The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-28

-ASHINGTON, May 27.---An
NV emergency currency law ia
IAA assured. The currency quess
" tion held Its place to-day,
was practically the only
subject OF consideration at both ends
OF the Capitol and when both houses
adjourned the compromise bill whlck
was drafted by the Republican con.
fcrees had received the sanction %
the House and had been presented I'd
i the Senate, where It was announced
1t would be taken up for consideration
to- morrow, and where 1t will also bd
passed when the vote is reached.
The day began with a continuation
of yesterdays conference between tlit
Republican representatives OF the two
houses. This resulted In complete
agreement. which, being later pre-
sented as a matter Of form to the Denl-
ocratic conferees, was shortly after
T. NJ. presented to the House. The
bill was taken up at o'clock, dis
cussed for an hour, and passed by a
vote of 1855 to 14o The House had
no sooner recorded It's verdict in favor
of the bill than 1t was hurried over to-
the Senate hortly before o'clock. with
the announcement OF the approval of
| the House of Representatives
The House report was read, anil
after the reading had been concluded
Mr. AIirich announced that tomorrow
after routine business he would move
| to take up the report and continue Its
| consideration until 1T was disposed ot.
In reply to question by Mr.. Cpl-
herson. Mr.. A1drich stated that the
Democratic conferees of the Senate
and House had not. concrrred In the
4 conference report. The opinion was
depressed by Mr.. Aldrich. with whom
the bill is more than half "faith-cure."
!, that it is just what the country needs.
In Toilette -intuRonIstic.
! The Democratic Senator'S spent much
of the day in informal conferences
among themselves as to the proper
course to pursue with reference to tho
bill. and decided upon conferences.
to be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock, as
the best means Of affording an op-
portunlty for an exchange Of views
without binding any one. 1t was also
decided to summon all absent Demo-
cratic Senators to return. AS the sttu.-
tion now appears the time of voting
and the consequent final adjournmens
OF Congress depends largely upon one
man. and that is Senator La F'ollette.f
So far as they have spoken tlla
Democrats are inclined to permit finul
action after comparatively brief con-
sideration. They simply desire on
/ portunity to enumerate what they be-
lieve to be the Objectionable features
of the new bills. and also to point QUE
the supposed Inconsistencies of th5
Republican leaders.
Senator La Toilette refused to OUT
line his probable course more than 10
say that he would vote against tha
new BILL he was in consultation with
l Democratic leaders at different timea
during the day. and his bearing waa
such as TO lead to the conclusion that
It the Democrats would agree to fight
the measure he would assist them.
But Short Debate.
The conference report on the CON
promise currency bill was reported 4. =
che House at 2:s5 P. M.
Mr. Vreeland, of New York, in,me.
dlately moved to suspend the rules 4,
.ie report he motion limited tho
was extended on motion Of Mr.. cook.
ran 70 thirty minutes to a side. IL
After several speeches by several of
the democratic conferees and the Ra-
publlcans on currency legislation. tha5
minority leader, Mr.. Williams toolr
the floor for three minutes. Address
ing the Speaker, he said that that gen.
t.emaa never was 50 highly honored
IN all his life as lie was to-day. Tie
bill, he said, ought to have been en-
titled the Cannon-Aldrich political
emergency bilL' Recently, he said.
The House had held up the Aldricl, bill
as as altogether wicked, and would have
none OF It. The Republican Senate had
said that the Yreeland. bin was alto
gether iniquitons and destructive OF.
the best Interests OF the country, and
would have none OF 1t. 1t had not
been long before the speaker offered
UP the prayer: "Anythlng. o God, any-
thing. IT makes no difference what,
Just SO. Lean call 1t something before
the House adjourns, 1t will not do
for the Republican party to so to the
country With absolutely nothing. III
must have something that can be callat
something BY somebody somewhere.''li
a Makeshift Measure,
Mr.. Williams read from some rerent
/ |remarks by Mr.. Burton. the fpurport ol
which was that lie was opposed to thu
Aldrioh bill. Facing that gentleman.
he sati:S"Now you bring back the Az.
drich bill, repliedGto you that no.
body wanted the miserable makeshifl
/ that passed the House. Itold you THAI
\ you merely wanted To go into con-s
/ ference SO you could get back With tha
Aldricn bill" 1t was a mistake, has
said, to say that there was no such
thing as emergency currency. 'Emers
/ sency Republican currency" he SAID
LIS absolutely necessary to the Repuhs
iIllcan party"
4 This debate was brought tng close
.Iby Mr. Burton. of Ohio, who began byl
4 llsayns that the incompetency of th,
|pemocratic parts 10 help tha peopls.}
Twas even more sN)phatioaliy displaya4
| than hy its course inconnection Will
!. currency legislation. s 8
"A ~ nisc1ss n es ths fTancIaE crtSis OF 8iaA