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Show FARMERS VICTORIOUS. The Konato h.-ia voted to si'it.iin tho house in p.iKsing i ho repeal of H10 daylight day-light Bftving' law ov?r tho president 'a In.-iil and tho grrwgr-vi have won a lrg-ialativo battle. The law, which has lvdn vigorously .ippo.sed isnd iust as stonily dofonded, found its grer.leat me;isiiri of support in tho cities. In I113 veto uiessago tho president declined lo accept llin repeal bill on tho ground that tho daylight saving system was , Jieeded in a period when increased pro-i pro-i ducliou was essential to post-war ro-i ro-i lialiilitation, ' The contest in tho house nairowed to a simple fight between the rural and urban interests, and- representatives represen-tatives voicing tho fanning sections : mustered six votes morejthan tho re-; re-; quired two-thirds majority. 1 There was no political cleavage in j tho vote. Administration Democrats 1 from the rural districts voted with Eo-publicnijs Eo-publicnijs for the repeal bill, and Republican Re-publican opponents of tho administration administra-tion voted to sustain tho presidential veto. The house failed in a previous attempt at-tempt to pass a daylight saving repeal bill over tho president 's veto in July. At that time tho measure was attached a3 a rider to tho agricultural appropriation appropria-tion bill. Bocauso of tho fact that the two were tiod up together it was moro difficult to obtain action, but supporters support-ers of tho repeal only fell eight votes short of tho necessary two-thirds. This tinie tho repealers had better luck.. |