Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-12-20
CURRENCY BILL
PASSES SENATE
Vote On Long Fought, De
bated Measure stands
81 to "a
CHEERS GREET END
;HEERS GREET END
Nix Republicans and One Progressive
Vote FOR Measure After Final
Round OF Much Discussion.

Washington, Dec. 49, The long
fight over the currency bill in the
Senate, which began September Is
when the bill was received frem The
House ard referred to the ommit!ee
on Banking and Currency. ended to-
night q, ~ O'Clock whom the bill
WAS passed by d vote OF Il to 81. Six
Republicans and one Progressive
voted for thc bill. They We're Sena-
tors Crawford, of Solth Dakota;
Jones Of Washington Norris Of Ne
braska; Perkins, Of California; Ster-
ling, of North Dakota; Weeks. Of Mas
sachusetts, and PoindeXter, of Wash
ington Senator Hitchcock. of Ne
braska, supported the bill on the fin"s
vote and was roundly aplauded. AS
the result was announced Cheerf
broke out on the Democratic side Of
the chamber.
Prior to this the entire day was
spent in discussing the bill under the
fifteen minute rule and one effort
after another on the part OF Republic
cans to amend the measure either by
rol call or viva vOce vote, was defeat
ed Owing to the switching of Sena-
tors Thomas and Lane TO the Repub-
licans on the vote on the amendment
removing appointees OF the federal
board from the civil service, the re-
suit was tie Vice President Marshall
voted to exempt the employs and the
Republicans proposition to compel an
eligible fist was rejected.
Rivalry Is Settled.
There has been a rivalry between
Senators Pomerene and O'Gorman as
to which should be a member of the
ed by naming both men and includ-
| ing the six Democratic members OF
the committee. including Senator
| Hitchcock. The conference as sub
tors Owen, O'Gorman, Reed, Pomerene
Shaffroth and Hollis, Democrats and
Nelson Brstow and Crawford Re-
publicans. In order to effect perman
ent organization of the bill the con
ereas were named the Senate insist
ing upon its amendment an dasked
for conference. The conferees will
meet tomorrow morning.
The public sat until 6 o'clock i'll the
hope that the bill would be passed
early and sent to conference. The
Senate adjourned for the first time
until II O'Clock in the morning in
order to get the bill into the hands
of the conference as speedily as pos
sible. A determined effort will be
made to get the bill back and con-
ference reported agreed to tomorrow
The Congress may adjourn for the
holidays either late tomorrow after
noon or Monday. A four weeks
recess is likely.
The Hitchcock substitute for the
Owen bill when offered in its ent1rety
was rejected by the rather mario"
margin of only two votes-43 to A.
When the vote was taken Senator
Hitchcock announced that he would
support the administration bill on the\
final vote. Senator Weeks OF Mas
sachusetts also declared his purpose
of supporting the bill. He said 1t was
"a per cent good and % per cent bad
He supported it for the good there was
in it and hoped that the bad would De
minimized in the administrator ol
the measure. He had considered the
bill as a strictly business proposition
and said he was disposed to accep'
the best he could get even II 1t dld
not entirely meet his views.
sees No Merit
Senator Bristow another member OF
the committee denied the existence OF
enough merit in it to justify his sup
mort Other senators spoke briefly
and when everybody was ready TO
vote Senator La Toilette too the
floor and spoke at length under the
rule to various amendments he pro-
posed.
Republicans tonight expressed IN
dignation at the selection of Senator
Crawford as member of the confer