Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-01

| ment of vast business enterprises, eSpe-
| cially railroads. AS a rule, the schemes
were chimerical, and if put into effect
| would destroy the enterprises Such schemes
| were frdught with great danger. The best
| way, he urged, to prevent the promulga ton
| of such ideas was. by law, to hold the great
| enterprises to strict accounta bity for the
| conduct of their business far it re-
| lated to the safety of their employees. 1t
| ought to be known, he said, that the rail-
| road officials are as careful of the lives of
! their employees as they would be of those
| of the directors of the lines. Nobody
| doubted. he asserted, that 1t would add 30
per cent to the safety of railway travel if
| director of the railroad were tied to the
| front of the locomotive If it were desired
to strike down wild, demagogicai, political
| schemes and protect great public enter
| prises every effort should be made to re-
| move causes of complaint
Reflection on Officials Resented.
| Mr. Wolcott. a member of the committee
| on Interstate commerce, declared he was
| unwilling that Mr.. Hoar should make the
statement that the managers and directors
of the railroads of the country viewed with
| Indifference the accidental killing of their
employees.
Such an intimation. he said, should not
go unchaIlenged. Railroad officials were
men of ability. character and standing, and
they devoted all their skill and vigilance to
the prevention of accidents. He resented,
he declared. the ridiculous statement about
the tying of a railroad director in front of
a locomotive. 1t was well known that 80
per cent of the accidents on railroads were
due to carelessness and negligence Of EN-
ployes.
They were a careless, brave, reckless lot
of men, many of whom would not take the
ordinary precautions against accidents sup
piled by the railroad companies. He de-
sired simply to object to any intimation
that railroad managers were lot of great.
bioated persons, who were indifferent to
the lives Of their men.
Mr. HOar disclaimed any reflection upon
the character and ability of railway Off
Gals. They were humane men, but they
likewise were human and 1t was human
nature to become careless about other
things and careful about money getting.
Various Expressions of Opinion.
Mr.. Cullom. chairman of the committee
on interstate commerce, insisted that the
bill ought to remain with the committee
Personally, he was in favor of legislation
upon this subject, but he was satisfied that
the House bill not a proper measure.
He was DESTROYS of doing full justice to
the million or more men interested in the
bill, but the committee had not found it
possible yet TO agree upon a measure.
rs 1t not true that a majority Of the
committee is opposed to this bil?" inquired
Mr.. Allen.
Il think not replied Mr. Cullom But
1t is our desire to perfect a measure that
He believed a bill could be reported and
passed before the close of the session.
The discussion continued In a desultory
way. Mr.. Wellington (Md) favored action
upon the eight-hour bill and said his re-
marks applied equally to the proposed
measure. Mr.. Lodge thought the bill was
entirely reasonable and urged that the COM
mittee be discharged and the bill passed.
Mr. Chandler, a member of the commit
tee, thought 1t desirable that vote on the
bill should be taken at once 1t was
simple matter and reflected in no way upon
the managers of any railway.
Mr.. Aldrich protested against the propo-
sltlon to discharge a standing committee Of
the Senate from the consideration of any
bill. The Senate's only proper way to trans
act business was through It's committees
IL was perfectly evident that, with only
thirty or forty hours of the session remain
ing, 1t would be impossible to act upon the
bill, even if 1t were before the Senate
MI Elklns was emphatic in his opposition
to the resolution While he was discussing
1t Mr. Lindsay (KyD inquired what had
become of the six or eight reciprocity treat
les before the foreign relations committed
Il don't know replied Mr.. Elkins, but
we might move to discharge the committee
from further consideration of the treaties"
Uaughter)
II hope you will make the motion where
Ii belongs interposed Mr.. Lodge the act
ing chairman OF the foreign relations COM
mfttee, holly, in executive session"
sundry Civil Taken Up.
At L o'clock the resolution went to the
calendar by the expiration of thesmorning
hour. The unfinished business the judicial
salary bill, laid before the Senate OBJ
lection being made to resuming by consent
consideration of the sundry civil BILL the
Senate decided Mr.. Allison's motion to
proceed with its consideration thus displac-
ing the unfinished business.
Mr.. Pettigrew then moved that the Senate
Wit no rnY1S ifeara ion of n tic
luton to discharge the interstate commerce
committee from consideration of the safety
appliance bill. The motion was rejected,
% to 80. the detailed vote being:
Yeas-Allen Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler.
Chandler. Clapp. Clay, Culberson, Daniel,
Harris, Heitfeld, Hoar Jones (Ark.), Jones
New, Lindsay Lodge, Martin, Pettigrew,
Rawlins. Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman, Vest,
Welington-25.
Nays-AIdrich. Allison, Bard, Beveridge,
Chiffon. Clark, Cullom, Deboe. Dillingham;,
Doliver Elkins. Fairbanks. Foraker, Frye.
Galinger, Hansbrough Hawley, kean.
Kyle, McComas, McCumber, McEnery. Nc
MILAN, Nelson, Perkins, Pettus, Plat
Comm. Plat tN.YD. Scott. Sewell, Shoup,
Simon. Stewart, Thurston, Wetmore, VOL
cott-36
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) gave notice that tomor-
row he would ask the discharge Of the
judiciary committee from consideration OF
the antitrust bill.
In accordance with notice previously
given. Mr.. Pritchard On. c. addressed the
Senate upon the resolution of Mr.. Butler
On. c. to refer the credentials of Senator
elect Simmons of North Carolina to the
committee on privileges ard elections, with
view TO investigating the present condi-
tions which led up to his election. The adj
dress was a political speech dealing with
purely political events and conditions in the
old north state.
Rules of Decency Ignored.
Among other things he said: The demo-
cratic party of North Carolina, in its mad
rush for office and power, has ignored all
rules Of decency In its treatment Of public
affairs and public officials 1t was contend
ed by them that what they did in 1898
was a revolution. and | am inclined to be-
lieve that such was the case. because many
of the acts of the present legislature are
revolutionary in the extreme. That body
in its treatment of many public questions
has displayed a spirit of partisanship that
ought to put to blush the checks of every
conservative citizen of North Carolina Of
whatsoever party.
Il have never known any party to per-
nit their greed for office to force them
into such uncompromisng attitude be-
fore the american people. 1t only tends to
show the character of the methods that
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