New-York tribune., 1906-05-04
PROXY TELEGRAMS.
Tonen to BombOra Senators suith
Messages on Child Labor Bills.

,-ns fine morning the Senate committee. with
--.or John ?. Doliiver at sts head which Is con-
9s.-iuE The Dubois child Labor bill and the Chill
-. Bureau BILL viii wake up to fnd itself no.
,us hut showed under by proxy kilograms from
- YORK clubwomen.
s,-osis which has taken the lead among the
.ghs IN 2 campaign TO secure the passage OF these
eps called q mass meeting og clubwomen yester-
- afternoon al the Academy Of Medicine. in CO.
--.-..ion with the Women's Health Protective AS
.-..ion and the Society for Political Study at
ti,b II rnothered the proxy telegram scheme. AS
- Samuel McCune Lindsay. secretary OF the Ma
.,.,si child labor Committee explained II, We
,,,inr Mrs Ralph Trautmann and himself-'wil
,1or 3ust when these bills are likely 70 be re-
-,-sed UPON Now, when a Senator is wavering. IL
.-sD.y-fve or fifty telegrams hit him at Just the
D,r time he is pretty likely 70 fall the way the
,.,ezrsnns want him 70.
~ as many Of you women would like TO send
,.Isp-sua win give US your names and addresses
80 a quarter we VIII compose suitably worded tele-
r-,ms n your names and dispatch them at the
psychological moment.
The women were free with their quarters They
,-sssntly approved the scheme.
ore of the saddest proofs 20 me-" said DR.. Felix
.sle- me first speaker, that as people We are
1, need of moral revival. is the fact that 10 so
,.-a an extent the wealth Of the country has been
built upon child labo--that the hand that accufnu-
hes does not hesitate throttle Some one should
rrv. This thing shall 90 no further There =hall
!. life Une-not a dead line-that shall stand Tor
ne life Of a child. and you shall not cross II.
IN opening the meeting Mrs. Charlotte B. Wilhour.
rresident Of sorosis. said: Ny days may not be
is,g When I can no longer work actively Il will
q Great comfort 10 know that the future citizens
81 he country are their way TO good morals ana
E good education
ffen she read a letter from Senator in response
70 ore from Sorosis urging him TO give the cnllo
irhoY bills his favorable attention. The Senator
Troroised 10 give them his attention.
f-aTVfen z Senator writes a nice. non-coTnInitta4
is.se- Ike that said Mrs. Florence Kelley, after
fen 6ays Il ought be admissible to write and see
II he has succeeded. in fixing his attention on IT,
snd 70 keep on writing till he succeeds IN nXlng
fiE attention on II long enough 70 vote for T.
Mrs kelley urged the necessity Of the Children
re have this enormous army OF deserted wives
and 0rnhans2"
wen for one thing. our railroads kill OF men as
no other country begins TO. You have only 10 look
81 Ire great structural buildings going up to see
Tnen working on them with none of the protection
fhev would have in Berlin or Paris The WinooW
Cleaners I-nion lost 729 members last year. because
lie builders neglected 10 put in hooks TO hold the
safety appliance Can't we keep the fathers alive
end take their children out of the factories2 .
sIf child "a borers trout or Holsters or Doll
vveevils or big game in the Yellowstone Park, sne
edded the government would have all the facts
about them Ours is the only government Of winch
Il can be said that all IL do for its children is
70 give information about them. Our strangely
parsyzed federal government IS not free to DO any
thing for child except this little It behooves US
70 make IL uncomfortable till We see that II does
6o that little"