The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-24
FOR
 CHILD LABOR BILL

| (COntinued from Page One.) did not propose to have any lobbyist coming to the halls of legislation in the State of Alabama and dictate what laws should be passed. He would stand to the crack of doom, | If necessary. and fight to see to it that girls of less than 14 years be not al- 1 lowed to work in the mills he said. He wanted to put stop to the vile system of child work that had been going on.
 He wanted to know who are the members of the House who would sub init to have little children to work ten hours day when grown men were re- fusing to work more than eight or nine.
 mothers of Alabama, he said and he hoped he would be supported in the | matter.
 Mir Pitts of Perry, who is the spon- sor for the original bill said that when he introduced the bill it was one that had been skillfully prepared and in- tended to thoroughly protect the chill dren of Alabama. It had been carried over to this session.
 There was no bill presented to the House, he said which had had such a | hard road to travel and even since yes terday. when the bill had been agreed on in committee, it had been taken out and a new bill had been created-a bill which did not protect children as did the original one.
 | "A Question of Right" "It is not a question:" he said, "as to whether the House agrees with the | Governor. nor with the Senate, but 1t is question of right. for one be- iieve the age limit as fixed in the orig inal bill should not be changed"
 MT. Long of Butler talked against Mir. Goodwyns amendment to make the age limit for girls IA years, and said he believed such provision might work a hardship on some poor woman who might thus be deprived of sending her children where they could help earn a living for the family.
 MT. Bloch said his life would bear testimony that he was friend to the poor children of the State, but he pro- posed to discuss the question at issue ispassionately. He believed the cotton mills had some rights and that they should be protected.
 From the outset, he declared. he had | favored the age limit of twelve both for boys and girls If girls must work | at all. he said. they should be at work at the age of twelve years. He pointed to Dr. Shirley Bragg, who was sitting | in the House. and quoted him as say ] ing that danger to girls between the age of twelve and sixteen years was | as great in schools as in the cotton mills
 | GOOdwyn Amendment Tabled. The bill as presented, he said, was compromise bill. it was true, but it ought to have the support of the House. He moved to lay Mir. Goodwyn's amend | ment on the table which was done on yea and nay vote, 50 to 25.
 The amendment to raise the age limit for girls was tabled by the fol- | lowing vote:
 Yeas-Messrs. Speaker, Altman. Ar rington. Ballard (Autauga), Ballard | (Pike). Baltzell, Bloch. Brown, Bulger, Burney. Carmichael tClay), Coleman (MarshalD, Cooper. Cranford. Crum, Doyle (Clark). Dudley. Edwards, Elrod, Foster, Henley, Hughston. John. Jones, Killen, Kirby. Kornegay, Lacy (Walk- | er), Lancaster, Lawson, Lee (Barbour). Lee (Etowah). Long (Butler). Malone, Maner Mastin, Middleton, Mitchell, | Moore, Oliver. Parker. Powell (Bul- lock), Power, Price, Ragsdale, Rainer, Rattray Rice. Rowe. Rushton, Sample, | Sanford Scale. Smith (Elmore), Smith (Etowah), Smith (Franklin), smith Gee), teagall. Turner, Urquhart Vann.
 Nays-Arnold. Benners. Benson. Can non, Coleman Gowndes), Doyle (Ma- | | ley, Johnson, King. Lovelady, Lyons. Norville Pitts (Dallas). Pitts 0Perry), Powell (Covington). Pratt. Sanders, Sherrod. Tunstall, Weaver. White ha- l mar). Williams.
 MT. Goodwin immediately offered an amendment to strike out the words, by approval of the Governor where they related to the appointment of an as sistant to the jail inspector. MT Good l wvn suggested the Governor should not interfere with the inspectors clause.
 MT. Bloch said he understood it was Mir Bragg's wish that this amendment | be adopted.
 The amendment was lost by divis- ion vote. 50 to 33.
 Mr. Pitts of Perry. offered a simi- lar amendment. providing that the assistant be a physician He did not think an ordinary clerk was fitted for 1 the position He had no objection. he 1 said to the Governor approving the | selection.
 \ Little Diversion.
 MT. Pitts asked permission to make q change in his amendment "hlch Was l granted, c,,
 While he was doing this MT. Steagall asked the Speaker what was before the House.
 MT. Pitts of Perry" replied the Speaker amid shouts of laughter.
 MT kornegay thereupon moved that MT Pitts be laid on the table, at which the laughter was renewed.
 When the amendment had been read i again MT Steagall moved to lay 1t on the table MT Pitts tried to talk but while he was doing so, the House ta- bled his amendment almost unanimous ly.
 MT Goodwin of Montgomery. of fered another amendment requiring that children should not work more ] than nine hours | day.
 He said in spite of the fact that the House had decided that girls under