The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-15
EXPECT STRUGGLE
ABOUT CURRENCY
BILL TO END SOON
Said That Senate Will Per-
nit the Final Vote Next
Saturday
REPUBLICANS WILL
DEMAND CHANGES
Object to Guarantee of Bank Deposits
and Redemption of Proposed
New Treasury Notes.-The
House Very Busy

Washington. December 1.-the long
struggle over currency reform is ex-
peeted to end I'm the senate next SAT-
urdsy. Administration leaders who
have been exertIng every effort to
enact into law before January 1 the
second great plank of the democratic
platform, were confident tonight that
an agreement could be reached that
by o'clock Saturday.
Republican senators who have been
treating across the party line with
the democrats probably will come to
an understanding with the majority
leaders tomorrow. The democrats are
anxious to close. general debate 5y
Thursday and to devote the balance of
the time to consideration of amend
ments to the bill. If the final vote eaa
be taken Saturday it is believed the dir
ferenees between Senate and House can
be adjusted and the bill sent to Pres
ldent Wilson for his signature before
Christmas
Republican critics of the measure
probably VIII demand some changes in
it as a condition to giving their con-
sent to a definite time for a vote. IL
is considered doubtful whether the
guarantee of bank deposits, to which
many republicans object, can be taken
out of the measure; but strong ef-
fort Will be made to eliminate that pro-
vision which authorizes the redemp-
nf iao
either IN gold cor lawful money"
House Is Very Busy
The House has lost sight of the
currency bill in the press of new leg
islation demanding consideration: Inn
portant changes in the railroad laws
a comprehensive study of the trust
question and reopening of the fight
over literacy test for Immigrants are
dividing attention in that body with
the new economic programme that was
launched yesterday by thet feconony
confidence" of Honse leaders
Spurred by the increasing demands
for government expenditures and the
possibility of political material in
charges of congressional extravagance,
the democratic House leaders have be-
gun determined effort to suit the
appropriately bills wherever possible.
Speaker Clark. Democratic Leader Tn
derwood and Chairman Fitzgerald of
the appropriations committee, sponsors
for this movement. have called second
conference for next Saturday to take
another accounting of the situation and
ascertain what progress has been made
In reducing the proposed appropria-
tions for the year.
Stevens Interstate Commerce Bill
Drastic powers over the physical op-
GRAFTON of railroads would be conferred
upon the Interstate commerce commits
sion under a bill which Representative
stevens OF New Hampshire, has pre-
pared for Introduction tomorrow NJ
Stevens is "A democratic member of the
Interstate commerce committee and
chairman of a subcommittee on safety
matters. His bin is aimed to give the
commission full control over railroad
property and methods as far IS they af-
feet safety of employees and passengers.
"The service on American railroads
is not reasonably safe" explained Mr..
Stevens tonight The number of acct
dents tends to increase The public has
as much right to demand that the gov
ernment compel railroads to furnish
reasonably safe. transportation faci,i-
ties as 1t has to insist that charges
for transportation shall be reasonable"
Immigration Reform Fight Soon
The House soon will be in the thick
of its fight for imm, grafton reforu,~
Tine immigration committee proba bI
VIII report tomorrow bill whichy
would impose a 1iteracy test. bar outy
foreigners ineligible to NATURALIZATION
and not provide for by treaties.
strengthen the inhabitation against
aliens advocate the unlawful destru.-
tion of property and increase the head
tax per immigrant to S.
The proposed lteracy test will re-
open debate on the feature which led
President Taft to veto substantially the
same bill last winter. What President
Wilson viii do If the bill passes both
houses and reaches him has not been