The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-04-09

manner, and your Representatives
should be reached at once if you
hope to secure its passage.
H. B. 1913. BY Mr.. Graham. |
Providing for a full crew on pas
senger trains. Utilities committee
amended bill and recommended 1t
for passage. Amendment permits
joint handling of baggage and ex-
press. This amendment is obnox-
ious to the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen.
H. B. 1873. BY Mr.. Smith. Pro
viding for closed vestibules on
summer street cars. Passed House
Yeas 81; nays 0. Passed Senate.
Yeas; "a nays 0. Vetoed by the
Governor on account Of not being
provided in the bill for same to be-
come effective.
H. B. 499. By Mr.. Smith. Sub
stitute for H. B. 1873. Passed the
House. Yeas SO; nays 0. Mes
saged to the Senate and passed.
Yeas %; nays /. Senator Collins
opposed this bill, as he did H. B.
1873. His action was despicable
and called for a scathing speech
from his colleague, Senator Pink,
who advocated the passage of the
bill. On roll call Senator Collins
voted for the bill
H. B. 156. By Mr.. OFT. Pro-
viding that street car men shall
have IL hours rest out of every "a.
Labor committee amended bill and
recommended II for passage. Fur
ther amended by the House and
recommitted by vote of the House
20 the Labor committee. Reported
out again by the Labor committee
and amended further on the floor
Passed, yeas Cd; nays 81.
S. B. 1914. By Mr.. Archer. Civ
ing the Industrial Commission
power to fix hours of employment
and periods of rest for employees.
Labor committee reported bill to
the Senate without recommends
ton. An effort was made by labor
to have the bill recommitted, but
failed. BY vote of the Senate ac-
tion was postponed and the bill
made special order for Tuesday,
March 30, P. M. On date of
passage the bill was further amend
ed and passed. Yeas Is; nays l5.
Labor bitterly opposed this bill, and
if organized labor wants to defeat
it in the House, tremendous pres
sure must oe brought to bear upon
your representatives.
BILLS KILLED BY COMMITTEE
H. B. 191. By Mr.. King. Pro
viding lights on D-rails a d
switches.
H. B. 1872. BY Mr.. King. Per
tanning to safety devices on street
and electric cars.
H. B. 200. By Mr.. Benedict.
Providing low-water alarm on all
. steam boilers.
H. B. 464. By Mr.. Whitacre.
To prevent tampering with and
hanging signals and other safety
devices oil common carriers.
S. B. 10Y. BY Mr.. Behne. Tc
) provide adequate headlights on To-
cemotives.
After weeks of labor and a mum.
ber of public hearings on these
bills, the Legislative Agents of Or.
, ganized Labor were unable to get
the bills reported out of the Utili-
ties Committees of the House auc
Senate in any form. (Reference
, to Legislative Letter No. /. will
inform you as to the personnel oi
the Utilities Committees of House
and Senate, who are responsible
for the death of your bills, Repre-.
sentative Heinselman of Mahonine
County, excepted. }
There seems to be an understand,
ing between the members of the
! majority party to delay the progress:
of labor measures in the committee:
and upon the floor of the two
heuses of the Legislature. Thi:
policy has been very successful uE
to date, and the prospects of secur
ing any labor legislation from thi
session of the General Assembly
are very poor, On the other hand
it has kept the representatives o
labor busy day and night endeav