Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-09
ALL TO Be HEARD
ON CURRENCY BILL
House Banking and Currency
Committee Decides on
Open Sessions.
INITIAL CONSIDERATION
LIMITED TO DEMOCRATS
Senate, However, Takes Opposite
View and Invites Republicans to
Join in Conferences.

Open sessions OF the House banking
and currency committee during con-
sideration OF the administration currency
bill in the full committee were assured
by resolution adopted by the committee
today. BY a vote of IL to the commit
tee adopted a resolution providing that
all sessions of the committee shall be
public unless otherwise ordered by four
fifths OF the members. Chairman Glass
opposed the resolution in vain.
A moment later. however. the COM
mittee decided not to allow the republi-
can members of the committee to take
part in the initial consideration OF the
bill. BY a strict party vote motion OF
Representative Hayes providing that all
consideration OF the bill should be non
partisan was defeated.
The democrats OF the committee i'm
mediately planned to begin work on
the bill in secret session this afternoon
and TO continue secret sessions morn
ing. afternoon and evening until the
bill can be presented to the democratic
caucus.
The republicans attacked the demo-
cratic policy Of preparing the bill In
secret session. declaring that all OF
be allowed to participate in ali the de-
liberations. but they were out voted
The committee voted to give Chairman
Glass authority to employ experts to
advise the committee.
Majority to Meet Secretly.
While the entire committee wa meet.
ing to receive the Buckley subcommittee
report In favor Of open session ] all
meetings of the committee or subcom-
mittees. the democratic members we're
laying plans for secret meeting o. the
democratic majority OF the com iitee
until the bill is ready to report ~ q
democratic caucus, probably tie IN -,.ie
Q, thus month The ma,1y enesutSs
wound up by Saturday night waen IL
may be decided to ask 70. a CA. o a
democratic caucus with a vie~ bind
the bill which the committee will pre-
sent.
me majority secret meetings are char
acterized by the democrats on the COM
mittee as 'educationaf' to thresh out diff
ferences among the majority who will
dictate the bill. SO that the democratic
measure will be ready to present in prac-
ticaliy final form to the full committee
caucus. Members Of the committee mean
time viii confer with President Wilson
and Democratic Leader Underwood OF the
House, who Will return here probably
next Monday.
Senate Takes Opposite View.
Senator Owen. chairman Of the Senate
banking and currency committee. has
called a meeting Of republican and
democratic members Of the committee
for tomorrow to begin consideration OF
the currency bill. which the House COM
mittee also has taken up Senator Owen
Will seek to have the committee meet reg
ularly from now on to determine upon
hearings and on what particular phases
NJ he Hon M1vxx<< L.
Now that the tariff bill Is out OF
caucus" said Senator Owen. II think
that the Senate banking and currency
COMMITTEES should take up the bin with
have called the full committee and In.
tend to invite continued cooperation Of
the republican members. This Ii not Q
partisan matter. / think IL should be
made a party matter in so far that the
democrats being In power are called upon
to give the country relief. but I beiieve
that the republicans desire to cooperate
bin - e
II will ask the committee tomorrow to
agree, IL possible, upon just what points
expert advice should be sought. We will
have hearings that will be publ C. out
We do not propose 10 open hearings WITH
out any definite plan in View, permitting
every man to come here an. air his cur
rency views. 1 have three boxes full OF
letters from currency experls tnat am
going over and 1 am sure IL l. mu n
easier to interpret the currency "a ID
lem than II Is to interpret the later
prefers.
Disagreements Come to Head.
Differences OF opinion which have
been breaking out among the members
OF the House committee came to u focus
yesterday afternoon. and several men,
bers had an old-time row behind closed
doors. The explosion amounted TO
nothing but words. but it acted like a
handful Of gunpowder on a sooty CHM
ney-the hues are now drawing bet
ter and the committee is In better
shape.
New members on the committee have
been feeling sore at what they con-
sidered were high handed methods OF
procedure This came to a climax yes
terday in the meeting OF democratic
members of the committee when Rep
resentative Brown of West Virginia
became angered at something said by
Representative Ragsdale Of South
Carolina. a new member OF the COM
mittee. They had a short and sharp tilt.
which was soon over. 1t was also re-
ported that Representative Eagle OF
Texas and Chairman Glass had words
over the publication OF q report OF Q
meeting Of the committee Monday.