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Show fiEYBURN SCORES j POSTAL BANK BILL i Washington. Feb. A. Senator Hey-burn Hey-burn today completed his criticism of the postal savings bank bill In the senate, but aside from his speech, Jittlf! progress was made in the consideration con-sideration of the measure. It will be before the senate again tomorrow, and Senator Carter, In charge of the measure, expects a vote iiot later than next Thursday. Mr. Heyhurn declared tho bill had been drawn so loosely that if enacted It must Inevitably result in Kcand.il. Jt should, he said, be safeguarded more carefully than some past legls-tlon legls-tlon and he instanced the corporation tax law, which, be said, already had been proved unsatisfactory. Would Shield Dishonesty. Declaring his objections to the bill, h r-ald there was no provision for so- curing deposits that, in providing for neerery regarding deposits, tho bill would prove a shield for dishonesty. nd that in tho end It would be found Impossible to find inestmonl for tho postal savings fund. He contended that it was the duty of the committee on postofflees to bring: In a safe and proper hill, and Bald he would not support the measure meas-ure so long as it placed the govern- , tnent in the banking business, as bo contended the pending measure did. He declared that the hill was a mere skeleton, and lie advised the committee commit-tee to tko it back and put some 'sinews and flesh upon it." Mr. Heyhurn spoke al length regarding: re-garding: the possible abuses that might grow out of the secret methods : provided In connection with deposits. All Men Crooks? Mr. Carter protested against this line of reasoning, saying that no legislation leg-islation proceeded Cn the theory that the average man was a "crcok. "Would the senator have the names of all depositors publicly announced?" 1 be asked. I "I want an open and candid conduct l of the. business," Mr. Hey burn re- i cponded. "Would you advise the posting of the names of depositors?" asked Mr. Carter. J The Idaho Renator responded that ' he had not reached that point, and Mrs. Carter said: , ! "You will soon reach it if you keep 1 on." Interesting Colloquy. Another interesting colloquy between be-tween the. western senators ran a a follows: Mr. Carter Tho bill contemplates the turning over of all surplus earw-In.crs earw-In.crs for tht purpose. Mr. Heybnrn Suppose there were ' none? ! Mr. Crter Then It will devolve ' upon the board of trustees to devise , means. I Mr. Heybnrn The bill devolves too many things tipon the uncertainities ! ef the future ! Says Bill in Vicious. 1 In conclusion Mr. Heybum pro- 1 Timineed. Ihe bill to be utterly vic ious and, predicted that, in ihe end, it would be neecFsary to pay the depositors depos-itors by appropriation out of the national na-tional treAMiry. In the discussion Mr. Smith of Michigan made the prediction that if the bill became a law. the postal hanks would become footballs of politics poli-tics and that the rate of interest would prove a fruitful base for prom- ' ises by the unscrupulous ofTiceseeker. I Mr. Carter made no formal reply to the cTfiictsms. merely asking to have , the bill printed In the Congressional ! record ns tho best possible refutation ' of the representations of its oppo- I ' nents. j |