Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-05
SUBSTITUTE FOR COMMISSION
BILL MAKES MAXIMUM
5000.
COMPENSATION FOR iDLENEss
Thru INJURY ALSO REDUCED
Private Insurance Companies Looked
to Chiefly to Rscoup Employee
Hearings Soon on Wrishtman Bill,
Which 10 Backed By STATE Manufae.
tursrs' Association.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 5.-The Wrightman
bill for substitute for the workmen's
compensation act proposed by the state
commission appointed by authority of
the legislature to consider the subject
and report bill and a system, is
ready for printing and it will be one
Of the most bulky bills the state print
er is called upon to print. The original
copy makes seventy typewriter pages.
and it is complicated affair, differ
ing in many respects from the COM
! mission bill recommended for adop-
ton
In the commission bill the compen-
sation for death to an employe Is fixed
: at the limit Of $500; in the Wright
, man bill it Is fixed at $4,000, the high
sum being regarded as prohibitive.
The commission bill applies in all
industries where five or more persons
are employed, and this might include
very few large farmers; the Wright
man bill specifically exempts all farm
ers from the operation Of the law.
There is a difference also in the
amount of compensation to workman
laid off for temporary injuries. the
Wrightman bill fixing so per cent of
the mans wage as proper, while the
other bill fixes a higher sum.
The commission bill contemplates a
form of compensation which may be
| made UP either by contributing to the
state funds or by connection with an
insurance company; while the other
bill looks chiefly to private insurance
companies to recoup the employer. the
charge for death or injury being
against the-employer directly.
In behalf Of the smaller sums allowed
for death and injuries In the Wright
man bill 1t 10 claimed that at the pres
| ent time the entire burden for indus
trial accidents is upon the employees
and they stand for It, with only such
| small shifting OF the burden as comes
thru the courts; that 1t IL shown that
Loo peg cent OF all Academia are due
wholly to the employee and he should
be held responsible in fact; that to
shift the e:.!.e burden from the en-
ploye to the employer would be disas-
trous to industry In this state. and
cause a great set back for manu-
features. BY making the compensa-
ton low enough. the employers will be
able to comply with the law and still
continue doing business; but otherwise
many would be driven out OF business.
Hearings on the bills will be ar
ranged as soon as the Wrightman DILL
backed by the state manufacturers as
ISOLATION. 10 printed
sss
Lobbying will no longer be tolerated
in the house Of representatives while
that body is in session. After hall
century or more during which lobbyist.
have been given an almost unlimited
rein in the matter OF privileges the
rules committee yesterday afternoon
shut Oh the practice.
The reform was accomplished by ar
amendment which added few words
| to rule sc Of the house regulations. II
plain, simple language the amendment
states that lobbying shall not be per-
mitted on the floor Of the house while
the house In In session.
Members Of the rules committee
state that no particular brand OF lob
byists was aimed at in adopting the
restricting amendment. but that 1t Il
aimed at the whole practice. They
say that lobbyists occupy SO much o.
the time of the members that they are
not able to transact their business II
the manner they desire.
Since lobbying became ar institution
as we'll established as the system o.
government. paid emissaries Of inter
ests desiring the enactment or defea
Of certain forms of legislation have
had the privileges Of the house hoo'
and the right to button-hole mem
bers while engaged in the TRANSACTION
of the states business.
The action OF the rules COMMITTEES
yesterday is designed to throttle th<
practice. The rule does not extend tt
periods when the house is not In ses'
sion, but within the next two weeks
when afternoon sessions are startee
the lobbying will be made extremely
difficult. All o. the work will have
to be done during the noon intermis-
sion or IN the corridors Of the state
| house when a member can be caught
in those precincts or decoyed there.
It also is probable that the mouse
employees will be required to enforce
the rule or floor privileges. The rule
provides that only members. ex-mem
bers, judges. ex-judges. relatives OF