The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-24
Practically a Substitute to
House Sixteen Hour Bill
Goes Through Senate.
NO VOTES AGAINST 1T
AND SECTION STIMULATING IN
TERvALS OF REST ARE STRick-
EN- OUT.
Publishers Press.1

reported to the house a rule taking
up and making Of the highest priv
| ilege the house substituting for the
| LaFollette 16-hour railroad employe
the bill was amended in several
| places, the most important of which
| is elimination of the word knowing
ly" wherever it occurs, which has the
effect of relieving the railroads of re-
sponsibility for overwork unless it IS
permitted or required with the knowl-
edge of railroad management that All
employe has worked overtime. An
other amendment strikes out the pro-
visions in the section regulating en-
ployment which readS: Unless imme.
diately prior to said 24-hour period
such employe had at least eight con.
secutive hours off duty and during
said period Of "a hours following had
at least six consecutive hours off
duty" 1t also eliminates the require
ment that district attorneys shall act
under the direction of the attorney
general in bringing proceedings
against railroad companies and their
representatives. for violation of the
law, and places the entire RESPONSE
bility with the district attorney, WAC
is instructed to proceed on satisfac-
tory verified information. Finally,
the measure is so amended as to re-
quire reasonable prudence" not "or
binary prudence" as the house SUB
stitute provides.
Mr. DalzelI declared the bill very
much stronger than the LaFollette
bill. The bill will cover fast mail
trains and excursion trains which, he
said, were wholly left out of the La
Toilette bill.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi, the mi
nority leader, congratulated the Re-
publicans and the country on the
amendments made by the committee.
He said the Republicans had seen a
new light and they were enacting leg
islation which the Democrats had
stood for from the beginning.
Mr. Esch of Wisconsin, author of
the Esch bill, said he believed the
bill would meet with the cordial sup
port of the president. MIR. Bartlett
of Georgia said the change that has
come over the spirit of the Republi-
cans is traceable only to the big
stick" and he asserted the changed
conditions were due to the attitude
of the Democratic members.
The amended bill passed by vote
of 279 ayes, nays rome, and the fol-
lowing conferees were appointed on
the part OF the house: Hepburn Qa),
Sherman IN. " and Davy Ua).
The house resumed consideration OF
the sundry civil appropriation bill
While the senate was considering
the agricultural appropriation bill the
preston for survey of the proposed
White mountain and Appalachian for
est reserve for which $25, 1000 is pro-
vided as agreed to without argument
The fight made by Senator Hepburn
against the addition Of 81 100000 for
est reserve service was resumed. This
amount is intended to make up the
sum which would go to the service
from the sale of timber, grazing con-
tracts and other revenue, but which |
under an amendment made during the |
of the bill will be |
turned into the treasury. Mr.. Hey |
burn made a point of order against |
the appropriation saying it was not |
estimated for by the department nor |
by the committee. He |
was overruled He then said that /
every legitimate point that could be |
made against the provision would be /
made. He proposed to show that the
senate was being carried away by ad
for the chief of this bureau.
He read the items for which the |
money is to be expended, which in
cluded the transportation of fish and
game, the building of roads and tele-
graph lines, etc, in forest reserves.
There is not. he said, $4,000 of legiti
mate expense in the whole item. You
are simply giving this 100000 as
plaything into the hands of this splen-
lid man who challenges the admira-
ion of this august body because he
is good fellow" Mr.. Culberson
that rumors had come to
he effect that certain persons who
went for their health were given
positions as foresters, and that in
many instances they were using their
ashton. Mr.. Hepburn said he had
heard such rumors and believed many
senator's had, but he held such state
nent to be trivial compared with the
'eal question.
Senator Aldrich succeeded in hav-
ng the agricultural bill temporarily
aid aside in order that his financial
ill might receive further considera-
ion. As soon as the Aldrich measure
vas taken up Senator Nelson resumed
lis arguments in support of his
requiring banks to pay
interest on government deposits.
Kingston Shaken Again.
Kingston. Jamaica, Feb. pa VIC
snt shock Of earthquake caused quite
scare. It was the heaviest shock
ince the disaster, jan Il. No loss
1 life occurred but several of the
amaged buildings collapsed.