The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-12-31
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5 PASSES The SENATE By MAJOR
-ITY OF TWENTY
The VOTE ON The BILL
All the Democrats Voted for 1t, and
So Did Five Republicans and One
Progressive Republican Oh the Final
Vote on the Measure on Friday
Night.

The administration currency re-
form bill. proposing revision Of the
financial system Of the United States
and the creation of regional reserve
banks to act a3stabilizing elements
in the banking and financial work,
Friday night passed the Senate by
vote OF 54 to "a.
Forces that had fought together
for improvement and amendment OF
the measure to the last divided when
the final vote came, Senator Hitch
cock, 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
Poindexter: tProgressive) voted for
the passage Of the measure.
Wide differences exist between the
form Of thelegislation passed by the
Senate Friday night and the bill that
several months ago passed the House.
Democratic leaders already have
partly adjusted these differences,
however, and it was Friday night
predicted that the bill would be COM
pleted by conference committee and
sent to President Wilson for his sig
nature by Monday night.
- The adoption of the administration
bill, known as the HOwen@ n@bill', fol-
lowed upon the formal defeat, by A.
to IL, of the Hitchcock bill', which
had been endorsed by Senator Hitch
cock and the FIVE Republican gem-
!, bers Of the evenly divided Senate
committee that passed on the legisla.
tion. The Senate previously had r.
iected, without roll call, "centfSl
bank" bill offered as a substitute by
Senator Burton.
The Senators who voted for the
Owen bill were:
Democrats Bacon, Bank
head, Bryan, Chamberlain, Chiffon.
Clarke, Fletcher, Gore, Hitchcock,
HoHss.s Hughes, James, Johnston,
Kern, Lane, Lee, Lewis, Martin, Mar
tine, Myers, Newlands, O'Gorman,
ogerman, Owen, Pittman, Pomerene,
Ransdell. Reed, Robinson, Salisbury
shafroth, Sheppard, Shields, Shive-
ley, Simsons, Smith, Of Arizona;
Smith, Of Georgia; Smith, Of Mary.
land; Smith. of South Carolina;
Swanson, Thomas, Thompson, Till
man, vardaman, Walsh and Williams
III.
Republicans Crawford, Jones
Perkins, Norris, Sterling and Weeks
$50.
Observation-Disclosures.
Those who voted against the bill
Republicans - Borah, Bradley
Brady, Brandegee, Bristow, Burton
Catron. ci,pp. Colt. Cummins, Dill,
1fnghom, dupont, Gal.inger,. Golf
Gronna, Jackson. Kenyon, LaFollette
Lippitt, McCumber, Mclean, Nelson
Oliver. Page, Penrose, Root, Sher'
man, Smith OF Michigan, Smoot
Sutherlan, Stephenson, ToWnSend
I Warren and Works-34.
Absent and paired:
:Burleigh, Clark, Of Wyoming; Cul'
berson, Fall, Lodge, Stone, Thornton
Observation-Disclosures.
Through the afternoon, when e
vote on the bill was momentarily ex'
pected, Mrs. Wilson, with party o1
friends from the White House, Sec
retary McAdoo and Joseph P. Tu'
multy, were interested spectators Of
the Senate's proceedings. Galleries
and the floor Of the Senate were
crowded throughout the day and pas.
sage Of the measure was greeted with
unchecked applause from the gal
leries.