The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-01
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tomorrow morning to take up the
AdamSon measure and III" majority
leaders have agreed upon Il special
rule providing for a vote BY 4:@o
O'Clock III the afternoon. The senate
meets al ~ O'Clock 10 begin consld-
Grafton Of It's committees bill which
the administration leaders determined
10 keep III" body in continuous session
until il is passed.
Only long speeches in The senate
can prevent prompt action. and the
administration is confident that minor.
ity senator's will not carry their oppo-
Sition 50 Tar a. 10 max" il Impossible
70 get the n"CG-saT: legislation through
both houses by midnight Saturday.
President Wilson will br in his room
al the capitol when the senate meets.
and has arranged 10 spend AL " The
forenoon Their" aittInS in putting the
legislature through.
At O'C;rrk III the afternoon he
leaves for Shadow Lawn. his summer
home in New Jersey, where on Satur-
day he is Ia be notified formally of his
nomination for reelection. a special
messenger will b. started for Shadow
Lawn with III" eight hour bill as soon
as il is pas Sod. and the president will
sign il there
While the senate committee today
was holding Il nine hour hearing at
which Representatives of railroads, the
employees and the shippers gave their
views on the situation and the pro-
posed Legislation. the president held
frequent conferences with members Of
congress. and sent for brotherhood
leaders and earnestly urged them to
reScInd The strike order.
When the trainmen left. The White
House authorized the statement that
they had given no assurances. II was
indicated that the president still in
tended. if 1t became necessary as a
last resort 10 address public appeal
10 the men Of the brotherhoodS. urc-
ing them on patriotic grounds to have
the strike called nff.
Senate Decides on Action.
Although the program for action in +!
the senate WAS clearly outlined with |
Out delay il WAS not until late tonight |
that definite idea of what the senate |
would have before il tomorrow was |
obtalnable When its hearings closed. !
the interstate commerce committee |
went into what promised 70 he An all |
night session. 10 consider the various !
legislative proposals brf"r" II, includ- !
Ing, the presidents whole program
with its provisions for preventing
strikes pending investigation ann tor
the drafting of men 10 operate lra,ni
IN case Of military necessity All ga!
the house leaders had been declaring
that these provisions never couId DC
enacted, and near midnight II was
learned that the senate committee hdu
decided it would not be advisable 10
submit them III This time. The COM
mittee agreed 10 report bill substan-
TALLY similar to the AdamSon meas
ure. with The effective date OF the
eight hour provision Jan. l instead OF
Dec. l. and with roads uhoer Iuv
miles long and electric street raiI"aFH
and interurban lines EXEMPTED.
Senator Brandegee. a kePunlcan
committeeman, expressed lhe "s,n'"'
that the bill could be paSseo 0S 10
The Connrcticui Senator Leii Inc
meeting after the committee haa SEM SEM
oul for = supnly of cigars ana ir9iI
and had settled down 10 man oprnnd !
Of Derfecting the medS0'' '
Upon. ,,o houec !!
program was made just because ,,, .ms
lomse ~ "A m"1 By REPRESENTATIVES,
iitchin 'u Nth a request that an nt liz
,ers be in their seats t o,r;dii for a 3
Introduced The rule pro'iu"