The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-09-17

OF the WomanS National wilson ana
Marshall organization think the Gov
ernor should be given credit.
livery one of the acts enumerated
By Mrs. Hartman and by her accred-
tied to Governor Wilson was the work
Of Republicans and passed by Repub-
leans through the legislature. They
were not suggested by him or framed
by him, and If he had not signed
them they would have been passed
over his veto as were many other
measures. Further, the list of these
measures in the campaign circular OF
the ladies is not complete.
''They list only thirty, as follows:
"FTrst.-Limiting hours Of working wo-
men to sixty each week
"6eeond--For matrons in jails.
Third appropriation for women's re-
formatory.
"Fourth.-Establishme OF markets.
Observation-Disclosures Of trained nurs-
| ing.
'Sixth.-Special classes for subnormai
and blind children.
Seventh of managers OF
places of public amusement for allowing
attendance OF children unaccompanied by
guardians.
Eighth. - Improvement Of public
schools
'Ninth.-Punishmen of adult encour-
ayers of Juvenile delinquency.
'"Tenth.-Pawnbrokers forbidden to re-
ceive pledges from children.
"Eleventh.-Juvenile detention houses.
notwithstanding supply OF tobacco
or cigarettes to children
~Thirteenth.-Punishin deserving hus-
band or father.
"Fourteenth - Forbidding marriage of
mtaors without consent of guardians.
"Fifteenth.-Parental schools.
acknowledgement court for children
and domestic relations cases
eventeenth.-Against tuberculosis.
Eighteenth. to report cases
Of feeble mindedness.
Nineteenth.-Free remedies supplied to
physicians and midwives to prevent pre-
natal blindness
twentieth Restricting use of common
drinking cups.
"Twenty-first-C hospitals for con-
tagious diseases.
'Twentv-second.-Free dental clinics
Twenty notwithstanding employment
agencies.
'"Twenty-fourth. - Regulating moving
picture shows.
"Twenty-hfth.-Use Of prison labor on
roads.
''Twenty-s poor law.
''Twenty-seventh.-R of weights
and measures.
Twenty notwithstanding cold stor-
age.
'"Twenty-n primaries.
Observation-Disclosures sentence act
"All of these were Republican meas
ures, many Of them simply developing
and extending Republican legislation or
earlier years. New Jersey, under Re
publican administration, has been fore
most among the states of the Union
In developing good roads, public schools
and state charities and benevolences
"The good ladies' who espouse Gov
ernor Wilson's cause should have ex-
! tended their list of useful and pro
gressive legislation passed by the last
/ Republican legislature and should have
| forest fires, establishing harbor boards,
enlarging the agricultural experiment
station and college of agriculture. com
mission to provide employment for and
proper distribution of immigrants. pro
tecting the uniform of the Unite,i
| Oldl6S oOiQlSiS anu SOliOiCs
to investigate tuberculosis in cattle.
providing for the carrying of lights b.,
| horse-drawn vehicles, protecting the
| badges of Spanish War Veterans, pro
viding for greater sanitation in baker
les, protection of fish and game, i'm
proving condition of the blind, appoint
ing a plant pathologist for the benefit
of the farmers, raising the qualifca-
lions for admission to practise dent
istry, placing school janitors under civil
service protection. securing public
health by regulating oyster culture.
providing public Fairgrounds. regulat-
ing cremation. obliging physicians to
promptly report cases of communion
BILE disease. safeguarding the transpor-
tation of explosives, eight hour law for
state and country workmen. ship canal
commission. marking channels In
waterways, forbidding the employment
of minors as messengers at night, regu-
ations for fire escapes. permitting mu.
inequalities to establish their own light,
heat and power plants. prohibiting cir
culation of indecent literature. estab-
| fishing a standard for milk. amending
the mechanics lien law.
"These measures are mentioned, be-
cause, while claiming credit for Mr..
Wilson for New Jerseys most recent
progressive and humanitarian legisla
ton, the ladies of the W. N. W. and NJ
o. might as well have given him all.
Claim everything is rule long fol.
lowed by men politicians. Surely their
sisters have not yet had time to learn
If