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Show ' 'V ' , - - I - I ""J"' J-J ' - ' o' ,'" - - x .lit . . J .. - Mrs. Cculter, ia.Fr.ce cI.E:f;:v'r.:r!:s i:rr.:rcf:r The anti-tobacco bill, which, makes It a misdemeanor for any person less than J 18 years of age to have in his possession 1 any cigrarette, cigars, tobacco, opium or : other narcotic, occupied nearly the en- j tire session of the House this morn-'' , Ins. 1 Despite Mrs. Coulter's strong plea for r its passage, for the protection of the children, it became apparent that the opposition- to the measure was very strong, and had it come to final passage i its fate would probably have been death. -' Mrs. Coulter finally obtained permission to withdraw the measure for amend- i ment, and Intends to present the bill In a slightly less stringent form. In speaking to the motion to strike out the enacting clause, Mrs. Coulter ' eaid in par: "The carelessness of parents In child ! supervision and child training is large ly responsible for the growth of the to-!i to-!i liacco habit among our boys, and there must be a way open. If we desire to check it, for fastening a measure of re- sponsibility upon such parents. " "I am not one who believes In fixing all responsibility upon the dealer. The parent who neglects the duties of pa- . renthood, and consigns his children to the streets, falling to exercise a proper . supervision over them, becomes himself him-self the closest ally of the dealer and like him should be made amenable. "There Is no stronger truism than Take care of the child and the man will take care of himself. - "Where parents fall so grossly In the supervision of the habits of their chili-ten chili-ten as to permits hundreds of small boys in Fait Lake and gden to have become be-come addicted to the cigarette habit, it is urgent that every avenue of relief be opened for checking the evil and rescuing res-cuing these boys while there Is still the poKslbility of hope." Tietjen declared the measure was too severe upon eight or ten-year-old children chil-dren who might be ignorant of the law and unknowingly violate it, and insisted that people should control children by kindness, not by law and force. Asked by Mrs. Coulter if the children of the country were addicted to the tobacco habit, he said they were, and Condon interrupted to say that the habit was worse in the country than In the cities and towns.' '- J. E. Johnson threw a bomb Into the ranks of the opponents of the bill by declaring: "We have been all through this session legislating to' protect and benefit stock, now when we .want to do something for . the children, someone wants to kill the bill without giving us a chance even to change it." Mrs. Coulter then tried hard to have the measure set for special order at 2:30 O'clock next Tuesday af tern eon, but was outvoted, although "pleas for this courtesy came from several members. Wilson -wanted Its fate decided now: "I am a man with a family," he declared. de-clared. "I can put up about six times as many children as the lady who Introduced Intro-duced the bill, and the other Represen-tatlve Represen-tatlve from Ogden who favors It." |