Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-29
BEvER|OGE ON
 CHILD LABOR BILL Senate Alive With Anti Child Labor Legislation Now Pending in That Body.
TILT WITH SPOONER
Tillman Jumps on Northern Million. aires and Charges Them With Be. ing Responsible for Conditions And Lobbying.

eridge today resumed his speech in behalf of the measure prohibiting in- terstate commerce articles which are the production of child labor. Mr. Beveridge stated that three-fourths of opposing the bill, that the railroads of the South were opposing it, and the coal mine operators of the South were opposing it. He presented an illus trative map showing the location of the opposing industries and said that in anticipation of this weighty oppo- sition he would devote the major por- tion of his speech to setting forth evil dence of the deplorable conditions he had pictured. This evidence, he said, was all sworn to, and in the form of affidavits.
 When MT. Beveridge made the statement that the recently enacted child-labor law of Georgia was 8 dead letter. Mr. Bacon took issue with him.
 Tillman Blames the Northern Million- | aire.
 Senator Tillman acknowledged the very great evil of child-labar in his state and asked Mir. Beveridga to sub init all the evidence possible that it might be used in a crusade for state Legislation. Adding to the difficulty in his state, he said, was the Northern millionaire, who came down thore, in- vested his money in cotton mills and lthen influenced the legislators against cihld-labor laws.
 "The senator is, to certain extent, right" said Senator Gallinger. There is Northern money in South Carolina, and God help South Carolina if there were not Northern money there"
 Rather than have Northern money exercising it's lobbying influence,' re- piled MT. Tillman, "I would to God the senator and all others would keep Northern money out of my state" 1 MT. Tillman added he fully appre- ciated the conditions in his state and would go as far as anyone to correct them. He believed the question was one for state control rather than fed- eral legislation.
 A spirited colloquy resulted between Senators Spooner and Beveridge when the former asked if it was the position of the Indiana senator that Congress had power to enact, under the com merce clause of the constitution, law which would prevent child labor in the states. MT. Beveridge replied that he so held. MT. Spooner indicated that he should have something to say against that position, whereupon MT. Beveridge retorted that that the sen- ator could issue fiat if he saw fit, in- dicating at the same time that this fiat would be from the Senate Judic- iary Committee.
 "I issue the fiat for myself" re- torted MT. Spooner.
 A Tilt With SpOoner.
 You did give fiat yourself" con- tinued Beveridge, "when you .introduc- ed a resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to advise the Senate on the constitutionality of the question Involved" He said that the effect of the resolution was to make Senator lSpooner chairman of the subcommit- |tee which would report on the mat Iter. MT. Spooner replied that he had Ibeen member of the Senate for lsome time-somewha longer than the lsenator from Indiana, but, he added, he did not expect to be senator as Hong as the senator from Indiana-and lthat it was not an unusual thing for lthe Senate to refer matter to the Ju- ldiciary Committee for report as to the lpower of Congress to act on a given matter. "The fiat lay in the adoption of that resolution" he concluded. MT. Beveridge then remarked that he had yielded to the senator and thai