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Show BANK BILL llfflllllE Washington. Feb. 21. Decided jropre.- w made In tic senate today towards the disposition of the postal savings bank MIL In addition addi-tion to a striking speech by Senator Sena-tor Bailey and an amendment by Senator Burton, which is offered a a compromise of the various differences differ-ences the question of the dlBponal I or the funds arlslns from the postal repcMts, Senator Carter succeeded in getting March. 3rd fixed for a vote on tho bill. There was no objection to naming a day, and Senators appeared pleased that a time had been fixed for the final' dlspoeltlon of the measure. Mr. Carter made Mb request immediately im-mediately after the close of Senator Bailey's speech. The time was well elected for the reason that many senators have been waiting to hear form the Texas senator before agreeing agree-ing to any time for the disposal of the bill. After Mr. Bailey had concluded con-cluded many expressed tho opinion that he had thrown much light upon constitutional questions Involved in tbe subject. Ho had a splendid audience, both on tho floor and In tho galleries, and his speech was received re-ceived with general favor. Referring to the contention that the bill was Justified under the borrowing bor-rowing clauro of the constitution, he asked its advocates whether the real purpose of tho measure were that of borrowing money. If It wero then It was constitutional, but conceiving con-ceiving the object of this clause to bo that of enabling the government to perform its functions in timo of emergency, he contended that this measure would not Justify tho contention con-tention made nnder this clause. lie eald he would not affront the Intelligence of his colleague or discredit his own candor by saying that he believed any one would vote for the bill with the Idea that It was intended to enablo tho government govern-ment to raise money under tho borrowing bor-rowing provision. He also entered upon extensive arguments to prove that the measure was not Justified, cither under the pot office clause cr the money coining clause of the constitution. If customs houses were as numerous as po9t offices, eald Senator Bailey, they would have been apt to be chosen for this business. busi-ness. The business it was proposed was purely a fiscal operation, ho declared, de-clared, and mado no pretense of any tho postal ?erlcc. He contended that the private citizen had a right to do with money as he pleased, as be had with any other property. "If you can bring money from its hiding place in one. way you can in another," bo said. "You have Just as much power to compel tho citizen to supply money by threatening him with punishment as you to have to tempt him by guaranteeing to him a profit on it. If you can employ a premium you tan employ a penalty. Yon have no more right tu prescribe what a citizen cit-izen shall do with his money than you to have to Fay what he shall do with his land." Philadelphia, Feb. 24. Thirty members mem-bers of the Philadelphia Nationals left today for Southern Pines, N. C, for their spring training. |