The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-19
HAS BEEN ELIMINATED AND BILL WILL PROBABLY BE VOTED ON
 SOME TIME FRIDAY.
MAY BE A LAW BY TUESDAY
Democrats Have Now Only to Com plete Some Amendments to Com pIete the Bill Before 1t Is Brought to Final Vote.

Washington, Dec. 1S-.With the dem- ocratic legislative machinery running smoothly, the administration currency bill today moved rapidly toward i-s final passage in the senate. The last of the opposition amendments to the measure was voted down, and Senator Owen began the presentation of the democratic amendments calculated 70 perfect the measure which were adopt ed without meeting strenuous pro- tests.
 Legislative leaders declared tonight that the end of the currency figh. was in sight Tn the house, Speaker Clark and Majority Leader Underwood expressed the opinion that the meas ure would go to the president and he written into law by Monday or Tues day at the la.est. Mir. Underwood an nounced his intention of offering an adjournment resolution which would give congress a holiday recess until January l2 just as soon as the bill was passed
 The final efforts of Senator Hitch. cock and the republicans to put some of their ideas into the bill were voted down one after the other today. the senate operating under the agree ment to limit speeches to 1 5 minutes each and hurrying debate along.
 Then Senator owen presented the amendments agreed on by the demo cratic caucus last night. The oppo sition did not insisl on roll calls and the amendments were adopted with little debate. until Senator Owen pre- scented one to authorize tine federal reserve board to appoint attorneys. experts and assistants" without re- gard to the civil service laws. Then the republicans broke forth in protest and prevented immediate action.
 One amendment adopted provided that banks in the new system could not employ former secretaries of the treasury, assistant secretaries, comp trollers of the currency or members of the federal reserve board for two years after they severed their con- nection with the government Anothes change gave the secretary of the treasury discretion to use a par of the earnings of regional banks to build up the gold reserve. The sal ary of the members of the federal re- serve board was increased from $10,- 900 to s12,OOO
 A number of amendments calculat- ed to simplify the work of putting the new system into operation were adopted, and various changes weras made to facilitate the entrance of state banks and trust companies. Sen ators Root, Bristow. Burton and Cum mins attacked the democrats for the proposal that the employees of the board should be exempted from civil service requirements.
 ''It is now apparent" declared Sen ator Bristow. "that the haste enforc- ed in consideration of this bill is not only proposed to quiet the financial unrest in the country but also to sat- isfy the horde of hungry office seek CTS who have beseiged the capital for the past ten months. Opening up these positions to partisanship would force the federal reserve board to go into politics whether 1t wanted 10 or not"
 Senator Owen declared that but small number of employees would De affected by the provision, and assert ed that the amendment was proposed in order that the federal reserve board might not be hampered or delayed Tn beginning work.
 When the senate recessed at o'clock the democratic caneus reas- sembled to perfect final amendments tho kill