Show A NEW POSTAL CARD Bill Passed bythe Senate Without With-out Any Explanation PROVISIONS NOT CLEAR GENERALLY ADMITTED THAT IT AIDS A MONOPOLY PostmasterGeneral Is to Test the te Operation of the Proposed Plan and Has Power to Suspend Its Workings if He Be Not Satisfied House Reverses the Decision of the Committee on Elections and Seats a Contestant Whom the Committee Had Declared Not Elected I Washington Feb ISThe senate passed today without a word of explanation a bill which If i becomes a law will introduce In-troduce a new postal card system Its title Is A bill to extend the uses of the malls I was Introduced In the early part of last session by Mr Vllas Dem Wls and was referred to the postofflce committee from which it was reported back with amendments on the ISth of last month A week ago a attempt was made to have it passed by unanimous consent but objection was then made by Mr Allen Pop Neb who said that from the reading of the bill It appeared to pro pose the conferring of a monopoly llr Via admitted that it did confer a monopoly but said that a the company concerned owned the patent for the invention in-vention there must necessarily be a monopoly Mr Allen promised to look Into the matter and when Mr Vitas mater asked unanimous consent today for the passage of the bill and said that Mr Allen was satisfied with it no objection satsled Alen made and the bill was passed without with-out its being even read except by title Its purpose is to allow the circulation by Is purose mall of the postal cards and envelopes mal postl cars with coupons attached patented and owned by a West Virginia corporation at regular postal card and letter rates il from paid on presentation of the coupons presentaton the said cards and envelopes when detached de-tached at the office of delivery The I postmastergeneral Is to test the practical practi-cal operation of the plan in one or two cities and then suspend its operation II the test prove unfavorable There are nine sections to the bill but they do not convey a very clear idea of the plan Tho senate also passed without discussion discus-sion house bill for the admission of needle work imported by the New York nedie Importe Association of Sewing schools for exhibition exhi-bition purposes blton senate had spent only 20 minutes in legislative session when on mptlon of Senator Sen-ator Sherman Rep Ohio the galleries were cleared the doors were closed and the consideration of executive business entered upon tomorrow At 633 p m the senate adjourned until |