Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-09
TO STOP BOYS
- WORK ON FARM
SocIALIsT.c MEASURES SUBJECT
OF WARM DISCUSSION IN
UPPER HOUSE.
SENATOR BISHOP MAKES
POINTED ARGuMENT-7ILL
GOES OVER TO FRIDAY.
SENATOR
MAKES
Madison, June 8.

uSdAly the MuOAe Vi TIE SeudlG SSSSAuu
yesterday morning. The first was the
busacker measure which prohibits
children under ten selling newspapers,
which was attacked by Senator Hud-
nall, Burke, Lockney and Bird and
was defended by Senators Gaylord
and Hazelwood.
During the debate Senator Gaylord
accused Senators Hudnall and Lock
ney of having their wires crossed and
advised them, for information regard
ing the tenets of socialism to go to
the socialists. Thereupon Senator
Page raised a laugh by remarking:
'Or come to this senatei"
Senator Burbes motion to non-eon-
cur was defeated, to 10 and the bill
was ordered to third reading.
When the bill by the assembly
committee ON manufactures and labor
amending the child labor law was
reached Senator Hudnall called the
attention of the senate to the fact
that il prohibited children under four
teen years working on farms. He
said the city child was permitted in
vacation time to do certain work but
the farm boy was to do no work at
all. Senator Burke made a waggish
speech for the farmer boy with cheeks
of tan and opposed the bill as class
legislation if the city boy were per-
mitted privileges not accorded his
country cousin.
Senator Hudnall pointed out as
not permit children under fourteen to
appear upon the stage even in com
pany with their parents and that it
prohibited children under 16 working
after 6 O'Clock at night or more than
55 hours a week.
Senator Lockney moved that the
bill be laid over until these points
could be looked into but the senate
voted him down. Senator Bishop,
aroused at the farming feature, said
he had a son who when eleven cared
for the work on a 140-acre farm for
forty-five days That son is now
professor in Chicago university. The
senator added: Il want TO say to this
senate that worked on the farm ana
every one of them worked as a boy.
1t is folly 10 say to the farmer that
he cannot employ his boys in the
work of the farm.
Senator Bishop called attention to
the work of children in canning fac
tArias during Sup1poaY. vacation and
was borne out by Senator Thomas.
while senator James asked what was
to become of his berrypickers who
went out each summer.
Finally, on motion of Senator
Blaine, the bill was laid over until
Friday in order that its terms might
be carefully studied.
The coupon or Dunn Docket ballot
came up for third reading and caused
considerable talk but was finally ad-
yanced after a number of senators
had spoken in favor of permitting
counties to try out the plan if they
so desi ed
Still another debate arose over the
Broekhausen bill providing for the
collection of statistics on the EN-
ployed Senator Hudnall attacked
the bill as an effort, after the appro.
priation clause had been stricken out,
to go ahead and have the work done
and then come to the next legislature
and ask for funds to cover the ex-
penditure under the law He main
tanned the question of the unemployed
was national in character and that
most of the unemployed who were
found in Wisconsin drifted in from
other states. Senator Gaylord de-
Tended the measure and. by a vote of
is to II, the senate ordered it to
third reading.
The senate non-concurred in the
Weber bill. prohibiting bakery EN-.
ployes worl'ing more than sixty hours
per week, and then took a recess I'M
til 7:3D.
A resolution was introduced and
adopted calling for committees except
claims to report out all bills within
twenty-four hours and ordering the
bills placed on the calendar. This
prefgures continuous sessions in or.
der to close up the work OF the legis-
lature but the senate was not sufi-
GENTLY sure of the ability OF the legis-
lature to close up its work this week
to concur in the assembly amendment
providing for final adjournment June
IL. To adjourn that day would re-
quire the completion of work by June
under the statute adopted two years
ago extending the time for the gov.
erncr to examine and sign bills to
six days from three. the old law.
Two new bills came in. one forbid
ding members of the legislature to act
as retainers or employees Of public
utility corporations and the other the
new bill on state printing BY the com
mittee Of claims. This bill creates a
printing commission. consisting Of
the governor. secretary Of state and
attorney general cuts out the print.
ing clerk in the secretary Of state
Office reduces the number Of blue
books to be distributed. provides for
the appointment Of state printer ~
$4,000 and q clerk at not TO exceed
$1,000 and cuts down the printing all
along the line
KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE