The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-13
SENATE PASSES: ;.
|: !: SEMI MONTHLY PAY:
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Bill Passed After IA Years Fight
Four Senators Vote
"Aye".

4He SelHl-IlOlLnly pay day Dill; IN
trod duced< by: Senator Gardner Of Brain
erd, and for which organized labor
has been fighting since the legislative
session of 1901,1 passed the State
senate by. "a narrow margin of one
vote on, last Friday. :.~ >>..-..,,.,.
[. The bill required, a. majority of the
members of the>upper body The roll
call first showed that the measure had
only ,33 votes, to 80 against, but SEN
-ator Turnham changed his vote from
the negative to the affirmative and the
bill was adopted. The house passed
this bill week before last. 2 =:
:, Every possible means of pressure
was brought to bear by the railroads
and other public service corporations
to defeat the measure. But the deter
mined fight made by organized
labor through its friends in the legis-
lature and outside of it as well, finally
put the measure across.
Senator Sullivan of Saltwater and
Senator Sullivan of St. Cloud led the
opposition to the bill and their motive
is well known. Both these men are
the attorneys for public service cor
porations and opposition from them
was only to be expected.
Senator Jones of Duluth and SEN
ator Campbell Of Minneapolis worked
like Trojans for the measure and the
passage of the bill is due in no small
measure to their efforts. All the ST..
Louis county senators with the ex-
ception Of ~FIealy supported the bill.
The, bill had passed the house in
lature but the senate in each instance
quitely laid it away. Senator Camp
bell of Minneapolis sponsored the bill
during his three terms as a member
Of the house and fought vigorously
for it again this year.
The debate last Friday lasted more
than two hours, and the opponents Of
the measure used every means to de-
lay it's consideration in tie; hope that
they might defeat it. !, It's passage by
the legislature will mean that, every
public service. corporations, including
ratlroa aas uapst tts i. emp 4 at
sss$s = &
Senator Jones Speaks.
THE point is made said Senator
Dick Jones of Duluth. in speaking for
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burden on the railroads in Minnesota
to compel them to pay their en-
ployes twice a month, In that it, will
cost them in the neighborhood Of
$4,000 per year to do so. Even if
this. were true, it is unfair, to compel
employees of these public service cor
porations to wait, 80 days for: their
wages. The railroad companies are
the only public service corporations
that hold back 20 days pay and thus
they are enjoying a privilege not in
sisted upon by anyone else.
But we deny this claim of the
railroad officials, It is ridiculous to
argue that they will be Obliged to
double their office force merely be-
cause this bill passes. At most of the
division points where the clerical work
is done, no additional employees will
be necessary, and in the rush seasons,
the Increase in the number of en-
ployes in this department need not be
more than Is per cent. ~. -
1--WE have heard considerable argu-
ment today about the freedom of
contract and that this bill, if passed,
would interfere with the liberty of the