The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-11
SENATE LIMITS R. R.
 MEMS WORKING HOURS
MEASURE PASSED BY 4 VOTE OF SEVENTH TO
 ONE,

Senator Pettus Casts Lone Negative
 BaIIOt-Bnl Provides That Employees
 Shall Not Work More Than Sixteen
 Consecutive Hours Which Period
 Must be Followed by Ten Hours Off,
 Under Certain Contingencies and in
 Case of Accident Time Fixed May be
 Exceeded.
 Washington, Jan. 10.-By 8 vote of 70 to 1, the senate to-day passed bill providing that railway employees en- gagged in the handling of trains shall not work more than sixteen conseeu- tive hours, which period is to be fol- lowed by ten hours off duty. The one negative vote was cast by Senator Pet tus. This result was reached after an entire day spent in consideration of the subject. The parliamentary considera- tion was confused during the entire time, caused by the forty pending amendments, and the three substitutes of the original bill, all of which had to be disposed of
 ANA1 blAA WAAANlA " el0 AAlAetAly PoGSOO " Sto a substitute offered to-day by Senator LaF'ollette, and not in print. It was amended in several respects. The bill provides that under certain contingen cies and in case of accident the time fixed may be exceeded The enforce ment of the law is placed in the hands of the interstate commerce commission, and the federal courts, the penalty pro- yided being a fine of not less than $100, nor more than $1.OOO. The act is to apply to trains doing an interstate or foreign commerce business.
 The voting was begun at 8 o'clock; the time preceding having been given over to discussion. The original bill and the substitute for it reported by the committee were first taken up.
 Many amendments were accepted, and many rejected, and when this had been accomplished Senator Brandegee offered an entire substitute which mud dled the parliamentary situation to such an extent that half hour of ex- | planation was necessary before it was finally decided that it could be voted on. This vote resulted i'll the rejec- tion of the substitute, 23 to 45.
 l Senator LaFollette then presented his [ substitute, which, on roll call, was ec- I cepted. 36 to 32. It was then in order l to offer amendments to this substitute, and many were presented, Roll call l followed roll cali, and but three of them We're adorted, efie byy Senator Mecaila l Der, making an exception 10 the time limit in the case of trains held back because of unexpected delays iii nak- 1 ing train connections; another by Sen ator Mallory modifying the penalty, and the third by Senator Gallinger, substituting the words of duty for the words for rest" in the provision regarding the rest period.
 Among the amendments rejected was one by Senator Bacon excepting from | the operation of the laws railroads wholly within a state. This was de- feated on roll call, the vote being 16 to 36 Senator LaFollette failed in the endeavor to add a new section to his substitute, fixing the liability of the roads in case of accident.
 After the bill had reached the stage of receiving the final vote Senator Knox discovered that it should be im- proved by striking out the words carrying interstate freight or passen- gers" In It's application to trains affect- ed, and insert engaged in hauling in terstate trains" After general de mand to have the context read, the senate was amused when the clerk re- ported: Trains hauling interstate trains" This was too much for the senate in it's humor at the time, and the Knox amendment was tabled. The final vote was then taken.