Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-18
lailrOad Committee of the House Has
Plenty Of Work Before It
OPPOSITION TO TUCKER RESOLUTION
State Institutions Prefer Mill Levy to
Direct Appropriation.
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY BILL HEARING
Committee Accepts Substitute for
Pending Measure, which f.
Duplicate of the Senate
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tTrom a staff correspondent.l

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LINCOLN, Jan. 7-(Speciai 1.-THE presi-
dent Of the Nebraska Federation OF wom-
ems clubs. the state officers OF the worn-
en- christian Temperance Union, the presl.
dent OF the Woman's club of Omaha the
president of the Woman's club of lincoln
and representatives OF these clubs. minis.
ters and a Judge of the district court OF
Douglas county, united before the judiciary
committee Of the house this afternoon for
the passage of the child labor law. a bill
introduced by Representative Clarke,
known as House Roll No. 0. The bill was
! explained at length by II. w. Pennock OF
Omaha who by quotations from President
Roosevelt and from United States Senator
Beveridge showed the great interest being
taken in such measure by the highest
authorities in the land and by quotations
from the latter and from other data, he
argued the necessity OF the enactment of
such measure into law. The committee
voted unanimously to report the bill for
passage.
Terms of the Law.
II was explained that the bill as intro
dueed Is not for a law which will be an
experiment, but a law which has been tried
In other states and found to be Just to all
parties interested. The bill is a compila-
tion from the laws of Oregon, Illinois,
NAs
Its principal features, as explained by
Mrs Draper Smith. are as follows:
No child under IL shall be employed in
hours.
In certain occupations named, no child
under IA shall be employed at all.
No child between Il and l6 may be em-
ployed without securing a certificate from
the superintendent of schools, stating ago
There are several important require
mantq Including aCbOnl nd
the completion OF a certain amout of
school work before a child under le may
The law contains several provisions
guarding against mis-statements and false
| oaths by parents and others regarding the
A child Of IA who has not completed the
prescribed school work may secure a certi-
heate by showing regular attendance at
No child under 10 may be employed more
forty-eight hours in one week. nor before
O'Clock IN the morning nor after O'Clock
No child under 10 may be employed in
any occupation dangerous to health or
The enforcement of the law is left pri-
marily TO the deputy labor commissioner
and truant officers, assisted by a state
board of inspectors, serving without pay,
to be appointed by the governor.
COmpuIsary Education Bill.
cation law were introduced in the senate
by Thomas of Douglas, and are known as
Senate File No. co. Briefly stated. they
are as follows;
When not legally and regularly employed.
compulsory attendance is required to 16 in
Attendance is required for the full per-
iod each year instead of two-thirds of that
period.
A child of "A may be legally employed
for his own support or those dependent
upon him. providing he attends a night
for a school year OF not less than twenty
weeks.
The following were present at the COM
mittee meeting: Mrs. II. L. Keefe of
Walthill. president of the Federation of
womens Clubs; Mrs. Draper Smith. chair
man of the State federation Industrial
committee; Mrs. o. NJ. Stonebraker, presi-
dent of the Lincoln Woman's club. State
officers of the woman's Christian Tenn
perance union: Mrs Frances Beveridge
Head of Osceoia, president; Mrs. s. X.
Daily of University Place, vice president;
Mrs. Emma starrett of Central City, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. Fred Patter-
son OF Omaha, recording secretary; Mrs
Annette Nesbit OF Pawnee City. treasurer;
Mrs, Mamie Claim, editor OF the state
paper; Mrs. Halleck Rose, Mrs II. III.
Wheeler. Mrs. English OF the lincoln
woman's club Judge Howard Kennedy;
H. w. Pennock, Superintendent of Charities
Morris of Omaha. State Superintendent Nc
Brien, Superintendent Hayward of the
Kearney Industrial School for Boys, Labor
Commissioner Bush and Rev. Mr.. Willis
ford of Lincoln.
Work for Railroad COMMITTEES.
To the house committee on railroads have
already been referred eighteen measures
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will go TO the joint committee on rail-
roads. while others will be killed by the
house committee. The first one to bite
the dust was bill by Whitman Of John
son. House Roll No. g. which provided a
2-cent rate be charged for adults on pas
senger trains and ! cent for children un-
der ~ years of age. The committee was
unanimously opposed to It and Il was
discussed very little The bills which
have been referred to this committee to
date are the following:
H. r. No. by Lee. Street railroads
TO acquire and hold bonds Of interurban
IL r.. No. 4-By Cone. Relative to liza
bility Of railroads for accident.
telephone companies to connect.
H. r. No. S-By Whitman. Two-cent
II r. No. is-By Clarke Terminal tax
alton.
II. II. No. l4-By Quackenbush. En-
forcing maximum rate law.
II. r. No. 19-By Shubert. Run regu-
lar and stop all trains at depot
II. r. No. 26-By ouaekenbush. Anti
III. r. No sO-By Buckley. Anti-pass.
/ III. r. No S4-By Thiessen. To regu-
late demurrage.
H. r. No. 5O-By Van Housen. TWO
H. r. No. 54-By Harrison. Action
IL. r. No 71-By Walsh. To authorize
interurban roads 10 sell electricity
II. r. No. 73-By Cone. Prohibiting
the employment OF tower men under III
years.
II, r. No. s2-By Keifer. To prevent
obstruction of streets
II. r. No. l03-By Jennison. Declaring
telephone companies common carriers
II. h. No l10-By Scudder. Prohibit
ing stealing OF rides.
II. II. No. li7-By Hehernan. To far-
nish cars.
Fight ON Tucker Resolution.
The resolution by Tucker OF DouG4aa,