Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1919 — DAYLIGHT LAW IS DIMMING [ARTICLE]

DAYLIGHT LAW IS DIMMING

LOWER HOUSE OF CONGRESS I OVERRIDES PRESIDENT WILSON’S VETO. Washington, Aug. 19.—Taking advantage of the absence of a large number of city representatives, the farmer members of the house today succeeded in overriding President Willson’s veto of the daylight saving repeal bill by a vote of 223 to 101, with one member voting present. Leaders of the forces favoring the repeal had made a thorough canvass of the members present before they decided to permit the question to come to a vote. Efforts of Representatives Blanton, democrat, of Texas, and King, republican, of Illinois, to defer the vote, and a motion by Representative Wingo, democrat, of Arkansas, all opponents of the law, were quickly voted down, because it was known in advance what the result would be. Contrary to all expectations, more city members than representatives from rural districts were out of town. The vote to save the daylight saving plan was thirty-four short of the total which prevented the first attempt to override the president’s veto in July. Only eleven votes - were needed to save the plan today. Had this additional number of city members been present, the advocates of the repeal would not have had the twothirds vote necessary, under the constitution, to override the veto. A glance at the list of 106 absentees showed that included in this number were far more than eleven members who were known to have favored retention of the law. Members opposed to continuing .the law declared the action of the house makes certain the deathknell of daylight saving. They pointed out that on every vote taken on the subject in the senate more than a 3 to 1 majority for the repeal has been recorded. Senator Cummins, republican, of lowa, chairman of the interstate commerce committee, plans to call up the vote in the senate at an early date. Under the terms of the bill daylight saving will come to an end on the last Sunday in October, when the clocks, will be turned back an hour.