The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-05
UNABLE TO REACH
VOTE IN. SENATE
Recess Again Taken After Day
of Hot Debate on Postal
Savings Bill.
MANY DIVERSE OPINIONS
ARE STRONGLY EXPRESSED
Senator SmOot Charged With
Inconsistency in Course He
Has Pursued.

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= WASHINGTON, March 4.-Sen- :.
= ator Smoot's proposed amendment +
= TO the postal savings bill was an. =
4. alyzed and numerically dissected i.
= in the senate today. But the in i.
= dlcations are that it Will be adopt :"
- ed tomorrow. The amendment re- =
= ferred to is not the one the sem =
e ator from Utah introduced with =
+ view Of having postal savings re- r
r taincd in the communities where =
= deposited, but is the compromise r
= prepared for him by the senate i.
= leaders, The senator S part in its =
= authorship was To introduce II and -
= give If his name. Senator Root =
= said today the amendment was sat !.
= lsfactory TO him as a substitute for :.
= his. Senator CunlmIn5 denounced =.
= 1T as the Root amendment dis !.
= gused under the name of Smoot =
WASHINGTON. March AFTER la
boring for almost six hours today in
atmosphere surcharged with the cleo.
tricity generated by conflicting opin~
ions, the senate again failed TO reach
q vote on the postal savings bank bill,
and took a recess until tomorrow.
By this action. the legislative day of
March 3 is continued until tomorrow.
There is some uncertainty whether final
action will DC reached even then, When
the recess was taken, Senator Carter
said seven or eight senators desired TO
speak and be did not want to guess how
many other speeches might follow,
Whole Day of Talk.
Beginning at II 80 clock today, the
flow Of oratorv continued without m
terruption until after clock, when
in despair of reaching vote. Mr.. Car
ter moved a recess until ll;45 a. m
tomorrow.
During the day there were speeches
by Senators Root. Carter, Cummins,
Rayner. Clapp; Borah. Clay, Newlands
and others, representing almost az many
views as there were speakers.
The Cummins amendment 10 the
Smoot amendment limiting TO tlmes OF
war the exigencics in which the postal
funds may be withdrawn from the
banks In which they are deposited, was
the technical subject of discussion dur
ing the entire sitting. and during that
time there we're many rather acr!d e1-
changes Of views.
Senator Root dwelt strongly on the
necessity of protecting the credit OF the
country, Mr. Carter strongly seconded
Mr.. Root : appeal. ard drew an even
more vivid picture of the possibility
of IN unexpected national need fog
Charges Against smoot.
Both Senators Clay and Cummlns
charged Mr.. Smoot with inconsistency
in originally presenting an amendment
prohibiting the withdrawal of the pos,
ta funds from the local banks AMI
following that up with another proyl-
sion authorizing such Withdrawals,
should the government need such funds.
Mr.. Smoot defended his course on the
grounds that he had been convinced OF
the uncoustitutiona Atty of the proposed
law without provision bringing it with
IN the borrowing clause OF the constitu-
ton. Senator Carter said frankly that
his change of position was due. to tho
parliamentary necessity OF putting the
bill IN shape TO insure Its passage:
Answering questions by Mr.. Clapp,
Mr.. Root said his amendment contep,
plated the investment of the postal
funds in bonds to be issued hereafter;
He said he hardly thought the postal
neut in the S730.000,0 900 existing = per
cent bonds as some had feared
Carter Says Fair Play.
Y
the question. Mr.. Carter, IN charge of
the bin said even if the postal funds
should be invested IN government Sc
curlties little harm could result, as
most funds would consist of money now
boarded.
He declared that the acceptance of
the Cummins amendment would insure
the defeat of the bill, and appealed 10
all friends of tho legislation TO yield
their personal opinions.
Mr. Borah supported the Cummins
amendment. He said the Smoot pro-
vision would be a constant threat 10
every bank taking the postal money;
lation from the purposes for which II
was instituted must take the responsl-
biIitv for the defeat of the bill.
The proposition pending. Mr.. Clapp
declared, was totally different from the
original postal savings bank design, and
he warned Republicans that the time
would como when excuses would not De
taken for broken party pledges.
Surprises Senator Clapp.
Mr.. Clapp expressed surprise at Mr..
Carter's support of the Smoot amend
mept. declaring that in many years ns
sociation with the Montana senator he
never had heard him advocate the use
of the postal funds for the purchase or
bonds.
~ am now, and | have always beehi
in favor of the deposit OF postal funds
in the local banks, - responded Mr.. Car
ter
of such provision is necessary,
then the bill should be defeated, re-
torted Senator Clay.
Mr.. Clay called attention to the fact
that the senate had adopted the original
unanimously and urged the
OF the bill, Calculat-
ing that under the provisions ms of the
TORS. Mr. Gallingcr predicted serious
condition in timo of financial excite
mepi
All the depositors would demand
their money! - he said. land when they
found that the government had 1t,
think there would be war right there