Show HOUSE ROUSE PASSES POSTAL BILL Amendments Are Defeated Electoral Votes Are Received Washington Feb 7 po appropriation debate on which has bas con almost an entire week in inthe Inthe Inthe I the house was as passed paNed today The debate de debate debate bate hovered about three topics rail railway way 8 snail mall pay pa pneumatic tube tobe service and special a lal fast mall snail facilities but it ft bore no fruit The amendment to re reduce reduce duce dues the rate ra of railway man mall pay IMlY was ruled out 01 ot 0 a point of or order the then amendment n to continue n the pneumatic I tube service e tm in New York Boston and Philadelphia was as abandoned for tor the purpose of making the fight tight hi to the sen son senate senate I ate and the he motions to strike out ap appropriations appropriations for special mail mall facilities were ere defeated The chair ruled the Joy JO amendment to appropriate for pneumatic tube service out of order on the ground that the current law con contained contained tamed a provision against the exten extension extension sion cleft of the service beyond Non New Ne York Philadelphia and Boston Mr N Y withdrew his amendment to appropriate 2 for forthe forthe forthe the continuance of the service In m New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Boston and ami Philadelphia Mr 11 Mann then insisted upon his point of order against apin l the Ute amendment of H C Smith Mich to reduce rail railway railway railway I way mail mall pay pity and the point of order was wan sustained The rl speaker laid before the tb house a certified copy COP of the electoral vote Inthe in inthe the till several state states except those in I Colorado and Tennessee The vote will willbe I Ibe be he counted at a Joint session of the house and senate Menate Feb IS 12 The speaker speak appointed Mr Grosvenor 0 O and Mr I Tenn Truss to act as tellers on behalf of the house on an that occasion The senate bill to allow travel pay to certain officers and men soon who reenlist reenlisted I ed id in the Philippines upon their dis discharge IU charge from the volunteer service was sassed passed I The military academy bill and the bill Ott for forthe the adjudication of the Spanish war ar claims were sent to conference confere ce The house hou e took up the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill bUI Mr Hitt chairman thurman of the committee on foreign for a affairs explained that the bill carries S 8 being go less I than the es so estimates and more than the cur current current curmet rent met law Without ut action the house h at 55 p pm pIn m In adjourned ad l |