The Prescott daily news., 1913-09-19
GJLO STANDARDS
 UPHELD IN HOUSE
REPUBLICANS START REVOLT WHICH THREATENED TO
 SPLIT DEMOCRATS.
CALLED "POLITICAL TRAP"
rro9ressiVe Leader Murdock Warns Majority of G. o. p. Trick, but They Amend the Currency
 Bill by Vote of 1O4 to 39.


 Washington, Sept. 19.-An elev- enth-hour revolt from the will of the caucus and the leadership of the banking and currency committee spread among Democrats of the house last night, when the administration currency bill was within the shadow Of the final vote upon it's passage, but the party leaders got the situation in hand again.
 Chairman Glass of the committee and other leaders who sided with him were plainly worried, and their pre- dicament afforded unconcealed amuse- ment to the Republicans and particu- larly to Progressive Leader Murdock
 The revolt lasted through many speeches on the Democratic side, sev- eral from across the aisle, and there was one vote on which more Demo crats deserted the committee than had left it's standard on any of the mooted questions brought up before
 "I'Il Never Vote for It." An amendment by Representative Foss of Ohio designed to maintain all legal money at a parity and insure the retention of the gold standard, caused all the trouble, but it was adopted
 Some Democrats professed to see in it revival of the old issue of bi- metallism, and openly charged that the committee, in indorsing such an amendment, was offering a gratuitous insult to four-fifths of the Democratic party. That issue, they pointed out, was settled 16 years ago. Representative Witherspoon of Mis- sissippi was the first to announce that, with such an amendment tackled to the bill he would bolt the caucus and vote against it. q will never vote for it." he shouted, for I am an honest man."
 Attitude of Administration.
 II challenge the right of the com mittee to bring in such an amend ment as this" said Representative Wingo of Arkansas. Somebody is playing politics and trying to humili- ate four-ffths of the Democratic party. It is useless-it is childish"
 Yet he stated: "President Wilson is for this amendment, I understand know that MT. Bryan is for it. am authorized to speak for Mir. Bry- an. He told me that the question of whether or not this country should have the gold standard was settled years ago."
 Representative Murray of Okla homa declared that it was an insult to Democrats to indorse such an amendment.
 Representative Sherley poured oil on the troubled waters, only to have them stirred again a moment later by Representative Murdock Sherley said that the amendment could do no harm and might do good, and that it was time for Democrats to forget what was behind and reckon with what was before.
 "Ths Republicans are playing poli- tics with you" was the taunt of Mur- dock. "They propose to get a sepa- rate vote on the amendment and the bill in the house and put you Demo crats on record. It's trap that they are asking you to walk into-if you want to walk into it, go ahead"
 At the conclusion of Murdocks speech Representative Wingo an nounced that he would demand the separate vote on the amendment and the bill The Democrats paid little heed to the warning" and the vote stood 104 to 3S for the amendment.
 Excitement started when several Republicans charged that the bill had been changed at the eleventh hour at the suggestion of Secretary Bryan in order to strike a blow at the gold standard.
 Representative Glass emphatically denied this, declaring that lawful money" was itself redeemable in gold, since the enactment of the gold-stand ard law of 1900. The Republicans then charged that the present bill would by implication repeal the law of 1900. They declared the provision making the notes payable in "gold and lawful money" was a return to