The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-24
Currency Bill Signed By Presi-
dent at One Minute After
Six O'clock in Presence Of
Large Crowd.
HELP BUSINESS
Democrats and Many Repub-
leans Believe 1t viii Have
Steadying Effect. President
Wilson in Happy Frame OF
Mind Over Victory.


WASHlNGTQN, Dec. 2S.-PFesldeW
Wilson signed the tilass-0wen banks
ing ana currency ain AZ one minute
after O'Clock tonight The ot!i thus
became d law after months OF LABOR on
the part OF the Democratic congress
ana president.
The new banking ana currency sys-
fam yvIu he Installed AZ Snon AS prac-
ticable, work to that end already hav-
ing been begun by the secretary Of the
treasury. II is the opinion of the
Democratic leaders that the new law
will have a steadying effect on bust.
mss ,rhis view js shared 10 some ex.
tent py KepubIioaus.
President Wilson signed the banking
bill in the presence Of a crowd that
tbron1,r,i mo executive offices. Mr..
wilson was I'm a nanny frame of mind.
The occa sion r,,s,lypd a Democratic vic.
tory for me presiIrnt who had worked
hard for seven months 10 nut the bill
through the TWO houses of congress-.
S.cona Pledge Eutatlea
II also sioua1i1ad tb, f,,tftlpent Of
,ba eirond Gbjrr rlafla-a of the Demo-
cratle u]afform moon which Mr. WI
can ror as n capiidata for thu nresi.
danr,.
tn carfarsrca rsnor4 on tho hank.
tr.r ran ,yb3rb ,,as styrasd ~ ~ tba
~house last night was passe1 In the
4anate ar 80 o'rlncL ttis afternoon ana
~, a,,,tcssa4 rr,,,, ~ IL haa~iye tha
stevrat,,re nj ytre-prnsi,Ian+ NTarshal1
a,,5 snaal,ar f,Iarlx was hnrrfed 10 The
WhIta House
s,aarb +ba. h, datf,arad artar
.+tacntn,r Nc sfrrat,,ra re- tha bflI
f,raeIEf,G v-t1aa, r,rn.Isi,ess ~ law
~ ..s-..aa..a.. far Ia
tg,sfresz intarasts ri +he Tinted S,afaa
IL av,,rase..5 ,,laas,,ys ..tr r,t,,,t..i,,er
- ,,,htnt, +r5rt, ,,,i1i 10 ~ 49,.
~ her@at "a me b,rstnass nf ti,a
ar,r,+,,
y-htis ,h., ,ravfae,+ aed nat saw 80
T.! 4r,,,.s - ra4. a. s.,,3r,s .s,, Z, ...,,.
hfs taIfaf 49, ~ 80, la,, ,,,auff
l',,t,,,ar ~ sc.t,ri,tas ~ tr,aa snI
,ic,t,r. zoe
NJ, wilson said he had hsap SURPRISED
a, Ths ,.s,,dden arcsntanna, af me meas
~ Nv. ,,,,t,1tr nrfrtn,, axrervwbarc Tbc
huninsss rnan ba safd had onansa tns;r
80 - s,d - ~ rSeasi~~a p,hirn
-. s,,,,ase's - 30 ,ast,Ia ser,teas
IN griand ~ Ala not as haa haar
s,,S,,.o,ad ero f,,r.har -, an sffart =,
sSpeotra t Eo i hnsins ,, d 0f ,,n
res,ara ia Tho General cornoraffon nal
nc - rho ad,ntnistratfon tban ba ala
e. b{s cent ,attnr W. ths a+4orrev-
al In, m ba feta Aiu-
sot,,.i[s- a,~rae,,..,+
s,rr,,,,. th r,s,a.n.
14e,,bnrs ~ H.. rahinet and r,erhar.
- ~, ha,,-s, ma a<v,ats on,,,,,,It.a, ~,
t,art,,rs ara c,,rrarc,,l 'co,onaittses ana
sa,.a~aI srortsti,, ir,,i.e,, s,,as.s 80
$500 ia +,r,.si,,ant 90 ~ saenaa tho
nm ana Delivered tbls snaach
Aftor H. guests hod assembled ard
+ha ,,resi1a,T nsas ahout ~ tata MS
N-fN -
49,, C.1ass ~ ~. ho,,ss co,,ratttaa va.
49, a., aviaarce NJ CHASE II turned
~ go ts,.,, ,,, frcnrsnTe,,aux rosf-
ttor nahtnd the crowd a. ms other
a,d IF me roam nom fine nresiasnr.
erho ,,rasIda,,+ 3nvitad him ~ taka =
r,nattinn baSiaa ME Aesk v;.h senator
a,xsn fha rhatrnan Of the serata corr.
,,,ittan Al tba virginia cnugressmar
800 ,oru,ard +he nrasida7t sbaaa
6anas vr,tb hin, warmth This wn.
~ signaf for notwithstanding
AZ ~, rrastdart sat dosrp NJ III.
aesn he said.
~ INST 40 tho anad arst and ,,arhan.
u.ir bs,a something "a ssv aytar-
wards
IN tha sfr,irr or tbe httf tha rra.,-
49, 60 -, orolA 0ans us,,r ,ha
frst no wrota aAnnro,ted asrd Dacern-
her. 1919 with the second he wrote
wood - with the third row and with
the' last wilson " The ffrst men was
PRESENTED Ia MIR Glass another n sam
tor owen ANA the third ~ Secretary
~ the Treasury McAdoo The fourth
was reserved for Senator Chiffon. 81
West Virginia. who had sent 1t to the
Write House win n reonest that r. he
usad in the signing ;of tbs hi,
s,.nes nv s.ct,.,.
As ha nIe1sed nm the different nens
ar varions stares az the signing ma
nresidebt remarked that his sipnatura
vas beiup wrltten in sections r., whfrh
senator ] Ham Lewis of Illinois re-
nItsd
,,rha hill ca,,e forth IN tnsta,,rrant.
Mr. prAsfdent"
The dead . having heen aceomplistei
the president arose and addressed M