The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-12
DANAHER'S STRONG
 SPEECH FOR HIS COM MPENSATION BILL
Workers Throughout the State Discuss Its Effect at Public
 Hearing
Especial to The Farmer>

A1dOO O2 <4LLOT44eJ GOTpel1uS J. Dana- her Of Meriden in the interest of the
 so-cailed Danaher bill, at the hearing at the Capitol yesterday on Working mems Compensation measures In addition to the brief outline of
 MT. Danaher's remarks in these dis
 patches yesterday, he went on to say:
 T feel safe in saying that every
 man elected to the general assembly
 upon any ticket was so elected with the declaration of his part& confront
 ing him. a declaration in favor of the enacting into law of a workmar's compensation act have neither time nor patience with those who cynical ly say that men elected to public of- fee are not bound by party platforms. Twenty-one states have now adopted or have in process of adoption com pensation laws,
 Honesty in public life does not diff fer from honesty in private life and the standard of one is the standard of the other. The governor of our stafe has declared in favor of the princi- pie of workmen's compensation. The distinguished son of Ohio who is soon to be one of our citizens sent to Con gress one of the finest messages I ever read upon this subject, in support of the principle.
 Even the present distinguished oc- cupant of the White House, President Woodrow Wilson, has added his word 1OaL
 ''The very excellent commission ap- pointed by the governor, two years ago, has unanimously reported in fa- vor of 1t and this report you have, to- gether with well reasoned bill.
 ''The manufacturers of the state ask you to report a bill which shows much careful thought along the lines of cor recttng the abuses of the present sys- tenn and e1nbodying this principle of compensation.
 fThe progressivel members of this general assembly have declared in fa- vor of the principle and their most noted leader, Theodore Roosevelt ex- President of the United States, caused to be passed and approved the first federal bill applying only to certain employees of the government.
 You gentlemen of the committee have had a number of hearings con- ducted with perfect fairness and have patiently listened to a mum Der of rep resentative citizens advocate the sew eral plans for and all in favor of g.
 Workmen's compensation law. Not a l single protest against the principle
 of compensation has been uttered. Esv- eryone has earnestly and seriously sought to help the committee to adopt
 and favorab1y report a satisfactory, bill.
 CT must congratulate MT. Russell and MT. EccIes upon their manage u1GItC O1 presenting D1llSs l must eS- pecially commend that distinguiSne d
 son of respected father, MT. Howell Cheney, upon his presentation of tae
 manufacturers bill, not for a single moment forgetting the able contention of MT. Wells, and I know I will be pardoned if I am especially enthu- siastic upon the very valuable aid rem dered to the committee by one who is tremendously serious, earnest and un- tiring in his efforts for the betterment
 of mankind, Prof. Willard c. Fisher. | in his criticism of the several bills and
 his advocacy of the good points of each bill.
 'tAnd now, gentlemen, this is Ia- 1 bor's day.
 "'organized labor to man, unor- ganized labor so far as I have been able to ascertain their wishes by a large number of additions upon the \ bill known as the Federation of La | Dor bill or as called by the several speakers, the Danaher bill, present to you and for your consideration of the | bill which embodies their views. In | this connection, I do not claim for l myself any special credit. I found it, ! examined it, upon investigation found
 it had received the support of manu- 4facturers, employers of labor, en- 1 pIoyes, the public and the press alike, and most important it had received the santion of the highest court of the state of it's adoption-Ohio, tIt was an easy matter to adapt it to Connecticut's needs and did so. It was unanim ously adopted by the State Federation of Labor in con Vention in Waterbury and later adopt ed by the representatives of the a1- lied workers at a later convention at
 Meriden- It has received the ap- provaI of large manufacturers, large employers of labor, businessmen, drawn kind words from the present speaker of the House of Representa- tives and is in every way. in every detail, tried and approved bill by all classes.
 ''This is the bill now offer to your committees. This is the bill which I ably upon to the general assembly. ''The main idea of this bill is insur- anee. Insurance against broken
 bones, split blood and death of the workers. The compensation is the highest. the cost is the lowest and
 ploye greatest of any of the plans pre-
 sented to you.
 "Even in the most hazardous occu- pations, the cost would not exceed one and one-half per cent, of the pay roll
 and in most cases would be well be- low one per cent. of the payroll. Upon the payment of the premium the employer cannot be sued in any
 court only for intentional negligence
 or it's equivalent.
 f'The premium is paid to the state
 treasurer and by him deposited in a
 state fund from which no money is to be paid only for compensation.
 ''This gives the employer his insur- ance at naked cost. The admins trative cost of the fund is paid by.