The Washington times., 1913-10-07
LIMIT TO HEARINGS
: JARS ADMINISTRATION
'fPubIic Currency Sessions of
. Senate Committee to End
y, October rs.

Administration hope of passage of q
currency bill by the Senate in the
special session, though outwardly as
hconfident as ever. has been badly Jared
'sby the action of the Senate Banking
land Currency Committee in voting to
lend hearings Oh or before October g.
4, The committee turned down a PROPOSE
ton to end hearings October Is, so 1t
-js expected the hearings will run until
October IS With the hearings con-
tinued until that date, it seems impossi-
I bic to get the bill back into the Senate
for discussion before November l.
/ 1t is generally felt about the Senate
! that if the Senate does not take up
| ths bill until November /, there will be
| no currency legislation in the special
| session. November L has been given as
/ the date when the White House ex-
pected a bill to be passed.
The fight over currency is getting
, more intense. This is indicated by
! bitter attack which Chairman Carter
Glass of the House Banking and Cur
rency Committee has made on Senasor
statement is largely personal and is un-
usual in that the chairman of big
committee in either body of Congress
/ is not accustomed to go out Of his way
! to criticise members of the ether body.
Reply To Hitchcock.
1t is in reply to a recent interview
of Senator Hitchcock criticising the cur
rency bill sharply. Mr.. Glass classifies
Senator Hitchcock with the Republi-
cans who are committed to the Aldrich
plan.
The attack by Glass on Hitchcock is
. looked on as the opening of war be-
tween the Administration and Demo-
: cratic Senators who are adverse to the
Administration bill. 1t Is likely this
fight will become extremely interesting
before it is finished. The vote in COM
mitree last night on the question of
continuing the hearings until October IS,
developed that only four Democrats on
( the committee, Owen, Hollis, Shafrotn
! purpose of forcing speedy action on the
Administration bill. Senators Hitch
/ cock. Reed and O'Gorman refuse to be
! hurried.
Senator o'Gormsn was absent when
/ the vote was taken last night. but he Is
! opposed to rushing the currency bill
thIo rough. The President is expected to
can some of the recalcitrants to the
White House soon and try to drive
them into line. n
. AS the situation stands now, there is
! SO much division of Democratic opinion
| in the Senate that the President and
Administration Senators do not dare try
to force caucus. They would like to
Z tors to support of the bill. But in view
: of the division of sentiment, this is not
: feasible.
The failure to try to force a caucus
is looked on in some quarters as mean
ing the President Is gradually losing
his grip On Congress. especially on the
Senate
May Make Speeches. 4
3 Before the currency fight is over the
President Is likely to gofout and make
speeches to the. country in the purposes
of lighting fires under Democratic
Senators who oppose his program.
Senator Cummins, Progressive Repub-
lican. who has returned from Iowa, told
colleagues today that the Senate ought
10 go ahead and pass a currency bill in
the special session in order to clear
the way for trust and corporation legis-
lation next session. He said opinion as
chaotic. and few people had read the
bin or knew what was in il.
The meeting Of the American Bank
-erG Association at Boston is expected
TO have considerable bearing on the
course Of monetary legislation The op-
ponents Of the bill here intend to make
the utmost of the fact over 700 country
bankers attending the session adopted
resolutions to the effect that unless the
bill Is amended few country banks can
anord to join the system, and will have
to give up their charters and become
State banks.
The bankers admitted a new currency
system was needed, and commended the
Administration for seeking one, but in
sisted the Administration bill needed
amendment in important respects.