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Show VICTORY FOR STATEHOOD Omnibus Bill Tacked as Rider to Postofflcc Appropriation. Ap-propriation. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The Senate Committee on Postofflces and Postroads today' decided to amend the postoffice appropriation bill by adding as an amendment the omnibus Statehood bill. The vote on the motion to amend was 8 to 5. The members who voted for the proposition prop-osition are: Elkins. Mitchell ami Penrose. Pen-rose. Republicans, and Clay, Culbertson. Dubois, Simmons and Taliaferro, Democrats. Demo-crats. Those who voted in the negative were Beverldge. Deboe, Dolllver, Lodge and Proctor, all Republicans. Senator Mason, Ma-son, chairman of the committee, presided pre-sided and did not vote. |