Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-27
FOES, ONCE BEATEN,
PLAN NEW ASSAULT
ON CHILD LABOR BILL
n Senator Crows Absence
Governors Friends Force
oPickling" Chairman to
Report Measure.
nun stnn Correspondent

,yAPRTSBTRG April Zh-Ihe hrst
n. IN the final stage of Governor
.,hapeh's campaign for the passage
-. child labor bill is expected to
s.,,bt on the floor of the Senate
,.oorrow. The manufacturers plan to
-, an effort to recommit the measure,
,,,h was reported out unamended late
W., r,rht after the first sensational fight
,ho session in the Senate to the pick
- committee of the Senate, the Judi
dary Special
rso hill rasseG its first reading in the
,,te today. This defers the fight to
es,,,n,it until tomorrow, when the meas
-. yri, he up for its second reading
s...tor william T.. Grow. who has led in
81 senate the manufacturers fight
.roinst the bill. will then be on hand to
IN tne final struggle to defeat the
measure. ,.,
The effort to reCommit was decided upon
,his r1orning at n meeting of the manu-
tscturers lobby The purpose of this
.so,a ia TO test the strength of the manu-
sacturers in the Senate. preparatory of a
ntter fsht to have the bill amended on
ia floor of that chamber. II enough
.n,ss can he mustered to reCommit the
Mi the manufacturers feel that they
I'll, have enough to amend the measure
=, the floor in any way they desire
senator Grow was expected to arrive
hare this morning, but he failed to ap-
roar and the plans of the manufacturers
.,s beirs held UP until he comes to Har-
rlsbIrg He telegraphed from Uniontown
,odav that he will come here tonight.
THAT the Governor already has won his
ssht. however, to have the bill passed in
NJ original form appears certain, in view
A tbe fact that the measure was reported |
ant last night, unamended, and the |
hrther fact that Senator Grow, who, ;
with Senator Snyder, chairman of the |
apckng committee, has been leading |
,bs fight for the manufacturers, was alb
sent when the unparalleled action oc-
rurred In the Senate last night.
The battle over reporting the measure |
mt was fought on the floor of the Senate,
while that body was in session. and con-
tlnued all during the evening.
REFUSES TO CALL COMMITTEE
Senator Snyder, early in the evening,
refused to call a meeting of the COM
nlttee that had been scheduled for last
night He gave as his reason the fact
that Senator Grow. who is a member of
the committee was absent Senator Grow
,elegraphed from Uniontown early in the
afternoon that he could not arrive in
Harrisburg until today Senator Snyder
argued that TO call a meeting of the COM
mittee would he a breach of courtesy.
Senator McNichol, who had pledged his
support of the bill to Governor Brum-
baugh, argued with him. Senator Snyder
was obdurate. Senator Ware. who is not
a member of the committee, came to the
assistance of Senator MCNiChol, but both
Tat-at 1 II. i.
force Senator Snyder to call the meeting
Senator McNichOl then wrote a personal |
request for the meeting, and secured for
It signatures of of the Is members
The members that signed the demand for
the meeting were Senators MCNiChol
Dax, Mills, Moore Thompson, Lynch.
Patton and Smith The "Old
Guard Democratic members, who usually
run along" with the Philadelphia leaders.
refused to sign, although methods of per- ,
suasion verging on the third degree" ,,
we're used.
'HoNE CONFERENCE WITH CROW.
Repeated conferences between Senators
AcNichol, Ware and Snyder followed.
'enator Snyder still refused to call the
netting, and repeatedly telephoned to
enator Crow The Fayette Senator final
y agreed to have the committee meet
nd to have the bill reported out without 3
mendment The meeting of the COM s
lttee was then called 1t continued for 4
n hour and at the end of that time, q
enator Snyder himself reported the bill. r
Ihen he did so. however, he sounded the a
aynote of the manufacturers plans
AT this time" he said, II am report '
g out the child labor bill, as committed" Y
The Senator's leading the fight for the I
u in the form in which it passed the n
olse denied today that any agreement ]
as reached TO have the bill sent back to c
mmittee when Senator Crow is present i
help Senator Snyder fight for the
nendments desired by the manufacturers.
On the basis of these assertions, the
anufacturers' lobby, headed by Joseph
Grundy, today decided upon the ef- a
II TO recommit. Senator Snyder bore a
! the fact that no agreement to recon- +
II mas already been reached, when today y
began counting probable votes for 3
eh motion "
Many representatives of the manufac- y
N INers here today are smiling bravely and =
kihg about being gold bricked" They
y mat since the bill has been brought =
OF committee, there is slight chance
settlng 1t back there and that the meas 4
VIII pass the Senate when 1t comes up
vote. The "gold-brick" talk con-
ns the campaign fund raised last year
1,Na I.ect the ticket of the Republican Or