The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06
Senator BeVeridge VIII Strive to
 Get His Bill Passed
UPROAR FROM SOME STATES
Objection Is Raised to the Bill In the States Where Children Are Elm poyed-Senator-Ele Cum
 mins May Be Busy.
By PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, December 5(-Special)- Senator Beveridges bill to prevent child labor probably will be threshed out to a conclusion this session of Congress.
 It will be taken up as soon as the session opens by the Senate committee on education and labor of which Senator Deliver is chairman and will be gone into carefully. It Is the expectation that the committee will make a report on the bill one way or another
 Before the last session closed, Senator Beveridge got an agreement that the com mittee In question should consider his child labor bill at the opening of this session and take some action upon it. He obtained this agreement by threat ening to press for immediate considera- tion of the bill unless he could get as surances of prompt consideration in the short session.
 The child labor question as raised by Senator sBeveridge has been one of the big ones before Congress for two or three years. It has caused vast amount of discussion among members of Senate and House and much discussion outside of Congress.
 Senator Beyeridge's bill Is intended to prohibit interstate carriers from trans porting or accepting for transportation the products of any factory or mine in which children under IA are employed or per nitted to work. A great uproar against the proposition has gone up from some of the states where child labor is employed.
 Senator Beveridge is expected to ap- pear before the committee and urge a favorable report on his bill Whether he will get one Is doubtful. Since the plan was broached it has been vigorously fought by the constitutional lawyers of the Senate and they do not appear to be getting any more friendly to it.
 In fact there is believed to be little legal warrant for the passage of the measure
 cummins Will Be Active. Senator-elect Cummins Of Iowa, who will be sworn in us .ise successor of Sem ator Allison on Mondas has arrived here The revisonists are making quite a lit | tie fuss over Cumnins and are expecting great things of him. The governor does not seem inclined to disappont them by not making efforts to reduce tariff rates He said today:
 T have talked enough about the tariff. IHe lliilt lltS nOW come TOT me 10 act My views on the tariff are well known" MT. Cunmins added. ''I have always been a revisionlst, and so far as know l have not changed my views" He was asked what he thought about Senator Beveridge's tariff commission bill. T am in favor of a permanent tarin commission, he answered, but not as means of delaying action. If the passage of that measure would mean that the present movement on the part of Con gross toward revision would be delayed until the commission could furnish facts, l would oppose 1t. l favor immediate ac- tion where it is plainly the right thing and the creation of d commission for future use.''
 Do you believe in the tradition of the Senate that the youngsters should be , seen and not heard?" was asked the senator.
 Well, that depends" MT. Cummins re- | piled. 'I don't think man should at tempt to override the customs of the Sen ate just for the sake of doing 1t. l cer- tainly do not intend to make d speech right away, just for the sake of causing a sensation. But when the time comes, be it early or late, when l feel I should speak, l shall do my duty l am like the Quakers. I wait until the spirit moves me- you sec