The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-29
LIABILITY ACT TO
|. TH{H|CHERCOURT
w. S. DISTRICT JUDGE or NEW
YORK HOLDS 1T cONSTi.
TUTIONAL.
LATEST IN new YORK
is Grievance Of Anti-saIoon League
Against Hughes--Gotham's
Young Men Called
Dss pated.

! New York, July 2S-Jndge Geoig
| T.. Adams. of the United States Dis
trict court for The Southern district
lot New York. has just held that the
employers liability act passed by eor-
gress on June IL, 1906. Is constitutions
fal. The statute In question makes am
employer liable In damages To any NJ.
ploye injured solely through the neg
ilgepce Of follow empIoye, The
court in Illinois has held to the sane
effect as Judge Adams. while his
associates in Kentucky and Georgia
gecided some time ago that the act
YES unconstitutional The matter will
1ow he brought up to the supreme
court at Washington for a final deci
sion
Whether or not II is unconstitniier-
il. reasons from the standpoint Of JUS
ice Mere not lacking for the passage
I the new law which tends q away
with the tellw servant rule undr
which employers have escaped much
liability. The worst sufferers from
HC lDlIitl law WttG AHG ttiNtA VII AlbS
III trains who suffered injury through
he carelessncss Of their fellow work
| ren and yet were unable 10 sesuc
NY compensation in the courts fer
| SER disability.
! Certainly II masters be liable ~
| bird persons for the negligence OF
! heir servants there Is no reason why
me servant should not recover for
| he negligence Of another. The state
| y New York during the past few
| ears has enacted as part Of its labor
'aw many sections defins-g the duties
If employers and giving employees
lamages wherever they suffered la
| Jury by reason Of violation Of any.
@-4-----sS~ -s~s,sss st-5ss--
/ The lobbyist Of the AnsiSalool
eagne has q grievance against Gov.
hughes. For the chief executive ar
lsellally had The assurance to tell the
Essop4lscr hat he would bo abln - pass
judgment upon certain ieGis atian
without the heHefit Of his ADVICE o.
assistance There /. no doubt that
he league was very anxious 10 press
certain legislation against the saloons
u Albany last winter. Its supporters
believed that the time was ripe for
action.
Two reasons actnated this. The
FIRST the wonderful success OF t1e dry
movement in the south, which was
lrousing much talk In the north. AMI.
second. that Gov Hughes. being the
son OF a retired Baptist minister.
might naturally be expected TO be In
sympathy with such movement.
Nothing came of the attempt. how
ever. For Gov Hughes was too busy
fighting for his public utilities bill.
the Kelsey case. Hearst recount and
ether measures. So far as the Re
publican leaders themselves were con
cerned. they had no desire 10 start
discussion OF the rum question.
II has always been a subject on
which the cities and the rural districts
have been unable to agree. and as the
cities are increasing in numbers. the
G O. p. has no desire to offend them.
The smaller towns anil villages vote
On the license question every year.
Some time ago an attempt was made
10 split mp the city OF New York into
districts and have each vote on the
question of saloons. The bill never
came to a vote.
There is no doubt that II such a law
were enac: ed people In many districts
Who are not abstainers would vote NJ
license just because there are too
many saloons, and a vast majority OF
The iiQuor dealers. not The brewers.
IS ould welcome such a result, as Il
would enable them To earn a better
living than at present For keen c9rn-
petition and the 81 .205 license feet eat
~ a great share Of their profits.
Young Men Prefer Gsyety.
Some Of the marriagcable young
women and their ambitious methcr.
have grievance against the New
York Young man. They charge that
sis standard of living is deteriorsiin-
fact: tha, he is not the young man o.
IA past that instead OF seek'ng the
society 81 yourg women sni sett ing
down and marrying early in life. he
prefers dissipation and CAVITY AMI
eldom thinks of mairimony until b.
reaches an age and condition where Z.
Is impossible to make he eirl harp.
The YOUNG mcs have an answer to
ali this u T. that the cosi 81 lisi7g
Fas gone up while wages bare -
Hained either stationary or hsen Fe.
aaeed
They can afford to live well a.
single men. while. II married. they
world have 70 deprive themselves Of
many Of the little thnss IN life .hirh
go to make o. brighter Apropos q
the subject. a newspaper ass js-t
printed tke trousseau Of Edna Aas.