The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-16
GAG RULE MAKES
BRANCH BANK ACT
CERTAIN TO PASS
Wheeler Charges Bride
Was Offered

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-For the
second time in decades, the Senate
prepared today to authorize cloture
in order to force a final vote on the
McFadden-Pepper Banking Act, and
insurgents charged that the Amer
lean Banking Association was prac-
tjcally using bribery to get the bill
through.
The gag rule" restricting debate
to one hour for each senator, was in
voked by administration leaders be-
cause insurgents announced a war to
the finish against the bill, which ex-
tends the powers and activities Of
national banks and the federal re-
serve system.
The only modern precedent for the
use Of cloture was established dui-
ing the world court fight.
Dawes Suggested Gag.
Insurgents leaders declared they
welcomed the use Of cloture, and
charged that the bill could not be
enacted except under the gag rule"
The use Of eloture, it was UNDER
stood, was suggested by Vice-pres-
ident Dawes, who has waged a cam
paign for revision Of the Senate's
tules-to limit debate-ever since he
took office.
Vote Without Knowing.
Senator Wheeler Cd of Montana,
charged today that only few sena-
tors understood the contents of the
ldll. The provisions he attacked the
most would give the federal reserve
System an "indeterminate charter"
as a substitute for the present one,
which expires after 1884.
He charged that New York bank
mr. interests tried to ''reach" Sena-
sors Howell (R) Of Nebraska, and
Dill Cd Of Washington, who opposed
the bill, and all small bankers" who
had protested against its enactment.
Wheeler further charged that Rep.
Morton D. Hull (R) of Illinois, who
opposed the measure in the House,
had been approached" by the bank
ing interests. Wheeler read letter
sent Hull by Thomas B. Patton, gen
eral counsel for the American Bank
ing Association, offering the con-
gresham legal business. Patton
said: "You have frequently been
recommended to us and we shall be
glad to recommend to you any bus.
mess we can" As Hull has not en-
gagged in law practice for years,
Wheeler said, the offer was an at
teYipt to suppress his opposition to
the Sill.
The vote to take up the Branch
Banking bill was supported by 81
Democrats and 81 Republicans, and
opposed by four Democrats. four
Republicans, and Senator Shipstead,
Farmer-Labor member.
Detailed Vote on the Bill.
The detailed vote was as follows:
For taking up the BLISS. Republ-
cans-31: Bingham. Cameron, Cap
per, Couzens, Curtis, Dale, Gillett,
Golf, Cooling, Gould. Greene, Har-
reid, Howell, johnson, Jones (Wash.),
Reyes, Mclean, McMaster, McNary,
Means. eddie, Pepper, Phipps, Pine,
Reed pa, Schall, Stanfield, Stew
art, Warren, Watson, Willis.-Demo-
crats-27: Ashhurst, Bayard, Blease,
Bratton, Bruce. Caraway, Ferris,
Fletcher, George, Glass, Harris,
Hswes, Kendrick. King, Mcclellan,
Mayfield, 0verman, Ransdell, Robin
son (Arls.J, Sheppard. Simmons,
Smith, Stephens, Steck, Tranimen,
Tyson. Walsh (Mass).
Against taking up the bill-9. Re-
rublicans-4: Frazier, LaFollette,
Norris, Nye.-Democrats--4: Dill,
Heflin, Nicely, Wheeler.-Farmef-
Labor: Shipstead.
OF TIE twenty-nine Senators not
voting, it was believed all would have
been in the affirmative.