now appears the time of voting and the consequent hnal adjournment of Congress depends largely upon one man. and that is Sen ator La Toilette. So far as they have spoken, the Democrats are inclined to permit final action after comparatively brief consideration. They simply de- sire opportunity to enumerate what they believe to be the objectionable features of the new bill and also to point out the supposed inconsistencies of the Republican leaders.
 Senator La Toilette refused to out line 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 hght the measure he would assist them.
 The conference report on compromise currency bill was reported to the House at 2:35 D. m Mir. Vreeland of New, York immediately moved to suspend the rules and agree to the report, the motion limiting the debate to twenty minutes.
 After the reading had been finished. Mir. Puju (Ea.) sought to secure two hours for debate. but Mir. Vreeland ob- jected.
 The Speaker recognized MT. Cochran IN Y) to make a request for the ex- tension of the time for debate to the extent of twenty minues. There was no objection to this petition, and. ae- cordingly. the time was hxed at one hour-thirty minutes on a side
 MT Vreeland stated his objection to Mir. Pujo's request to be due to the fact that a number of members had mo- tined him that they positively would not remain in the city longer than the time necessary for a quick vote.
 Discussing the new bill covered by the report Mr. Vreeland said that 1t renresented the vote of the Republican conference and he expressed the hope that 1t would be passed by the Repub- Iican House.
 The bill, he said. was substantially the bill in its main features that was passed by the House after Republican
 M Vreeland rehearsed the object iona to the Aldrich bill and declared that through the measure under con sideration all the criticisms that lie against the Aldrich bill standing alone, were removed. Its adaptability to the business of the country, MT. Vreeland said. the bill of the confrerees was a better measure than the Vreeland Dill
 Unsound, Says Pujo.
 In the opinion of Mir. Puto, of the minority confrerees. the bill incorpor- ated the Aldrich and Vreeland bills. Some features of 1t, however, he said were novel.
 I want. in a Pickwickian sense. to congratulate the Republican Party nc said. the party of sound money, non ,st upon advocating a scheme like this. a scheme which is thoroughly unsound.
 He said the exigencies must De po- litically great otherwise the Repub- licans would not try to force an asset currency upon the American people.
 This is a partisan pretense,' declar- ed Mir Glass, tVirEinia), another min ority conferee. and he added that MT Yreeland had never undertaken to dis guise the fact that he had considered the matter from a partisan standpoint.
 Discussing the report MT. Glass said that it enjoyed the unique distinction of having been signed by every one of the Republican conferees and not ap- proved by a single one of them
 "Firty per cent of it." he declared ''is House infamy and so per cent or 1t Senate infamy thereby making the wh ole bill bad"
 The bill. he said, was one which every Republican would vote for and which no one believed in.
 Tt is the Aldrich bill. pure and sim pie" he exclaimed. There was not 8 single banker in the country who would favor the so-called Vreeland provisions of the bill The essential part of the bill in his opinion, was Section 8, sar~4N Ns4A hn kA