Show HAS I AS NO CHANCE I 1 ITO TO BECOME LAW t Debate Upon the Fowler Currency Bill Continues LITTLE INTEREST IN DEBATE MB MR GAINES BLOCKS UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUS CONSENT BUSINESS 4 Washington Feb 21 The day in lii the house was devoted to debate on the Fowler currency bill Mr Fowler the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of the measure spoke for over oer two hours The other speakers speaker sp akers were Thayer mayer and nci Levering Loverl g of Mass Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Lewis Lewt Lew pf pt Georgia and Prince of Illinois The general conviction Is that the bill b I has lyts no chance hance to become a Jaw At the opening of the session of the house today Mr Hemenway of ot Indiana asked unanimous consent for the con consideration consideration consideration of a bill to exempt from tax taxation taxation taxation the property of the Daughters Of t the Revolution in ir the District of Co Columbia ColumbIa Columbia lumbia Mr Moon of ot Tennessee ob object saying he would continue to ob object object object 10 o 0 the consideration of any bill by unanimous consent Mr Fowler of New Jersey then moved that the house go into commit committee tee of the whole to consider the cur currency currency currency rency bill and pending that motion pe he asked that he control the time for tue bill and Mr Thayer of Massachusetts against It To this Mr Bartlett of Georgia objected saying there was a difference of opinion on the Democratic side concerning this question When the motion was put Mr Bartlett made the point p int of ot no quorum and the speak speaker er having counted the house and find finding findIng ing lag only members directed a call calI The motion was carried to 95 93 Accordingly the house went into committee and Mr Fowler chairman of the committee on banking and cur currency currency currency rency took the floor ll or in support of ot his hi bill He said that all the secretaries of the thell treasury and practically all aU comptrollers ers of the currency for the past twenty years and all the students of this sub subject subject subject favored a credit currency the principle upon which w Ich the pending bill but was founded He dwelt at length on the absolute necessity of furnishing an elastic currency cu rency which would be ex cx expanded expanded during the period Toward the close of oC his speech Mr Fowler was besieged with questions He spoke more than two hours and was given close attention au nUon Mr Thayer of Massachusetts fol followed followed followed lowed him with an argument In sup support support support port of a bill presented by some of ot the minority members of the committee He agreed that a more elastic currency should be provided but contended that the Fowler bill would inevitably lead to t reckless expansion |