Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-03

THlRTY-sEvEN VOTED FOR BILL
Fifty three Votes Were Cast Against
the Measure-Many Club Women
Present to Hear the Final Debate
Cummings Made Strong Effort to
Pass the Measure.
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Des Moines. March 3.-The child la
Dor bill went down to defeat in the
house today. after a gallant fight for
it of two hours duration. The bill had
been made special order for 10 o'clock
Of the Federated Women's Clubs of the
state and of the labor organizations
were present to watch the proceedings.
A number of changes were made in the
bill and on one occasion q motion to
postpone consideration failed by only
one majority. Mr.. Head tried to secure
an amendment to require cities and
towns to furnish work to children, de-
claring that a hundred children are
ruined by idleness to one that is
harmed by oyerwork. Mr. Chassell
tried to secure an amendment to ex-
cept cases where a widow is dependent
on children for support. On the final
vote thirty-seven voted for the bill and
fifty three against, those in favor of
the bill being: Buchanan, Calderwood,
Christensen. Cheney, Colclo, Conn,
Cummings, Doran, English, Frudden,
dali. Kennedy, King, Lankin, Langan,
Lister, McClurkin. McNie. Manning,
Martin Nichols, Ritter, Robinson, Say
Tor, Shaffer, Spaulding. Stanberry. Te-
tor, Washburn. Weeks, Whiting, Wise
and Speaker Clarke. A motion to re-
consider was filed. The house adopted
q memorial to congress for the repeal
of the bankruptcy law.
The senate devoted the day to the
consideration of the Newberry bill to
provide the state board of examiners
for country treasurers, and this after
noon passed the bill.
In the debate on the child labor bill
the first day Mr.. Bealer, of Linn, who
had prepared himself to strike the
whole bill a deadly blow at the right
time because it included prohibiting
child labor dn Quarries, and ne owns
a stone quarry, was badly worsted in
argument with Mr.. Cummings, in
charge of the bill in the house Mr..
Cummings had made a most favorable
pres entation of the merits of the bill
as a whole and had expressed regret
that persons in the senate, thru per-
sonal motives, had seen fit to cause to
be striken out the reference to mer-
camille establishments. Mr.. Bealer pro-
posed an amendment to strike out
"quarries." Mr.. Cummings practically
brought 1t home to the house that the
opposition of Mr. Bealer was due to his
desire to continue working children in
his stone quarry. Il am surprised, "he
said in conclusion, that the one man
who has more OF this worlds goods
than perhaps any other in the legisla
ture. should Oppose. such a measure of
public good as this on the sole ground
that 1t will prevent him working chill
dren under fourteen years of age in his
stone quarry to the profit of himself"
The blow was a hard one for the first
show of opposition to the bill in the
house. and pretty clearly established
tina. members could not undertake to
legislature for their personal benefit
in a matter of this kind. Mr.. Cum
mings received many deserved COM
plinents on the way in which he ham
died the bill and brought it before the
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