The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-09
CONFERENCE
FOR CONSIDERATION
OF CURRENCY BILL
Senate Democrats Sign Petition
Prepared by Swanson. and
Kern Issues Call for Meeting
Wednesday.
Time Has Come for Action.
Says Virginia Senator, Ex-
planning Reasons for Asking
That Senate Consider the
Bill.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
WASHINGTON, u. G.. Nov. B.
Realizing that the Glass banking and
currency bill is in a bad hole,
through the many changes made In
II by n senate committee since the
hearings and conferences began, and
that the only way to put the bill
again in anything near the shape in
which IL came from the house 10
through the calling of a caucus, Sem
ator swanson, after comforting with
several Of the leading senator's today,
got INTO long distance telephone COM
munication with Senator John w.
Kern. who is at his summer retreat at
Hollins, Va, and advised him. that
with ~twenty-slx other senator's he mad
signed "a petition TO have a caucus
called.
Senator Kern. the floor leader, de-
clared he would be pleased to call
the caucus at an early date, and next
Wednesday at . O'clock was forthwith
agreed upon.
In EncTuy's Hands.
Senato swanson has recognized for
several weeks that the currency bill
is in the hands of the enemy and
that the only way to get speedy and
desirable action on II, Is through a
caucus. He has exchanged views with
the other senators during the past
few days. and today got the situa-
ton so we'll in hand that when he
started circulating the petition for q
caucu call. there was practically no
difficulty in getting the signatures OF
the majority of the Democratic sena-
tors.
after obtaining observation-disclosures
reaching the agreement with Sena-
4nt. l~Arv - sar Zero, ,-rz. raJ1Ay az
the White House and discussed the
matter fully with President Wilson.
The president Is understood to have
been much pleased with the new turn
in the situation.
The petition to Senator Kern. re-
duesting him as senate floor leader
to call the caucus. reads as follows:
THE undersigned. believing 1t Inn
portant that a conference should be
held, so that they may advise togcth-
er with respect to banking and cur
rency legislation, request you to call
such conference at the earliest date
within which you may be able to give
reasonable notice to absent senator's"
The following senators signed the
petition:
Martin, Swanson. Smith. NJ. D.:
Ashurst, Chamherlin, Chiffon, FYetch-
er, Lewis. MARITIME, Myers, Overman,
+ IttfifdI. CnSBFdi Il, SltItidS- oi@ttilpISt
Smith, Ariz.: Stone, Thomas. Thomp-
son, TiIlman. Vardaman, Walsh. Will
liams. Owen, F'omerene. Hollis, Shat
froth.
Senator Kern advised Senator Swan
son that he would at once telegraph
the absent members to come to WASH
ington so as to be present WedneS-
day,
Swanson's Statement.
YT~a. A.rSn s%a WHITE yn,.HA
Senator Swanson gave out the follow
ing statement;
Believing that there has already
been too much delay in the enact
ment of currency legislation and per-
that there seems to be irrecon-
differences between tn Demo-
cratic Numbers of the banking and
committee of the senate, and,
thinking that the proper and best way
to adjust these differences is a con-
ference of the Democratic members Of
I circulated a petition for such
a conference, n twenty<seven. sena.
tors have signed the call. Nearly all
the Democratic senators in Washing-
have signiled their desire for a
conference. l believe most of those
ahSent concur in this. The country has
given the Democratic party owe
under promise to enact reform legis-
lation, included In which is banking
currency, 1t should not and a n
shirk its responsibility. Being re-
sponsihie for the character of the
the time has arrived for
the Democratic senators to hold a con
and consider their united
and duties to the country.
We owe it to the country and our
party not to permit this opportunity
to pass to obtain much needed bank
and currency reform. The con-
Is called for this purpose and
to hasten and facilitate such legisla-
ton. 1t is ma. intended to reflect upon
any one. and is called with the earnest
hope and expectation that It will re-
suit in giving to the country soon q
and currency bin, beneficial to
all our varied interests, and for which
Democratic party will unitedly
stand and point to in the future as an
act Of prompt achievement"