The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-09-02

MOuOdy HUI ulllS.
 HOUSE VOTE 239 TO 56
 The Adamson bill as passed in the House by a vote of 239 to 56, with minor amendments, is the same meas ure which the brotherhood leaders off, ficially declared yesterday would con stitute Satisfactory settlement and prevent the strike. The amendments, added to conform to draft framed by the Senate interstate commerce com mittee, would fix the effective date as January 1, 1917, instead of Decem- Der 1, 1916, and exempt railroads less than 100 miles long and electric street and interurban lines. Briefly it pro- vides:
 That eight hours shall be deemed a days work and the standard for reck- oning compensation of railroad em- ployes operating trains in interstate commerce after January 1, 1917, and
 That a commission of three ap- pointed by President Wilson shall in- vestigate the effects of the eight hour standard for from six to nine months and then report to Congress, present wages not to be reduced dur ing the investigation or for 30 days thereafter, and overtime to be paid at pro rata rate.
 DAY OF HOT DEBATE
 It was after a day of hot debate ,hat the House passed the bill, under spe- ciai rule brought in when Republican Leader Mann followed their floor leader In the opposition and when the final vote came, 70 of them lined up with the ma- jority, while only 56 voted against tho measure. Just two democrats, Represen- tatives Steel of Pennsylvania and Black of Texas. stood out against the bill, and RepresentAtive London of New York. the only socialist, voted for 1t.
 Red tape was eliminated as far as poz- sible to rush the measure over to the Senate, which after several hours of live ly discussion over bill reported by it's interstate commerce committee had re- cessed until o'clock When the Senate reconvened the House legislation yas there awaiting action. The Senate committee bill, drafted dur ing late session last night and another this morning, was the Adamson measure with the same amendments adopted to- day by the House and an added section empowering the interstate commerce commission to fix the wages of interstate railroad employees at the end of the pro- posed period of investigation and there after.
 UNANIMOUS CONSENT GIVEN
 At the outset of the night session Senator Newlands sought and obtained unanimous consent to put aside the Sem ate bill and take up the one. sent over from the House. thereby paving the way for quick final action without parlia- mentary formalities that otherwise would have been necessary. Then Senator Un- derwood brought up the issue over which the Senate Is divided by proposing as m amendment the rate fixing provision of the discarded Senate bill
 Over this amendment debate waged for three hours. Senators Newlands and Underwood advocating it and Senator Cummins making long speech crit icizing the whole proceeding, Most of the Senators had little to say, and in the cloak rooms there were strong iI,- timation that the reason for this was the general conviction that in tho end the House bill would go through without change.
 For while there was talk of an an night session. but early in the even ing word was passed that an agreemen. to adjourn and vote at certain hour tomorrow would come before the discus sion had gone very far
 PRESIDENT AT CAPITOL
 All throughout the morning President Wilson was at his office in the capitol, conferring with the administration lead- CTS and aiding in arrangements for put ting the legislation through He left Washington at o'clock in the afternoon for Long Branch, N. J.. where, he will be notified formally tomorrow Of his nomination for reelection. entirely con fident that his efforts had averted the n- dpstrial catastrophe.
 While the House was at work the three brotherhood heads at the invitation of Democratic Leader Kitchin occupied the ways and means committee room near the entrance to the House floor and were in constant Consultation with the labor
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