Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20
TIE SOUTH
CAROLINA SENATE
Passes Child Labor Bill by Ma
jority Of One Vote.

promiae measure on the child Ia
Dor question. First by q tie vote
the senate refused to strike out the
enac.ing words of the Marshall
bill, which absolutely prohibits
the employment of children under
twelve years of age in cotton fac
tories, Lieutenant Governor Jas.
H. Tillman casting the deciding
vote. Then, without division, the
senate accepted the substitute bill,
which provides for the gradual
alleviation of child labor during
the next five years. 1t prohibits
the employment of children under
ten years of age from now Oh, and
provides for the eventual prohibl-
ton of the employment of chill
dren under twelve years of age.
The measure has been debated
all the week in the senate, and it
was not until after II o'clock last
night that the advocates of the
measure were able to force a vote.
The house has already rejected
all bills ON this subject, and pro-
vided for commission to investi-
gate conditions. What the house
will do with the senate measure is
uncertain; but as only ten days
of the session remains, it will
hardly become law. The senate's
action, however, is a victory for
lths advocates of the measure. as
last year tho senate rejected all
bills on this subject.
J From the Senate Journal we CLIP
the following:
AFTER further debate by Mr.
Mayfeld, the question was taken
on agreeing to the motion of the
senator from Anderson, on which
the yeas and nays we're demanded
and taken, resulting IS follows:
Yeas-Messrs Applet, Brown,
Dean, Dennis, Douglass, Gaines,
Goodwin, Herndon. Hough, Liv.
ingston, Mower, Sarratt, stanland,
Sullivan, Talbird and Walker-l6.
Naya-Messrs Aldr:ct, Blak-
eney, Brantley, Brice, Caughman.
Glenn, Gruber, Henderson, Hy.
drick, .Ilderton, Marshall, May
fed, McDermott, Moore, Ragsdale
and Williams.-16.
The President, James H. Till
man, voted "no," and assigned as
his reason therefor:
"'The chair casts the deciding
vote against striking out the en-
acting words of this bill for o
number of reasons too numerous
to mention here. But substantial
ly because it will sustain aud pro-
tect the moral and mental welfare
of the mill children of this State.
1t will give them an opportunity
to better fit themselves for the dis.
charge of the duties of their chosen
vocation. They CAL be educated,
and thus derive soma benefit from
the taxes their parents pay. 1t is
startling to recall that $4,000 more
negro children than whites an
nually attend our public schools.
By this vote do not mean to an.
tagonize industrial advancement.
In the language of the lamented
Governor Hagood Capital with.
out labor means stagnation; labor
without capital n-eaus stsl vation."
In the end the capitalist gill real
ize that intelligent labor is the
safest and most profitable. But
this is measure involving more
| than mere money--it is a cause of
humanity"
JAMES H. TILLMAN.
IIu.rah for James II. Tillman,
the next governor of Sou:h Caro-
lima!
James II. Tillman is made Of
the right kind Of metal. He has
proven himself to be the friend of
the people.
When J. H. Tillman ran for
Lieutenant Governor, on every
stump he told the working people
that be was their friend, and he
bas kept his word.
He has redeemed his pledge
given ON his sacred honor.
When the tie vote was announced
during that tateful moment of
suspence, a million streaming eyes
gazed at the President of the Sen
ate. But the suspense lasted for
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