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Show CURRENCY BILL TO BE j HADE PARTY MEASURE i in i Democratlo Senators Dltcuti Situation Situa-tion and Agree to Stand Behind Measure Until It Completion. Washington. - Tho administration ?urreiicy bill and President WlUon'a Announced determination to write It Into luw before December 1, on Tuos-duy Tuos-duy became the storm center of legta-latlve legta-latlve activity. A series of conferences confer-ences at the White House, prompted by the desire of the president to hasten has-ten consideration of tho measure, made apparent a rather doubtful situation sit-uation atirrouiidliiK the bill In the senate sen-ate committee on banking and currency cur-rency and resulted In a general atlr among senate lH-mocrat. President Pro Tern. Clark of the senate, Majority Leader Kern, Democratic, Demo-cratic, Whip Lewis, Chairman 0en of the bankltiK and currency committee commit-tee and Senator Ollle James of Kentucky Ken-tucky were called to the White House to discuss the situation. After the conference It became apparent that measures were to be taken to ,;ct the Iietnocrata of the senate U-hind U-hind the currency bill us a parly measure. The senators who conferred with the president all took the position that us the Democrats were resotisl-tile resotisl-tile for the currency legislation, they ihould take the matter Into their hands. It was indicated that one method which in y.hl. be pursued was to withdraw the bill from the consideration con-sideration of the full committee, where It is now fed up, and turn It ver to the committee Ik'moernts, as was done In the house. |