The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-14
Were Lilly to Be Elected Gov
ernor, According to Plat
form and BaCkerS.
lCnlnnllnicntell

administration on the subject q
workmens compensation, and crit
cises the law and It's administrator
"a law that was first advocated b
the present governor IN the persona
platform that he submitted directl
to the people in the primary cam
paign OF 1912. If we are to judge tn
attorney generals idea and positio
regarding this most meritorious LAY
from the known position Of his SUI
porters and financial hackers, thos
who were largely consulted as to wha
he should stand for when he an
nounced his candidacy, and submit
ted his platform, such as z. 7. Win
son, w. D. Ord, George G. Mclntos
and Others, who had the active &C
operation Of the attorney genera
during the last session Of the legif
lature, 1t certainly behooves the In
dustries in general and the laborin
people to think long and well abou
what protection they would have wit
respect to this law, II his candidac
should be successful.
w. D. Ord, a representative OF tn
Coal Operators Association. and, W
are informed, a supporter OF Mr.. LII
ly, advocated and fought for the fol
amendments to the compen
sation law In the Legislature OF 1915
What Ord Wants.
That no compensation be paid
to the employee or his depend
ents unless he (the employee)
had been resident Of the state
OF West Virginia for one year
prior to the date he was injured.
That the employee pay TWEEN
ty-fve per cent Of the premiums
instead Of ten per cent.
That the maximum rate OF
premium per 500 of pay roll
be $1.50 or 50 on all class except,
that in certain specified indus
tries Gin which coal. was not in
cluded) a rate not to exceed
per 500 Of pay roll.
Reduce the maximum amount
paid for funeral expenses from
SIS to $50.
Increase the waiting period,
during which no compensation Is
paid, from one to two weeks
from date of injury.
Leave the maximum and min
imum amounts payable per
week at IS and 81, instead Of
increasing to $40 and SIS, as was
done in the amended act.
Eliminate payment of cOmpen-
sation to all dependents not res
idents Of the United States.
Reduce the benefits payable
in permanent disability cases to
half the amounts paid under the
amended act,
Opposed vigorously tho cleo
tive feature permitting lndust-
tries to carry their own risk.
Opposed the feature amend
ing the old law giving the in
jured indemnity under the class
ification Of temporary perma-
nent disability; /. e, II the in
jured lost a finger. instead of
paying him his weekly wage for
the time 1t took for the wound
to heal (Which, if not infected
would never take more time than
three weeks) he was paid based
upon the value of the finger to
the position occupied. Tho same
applies to the hand below the
wrist, or the foot below the an
kle.
Lilly Agrees, with Ord.
So If we are to judge Mr.. Lilly D
his bosses and hackers as represent
ed by Mr.. Ord, and the language h
uses in keeping with the ''screed
prepared by Mr.. Ord, edited b
Wr!ghtman D. Roberts, and promul
gated under the auspices OF the Goa
Operators Association when h
(Ord) failed in getting the amend
ments he desired at the last sessio
of the legislature, we must conclud
by comparing the "screed" with tn
Lilly declaration that he Is In hal
mony with the r,inous position take
by Ord.
1t was the legislature Of 1911
which first gave consideration to tn
compensation idea. 1t was the pres
ent chief executive who, in compan
with Senator Cray Silver and Judg
James French Strother. went 10 &c
University at New York an
secured data from which to prepar
a law OF this kind. After the dat
was secured, q bill was prepared 1
keeping with the party pledge 9
1912, and which pledge was adopte
from the personal platform whic
had been promulgated by Hatfield !
his declaration Of principles to tn
people.
The original bill permltted'such
classification Of industries as Is pei
MISSILE under the amended law 9
1915. in order to define, separate an
classify the different industries OF tn
same class based on their indlvidus
records. This idea was for the pui
pose of bringing about a campaig
against the appalling number Of az
cidents 80 that each individual indus
try owner would be moved to Civ
greater diligence toward making
good record, as upon this accomplish
ment would depend his classiAyatio
and rate.
Oppose Proposition.
Edward Knight and w. D. Or
seemed to have charge Of the CON
rensation measure so far as It affect
ed the coal industry. in the 1915 lee
islative session, SO It was they who In
sisted that 81 on the 500 pay rol
should be the maximum limit for tn
most hazardous industries Of tn
state. It was pointed out tothes
gentlemen that$1 would not be sui
ficient to carry the rate on themos
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