The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-19
Murray Replies TO the
ATdmOFe Resolutions

kHoT ~ lHserest h the gs5lc IA
safsst have grrsn hard 70 bod
io that doctrine. and whiie 6 e. ngtt
I that srery class should have specisl
iisra 70 prasct rheir SPECIAL ooudi-
uors. Jet no class should ask for a
laH that Eoaid insurs the general pub
Dc We mast keep II mind but one
lnseresi-fhe DubHe interest
Nos to Illustrate some of he pro
visions Of the labor bllls Senate BIZ
10. "a passed the senate and came 70
lie house. Article s 81 that bm pro-
Yiaed that 70 coal operator ooald em-
ploy any maa 70 dsg coal Who had not
had Two years actual experience IN
TIE employ oi coal niaes When this
bni came gp called one Of the coal
dlsgsrB % the speakers desk and en-
gzged In : dialogue Elfh him upon
what affected the minsrs and what
+. condition ought % be met By law. and
a. result of that dialogue It was
ahoEn that these tvo years expert
ence we're unnecessary, and. a. mat
ter of fact. The best qualifications of
mine digger Is . willingness 70 work,
strong muscle. and a sharp pick
just like D cotton chopper. for hare
been along the cotton ron myself; Il
requires that same willingness. strong
muscle, and sharp hoe and a good
file 70 keep It sharp. stated At the
time this bill came Up for couaidera-
ton that while ! vas ever willing
70 give any one class any law that
80nid assist them, I regarded the re-
quest b. any class that went beyond
this to the injury of the public to be
nothing more than greed and selfsh-
ness. and that as far al I was con
cemed ] would oppose It, and OBJ
served 70 the house that this provision
would inlure The farmers who burned
coal in Western Oklahoma and The
users of coal eyerywhere. and that
this monopoly Of labor, the shutting
ont of any other working man or og
the farmer Who occasionally might
want to dig coal. gave to the coal dig
ger a monopoly In that labor. and It ID
no more right 10 give labor monop-
oily Of labor than IT is any person or
corporation. Mr. stiYers. the chair
man Of the committee on mines, a
coal digger himself a fair minded
man. requested thai recommit the
bill 10 his committee and that he
would eliminate Article 5. and that
clause was eliminated over the OBJ
lection of Little Pete. and this gang
Of walking delegates that hung around
the capital
Take the child labor bin 10 which
secured several important amend
ments BY elimination Of sections.
which even then was vetoed by the
governor. Section three Of thai bill
provided that no person under sixteen
years Of age should work at any gain
ful occupation who could not read
and write except farming. l remem-
Der when was a boy without the as
sistance Of a parent, thirteen or four
teen years old, that ! worked on q
brick yard because | was unable to
get farm work. This brick work was
my only JOB. accepted that work
which enabled me TO 90 to school the
following year. and when did the
work was unable 70 read or write.
Had such a provision been In the law
at that time in my native state,
would have been without a Job and
driven either 70 violate the criminal
laws or become a beggsr Another
provision Of that same bin was That
no boy under fifteen and no girl under
eighteen should be permitted or al
lowed to pursue any gainful occupa-
tion. except farming and domestic
services, after six o'clock D. m. An
other provision provided that no psr-
son under sixteen years Of age
should be permitted to work in any
one day more than eight hours. and
then this bill continued with numer-
Gus sections Of like import. stood
in the constitutional convention, and
have since, for laws tina, would pro
hibit the working Of children in fac
tories. mines, and other dangerous em
ployment, which BY reason Of theiI
lender years would expose their nyet
to great danger, and ! believe in pro
hibitifg the working Of children In
places which will corrupt 5helr morals
and these provisions went into the
eonafffuflon Rut bev0nd this the larg