The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-05
CURRENCY MEASURE
EXPECTED TO PASS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Senator Smoot. Republican,
Thinks December Il viii
See it Put Through the SEN
ate and Others Agree.
Owen Makes Sharp Attack
Upon Gallinger. Who Holly
Retorts---Cummins and Lew
is Also Indulge in an Acri-
monious Debate.

WASHINGTON, Dec At seems
likely now that the currency bin will
be passed by the senate before Christ
mas
ut is my Judgment that the bill will
go through the senate not later than
December 21st," said Senator Smoot
one Of the leading members on the
Republican side. Senator Shoots
opinion was shared generally today
by other conservative Republican lead
ers.
The senate was unable today to
reach an agreement on the Kern reso-
luton, providing for day and night
sessions to consider the currency bill
II Is likely that the Republicans
would have allowed the KEN resolu-
ton to pass today had 1t not been for
violent attack on the Republicans
by Senator Owen.
Hits AT Gailinger.
He charged that Republicans had
been calling for a. quorum IN the sem
ate simply to delay the consideration
of the resolution, and to EN- harass the
Democrats. He charged that Senator
GaIlinger had demanded 1t quorum
at a time when the roll call showed
that there were fiftysix senators
present
This brought Gailinger to his feet in
emphatic protest He declared that
but for the rules of the senate he
would characterize Senator Owens
statement In language that It deserved.
The partisan debate today was one
of the most acrim onious heard in the
senate In a long time.
Republican leaders are unwilling to
be put IN the attitude of cbstructiug
the passage Of the currency bill.
Senator Cummins. of Iowa, made
vigorous attack on what he character
ixed as ''caucus legislation"
Lewis and Cummins.
Senator ]. Hamilton Lewis. Demo-
cratic Whip" Of the senate, replied to
Senator Cummins. charging him with
inconsistency. He inquired whether
Senator Cummins, when governor of
Iowa. had not accepted the support
OF q caucus In his efforts to put
through legislation In that State.
THE senator from Illinois is mis-
taken" replied Senator cummins. 81
began my fight against legislation by
caucus as far back as 1855, when l
was a member OF the Iowa legislature,
and I refused then to go into Re-
publican caucus on an important
measure"
Senator Lewis read into the record
what purposted to be history of rail-
way legislation in Iowa under Cover
nor Cummins, which tended TO show
that the senator from Iowa had re-
lied on the party caucus In the leglsla-
ture to pass his measure.
Senator Cummins insisted he had
never asked for a caucus. Senator
Lewis read from some of Mr., Cum
MINIS messages 10 the legislature. try
ing to prove that they were as dlcta-
toriaI in tone as anything President
Wilson had transmitted 10 congress.
Senator Sutherland. OF Utah, closed
the debate on the Kern resolution by
attacking the Democratic leaders for
legislating in secret by a minority OF
the Democratic caucus. and then COM
ing into the senate and asking the
entire senate 10 ratify the caucus. He
attacked the Glass bill as 1t passed the
house. He said IL the Glass bill had
become q law ii would have worked
a contraction Of the currency and the
credit OF the country, and resulted In
n panic.