The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-22
CHILD LABOR BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Not an Amendment Tackled
on and 1t Is Probable 1t
Will Become Law.
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Indianapolis, Feb. 22.-Forecasting
that the Keegan child labor bill will
be written upon the statute books at
the close of the present legislative
session, the senate vote Of "a to q in
favor of the bill as It stands without
amendment. brought Joy to the many
champions of the bill Tuesday after
noon.
Thus the motion to substitute the
minority report of Senators Beal,
Rats and Jenkins, favoring amend
ments to the bill. for the majority re-
port signed by Senators Shively.
Carleton. Lamont and Farrell was
lost.
The friends of the bill are inclined
to look upon the vote on the commit
tee report as test which may show
the lineup on the third reading of the
bill.
For Original Form.
Those voting to preserve the orig
inal form of the bill were Akin, Garlic
ton. Clark. Curtis. Farlow. Farrell.
Fleming. Gers, CRUDE. Greenwell.
Hsuck. Jackson. Kistler. Lamont,
Long. McCarty. Netterville, Parks.
Powers. Proctor. Shively. Stotsen-
berg, Sullivan. Tilden, Trautman.
Traylor and Yarling.
Those voting to amend the bill SO as
to permit the 54-hour week for chill.
dren between the ages of IA to IS.
placing individual cases within the
Jurisdiction OF the courts with power
to forbid work, were Senators Beal,
Brady. Commons. Crumpacker. Durre,
Gavit, Halleck. Hanna. Hibberd. Hig-
gins. Hunt, jenkins. Kane. kimmel.
Lambert. Moore. Rats, Royse,
Strange. White. Wood.
Not voting-Harlah. Sexon.
The Republican minority of 90
threw Its full force against the legis-
lative apportionment report offered by
majority of the committee with
Senator CRUDE at it's head. but %
votes were readily marshaled against
1t and the report was adopted.
Fight Against Hurry Fails.
Senator Henry Gers of Washington
got his speech against DIR. J. N. Hurry.
secretary of the state board of health.
out of his system Tuesday afternoon
and then his bill which would have
ousted DR.. Hurry was suffocated un-
der II votes. with only for It. Those
who voted to put an end to DR.. Hur-
TVS oflicial career, which has extend
ed over 20 years. were Senators Far
low. Farrell. Fleming. Gers, Parks,
Proctor and Trautman.
A Tribute to Hurry.
Senator Wood. in denouncing the
bill paid q high tribute to the present
secretary of the health board, saying:
~ believe DIR. Hurry has done more
for the people Of the state of Indiana
than any other man in it today. He
has done more toward getting the
principles of good health before the
people than any other man or set of
men. The people of this state owe to
him for the present health which
they enjoy more than they will ever
be able to Fay. And think If this
state Ia contemplating erecting me-
MORALS to any one, it could not do
anything more appropriate than to put
one up In the name of this man. who
for score of years has never falter.
ed in his wonderfully energetic Aght
for the public health"
DIR. Gers accused DIR. Hurry of play
ing to the galleries because he puts
health facts before the people through
the newspapers. But DIR. Milton T.
McCarty of Frankfort, senator from
Carroll and Clinton, said Indiana &
board of health occupies high rank
and to pass the bill would be to step
back half century. He said the real
reasons for DR.. Gers waging a person
al fight against DIR. Hurry could be
told on the floor of the senate If il
were necessary. referring indirectly
to the fact that DR.. Gers once failed
to pass an examination to become a
local health Officer. He threatened to
say these things IL the senator from
Daviess and Pike became too "pestif
erous and obnoxious" Senator T. r.
Brady OF Wabash. the third doctor In
the upper house, also stood up for DR.
Hurry.
Veterans Bill Gets BY.
The surprise of the Tuesday SEES
sion was the passage Of IS votes and
no opposition OF Senator Strange's
bill giving veterans the preference
for all state appointments carrying
salaries of not more than $50. The
willy members of the Democratic ma.
jority saw that the bill has slim
chance Of getting through the house
at this stage in the game and they
took their political fortunes into due
consideration. deciding not to fight
this veterans measure. But Senator
Strange may now take hope in the
finely organized Republican minority
in the house and the disrupted Demo.
Gratis.