Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-13
One Bill by Andrew Gets
Favorable Vote
Forced Out Of Committee by the
Minority, = Lively Scrap Results
inDeieatof Needed dLet tlsIation

rive mouse Diiis KNOWN as runway
brotherhood measures were forced out Of
the committee ON railroads by min
ority report Monday, led by Representa-
tives Garcia. Harris and Best Chair
man Spencer and majority of the com
mit;ec, consisting OF Representatives
Graves. Finchcr, Porter, Kennedy and
Drake, reported in favor Of indefinitely
pcstpcning or killing the bills. The ma
jority report claimed sufficient power for
regulating railroads was now vested in
the public utilities commission.
Tuesday morning the measures came
NJ. for debate and four Of them were
killed and one passed.
Spencer. chairman Of the railroad
house committee, moved the majority
report be- adopted. Garcia moved TO
amend by substituting the minority re-
port.
bills had more Of good in them than any
other measures IN the legislature
Harris said he signed the minority
report bceansc the railroad employees and
trsinmen should have fair hearing.
spencer said his only reason for op-
posing the bills was that the people had
voted the state utilities commission pow
err to regulate the railroads and that
That body could. on complaint, give the
railroad trainmcn the relief they are
seeking.
Chance to Go ON Record.
Garcia wanted to give the house a
chance to go ON record on these meas
urr~-
o'Rourkc moved 10 reconmit the bills
10 the committee
: Finchrr sid tlArse was tic vote ON
a. y H.. <s<x1~
a the otherx In committee was six to three
! Fgainst them. These same bills were up
uo years ago. He asserted that the
Yiatilitirs commission had full power to
give tho<c back Of the bills relief. II
did not require legislation
Dunlap wanted all hands TO go ON
rrcord and In the open.
The speaker ruled O'Rourke's motion
10 recommit out of order aud the roll
vas called on the original Garcia sub
-titute motion to adopt the minority re.
port on H. Il. 81. the first OF the five
which the majority report would indie
finiteiy postpone. The measure was in
tfoJuced by Representative Al $. An.
drew OF Pueblo and limits the number of
cars to thirty in fright trains and
twelve in passenger trains
Vote 80 For, ~ Against.
'"r s"tr was '' 'v' -r"" - aS""o's
follows;
For--Andrcw. Arlourel. Best. Born,
Rrncc. Colgate. Daley. nsmewcod.
Dietrich. Doyle. Dunlap. DuPraw, Fox,
sallcgo-. Garcia. Garwood. GIL, Green.
Iiagcrman. Harris. licartz. Horton.
Rowland. inrc. Kennedy, McDcvitt.
NIcNair. Marold. Noonan. O'Rourkc,
Porter. Schmidt. Scott. Stokes. Wallace.
West, White, Wright-3o.
Nays--Bills, Counter, Crist. Drake.
finchcr. Graves, Humason. kruse, Me-
Gatb, Mayer. Montgomery. Nelson.
Norveil, Pnffcr. Sabin. Spencer. Stalcy,
Thompson. Tonge, Mr.. Speakcr-2l.
Not voting-Bolsinger Dunkicc--2.
The same motions were made as to
the other four appended bills. the ma
jority report being adopted, thereby in
effect killing or postponing them in
definitely. The vote on each proposition
was virtually the same.
For instance on house bill No. los, by
White, forbidding locomotives running
backward except under certain condi-
tions.
Vote for Majority Report.
The vote for majority report was:
Ayes--Ardourcl, Best. Bills, Counter,
Crirt, Drake, Dunklce, Finchcr. Fox, Gar
Nouu, NitCtc1tp 0tAis oIuvcHs orccu, nay
crman, Rowland, Humason, Kennedy,
Krisc. McCrath, Mayer, Montgomery,
Nelson, Norvcll, Porter, Puffcr, Sabin,
Scott, Spencer, Staley, Stokes. Taylor
tDougIas), Taylor lei Pasol. Thompson,
Tonge. West, Mr.. Speaker-37
Nays--Andrcw, Born. Bruce, Colgate
Daley, Damewood, Dietrich, Doyle, Dsl-
praw, Gallegos, Garcia, Harris, Heartx,
Horton, Inge, McDcvitt, McNair, Marold,
Noonan, Roberts, Wallace, white,
Wright--23.
Not voting-O' 'Rourkc and Dunlap.
The other bills--thrcc in number
which also went down, were:
II. b. @72, Noonnn--To provide g.
cent fiat passenger fare per mile ON all
roads In Colorado.
II. b. ~. Howlnnd-- Requiring mil
rords to employ only experienced en-
gircnicn and firemen.
IT, II. ITO, White-ReWilatng hospi-
tails controlled by railroads.
The Pueblo Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, rendered banquet at the county
inil last Sunday to the eight Ia vctn