Arizona republican., 1916-08-09
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 WASHINGTON, Aug S-The senate late today passed the bill to prevent interstate commerce in hrodncts of child labor. The vote was 52 to F. The measure, already passed by the house. was. brought to vote in the senate upon the insistence of Presi- dent Wilson after the democratic senate caue1s once had decided to defer its consideration until next De- cember.
 Senators who voted against the bill were:
 Bankhead. Alabama; Bryand and Fletcher. Florida: Hardwick and Smith Georgia. Overman and Sim mons. North Carolina Smith and 1'illman, South Carolina- Williams, Mississippi tdemocrnts) and Oliver and Penrose, Pennsylvania Iepubli cansl.
 Opposition to the measure had come ' chiefly from southern cotton mill owners. and the group of southern democrats who voted against it had fought in caucus and maintained ! their opposition during the senate de- hate on the ground that il is uncon- | stitutional and would interfere with the rights of the states. Eleven dem ocrats from the south. Senators | Swanson and Martin. Virginia. Un- derwoed. Alabama Vardaman. Miss | issippi. James and Beckham Ken | lucky; Ransdel Louisiana; Robinson. 1 Arkansas. and Culhers9n and Shep- pard of Texas. and Shields. Tennessee | voted for it.
 1 Ir order to expedite considera tion of the measure ia conference senate conferees were appointed immediately | after the final vote was taken. The 1 only amendment adopted would ex- tend the bills provision to bar all 1 products Of establishments employing children from interstate commerce The house measure was directed only against those on which child iabo' | actually had been employed
 Senator Porah did not offer the amendment he had drawn attachine the immigration bill as a rider ir order to force action on i' at this session. Amendments tc raRe th' prohibition apply only to children un- der Ii who could not read nor write l to make it apply to children or 1 farms and to postpone ifs effective date for two years we~" voted down
 The bin as passed would prohibit in- l terstate commerce in the u-oduci o any mine or quarry in which chi'- dren under IS have heen employed or in the product of any mill cnn-
 nerv. worlSehop factory ormanrfac turing establishment in which childrcI under 14 have been ennlovea o'
 which children between II and Il have been employed before six o'clo@l ir the morning or later than : V tho evening. IL would take effect on'
 year after enactment
 Dpring the closing hours of deb7t
 today Senator Tillman deuounce'
 southern cotton mill owners onnosir'
 tha bill and said that while he he
 licved it unconstitutional he wa
 tempted to support it because of th'
 selfishness of the interests fishtin it. He also declared congress was to-
 much influenced by the attitude c
 lahnr interests.
 "I have been shocked" said th" Soui'
 Carolina senator ''to see men +
 South Carolina-rich. we'll eeuc9te
 r,er--who were willing te swell thei
 dividends at the expense of litt'
 children. The viel of sophistrv i their letters could not hide thei heartlessness. Their nlaa. strinne' .
 ,erhiore. 's lct tho ohildron toil tha wo r1av live in luvurv a"d cpt "
 wonder ot the snroaA of eo"iaiisn an' l