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Show BILL PASSES i THEJOUSE Republicans Roll Up Big Vote For Postal Sayings Bank WASHINGTON, June 0. By the overwhelming majority of 195 to 101, tho house tonight passed the postal savings bank bill as recently agreod upon by the Republican caucus of tho house. Not a single Republican voted agaln6t tho measure on the final roll calL Prior to this action the house, by 113 to 196. rejected the Democratic substitute for the bill proposed by the majority. The voting upon the several motions mo-tions involved in tho dlsposliion of tho measure followed six hours of debate, in which many Republicans and Democrats Dem-ocrats recorded their views upon the bill of the majority and tho substitute supported by a large portion of the minority. mi-nority. The large defection among the Democrats Dem-ocrats was shown when the Democratic Demo-cratic substitute was voted upon, twenty-one of them Joining the Republicans Re-publicans in voting against the measure. meas-ure. Most of those were opposed to a postal savings system of any kind These Democrats were Brantlay of Georgia, Broussard of Louisiana, Burgess of Texas, Carlin of Virginia, Flood of Virginia, Foes of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, Garrett of Tennessee, Gill of Maryland. Gillespie of Texas, Hammond Ham-mond of Minnesota, Harrison of New York, Hay of Virginia. Jameson of Iowa, Korbly of Indiana, Iamb of Virginia. Vir-ginia. Latta of Nebraska. McHenry of Pennsylvania, Moon of Tennessee, ( Slayden of Toxas, Talbott of Maryland Mary-land and Turnbull of Virginia. On the Republican side, Norris of Nebraska, "Insurgent," was the only member who voted with the Democrats Demo-crats for their substitute. On agreeing agree-ing to the bill as proposed by the majority ma-jority of the house as a substitute for the senate measure, tho vote waq 175 to 105. On this vote twenty-six Democrats Dem-ocrats Joined the Republicans, as follows- Aiken, South Carolina; Alnsberry, Ohio; Ashbrook of Ohio; Cox, Ohio; Fnss, Massachusetts; Foster, Illinois; Hammond. Minnesota; Hanna, North Dakota; Havens, New York; Henry, Texas; Hitchcock, Nebraska; Hughes, New Jersey; Johnson, Kentucky; Kln-kead. Kln-kead. New Jersey; Magulre, Nebraska, Nebras-ka, Moss, Indiana; Nicholl. Pennsylvania; Pennsyl-vania; O'Connell, Massachusetts; Pou. North Carolina; Ransdell, Ixmlsiana; Rucker, Colorado; Saoath, Illinois; Sharp, Ohio; Sulzer, New York; Taylor, Tay-lor, Colorado, and Touvelle. Ohio. Six Republicans Jotned the Democrats Demo-crats in voting against the proposed I 'I! of the majority, as follows; Gronna, North Dakota; Hubbard, va, Lenront, Wisconsin; Nelson, ?ronsin; Norrls, Nebraska, and Tid, Iowa. After a motion of Mr. Moon of Ten- ssee to recommit the bill to the committee com-mittee which reported it had been defeated de-feated the house voted on the final pas6ace, the vote being 195 to 101, twenty-our Democrats voting with the Republicans, as follows: Aiken, Ansborry, Ashbrook, Cox, Fobs, Foster, Hammond, Havens, Henry, Hen-ry, Hitchcock, Hughes, Kinkead. Magulre. Ma-gulre. Martin, Moss, Nicholl, O'Connell, O'Con-nell, Ransdell, Rucker. Sabath, Sharp, Sulzer, Taylor and Touvelle. Under the terms of the postal savings sav-ings bank bill, passed by the house tonight, a board of trustees Is created, consisting of the postmaster general, the secretary of the treasury and the attorney general, who shall declare what postofflces shall become postal savings banks. Deposits in these banks made by any one person shall not be more than $100 a month or exceed a total of $600. The account may be opened with SI, but stamps of 10 cents each will be Issued for those desiring to accumulate money to bo deposited On deposits 2 per cent is to be paid. Any depositor so desiring can exchange ex-change his deposits for government bonds, to bo Issued In denominations of $20, $40, $60, $80: $100 or $500, to bear Interest at 212 per cent The money accumulated In the postal savings sav-ings bank Is to be deposited in both national and btate banks In the vicinity vicin-ity of the pottofflces la which the money Is deposited by the people, such banks to pay 2 1-4 per cent Interest. Five per cent of the total deposits Is to be retained by the secretary of the treasury as a cash reserve Not more than 30 per cent of these deposits may be withdrawn by the government at any one time for investment in bonds of the United States, the remaining C5 per cent to remain on deposit in the hanks. The banks ure required to give as security for the deposits they receive "public bonds or other security secur-ity supported by the taxing power, which restricts the securities to seme form of national, state, municipal or other such bonds, approved by the board of tni3tees In charge of the postal Ravings banks. The? bill passed by the house as a substitute for the senate bill differs from the senate measure in many par-tlculars, par-tlculars, chiefly In respect to the nature na-ture of securities that may be given by banks for deposits or postal savings funds. In addition to government, stato and municipal bonds, various other classes of securities, such as mortgages, mort-gages, etc, may be received |