Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-12-04
CONGRESS BEGINS
REGULAR SESSION
Only Absolutely Necessary For
mality Marks Settling Down
to Long Grind.
CURRENCY BILL PRESENTED
Republican Leaders Comfort
Democrats by Promising
Not to Obstruct It's
Early Passage
CURRENCY BILL PRESENTED


closed up the extraordinary session which
began April : and settled down to tho
grind of tho regular long session. ca
pected to last well into next summer
Only the absolutely necessary Formally
marked the ending of the old session and
the beginning OF the new.
The senate was at work practically all
day and shortly after the regular session
had been opened began consideration Of
the bill to grant san Francisco Wate.
supply rights i'm Hetch-lletchy valley
An attempt to institute the propos al
drastic program of day and night ses-
sions for the consideration of the admin
istration currency bill failed, the demo-
Gratis agreeing to allow final settlement
of the program to go over until u NOR
row to give the Republicans time to CON
slider it
Republican Leader Gallinser and Scna-
tor Smoot comforted the democrats with
the announcement that tho republicans
would make no effort to hlihuster or o.
struct in any way tn" passage of currency
legislation and the democratic leaders to-
night predicted the passage of the meas
ure before the holidays.
Tho currency bill as completed hN tn"
democratic conference was printed ana
prepared for the Senate to-day and Scna-
tor owen presented It as substitute for
the bill originally reported by himself and
cue IN.
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Tho House cuntonted itself with
brief meeting formally opening the now
session. The galleries were crowded to
witness the opening but the formal!ties
were curtailcd
The grist of frs; day bills in tho
louise was much smaller than usual, hut
there are still pending hundreds Of bills
COVERING nearly every conceivable form
nf legislation submitted i'm the extra
session. These include many bills for
trust regulation. witch the judiciary com
,ntt,.e will consider. Hearings on trust
LEGISLATION by this committee will be
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REPRESENTATIVE GRAY of Indiana in
troduc.d q bin which would provide
FOR an International conference here
next fan for the purpose of agreeing
to q plan for disarmament and sus-
r.nsiou of naval construction pro-
Grams The bin would authorize an
characterization of $500. 900. the United
states 70 entertain the delegates from
foraign bowers
Although the program for consider
alton of the currency measure was not
formally adopted in the Senate, the
democrats succeeded in beginning
work on the bill Discussion of the
Ictch- HctchY bill Jagged during the
afternoon ami senator owen called up
the currency measure. At six o'clock
Democratic Leader Kern moved that
the senate recess for two hours and
sit during the evening to discuss cur
rency. on a roll call the motion was
adopted by a vote of - to !.
The Senate completed the first read
ing of the currency bin at a short
night session. but adjourned without
a formal opening of the debate. SEN
ator owen announced that he expected
later tomorrow.
The senate Will meet at eleven
o'clock but the greater part of the day
Will be taken up with discussion OF
the Hetch -iietchN bin which ia tht
special order of business
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