Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14
CHILD LABOR BILL PASSES
Considerable Opposition TO the Measure
Develops in the Senate,
SENATOR LEWIS SCORES A RAILROAD
House Passes GiniIland Resolution
CsIiinG On Governor Tor PrOO6 of
CharHes Railroad Lobby
Has been Busy.
lErom a star correspondentl

N'rom STAN Correspondence
DIES MONIES, March ls.-(spccial THE
judiciary committees substitute for the
child labor bill was passed by the senate
today after several Intellectual efforts to
radically amend It. The bill Is practically
as It passed the house. except that the pro-
visions for the employers Of child labor re-
porting to the state labor commissioner are
eliminated The only amendment that was
adopted 10 the measure as reported was
one relating to children working where
eight or more persons are employed. The
amendment raises the number to ten or
more persons. The bill az passed by the
senate provides that no child OF under IA
years shall be employed in any mine, man
ufacturing establishment. factory. mill
workshop, laundry, bowling alley or NOR
camille establishment where ten or more
persons are employed; and no child OF
such age can be employed at any employ
ment during the time school is i'm session
unless the child has attended school the re-
quired length Of time as provided by law
No child under 10 can be employed In
dangerous place or a saloon OF where his
morals may be depraved. Children under
l6 cannot be employed at any labor more
than ten hours day or earlier than in
the morning or after at night. The other
provisions of the law relate to its enforce
ment. Senator Bruce OF Cass county made
the hardest fight against the bill. He at
tempted to amend 1t so that & would not In
any provision affect the canning industry.
| He asserted that many Of the senator's had,
while boys, worked seventeen hours a day
and been the better for 1t. He asserted
/ that the bill was pushed in the interests of
/ the labor unions of Des Moines. Senator
| Dowell of Polk fathered the bill and urged
| its adoption. He oppbsed all amendments
/ and I'm answer to Bruce read the names OF
| the members of the child labor committee
of the state, which includes the names Of
/ Senator Allison President storms of the
/ State college and other such men, who
were asking the passage OF the bill.
Lewis scores Rock Island.
! on the desk of each member of the leeis-
lature today was placed card which SEN
ator Lewis OF Page designated as "a gra-
tuitous Insult to the members of the leg
islature." The card reads:
! Senator -------: The Commercial club OF
Iowa City. Ia, respectfully invites you to
| attend an excursion 10 Iowa City on
| Wednesday, March "A, 1896, on a special
train furnished 6y the Rock Island an, Raii-
| ferable. Good only in the hands of the per-
| son to whom Issued and will be taken W
| on the Ilaln IRAN IedNeS LES MONIES ~
a. m. sharp. Train leaves Iowa City 74'
| D.
Senator Lewis moved that when the SEN
ate adjourn It be TIL tomorrow morning
Unsuspecting the trap someone arose and
called his attention TO the fact that to-
morrow morning was the day to go &c
| Iowa City. II know it," said Senator
Lewis, and then he read the card aloud
| and said It was gratuitous insult to each
senator. He said that after passing this
anti-pass bill the Rock Island was merely
endeavoring to get on record all senators
who rode on the pass and would have al
the cards filed away Saunders and Cars
objected to Lewis motion TO meet tomor
row and said it would be wrong after ac
ceptng the invitation to visit Iowa City
to remain away after the feast was spread
Senator Lewis said afterward that he didnr
expect the senate to remain away from
Iowa City. but he did want to call to the
attention OF the senators the trap the
d Rock Island had laid for them.
! Regents BnI Thursday.
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