Arizona republican., 1916-09-02

chin and Representative Heating, of Colorado, who conducted their fight on the floor When the vote was taken they obviously were pleased.
 A great crowd thronged. the senate . galleries for the night session. The ! house was represented by scores of | members. including Speaker Clark, | who took a seat on the floor near Sen | ator Underwood. The brotherhood | heads did not advertise their presence | nor go into the galleries to hear the ! debate
 In asking unanimous consent to lay ! aside the senate bill and take up the | one sent over from the house, Senator | Newlands criticised congress for not | responding to the presidents demand | for legislation which would serve as protection against a future labor i crisis and declared members feared to face the issue because of the political outcome
 Senator Thomas also said that con- gress and not the president was evad- ing the responsibility of meeting Q great emergency in a way to make its action permanent in character.
 Senator Cummins made a long speech against the house bill He said the country was confronted with ap- palling disaster and he was not pre- pared to say that senators should not yield some of their own views to avert it, though it was impossible for him to believe the problem should be solved in the way proposed. He de- clared in his opinion the amendment | of Senator Underwood would abso- 1 lutely destroy the object of the bill, and he doubted if it would be satisfac- | tory to the brotherhood leaders.
 The Iowa senator said he believed the four brotherhood chiefs were in- teliigent and patriotic men, who would do only what they considered their duty. T acquit them" he said, "of any motive of coercing congress in the slightest possible degree"
 Senator Borah interrupted to deny that the senate had any freedom of ac- tion in the matter. 'I say" he assert ed, that we are threatened with a na- | tional calamity and are expected to legislate, but are not given an oppor tunty to determine whether or not we are legislating right These men in ef-
 feet have said to us, we determine
 that you legislate or We will bring that
 calamity on the country
 T do not defend their declaration of
 a strike" said Senator Cummins in re-
 ply, "and they may take the conse-
 
 have postponed that until a fair inves-
 tigation could be made. They chose
 not to do so, but they have not asked
 congress for legislation. They have
 not attempted to direct this legislation.
 T leave to his democratic friends to , eulogiZe what they believe to be the
 presidents courage. At any rate he
 made proposal; the railroad men ac-
 cepted it, and the railroads rejected 1t.
 &l,.- 1. . ly, sent out the order for the strike, which I think has stricken organized labor the most serious blow it ever re- ? ceived.
 But the president, having failed in
 mediation, came to congress. am not ' criticising him for that. I think he : came in a proper way. l think he ! ought to have come. He recommended V program which was perfectly under Q standable. He may have been cour- n ageous. l am not inclined to rob hin : of the credit, but he must remember Q that one of the propositions of tho : presidents pleased the brotherhood. y and the other pleased the railroads"
 Taking up the bill in detail, Senator
 Cummns said the first provision in i
 meant nothing for the trainmen so fal
 as hours are concerned, because over time work is not paid at higher rate. J than work up to eight hours. H'
 characterized the measure as beins
 the brassiest kind of kold brick" A! = soon as Senator Cummins concluded
 Senator Newlands proposed adjourn 6 ment. with the agreement to vote, an' U promptly was given consent, ending :, the session.
 s In the house all the amendments ex d cept those adopted by the party leader . were rejected. One by Representative Ies Clark, of Florida, to extend the opera Ia tion of the eight-hour law to all em 70 ployes of railroads was defeated, 12 - to 81, after Mir Clark has vehementl = declared he would surrender his sea II in congress rather than stultify him
 self by voting for the bill without tn II change MT. Clark did not answe g when the roll was called for the fina 10 vote.
 j. Representative Mann said he be J. lieved he could have voted for tn
 presidents whole plan. But" h l. added, the president, as he always Ina le in the conduct of the country's affair. m yvobbled and wavered when he had req D. questions before him. Bold as he wa m in asserting his views before congres 30 a day or two ago he now backs watel lg as shown from his then program, an l. now urges congress to pass a Di l. which leaves out most of the essentia
 things which he then proposed ne Representative Adamson, of Georgi; a author of the bill, admitted it wa C. nasty legislation to meet an emer ee gency.
 SC We now put in effect the eight-hou Dn law he said "and provide for pre- ;e. serving the status quo until a commis t. sion can investigate the dispute be ut tween the two classes of our servant ng i,Afterwards we will make complete an ne adequate regulation. taking care of tf IT, interests of both classes of our sery e. ants and doing justice to the people It. While the brotherhood heads care