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Show LIMIT WORM'S 111 TO 10015 Mil Richardson Bill Passes SenateJjl After Adoption of Several W Amendments. fil The senate Thursday afternoon passetlfff the Richardson house bill limiting tho'yij length of a working day for women tol nine hours and providing that no woman M-shall M-shall be required to work more thanjfaj fifty-four hours in any week. aMk The bill came up on the report of Ih&jSji committee on labor. A majority of thsfj! committee recommended that the bl) nfm not passed and a minority rc6ominendtl gl that It bo passed. Badger moved tha )rS adoption of tho minority report, and Funk the adoption of the majority report. Sen- til ator Kuehler moved ns a substitute IliatSii the bill go on the calendar. The tmlisU.J?,!; stole carried, and the hill was made o?Et special order for a later hour In the aft.lg crnoon. Wm When the bill came up for final pas- sage several amendments were pmpojodlBB1 ami placed In the bill. One of t'nes brtrw Senator Smith, made tho bill appllciblolm to hospitals, except In case of cinei zvwzy. sMi Senator Kuehler amended the bill oVW make It Include telegraph and tclephoaif-ll! companies. Senator Uerson asked thalSjl Dr. Jane W. Skolfield. vho rc-nr ?yr.tedfj a largo number of women advocates nljtm the bill, be given Iho floor of the scittteSjp to sneak in favor of tho bill. ScrntorlMi Funk objected, and his objection aJjT seconded by Senator Hyde. However, the 9 Fonnte decided to grant Dr. Skolflold h 'm privilege of speaking. Dr. Skolfield jalj, thai In view of what had been tsalil she! would decline to ?poak. fooling.' sle s.iM.J -If lhat Hie bill was safe In Iho hands of lhi senate. On a roll call tho bill passed byAru a vote of 1 1 to I. Yi Tho roll call showed I his vole: iff Ayes Badger. Booth. Burton. i-Iorslfr.ifJIi Iverson. Kelly. Kuohler. Marks, Sejr,-p Smith. Stookcy. Williams. Wilson, I'rejl--J dent Gardner- 1 I. rm Noes Funk. Hyde, i.iml. OlsonJ. B |