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Washington, Dec. 2O.-After hot
debate in the house today, admins
tration leaders had their way and sent
the currency bill to conference COM
mittee. Attempts to concur at once
in the senate amendments were de-
feated, 294 to SO. A group of middle
west democrats made a futile fight to
accept the senate provisions for guar
antee of deposits, rediscount Of six
months agricultural paper and five
year farm mortgage loans by national
banks
On its way to conference the bill
struck a snag in the house, where a
fight over the number Of conferees
and the question of a separate vote
on some of the senate amendments
caused delay. Representative Glass
asked unanimous consent to disagree
to the senate amendments and send
the bill to conference
Hardwlck of Georgia and Madden
OF ef Illinois contended the house should
have as many conferees as the SEN
ate and said they desired an oppor-
tunity to vote on some of the amend
ments
Majority Leader Underwood was
given unanimous consent to take up
the bill, but Representative Murray
of Oklahoma moved to concur in the
senate amendments, and the reading
of the 30 pages of changes made by
the senate was ordered, causing
long delay in getting the bill before
the conference committee.
The bill went to conference, how
ever, with the house managers in
structed to accept the senate amend
ments extending the rediscount privi-
lege to six months commercial paper
and permitting national banks to
make five-year farm mortgage loans.
BY a vote of I'll to 81 the democrats
voted down changes offered by Rep
resentative Mann to- substitute the
Hitchcock" bill.
During the debate Representative
Glass declared that no immediate
agreement between the two houses
was likely, although other leaders pre-
dicted early action.
There are serious differences be-
tween the two houses" said Repre-
sentative Glass, and | cannot see
any prospect Of an immediate agree
ment."
Preparation Of administration cur
rency bill for President Wilson's sig
nature was begun when house and
senate conferees met to compose diff
ferences between the Owen substi-
tute," as the measure was known as
it passed the senate. and the Glass
bill, which was the administration
measure in the house.
Senators Owen, Reed, O'Gorman,
Pomerene, shaffoth and Hollis, dem
ocrats, and Senators Nelson, Bristow
and Crawford, republicans. will rep
resent the senate in the conference.
Chairman Glass Of the house banking
committee, who was sponsor for the
bill in the house, win hold the house
conferences. who wiz include Rep
resentatves Korbly and Hayes. An
effort will be made to agree on a re-
port which both houses Of congress
can accept, so that the bill may be
finally engrossed and taken to the
hite House to become a law with
President wilson's signature by Tues
day.
The principal points Of difference
which will have to be agreed on or
compromised are the number Of re-
gional banks, the percentage Of gold
reserve to be required against the
circulating notes and the time limit
# mortgages on which national banks
would be permitted TO make farm
loans.
The fight in the house developed a
movement to insure retaining the sen