French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-13
LEGISLATIVE Mill IS
GRINDING SLOWLY ALONG
Love Bill Aimed at Shipman Goes to Scrap Pile--
Shipman Child Labor Bill Catherine Streno+h -
State Roads Bill Suffers From Tinkering.--Een-
derson County Road Bill Now in House.--Broun-
low Jackson's County Salary Bill.

Raleigh, N. c., Feb, 10, 1919
Things are going at lively clip here
now around the legislative halls,
with the Cenner-Saunders child labor
bill, prepared by the Department of
Labor and Printing, holding the CEN
ter of the stage. The bill proposed by
cotton mill president to abolish the
,labcr department, because the head o,
that branch Of the State governm ert
asked for effective child labor Iegisla-
tiOn is sleeping with the House COM
mittee to which it was referred two
weeks ago. The reason for it's appear
,ance was so patent that nobody has
taken it seriously. Sentiment for the
labor departments bill regulating the
employment of children is gaining
momentum. Representatives Of 80,-
i 900 organized workers in North Caro-
lima went on record here last Thurs
day unanimously in endorsement Of
the bill and are working in it's inter
est. These workers represent the Or
CARNATIONS of locomotive engineers,
conductors, fremen, trainmen, ma
Ichinists, boilermakers, electricians,
printers, pressmen and other trades.
The endorsement given the measure
by these representative labor men has
had the effect of causing the soIons. to
''sit up and take notice." and there IS
a strong likelihood of a passage Of
child labor bill with adequate ma
chinery for enforcement.
The Scales-Stevens highway bill has
attracted many citizens from the
mountain countries to Raleigh. They
are here from Asheville, Henderson,
vile, Waynesville and points further
west. The bill would provide funds,
by taxing automobiles Is cents per
horsepower, for the purpose of con-
structing a State system of highways
in line with government plans out
lined in the Federal road bill now
pending and which is. reasonably GER
tain of passage. The Senate debated
the proposed measure until late Fri
day night and adjourned without
reaching a vote. The bill will come
up Wednesday as special order with
no less than sixteen amendments
pending. The signs indicate the pas
sage of the bill in emasculated form.
Opinions on the final solution OF the
problem differ widely. 1t is reasonably
certain that a measure embodying the |
provisions of the Scales-Stevens bill
will be enacted during the session.
A bin recently proposed in the Sen
ate would authorize the election OF
county board of education by vote
of the people. This issue has arisen
at every session of the General AS
sembly since a few counties some
years ago slipped through special acts
providing that method OF selecting |
school board. The General Assembly {
passed an act two years ago that per-
mitted nominations for members Of
county school boards in democratic
primaries and the election Of the nom;-
nees by the present method. Few
counties have taken advantage OF the
primary plan and want the whole
hog" or none. A spirited contest is in
prospect.
Representative Ray, Of Macon, sue
ceeded in putting his bill taxing dogs
through the House but it has run
counter to the Stevens bill in the SEN
ate which is claimed to be more COM
prehensive and may be substituted 1or
the House bill. Anyway his dog ship is +
On the run. "
The Prohibition Marshal bill Of Re-
preventative Null, of Cleveland, has
gone to the scrap heap. 1t was done
TO death in the House. Of the tWe2~
ty-four republican members only
three of them voted for the bill, The
Henderson representative went Witc t
the majority:
Commissioner Graham and his
board do not concur in the recommen-
7ation Of Governor Beckett to erect /