Show HST F VICTORY SCORED i Democrats Win a Contest in the House I i TWO REPUBLICANS AIDED J i In nu Effort to Take Up the Contested Con-tested Election Case from Fourth Alabama District the Majority was Defeated Mondell ot Wyoming and H C Smith of Michigan Voting with the Democrats An Agreement Mado to Consider Loud Postal Bill I on March 20th I I Washington March i I The Dcmo crulH scored their first victory oc thee the-e slon In the House today on the motion mo-tion to take up the ontcsud election ease of AldrlehUobblnM from the Fourtn Alabama district On two separate Irate I-rate ous the Democrats with the aid i of two icepubllcans Air Mondell of Wyoming and M C Smith of Michigan beat the Republicans on the quest Ion of lie u consideration An agreement was made to consider the Loud bill rebating re-bating to secondclass mull matter czj March LOth A bill was passed to grant an Amerlran rogrlsicr to the ship Windward III which Lieut Peary will make an attempt to reach the North Pol KrcsrMRS I LIrfTLKSS WAY The House resumed Its wonted list IfssMiess today TluMc was a genera 1 relaxation after the I bitter and protracted pro-tracted struggle over the Porto Rican bill whIch ended yesterday Two corrections W er < made In I he votes of yesterday Mr 1 Snodgrasa IDem of Tennessee explained that he had voted to recommit and Mr Uevrles IDem of California Hint he had voted against the motion Mr l Mann of lliiiiuK from the Com imiit tee on Elections No 1 1 then called up 1 as a matter of personal I privilege the conteHUnJ election case of Aldrich I vs Hohblns from the Fourth Alabama district Mr Bait lett of Ceorgla raised I the question of consideration and the Houa < by a vote I of JSS to 113 declined to take I up the case The following Rf Iublicans voted against the consideration considera-tion Mondell of Wyoming Mann of Illinois and II C Smith of Michigan DEMOCRATS SCORJ A VICTORY The call of committees was then ordered or-dered and the first called was the Committee Com-mittee on Elections Xo 1 Mr Mann called up the election rase which the House had Just refused to consider The Speaker asked if he was authorized autho-rized hy the committee to call up the case Mr Mann replld In the negative and asked unanimous consent that his I committee be passed without prejudice I object said Mr Bartlett Tho call of committees then proceeded proceed-ed time Democrats jubilant over the first victory scored this session Mr Weeks of Michigan gave notice that he would call up the contested election case of Wise I vs Young next Tuesday LOLD POSTAL BILL Mr Loud of California asked until mOtH consent that the Loud bill relating relat-ing to sncondcluss mall matter be considered con-sidered Tuesday March 13th but on Mr Hepburn of Iowa intimating that a rule would be reported to consider thy Nicaragua canal bill on the 13th nunnd March 20th and the Loud bill was net for the latter date with the understanding under-standing that It should not consume more than three days Mr Powers chairman of the Pacific Railroads committee finked unanimous consent to authorize a committee consisting con-sisting of the Secretary of the Treasury Treas-ury jind the Interior and the Attorney General to settle the Indebtedness of the Sioux City Pacific railroad against the CJiMernment Mr 1 Rldgeley of Kansas Kan-sas objected Mr i Mnnn then again sought to call up the JI IchRobUns contested election elec-tion case but the House again declined to tike up the I case by l9 1 to W3 antI at 23 p I in adjourned until tomorrow |