New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Senate Passes
Railroad Bill
Barring Strikes
Vote OH Cummins Measure
Is 46 to 80; La Toilette
Plea for Two-Year Extez,-
sion Gets Slim Support
NeW York Tribune
Washington Bureau

Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-The Senate
to-day sent the railroad bill to con-
ference, where the final legislation that
will provide for the return Of the roads
to private ownership and operation will
he worked out and reported back to
the Senate and House soon after Con-
gress reconvenes on January s.
The Senate passed the Cummins bill,
with it's ant-strike provisions un-
changed, by vote of 46 to 80, after an
amendment offered by Senator La Fol
lette, of Wisconsin, to extend govern
ment control and operation for two
years had been defeated, 65 to II.
Congress adjourned for the holidays
without making any temporary pro-
vision for the return of the roads on
January 1. The promised special mes
sage from President Wilson on the sub
ject is still being withheld The Presi-
dent has informed Congress several
times in the last ten months that he
plans to return the roads to their own
ers on that date, but in view of the
progress made toward enacting legisla-
ton to safeguard their removal from
government operation the leaders in
both houses to-day expressed the be-
lief that the Executive will postpone
turning the roads back until Congress
finally has adopted the necessary leg
islation.
Aim to Harmonic Bills
The conferees on the railroad bill
plan to meet almost deily during the
recess. The first meeting will be on
Tuesday, when differences between the
Cummns bill and the Esch bill, which
passed the House on November 18, will
be taken up in an effort to reach a
compromise that will be approved by
both houses.
Senate are Sena,srs Cummlns, Poin-
dexter and Kellogg, Republicans, and
Robinson and Pomerenc, Democrats,
and for the House Representatives
Esch, Wjnslow and Hamilton. Repub-
licans, and Barkley and Sims Demo
Gratis.
Passage of the Cummins bill fol-
lowed a TWO weeks fight made upon the
measure by Senator La Follette He
occupied the floor for four hours to-
day, speaking until 1880 o'clock, when,
under unanimous consent agreement
made last night, the vote was taken
Senator La Toilette made a last
minute effort to have government op-
GRAFTON continued by moving ust be-
fore the final vote on the bill. that an
amendment providing for extension of
government control and operation until
December 81, 1921, be substituted for
the Cummins measure.
Ten Vote With La Toilette
eleven Senators voted to continue
government operation. They were
Senators Ashurst, Chamberlain, Hen
derson, johnson of South Dakota,
Kendrick Nugent, Sheppard and Walsh
Of Montana, Democrats, and Gronna,
La Toilette and Norris, Republicans.
The final vote was as follows:
Republicans
Ball, Brandegee, Colt, Cummins, Cur
Frelingh Hale, Harding Jones
(wash), Kellogg, kenyon, Reyes, Knox,
Lodge Mccormick, Mclean, Moses,
Nelson, New, Phipps, Poindexter Sher
man, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Town
send, Wadsworth, Warren and Watson
-33.
Democrats
Bankhead, Gay, Hitchcock, Myers.
Pomerene, Ransdell, Robinson, Smith
(Md), Stanley, Thomas, Underwood,
Walsh (Mont.) and Williams-13.
Total, 46.
AGAINST
Republicans
Borah, Capper, France, Gronna, La
Toilette, Lenroot, McNary and Norris
S.
Democrats
Ashurst, Chamberlain. Culberscn,
Dial. Fletcher, Gerry, Gore, Harrison,
Henderson. johnson Is. D., Jones On.
M, Kcndrick, Kirby, Mcclellan. Nu-
gent. Overman, Sheppard, Simmons,
Smith (Ga). Smith IS. c., Trammel
and Walsh (Mass.)-22.
Total, 30.
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