The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-10
GENERAL SERVICE
PENSION BILL
Senate Discusses 1T and
Agrees to Take a Vote
on Measure Tomorrow
no VITAL CRITICISM

WASHINGTON. ia. s.-After a gen
eral discussion today tentative un-
Outstanding was reached in the Senate
that vote on the general service
pension bin would be taken next Fri
cav The measure received no vital
criticism. but many Communications.
Senator McCumber spoke at length In
support OF the measure.
Receiving the right OF way for his
service pension bil in the Senate Nc
Cumber said there Were few persons
who would not rcOncede that at some
period after the close OF the Civil War
a general service pension bill would
he enacted. The amount of pensions
being paid 10 the young veterans OF
the Spanish war, he said, was en-
tirely ont Of proportion.
NcCumber secured unanimous con
sent to take mp the bin Friday.
Senator scott heartily Endorsed the
bin and emphasized the necessity for
the proposed Legislation. Saying he
was not al war with the present legis-
lation, Senator Gallinger maintain ed
that we as p nation had been ex-
tremely generous to the men who
served in the army. In all our wars"
he added. 100000 men were enlisted.
and OF these ~ per cent served IN the
Cavil War and 81 per cent in all other
wars OF the billions paid in pensions
IS per cent had gone TO Civil War
veterans. GalHnger advocated fat
rate Of So per month to all veterans
of the Civil War
RAILWAY SERVICE BILL
The Brownsville matter was post
poned at the suggestion of Senator
Foraker, who gave as a reason that
Senator Tnlman. who was indisposed.
desired TO address the Senate on the
subject
In view Of the fact that the Senate
had agreed 70 vote ct 8 o'clock to-
morrow on the bin limiting the hours
Of service Of railway employees, con
siderable time was devoted to that
measure. Senator La Toilette gave
notice that he would move TO take up
he bin Immediately after routine
business.
The debate was opened by la Toilette,
who declared that the I.easure had re-
ceived the Endorsement Of the national
organizations OF all classes of railway
employees and that the opposition now
being manifested was from employees
who had been coerced by the railroads
TO present protests.
The discussion was participated in
by Senators Bacon, Dolliver, Patterson,
Hepburn. Gallinger and Beverage.
In support Of his contention that the
railroads have been very busy since the
last session in developing opposition
resolutions condemning il presented to
a lodge of railway employees, the name
OF which he withheld. by Z. 7. Lamb,
division superintendent Of the South
crn Railway
WORK FORTY-THREE HOURS
The lodge applied for information on
the subject TO II. r. Fuller. legislative
representative of the railway employees
national organization, and had not in
dorsed the resolutions.
A long record Of accidents was read
by La Toilette, showing that in the
case Of ali OF them the trainmen in
volved had been on duty previously
from seventeen to forty-three hours
continuously.
When the fOrty-three-hour record
was given Senator Beveridge wanted
10 know the road on which the acct
dent occurred. He said he was shocked
IS he believed every other Senator
was, that any road would keep a man
on duty forty-three hours.
Senator la Toilette said that for
obvious reasons he would not give
the name OF the road and explained
that II had developed that IN many
cases the men themselves were re-
sponsible for the long hours.