Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-12-23
Thirty-Slx Republicans and
Thirteen PfogreSsiyeS Vote
for Measure, While Two
Democrats Oppose,
REPRESENTATIVE GLASS
LEADS SHARP DEBATE
Minority Floor Leader Mann
Paints Dire Picture of Dis
tresS and Says Initiation
Was a Necessity,
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Washington, Dec. 22-The house
adopted the conference report on the
administration currency bit at iO;4G
O'clock tonight. by vote of 29S to
60, and sent the report TO the senate,
which had waited in session to receive
II before Adjournment for the night
Prolonged and uproarious cheers
from the democrats greeted the am
nomcoment of the vote hy Speaker
Clark. and many members Of the
house fastened over TO the senate to
see the report received there.
Earlier in the evening the senate
had agreed 10 vote not later than 2.30
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and the
leaders regarded II as certain that the
completed bin would he in the hands
Of President Wilson for his signature
before tomorrow night
ON The final vote, thirty-six repub-
Leans. thirteen progressives and ona
independent Kent Of California, voted
with the majority for the report and
two democrats, Galloway OF Texas.
and Witherspoon Of Mississippi Joined
the opposition
The vote followed debate Of near
ly three hours. during which the gal
leries remained crowded with specta-
tors including many prominent hg-
ures In official life.
Republicans who voted for the
report follow iarton Burke
- "a
ry Davis Dillon, Esch Tarr
Frear. Haugen. Helgeson. Kelly
tMichD, Kiess. Knkaii fNeb). La
Toilette. Lenroot Lindquist. Miller
Moss (West Nt). Nelson Nolan. Nor
ton, Sinnott sloan, j. NJ. G. Smith,
(Miehl Samuel smith tAlichD. Smith
(MinnD, Stafford, stevens (Minn)
Sutherland, rreadwaN Young en-
DD, Mianahan Mapes stephens
(CalifJ,-36,
Progressives Who voted for the re-
port Bell (Caltf), Bryan (Washl.
Chandler Falconer Hulings, Kelly
tPenn1, Lafferty. Murlock, Temple
Macdonald Thompson urD. Ripley
Woodruff rs
After the announcement OF the vote
joint resolution proposed by Ma
iority Leader Underwood that the
house recess upon adjournment to-
morrow until January 12. was
adopted The report will be taken
up by the senate tomorrow The house
then adjourned until $50 p. m. to-
morrow
Senator owen announced that
separate bill TO provide for guaranty
of bank deposits would be considered
In the near future This has been
intimated by Chairman Glass of the
house banking committee.
Representative Glass appeared Ia
the house with the conference report
just before 6 o'clock and as the clerk
began reading there was a rush for
the lunch rooms An hour was re-
qured for the formal reading and il
was understood that there would be
about two hours of debate before the
final vote
In the meantime, Senator owen had
presented the agreement of the con
ferees TO the senate ana that body. or
dering the report printed. recessed
until o'clock, to await action by
the house. The senate leaders hoped
to hear from the house soon after re-
.convening and were prepared to hurry
action on their side so as TO send the
completed bin to the president before
midnight
General debate on the report be-
gan In the house at 1870 O'Clock. 1t
was agreed to discuss the measure for
two hours and forty minutes, an hour
and twenty minutes for the democrats
an hour for reproIcans, and twenty
minutes for the plogressives.
Opening the discussion, Represen-
ported the original house bin back
without one single fundamental al
teration"
Dir Glass went over the conference
report in detail and defended the note
provisions Of the bin which had been
assaied by bankers ands members Of
the senate.
Representative Hayes Of California,
minority member of the house con-
ference committee, criticised the fail
ure Of the senate and the conference
to remove the provision which makes
the government Of the United states
primarily responsible for the notes it
proposes to issue TO the regional re-
serve banks.
Mr. Hayes also declared the bin de-
fective in the provision extending
credit on farm loans, maintaining that
it was a gold brick to the farmer ia
that only a small percentage Of the
surplus Of the small banks could be
loaned to the farmers
Representative Lenroot Of Wiscon
sin republican, announced tnat hel
would vote for tho conference report