Evening journal., 1915-01-23


for street trades are wrong. and a
majority of the special permits are
wrong. They are all tabulated. Mr.
Edwards has them. He can give them
to you accurately. His monthly re-
ports did not agree with his quarter
ly reports; his quarterly reports did
not agree with his annual reports. -
Miss Bssell said she did her field
work only when somebody made COM
plant, and any citizen could make
complaint
From the outset there was fric-
ton in the commission, wasn't
there?" Mr.. Jones asked.
Yes Miss Bissell said
"There were Gibbons and anti-Gib-
hons members?"
81 wouldn't say that" said Miss
Bissell. "Mr. Hazel and Mr.. Coady,
the latter an .old-time friend, werc
supporters of Mr.. Gibbons"
And the others were anti-Gib-
bons?'
NO; I should say they were for
the law"
Miss Bissell said Mr.. Hazel, a mem
Der of the commission, did not re-
gard the Child Labor Law as a very
good one.
"Did Mr.. Hazel and Mr.. Coady
know the law?"
81 don't know"
did you know it2'
Miss Bissell said she felt she knew
it better than the other commission
ers.
CIT ..s4...,4,l tf,.t ebe oonefdorad
Mr.. Gibbons inaccurate, his work in
efficient and unsatisfactory. While
she was active, she said the majority
ruled the commission.
In reply to questions she said she
would regard 1t as a grave mistake
not to have women on the commits
sion to look after the children of the
State fI believe men and women
should be on the commission" she
added. Il am satisfied with the com
mission as il is. / believe in Op-
position. believe the majority
should rule all the time"
ain a majority you can controlY
asked Mr.. Jones, cor so long as you
can control Il"
mo, in majority rule all the time.
Miss Bissel was asked about al
article in the North American and re
printed in THE EVENING JOURNAL
"I never saw that article, ] know
nothing of il, and never met Mis-.
Weston until this morning" replied
Miss Bissell. Il was visiting Sena
tor Saulsbury's house in Washington
when ! received a telegram from Mis-
Weston asking for my photograph.
/ do not know who inspired the arti
Gle"
Mr.. Jones said he considered tn,
article to contain grave charges
against the members of the Legisla
ture and the court that appointed th'
commission.
Miss Bissell, in reply to Senator
Hofecker. said she was opposed t.
Mr.. Gibbons from the outset and con
tinued to be to the end
She read letter from Henry 3
Thompson, in which he said his nam'
was used without mis- consent, in III
Gibbons references, and in which h.
set forth Ills belief thar the ar"oint
ment Of Mr.. Gibbons would cause re
gret Mr.. Thompson said Mr.. Gibbon
later told him he hal used his name
and he considered Mr.. Gibbons ha
many admirable qualities, but wa
not fitted to be child labor inspector.
You and Mr.. Mendinhall ran tn
commission, didn't you?' aske
Speaker Grantland.
mo- said Miss Bissell, I'VE had al
executive committee OF three whic
reported to the commission and kep
the commissioners informed by 'ci
ter"
Mr.. Grantland asked Miss Bissel
if she did not consider an eight
member commission unwieldly, an
she replied not.
But committee of three ra
things, didn't it?" asked Mr.. Grant
land
Miss Bissell said the committee q
three reported to the commission
which held quarterly meetings, an
she considered eight members neces
sary. With an inspector antagonist
TO the work, and with a partisan ap
pointee not energetic enough to d
the work and an obstructionist in
spector removed, Miss Bissell sal
she considered that the commissio
has worked its way out, has graspe
the situation, "and will never max
such an appointment again"
Miss Bssell said she considered NJ
Gibbons a partisan appointment b
cause Mr.. Gibbons had been Democrat
city chairman and Mr. Hazel, Kei
county Democratic chairman.
Did you give up nope that Mr.. Gi
hons would make an efficient official
Mr.. Hastings asked.
"For awhile I thought he might
J taught she replied, "but | gave up hol
later on. ] couldn't get along wit
: him."
{ Miss Bissell was asked if Mr. Gibbon
r partisanship had interfered with his d
ties or had played part in his perform
ance of duties. She did not cite any il
stances Of partisanship swaying NJ
Gibbons in his duties, and said part
sanship has much Importance now
When asked TO explain what she meal
she did not explain.
Miss Bissell said because OF differ
Cnces over enforcement of the La
she wrote a letter of resignation. /
which she said she did not want {
see the States money frittered ava
under the law, but she. at the re
quest of some of her friends. Will
drew the letter.
IF you could have controlled IN
commission. you wouldn't have hant
ed in your resignation" asked NJ
Hastings.
"That surpasses the bounds