The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-01
A DEMAND FOR ACTION.
safety Appliances for Railroads Dis
FuSSed in tho senate

I -1pBfH1ihc%s Tor h2AiFOEGs DIS
! cussed in the Senate.
| The resolution offered yesterday BY Mr.
| Pettigrew to discharge the Committee on
! Interstate Commerce frcm further con-
! sideration Of the House bill Of last ses-
sion in regard TO safety appliances on rail-
I road cars and engines, was laid before the
| Senate today, and Mr. Pettigrew made a
/ long statement. in which he charged that
| the railroad companies controlled the
committee and prevented action on the
bill He said he did not critieise the chair
man OF the committee. Mr.. Cullom, but
/ he thought that the committee should be
relieved from further consideration Of the
| bill; and then the committee should be
+ discharged, and a new committee com
posed of men who would attend To their
duties appointed Then the bill should be
put on the calendar and passed
Mr. Hoar spoke Of the great many wild
schemes proposed for the regulation OF
railroads which, if adopted, would de-
stroy The value Of railroad property. He
said the best way to prevent such an
Evil was 10 hold the railroads 70 a strict
! perforrna PEE Of their public duties in
plain cases one OF these public duties.
the cIearest and plsinest. was the duty
/ Of having care and considerations Tor htt-
man nfe-uot only of the lives OF pas
sengers. sbut of the lives Of the vast mum
/ Der OF intelligent men in railroad employ
ment- Nobody doubted that it would add
81 per cent TO the safety OF railroad trav-
cling If a director was required to be tied
AZ the front Of every engine
Mr. WoIcott member of the Inter
State Commerce Committee, made an en-
ersetic protest against Mr. Hnar-s sug-
geStion that the n-01a gers or directors of
. the great railroads OF the country were
careless and inhunan men Indifferent
10 the lives of their ern0fo-es -Tha
statement he said was one Which should
not go unchallensed. The Senator from
AiaSSa ChuSettS kEew that every man ia
charge Of great railroad interests devoted
BIS constant care and time and attention
( and skin to the preservation Of tbs. lives
OF employees
The discussion was continued nv RFass,s
/ Wellington, Kyle. CuIIoln Allen. Lodge
. Chandler AldTich and Pettigrew The lat
Ter said that al ne asked was that in
cases of railroad accidents it should he
tfle DUTY OF the manager, or other proper
officer. To send 10 the Interstate Com
merce Commission a sworn reporI Of rbs
causes thereof.
MeSSrS- Wellington Lodge and han,5fer
favored the resolution
Mr.. AIdrich argued that If committees
We're 10 be discharged from the considerz-
ton OF measures before them baca,1ca
they could not agree upon reports and If
these measures would be brought before
the senate Tor action no effective action
'ptAtN az lstf@Sil OH iiteii curing the thirty
or forty hours of legislative session that
are left
Mr- Ctfliom promised that If the com
mlttee We're not discharged he would call
a meeting this afternoon aud cndeavor 10
secure action
MI IslkinS argued against The resoIu-
ZION He was interrupted by an enquiry
from Mr. Lindsay As to why the Com
mittee oh Foreign Relations, Of which Mr.
Eihins IS member. had not reported ON
any Of the six or eight rsciDr9 cftv tre;ri.-s
teiere that committee. The reply was
that he was willing 10 move 10 dfscha rec
it.
4 hope" Mr. Lodge put in, that if
The Senator makes that motion he viii
do 81 IN executive session
AIR Elkias continued speaking nln the
expiration Of The morning hour when. IN
der the rule. tle- resolution went to the
ton i.iIl MS Iakan III,