The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-10-05
MORE HEARINGS
ARE DEMANDED
Urged by Majority Of Men,
bers of Senate Banking
Committee.
STIRRED BY WILSON HINT
Hitchcock, 0'Gorman, and Reed Side
with Republicans in Opposing Haste
on the Currency Bill.

President Wilson's announcement TO
the effect that. the tariff bill out OF the
way, the time had come for action on the
currency bill produced an inharmonious
echo from the Senate Committee on
Banking and Currency yesterday.
Without assuming to speak for the adj
ministration Senator Shafroth of Colo
RADIO broke the subject of an early ad-
iournment of the committees hearing to
his colleagues. Senator Shafroth is an
earnest supporter of the Glass-OwCn bIli
and is likewise an advocate of early &C
ton.
From both Republicans and Democrats
there came a chorus of noes in response
to the Colorado Senator's suggestion.
BY no means remarked Senator
Bristow of Kansas. with emphasis. Il
have a delegation of bankers and busi-
ness men from Kansas whom l wish to
have heard next week. 1 think. too. that
California and the other states of the
Pacific Coast deserve hearing.
More suggestions Expected.
from the bankers of the great money
centers, but I do not think we have by
any means exhausted the suggestiv,
powers of the country bankers" inter
posed Senator Crawford of South Da'
kota
NO witnesses that We have had be-
fore this committee have said that the
bill is a good bill as 1t passed the House,
INTERCEPTED Senator Nelson. Every Wit
ness has criticised the bill and seriously
urged important and Fundamental
changes"
Senator Shafroth and Chairman Owens
could not agree with the Republican
opinion. but Senators Hitchcock. OGor'
man. and Reed did. The committed
stands to against immediate cessa'
ton of the hearings, and probably vii
so stand in favor OF most of the So
called fundamental changes
Failing in their efforts to secure the
cessation of the hearings at the end of
next week. the administration Senators
have inaugurated a plan to drive the re-
calcitrants into line by two weeks from
yesterday This would bring the termi-
nation of the hearings on October IS The
Republican members of the committee.
and in virtual agreement with them are
Senators Hitchcock and O'GOrman, eN-
press privately the opinion that even with
the hearings out of the way, the revision
Of the bill by the Senate committee will
occupy certainly four, and possibly six,
weeks.
Republican, Suggest Plan.
The Republican members express the
I
view that, could executive sanction hc
obtained. the wisest course for the ad-
ministration minority to pursue would be
to report the Senate that the committee
will not be prepared to bring the cur
rency bill before the Senate for consid-
Grafton before December l, which will be
the opening day of the regular session.
The Republicans say that they ara
willing to sit with the committee dur
ing a recess and to bend every energy
tC the preparation of a proper currency
bill.
The administration Senators. while ex-
ercisng extraordinary patience. are yet
unwilling 10 acknowledge that the Glass
owen bill is defeated. or that the Presi-
dents wish cannot be observed II is
not believed that motion to discharge
the Banking and Currency Committee
| from further consideration of the pending;
bill would receive a majority in the
Senate.