Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-25
Mr.. SANFORD
Reviews Ills Record as a Public
Official.

To the Editor of the Democra,
good many questions have been
asked OF late concerning my position
and actions in relation to labor.
know of no better way of answering
than by the following extracts from
circular sent me by a legislative
committee on labor from Columbus.
after my return from the Legislature:
mfr. Sanford very ably sup.
ported bill 273 for the relief Of rail
road employees, providing that no EN-.
ploye should again be required to 90
on duty until lie had at least eight
hours rest. and providing for extra
compensation for each hour in excess
of ten hours, at per diem rate. Mr..
''"h'Oih dhNONitNu lllt VI Tie
bill prohibiting the employment of
children In work shops and factories
under fourteen years of age. He was
the author of bill No. -, which
provided for the recovery of dam
Int,
any employe by the carelessness or
negligence of an officer or fellow EN-.
ploye, but as the workingmen did not
have as many friends at the capitol
at that time as could be desired, tie
bill failed Of passage.
Mr.. Sanford, indeared himself to the
hearts of all railroad employees of
Ohio, by the able manner. in which
he advocated the passage Of bill No.
200, prohibiting the compulsory in
surance of railroad employees, then in
force on the Baltimore Il Ohio, and
Pennsylvania railroads. and the right
to collect damages for injury.
While the bill was not all we Ge.
sired, or all that Mr.. Sanforl's original
bill provided for, it was at least a
great benefit.
Mr. Sanford, endeared himself to the
Senate Committee on Railroads and
Teiegraphs, where We're assembled
some of the most prominent railroad
officials and attorneys of Ohio, Penn
sylyania and Maryland, who made
every effort to defeat this bill. BY
his exhaustive and able argument in
our behalf, he explained the changes
in the laws of England on the sub
ject of fellow servants, going back to
the fudal system, citing judicial opin-
ions of some of the most able jurists
of this and other countries, on the
relation of master and servant His
arguments We're invincible and the
bill passed by great majority.
Therefore we urge the working
classes to vote for those who will help
US,
"Mr. Sanford is worthy of the un.
divided support of all, irrespective of
party, to the highest political honors
to which he may aspire"
In addition to the foregoing, I
might add, that procured an amend
ment to the law which formerly pro-
vided preferred lien, in cases of
failure of employers to employees, for
800, earned the previous six months,
to $500 earned in the previous year.
T I also procured the repeal of the
law requiring the recording of n
bill of exceptions, which, according
to the estimate of Hester, Clerk of
the Supreme court, saves litigants in
Ohio at least $4,000 each year.
The clerk of the Board of Managers
of the Ohio penitentiary, declared that
the measure saved the State over
$4,000 a year in cases of INDECENT
criminals.
And a Democratic Legislature paid
ME compliment by sending me to
Cincinnati and Cleveland as a men,
ber of committee to write n munic-
ipal code for the government of those
cities. When the committee met at
Cincinnati, | was the only one who
had written code This code forms
the basis of the government of both
cities at the present time.