The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-20

ing 70 set me to promote a certain
Judge x over the head OF another Judge
among the Judges and the leading mem
oers OF the bar that Judge y ought not
70 nave Judge X jumped over HIS head.
Il i am inclined 10 think that the soiu-
tion i mentioned - YOU s. the solution
snsil have 10 adopt Remember the
s:30."l
In every instance 1 substantially car
RED my point. although IN some cases
not In exactly the way in which 1 had
originally hoped.
Gains MADE.
There were various measures to which
ne gave a grudgtnE and querulouz assent
without any break being threatened
secured the rc-enactmeut OF the civil ser
vice law. which under my predecessor
cured a mass or labor legislation, in
Guiding the enactment OF laws 20 IN
crease the number OF factory inspectors
TO create a tenement-house Commission
twhose findings resulted In further and
excellent legislation Co improve housing
eondit9nsl 20 regulate and improve
ami prevailing rate OF wages Law eject
I've. 70 secure the genuine enforcement
Of the act relating To the hours or rail-
way NoikeISs To compel railways 20
equip freight trains with air-brake- 90
eEllii" N" working hours or women
and protect both women ana children
from dangerous machinery. to enp-rce
good scAnoldtng provisions for workmen
or. buildings 90 provide seats for the use
.r mattresses iu hotels and restauEants
70 reduce TIE hours Uf labor for drug
store clerks, 90 provide FOR tho r-giStrs-
-iuu or lnburers for municipal employ
ment. j tried hard but failed q r--t1rs
control 81 employment OFFICES. There We 10
hart nghtiug over some OF these bills.
ana, what wa. much moro serious. there
was an eTort to get round tie law nv
trlckerT and hv securing its tueTiciert
endorsement. was ooutiuually helped
DE men with whom ] hal gotten iu touch
while IN the police department. mon such
u- james Bronson Rev Tpid- turougl
whom hrst became interested IN settle
I.tit W"fk Hu the East Slide. once or
twice ] went suddenly down a. N-ac,
b orh city without warming anyone and
tratersed the tenemcut-house quarters
visiting various sweat-shOps picked a.
random. Jacob Rtis accompanied me
and a. a result OF our inspection We Cot
not only pm Improvements iu fhe law bur
= still more marked Improvement in rs
hdministf alton. Ih0nkg - ieay TO the ac-
tiVity ana good sense Of pr. John "a
Pryor. Of Buffalo. and by the use OF ev-
cry pound or pressure which as governor
! could br!ng 70 bear IN legitimate fash
ION including special emergency mes
"a bin providing Tor the frst state nos
rltai for inc!pient tuberculosis we got
valuable laws for The farmer laws pre-
venting the udultertaion Of food prod
Hets (Which laws were equally valuable
O" the consumer, and laws helping the
ddiryman. In addition TO labor legisIa
jion was able 20 DO a good deal FOR
forest preservation and the protection
~ our wild life. All that later I sfrov.
for iu the nation in connection with con
scrvatipu was foresi allowed BY what 1
stroVe 20 obtain FOR New York state
when was governor. and I was already
working 81 connection with clifford Pin
NOT and Newell. secured better ad-
min stratiOn. nnd some Improvement f-,
me laws Themselves. The Improvement
Do ddnt nistrstipu. and in the .naracfs~
~ ~ game and forest
cured partly - the result Or % -nnrar
-rCe IN the executive chamber a. witch
] had FORTY ~ the best guides and
woodsrGcn OF tho Adirondack
The next chapters ~ NJ Ro1-ev~its
tnRpter- - = Possible Autobiography
iH entitled Tho Governor u. The In
surance and street Franchise Eight" IL
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