Show I 1 children und vadir r 11 years of or AS iga to be pro totted bj by law LONDON june 18 in the debate in the commons today to day ou on the factory bill the amendment of buxton liberal to prohibit children under 11 years of age from working was 88 a adopted by a vote ot to the was thus defeated the majority included include da ji few conservative mm ambers bers 11 amendment will affect to children in the kingdom n now employed in the hii 3 Ii dw districts as s half timers it is a philanthropic reform and v wai as opposed by the bulk of the 0 operatives pera tives who benefit by the labor of their offspring off offo aprin pring the argued that the abolition of child lab labor 0 would d provide more work for adulte adult morley challenged the government to eay say whether they opposed Bax Bux tona tons amendment or not whereupon home borne secretary matthews matthewa intimated that the government would not accept the amendment the object of the clause might still ba be defeated atea by an amend ment government will accent the situation the news commenting upon the matter says the blow ia is both dabag edg and and ignominious and not even the resignation of home borne secretary S matthews will save the be government from diser discredit dit a and nd disgrace the chronicle bay says a truly secretary matthews ia Is a costly luxury to th estate tate the defeat of the government will seriously damage the proe every unionist candidate in the next general election the timea says we cannot pretend to regret that the button buxton amendment carried nevertheless an 1 unpleasant rebuff of the ministers a was incurred by an attitude unnecessary injudicious and not altogether straightforward the rejection rejeb tion of the amendment after our action at the berlin conference would have exposed us to the odium of the world aa as a nation of pharisees Pharis ees 11 the standard saya says it la to a pity that matthews refuse ref to allow the government supporters eup portera the freedom to vole vote an as they pleased lord hartington sir henry james ani a few other dissidents voted with the minority while chamberlain and the bulk of the diee indents voted with the majority |