The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-06
He Was an Enemy to all Labor Leg
islation While Member of State
Legislature and Voted
With Minority.
CARROLL WAS NOT so
OF the TWO Candidates for the Nom
ination for Governor Of Iowa,
Laborins Men Prefer
Carroll.
Special to The Gate City.


DES MONIES, May 6.-The ex-
travagant claims of the friends OF
Warren Garst as to his record in the
legislature of the state has caused
an investigation to be made by those
who know that much speculation and
untruth are contained in the reports
and claims sent out by Bert Keltz and
the other deposed officials whose rec
ord in office is notorious. Following
the bursting of the bubble by Senator
Gillilland of Mills county who dem
onstrated by quoting the senate Jour-
nal that Garst was an obstruction1st
in the passage of the so-called pro-
gressive legislation comes the addl-
tional discovery that throughout ms
entire career as senator Warren Garst
was an enemy to all labor legislation.
! He was one Of the bitterest opponents
of the child labor bill and fought 1t
| at every turn of the road until 1t
| passed unanimously when he reluct-
antly gave an affirmative vote to the
/ bill. This was however, after he had
dll6uptGu W SlIdoSulaSo thS PAO'A
ions of the bill and to render it worth
less.
An investigation of the senate
Journal of 1904 discloses that when
Senate File No. Sc, which was the
original child labor bill by Dowell,
came up for passage on February Is,
of that year it passed the senate by a
vote of SO to s. OF the eight voting
against this beneficial legislation was
/ Warren Garst. This bill failed to
i pass the house.
At the next session of the general
assembly in 1906, w. S. Hart, mem
4 Der of the house fathered a child
labor bill through that branch of the
assembly which was introduced In
the senate March 13, 1906, as House
File No "a. During the consideration
of this measure, there were two
amendments introduced for the pur
pose of making the law imperative
One provided that the age limit should
4 be reduced from fourteen years of age
ito twelve years of age, thereby max
ing it permissible to work children in
the mills and factories of the state al
the tender age of IL years. Warren
4 Garst voted in favor of that amend
ment It's purpose was to defeat the
plan of the bill. Another amend
ment provided that children of Il
wears of age could work on danger
Gus machinery instead of 16 years o1
age as the law now provides. War
rem Garst also voted in favor of thai
amendment.
The result was that this bin was
passed by the senate with the las
: named amendment; was then refer
red back to the house; the house re
fused to concur and the senate order
: ed the appointment of conference
committee. The conference commit
tee then reported to the house, which
adopted the report, a law which i'm
bodies the present provisions of thu
child labor law This bill was finall,
passed by the senate on April 2, 1906
by vote of 80 to 8. After opposin;
the bill throughout its course War
rem Garst reluctantly voted in tn
J affirmative for the bill, directly re
! versing his former attitude on tn
measure after he saw that further OF
position was useless.
His attitude is greatly resented b
all the laboring men of the. state VIII
: are declaring that since Carroll. VIII
has always been their friend, ha
stood by them, they will stand b
: him for denomination, especial
against man who has been alway
an opponent of the beneficial legisls
tion which they have advocated