Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-28
rROW DESERTS FOES
or CHILD LABOR BILL
TO AID BRUNIBAUGH
with Only Senator Snyder
to Help, Manufacturers
Will Make Last Feeble
Fight on Measure Mon
slou
BIZ a star cOrrespondent

,pprsBtJRG, April %. Governor
.,haueh's child labor bill, providing
,he continuation schools, the grant
iOl - employment certificates only on
We ,..ts of physical fitness, prohibition
.t, work for children under 21 years
'. I'd and n 5t-hour week for minors, is
srod of passage by the Legislature.
aa,or Grow, who has been fighting to
,ba measure amended, principally
,se Of the enormous "slush" fund
.a nv certain manufacturers during
,onnalgn last year, has laid down"
W W .hsented himself during the crucial
.,od IN the fight on Monday night,
~, the bill was forced out of the
vhen ,pickling" committee of the SEN
famous Immediately after a long con-
ate with Governor Brumbaugh upon
iflrsnrriyal here last night, he Joined the
n'snnor,s n's forces. He will not fight the
Seosure as It now STANDS.
hl,i. t,i, was perfunctorily sent back to
h,,,ioi,Itnp" committee today, but was
u W, reported out. without amendment.
~ senate took this action to satisfy
s,no,or snyder and to block any attempt
y might have made to fight the bill
hen II came up on second reading to-
Ene" tJe made the motion to recommit
oy' !. was seconded by Senator Ware.
sr. ~ action carried without discussion and
l.' in0 .aynnittee meeting was called imme-
ue MI, oftervard. The measure passed
onS I'M reading after it was reported out
today. e., a,o, ,,,,.,o
a. Mondav night This agreement was
cached by the Judiciary Special Com
Na,ee today, The manufacturers amend
,s,,t .,srts will be offered then, and whatever
s.h, occurs over the measure will occur
then. eso. % s.,,,.,
,nI chairman of the judiciary Special
cnr,mittee of the Senate, the picking
.or,mlttee of that body, is now left alone
~ Iasd the fight for the manufacturers.
Ts is the most angry man on the hill to-
sav Last night was the first time in the
sIstorv of the "pickling" committee that
bill had been forced out of that body,
md he and several members of the manu-
facturers' lobby today are talking retri-
hutton against the Philadelphia leaders
a, the polls next year.
Tho manufacturers are discussing fl
rsncing an independent fight against Nc
NIchol and Ware, who, they think, have
complete understanding as regards the
Republican candidate for Mayor of Phila-
dAlnhia at the election next fall, At
nresent, however, this talk has not gained
much headway, and the probability of
sniff in the ranks of the Republican
state machine is remote.
Full credit for the Governors child
labor victory in the Senate is being
oven to Senator's Ware and McNichol
Without the cooperation of these Phla-
delpha leaders Governor Brumbaugh
never could have pushed his bill through
the Upper House of the Legislature.
"The Philadelphia machine" as the op-
ponents Of the Cox child labor bill are
calling the combination that is forcing it
through the Senate, cannot be beaten
they say Ware and McNichol have
s6idly lined up the Philadelphia delega-
ton IN favor of the bill. They also have
the solid Allegheny delegation, two
Democrats and the members from all
the rural districts.
The passage of the child labor bill will
mean that the workmen's compensation
measure will pass in the form in which
II reached the Senate. Both these meas
ures have passed the House and after
their passage by the Senate and signing
By the Governor they will become laws