The Washington times., 1916-09-02
House Passes 8-Hour
Measure BY 239 to So
Republican Leader Mann, Conducting Opposition,
Declares President "Wobbled and Wavered"
on His Ants Program.

into the contract already made that
for the purpose OF compensatione light
hours shall be a days work. There
Is no intention on the part of either
road employees to shorten the hours
Of labor from those now used.
The public 10 somewhat interested
in this contest. The railroad mana
fers would Just as lief give z days
could recoup themselves from the
public. 1t is idle to say you can in
crease the rate of pay without in
some way Increasing the rate for
freight and passengers In the United
''You cannot build and operate rail-
roads without capital and money.
do not know whether the pay of en-
pioyes should be increased. but IL the
rate Of pay Of engineers and con.
ductors on passenger and freight
trains ought to be Increased. 1t Ia
true II would be claimed that the pay
Of trackmen maintaining the track
should be increased"
Mr.. Mann charged that q Demo-
cratic Congress would increase wages
from SO to 100 per cent. instead of
2b per cent, IL under the same pres
sure as today. He continued:
The President interposed his good
offices in this controversy. He failed
srhe President came to Congress with
certain suggestions, turning the problem
over to Il. believe ! would have
voted for the Presidents prosrsm II
Hitkoush il was not satisfactory solu-
post burdens on the public in the future,
Il at least made q pretense OF an enort
to prevent similar situations In the
but the President. as he always has,
wotbled and wavered when he has real
questions before him. Bold a. he wal
in asserting his Views before Congress
% Water a. shown from his then program
and now urges Congress to pass bill!
which leaves out most OF the essential
things which he then proposed
Mr.. Mann said he doubted that Con,
power to change or alter contracts, OF
10 determine the rate Of pay on trans.
sportation lines. without knowledge anc
| Without investigation. should impose q
burden upon the whole people OF tn
land"
Votes Against the Bill.
The fifty-six members Of the House
who voted against the eight-hour Dill
| were: q !.
Democrats-Black. rexa. and steelS
| Pennsylvania.
Il -DoSuoA oShs WV
| Barchfeld. Pennsylvania; Bennett. New
4 York; britton, Illinois; Browning. New
Jersey; Butler. Pennsylvania: Carter
Massa chusetts; Coleman. Pennsylvania
Cramton, Michigan; Dale. Vermont;
Dallinger. Massachusetts: Dempsey and
Danforth. New York: Darow. Peunsyl'
wanna: Dillon. South Dakota; Edmonds
Pennsylvania: Fess. Ohio; Fordney
| Michigan; Gardner and 0illet, Massa'
/ cirusetts; Glynn. Connecticut: Gould
New York: rahsm. Pennsylvania; Gray
New Jersey; Greene. Vermont; 0rtest
Pennsylvania: Hill. Connecticut; John
son, South akota: Kennedy. Rhode 10
land: LAFean. Pennsytvania; kreider
| Pennsyivania: LehIbach. New Jersey
Macarthur, oregon: Mann. Illinois
Meeker, Missouri; Moore, Psnnsylvania
)! Oakley, Connecticut: Parker. New Jer
sey; Parker. New fork: Pratt, Nev
York. Robsrts and Rogers. Massachu
Il sets; Rowe, New York: SANFORD. Nev
York; Sells. Tennessee; Sterling. I'LL
nois; Stiness. Rhode Island: Temple
Pennsylvania; rreadway. Massachu
} setts: Ware. Pennsylvania; Watson
Pennsylvania Wilson. Illinois; Wins
low, Massachusetts. and Woods. Iowa
Voting present-Foster. Illinois: Moor
J and Morrison. Indiana: Patten. New
York. and Sloan. Nebraska.