The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-11-18
Prominent DenOer Lawyer, Member
of Industrial Commission, of COL0-
RADIO, GiOes Interesting Insight In-
to C0L0rdd0's Most Talked of Wew
L0lOs Before the University Club.

An unusual spirit of jollity and good
feeling prevailed Tuesday night when
the members of the University Club
enjoyed their second meeting of the
year at the Miller Hotel A splendid
banquet during which much happy
s'Iging was indulged in and was fol
lowed by business meeting during
which the revised constitution was
offered by the committee, discussed
at length and finally adopted as
drafted
! Rev. A. L. Chase, hev. Dean and
Rev. Floyd Van Keuren. fnewly
elected members, made their maiden
speeches before the club and at their
conclusion were greeted with rounds
OF applause. They all made more
ian good.
q member of the Industris< commission
tof Colorado was the speaker of the
evening Although not in the best of
health he made a special effort to
come from Denver 20 appear before
the club and the rapt attention and
earnest applause accorded him sure
ly must have repaid him in part
Mr. williams made a very favor
able impression He discussed the
features Of the new workmens Gem
pensation law and he made il evi--
dent that he has a thorough knowl-
edge of it. The speaker is a promi
rent lawyer and aptly treated his
subject from a lawyers standpoint
Just enough to bring out the obscure
points OF the law The rest OF the
time he talked from the workman's
and the layman's point of view. thus
making his talk forceful and enter
tanning from every standpoint ne
has a pleasing address and a clear.
logical and interesting style of treat
Ting his subject.
He said in part:
The Industrial commission of Colo
Industrial law and the compensation
law. They are totally distinct and
separate. and in many states the two
laws are administered by separate
boards. but wisely combined in this
state. in my judgment
Highest Social Laws.
These two laws represent the very
highest type of social legislation ever
enacted In any state OF this Union:
they are the last word in constructive
Industrial legislation so far spoken in
this country. They were not the pro-
dccs OF spasm, but the fruit Of long
years OF experience in other states
and countries, and Of careful thought
, and work in this state before they
were actually enacted into a law.
They were one OF the results of the
Industrial upheaval that rocked this
state to its foundation year ago-an
upheaval we pray may never come
ain.
II Is impossible for any one to real
ize the fundamental nature and far
reaching effect of the new workmens
compensation law. unless we know
the conditions that made the law pos
sible. We can never fully understand
anything that we see about us. unless
We know how II came and the steps
thdt oAOuAhN IL dbOut AZ un0GA ct1u0
workmen's compensation. we must go
hack to the common law system OF
damage suits.
The law suit method of securing
damages Is the old common law meth
cd that has been in force in one form
or another thruout most OF the period
that the common law has been in force
thruout the English. speaking coun-
tries. The common law rule OF dam
ages which were secured thru law
suits based upon the fault OF the en-
ployer has been the rule OF centuries
under which workmen have labored.
It has been added 10 from time to
time by judicial construction and
gradually the employer had secured a
set of defenses under 1t which have
made the law largely a failure. so far
as paying the workmen for the haz-
ards OF industry is concerned
Operated Against lahorers.
These three efensen--assumption
Of risk. act Of fellow servant. and con.
tributory nogligence-have operated
against the lAboref repreoenting those
hArsh. cruel doctrines o. ths common