Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-23
PASSES
CURRENCY BILL
BY43 TO 25VOTE
Final Action Is Taken This Aft
ernOOn on Conference
Measure.
WILSON TO SIGN LAW AT
SIX O'CLOCK TONIGHT
Congress Leaders and Authors
of Bill Will Be Present
at Ceremony.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S-'The CON
ference report on the administration
currency bill was approved by the
Senate today by a vote of 43 To Oh
As the House already had approved
1t there remained only the signature
OF the Vice. e-President and the speaker
to complete the measure for Presi-
dent Wilson's signature.
Three Republicans and Senator
Polndexter, Progressive. Joined the
democrats voting for the bill in it's
final form
Jones Norris and Weeks The pass
age of the report was greeted with
little demonstration.
SLY O'Clock tonight was the hour set
Nv White House officials for President
wilson to sign the currency bill. Five
hours later the President plans to
leave for Pass Christian, Miss, for a
three weeks vacation.
Senator Owen and Representative
Glass. co-authors OF the bill. mem
hers of the congressional banking
committees and leaders in Congress-
were invited to. attend the ceremony.
The President will sign the bill with
two gold pens and present one to
Senator Owen and the other to Rep
resentative Glass. The President had
n cabinet session today and ex-
changed Christmas greetings with his
official family.
Last Stage of Passage.
The administration currency hill en-
, tered the last stage of it's passa ge
when the Senate met Mt 10 o'clock to-
day to take up the conference report
which already had been delayed
twenty-four hours by difficulties in
the House.
Backed by the overwhelming Demo-
| cratic majority of the House, the bill
came to the Senate. for what leaders
confidently expected was the last
time. with the agreement upon all dis
puted points approved bv the lower
body. It remained for the Senate to
act upon the compromises which had
been effected between the managers
of the two houses.
/ The Democratic majority in the
\ Senate seemed to be working smooth
) ly and the leaders expected to see the
4 bill finally engrossed and on its way
/ TO the White House for President
, Wilson'S signature before night All
1 the changes made by the conference
! managers were aRreea bic to the Pres
/ ident. ard 1t was understood in official
circles that he would ACCOMPANY his
signature with some sort of a state-
uent to the country.
Bristow Makes Attack.
When the Senate debate began un-
der the agreement to vote by $3.50
this afternoon, Senator Bristow, one
of the Republicans of the banking
committee. who had been denied ad-
mittance to the deliberations Of the
Democrat conferees, led off with an
l. 4
his opinions where they would get
| into permanent record.
The agreement placing the secre-
tary of the treasury, secretary of
Agriculture and comptroller of cur
rency on the committee to organize
the new system, he declared was a
move to bring the whole system
under political control.
Arrangements for debate provided
that Senators Bristow, Nielsen and
other Republicans who oppose the
conference agreement would have
about three hours to talk.
Senator Bristow declared he be-
lieved Senator Owen had excluded
him from the conference for fear he
would join some of the Democrats
against owens pet measures"
at was done because he knew he
could not control my vote" cried Mr.
bHlsloW, as he could not cOnlrOl tne
votes Of some of his Democratic col
leagues in the interests of certain
great banking interests that have had
a hand throughout in framing this
bill. The senator from Oklahoma has
accepted the most offensive provisions
of the Aldrich bill and has covered
them with mask to deceive the peo-
ple.'
Senator Owen declared that Sena-
tor Bristow had been excluded from
the deliberations of the Democrats be-
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