The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-18
GLASS MAKES CHANGE
ReaffirmatiOn Of the Gold
Standard Act Of 1900 Now
Part of Measure.
ALL RADICALS OPPOSE 1T
President Wilson's Approval Is
Announced in Excited
Discussion.

AuuOuuCCu Ill LACItCu
Discussion.
wAsHINGroN, Sept. 17.-sound money
won a three to one victory in the House
Of Representatives tonight when in the
f,nai consideration Of the Glass currency
bill an amendment coming from Chair
man Glass himself. but predicated upon
the suggestion Of Representative g. d.
Fess Of Ohio. a Republican. was voted
into the bill over the protest. violent and
prolonged, Of the nat money and free sil-
YER group Of Democrats still within the
House.
The amendment reads a. follows:
provided that nothing in this act con-
tanned shall be construed to repeal the
parity provisions contained in an act ap-
proved March -. 1900. entitled. An act
To define and fix the standard OF value to
maintain the parity Of all forms Of money
issued or coined by the United States to
refund the public debt and for other pur-
poses.'"
TneTe nAO UecU ScNCtat
Of argument between the Democrats ana
the Republicans in the course OF the day.
Mr.. Fess taking the lead In urging that
the soundness Of the basic Federal cur
rency and the reafYirmation Of the gold
standard were necessary In the currency
measure. That the substantia1 character
Of American money and the stability OF
the whole fiscal fabric was based upon the
certainty that the newly projected Gov
ernnent issues had gold for their basis
Mr. Fess thought was paramount to every
other consideration at the present time.~
CLANS 10 for GOLD.
Chairman Giass, while insisting that
the biii In III thep psAdln9 form BY using
the term gold or lawful money" did not
forsake the general principle OF gold as
basic money called the attention OF the
Republicans to the fact that the same
phraseology-gold or lawful money
appeared In the Aldrich currency bill. to
which no exception had been made.
The amendment above referred to
cropped up as the last important item
of the paragraph by paragraph considera-
ton Of the bill tonight. No sooner was
II introduced than there was a howl
Representative WitherspOon OF Missis.
sippi, fiaring red and his shaving brush
imperial waving wildly. attacked the
members Of the Banking and Currency
Committee. charging that the amendment
above referred to was "a dirty gold bug
resolution and announcing his inten-
tion to vote against the bill II the amend
ment was included.
Representative Wingo of Arkansas. who
has been the thorn In the side OF Chairman
Glass and the conservatives OF the Bank
ing and Currency Committee, told thu
House that whereas he did not approve
Of the amendment and would vote agains
II. he could not see his way clear TO 70 q
far q to vote against the bill II It wer'
inclpded. He condemned the amendment
as useless, childish and futile and simply
Q sop to Wall Street.
Msrdock Pokes Fss.
Then Representative Victor Murdock
Che Progressive floor leader. poked fun a
the Democratic, telling them that THU
amendment for which he intended to vot'
was only q trick by the Republicans b.
which they expected to set trap int
which the Democrats would walk and ou
Of which the Republicans. by demandini
a separate roll call on this specific provi
sion. would force the Democratic party Il
exhibit the line Of cleavage within itself.
Representative Crisp Of Georgia ex
pressed his opposition to the amendmen
in terms similar to those used by Mr.
Wingo. Then Mr.. Wingo told the Hous'
that the amendment had received the ap
prevail Ut President Wilson.
Bryan Approves IL.
IL know that the President approved
IL" he said, but have not interviewer
him on the subject. have talked will
Mr. Bryan. and he too approves tn,
measure
At this announcement by Mr.. Wing0 ,
riotous laugh spread over the Republica,
sjde of the House. The commitment o
william Jennings Bryan to the singh
gold standard was too much for thei
overwOrked risibilities.
Representative Swagar Sherley Of Ken
lucky poured oil on the troubled water
by telling the Democrats that an amend
msnt which simply reannounced q prin
ciple established moro than sixteen year
ago and tablished irrevocably was no
sufYicient excuse for provoking . part!
split, Sherley's speech seemed to do tn
Democrats good and they were disposes
toi subside, all except Alfalfa Bill Murray
Mr.. Murray threatened the Democrats
marty with extinction. He told his col
iesgus6 that In choking this reaf',rmatioI
Of an adherence to the single golt
standard the majority In the House va
ipsuiting four.hfths Of the Democrats
.Apd you will hear from W at tn
,olls." beloved Mr.. Murray - the save
cut him short.
ysts 1ol 70 -.
rhs sound money amendment va
,asoeA BY Q rising vote Of iot to ~ Al
of ~ opposition was Democratic. Tn
Rspublicsn progressives and more tina
hsif Of the Demoorats voted tor It.
n. Winso. the insurrscto leader. had
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