The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22
HOUSE MEASURE
IS Held |NTAC /
Senate Devotes Day to
Postal Savings
Bank Bill.
TAFT OPPOSES
ANY CHANGES
Presidents Wishes Have Influx
ence in Preventing Adoption of |
Amendments-Vote Will Be ii
Taken by Senate on. Carter
Motion to Concur at S
O'clock To-Day. II

! Washin gton. June 21.-Agreeing toll
vote at o'clock tomorrow afternoond
on the Carter motion to concur in the3
House postal savings bank bill, theS
Senate adjourned at O'Clock to-dayd
after day devoted largely to an on-l
slaught upon the House measure. All
number of amendments were offered 4
but the ''old guard" of the Regularsl
! was on duty, and each assault was]
successfully resisted. the majoritysj
| ranging from SLY to eight votes. Wordl
was circulated early in the session.
| that the President desired the House(
Dill and the message had an influenced
In maintaining the measure in tact
| All the amendments were directeds
| to the section OF the House bill relat-s
| ing to the deposit and withdrawal ofs
the postal bank funds by the govern-ta
nent. The general contention vast
| that the House bill contemplated thed
withdrawal of the funds. from the iocaA
banks for transference to the larges
Eastern banks, and to the nationaE
treasury, while 1t was urged that thei
Senate bill would hold the money arS
the home banks. except in case of war
or other contingency.
An Entering Wedge.
The first of the amendments d,s-i
posed of was offered by Senator Ba-s
I con, and provided for the striking OUT
| OF the provision authorizing the usea
OF the postal banks deposits for tiel
purchase of bonds
Supporting his own amendment. Mr4
Bacon declared that the position of tnes
House is but an entering wedge for a
great central bank He said that thei
| fnanciers of Wall Street could hayaj
written nothing more to their own lik-i
| ing.
| Mr.. Percy took advantage of the on.
| portunity TO make a general sueeci,s
| charging the post-office department.
i with false economy in falling TO i1r-l
crease the rural free delivery service
to meet the demands of the country.g
incidentally he charged that the poll
4 tical power OF the post-office DEPARTS
ment is being vastly increased to the
detriment of the country. The amends.
ment was voted down by a majority OF
4 SIX, as was the next amendment, which,
| was offered by Mr.. Cummlns. and3
which required that depositaries shouldA
be selected in accordance with a gen-s
| eral rule.
Objects to Kcen's Course. :.
| Senator Overman. of North Carolina,,
to-day took sharp exception to thel
course of Senator Keen, of New Jer- ;
| of the Senate. There had been manyj
requests for Unanimous consent' toa
pass bills The machinery seemed tod
be operating smoothly, and nlanY7
minor bills were getting through.i
While a request for the considerations
of the bill authorizing the construct
tion of a bridge across the st. Maryfl
River was pending. Mr.. Overman ex-d
citedly addressed the chair. 'I object!
he said, and shall object TO anvil
| more unanimous consents so long asA
the present presiding officer occupiesi
the chair
Overman Explains.
Mr.. Oyerman explained that he hadf
| been trying for half an hour to gecd
a bill through, that he had had recog-a
| milton twice, but that immediately1
afterwards the chair had turned froml
| him to permit other Senators to getf
side can get recognition SO long nsi
! the Senator from New Jersey retains
| the chair"
Mr.. overman renewed his objectionsf
4 from time to time until Mr.. Kean was1
relieved as presiding officer by Pres-a
4 ident Pro Tempore Frye, who hadA
| been to lunch Il
\ Fund for Reclamation.
| BY a vote OF 255 to 30 the HouseI
| at 1910 O'Clock tonight passed bilEl
I providing for the issuance of certif-3
| Gates OF Indebtedness TO the amount3
| Of s2o.OOo,Oo0. to provide a fund forj
! the completion of reclamation proiectst
| already begun. l
| The House then adjourned. rhaS'
measure now will 80 to the Senate.
| where Its passage is assured.
| Originally the Senate passed such
| a bill. although it carried provision L
| for an issue aggresating S30,00o,o0o. lt3i
was recognized that even this aniountsla
was TOO small to -completeA works 9ap-s
| proved, and it was expected that ulti- 4
| mately a fund, aggregating S50,000,- &
| 600 would have to be supplied.
| Under the terms OF the bill the Gers
| tifcates are to be taken up from pay
| ments made by settlers for water to
be supplied by the government. There
| will be no drain. it IS said, upon tho
| Federal finances.
Criticism OF Hitchcock.
Sarcastic criticism OF Postnlaster-
General Hitchcock BY REPRESENTATIVE
Slayden. OF Texas, because OF his al- d
lleged inability to obtain an interview
with Mr.. Hitchcock. called forth con
| siderable applause on the Democratic
side of the House to-day.
After telling OF his futile attempt TO
| see the Postmaster-cieneral last pe-
cember on matters OF importanes to
! his congressional district. M. STAY
1 den said he decently "smothered" his
! indisnation and again had atteainted
| to get an interview; With his excel
l3lency,,, in regard to the establishments II
l3of a. mail route service which had been
lhsld in suspension. He had been anal-l
| IL told, he said, that no could sec Mr.. e
| Hitchcock after the adjournment ct s5
| Congress. u
| III will be a LONG time after. aaded
DIR. Slayden. 8 ss s VI 5sf
II have had no diftsculty IN seeing
the Pres tdent," said MIR. slayden, aand
have found him genial and coarta.tt
| Gus. bue / have never been abia tcf
penetrate the barrier that saxgound4