The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-12-25
SENATE PASSES
MONEY REFORM
MEASURE, 54-34
QUITE DIFFERENT FROM MEAS.
URE THAT PASSED
HOUSE.
ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEE
APPOINTED BY SENATE
viii Try to Adjust Aereement-Ex.
pected Instrument VIII Be
Signed BY President Within
Short Time.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The admins.
tration currency reform bill, proposing
a revision Of the financial system OF
the United States and the creation Of
regional reserve banks to act as STA
bilizing elements in the banking and
financial world, passed the senate by
a vote of "a to "a.
Division on Final Vote.
Forces that had fought together for
Improvement and amendment of the
measure to the last, divided when the
final vote came.
Senator Hitchcock who had led the
opposition to the bill returned to the
Democratic ranks, and Senator Weeks.
one of the leaders on the Republican
side, with five other Republicans and
Senator P~oindexter, (Progressive)
voted for the passage of the measure.
Different from House Bill.
Wide differences exist between the
form of the legislation passed by the
senate and the bill that passed the
house several months ago. Democratic
leaders already have partly adjusted
these differences, however, and it is
predicted that the bill will be CON-
pleted by a conference committee and
sent to President Wilson for his sigma
ture very soon.
The adoption of the administration
bill, known as the Owen BILL fol-
lowed upon the formal defeat by A
to al of the Hitchcock BILL, which
had been Endorsed by Senator Hitch
cock and the five Republican members
of the evenly divided senate commit
tee that passed on the legislation. The
senate had previously rejected, with
out a roll call, a central bank" bill
Offered as a substitute by Senator Bur-
ton.
The Final Vote.
The senators who voted for thu
Owen bill were:
Observation-Disclosures, Bacon, Banla
head, Bryan, Chamberlain, Chiffon
Clarke, Fletcher, Gore, Hitchcock, Hol
lis, Hughes, James, Johnson. Kern,
Lane, Lea, Lewis, Martin, MARITIME
Myers, Newlands, O'Gorman, Overman.
Owen, Pittman, Pomerene, Ransdell,
Reed, Robinson, Salisbury, Shafroth,
Sheppard, Shields, Shively, Simmons,
Smith of Arizona, Smith of Georgia.
Smith of Maryland, Smith of South
Carolina, Swanson, Thomas, 'Thomp-
son, Tillman, Vardaman, Walsh and
Williams-47. -.
Republicans-Crawford, Jones, Per-
kins, Norris. Sterling and Weeks-6.
Observation-Disclosures.
Absent and paired: Burleigh, Clark
of Wyoming, Culberson, Fall, Lodge,
Stone, Thornton.
Vacancies-Alabama.
Mrs. Wilson Spectator.
Throughout the afternoon, when a
vote On the bill a ~momentarily ex-
pected, Mrs. Wilson. with a party of
friends from the White House; Scare
tary McAdoo and Joseph p. Tumulty,
President Wilson's secretary, we're in
terested spectators OF the senate's pro-
ceedings.
To hasten final enactment of the bill
that is expected to ~reorganize and give
balapce to commercial and financial
conditions, the senate named it's COLI
ference committee to work with @
house committee to compose the diff.
ferences between the two bills.
Many Of the chief points of differ
ence have already been gone over be-
tween currency leaders of the two
houses, in conference with Secretary
McAdoo of the treasury department.