The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-14
Were Lilly to Be Elected Gov
ernor, According 10 Plat
form and BaCkers.
(conn,,lnicatsl.)

general as candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor sub
mits to the people for their consider
alton, he takes issue with the present
administration on the subject OF
workmens compensation, and critt-
cises the law and its administration
"a law that was first advocated by
the present governor IN The personal
platform that he submitted directly
to the people in the primary cam
paign of 1912. If we are TO Judge the
attorney generals idea and position
regarding this most merltorious law
from the known position Of his sup
porters and financial hackers. those
who were largely consulted as to what
he should stand for when he an
nounced his candidacy aud submits
ted his platform, such as z. T. Vim
son, w. D. Ord, George G. Mcintosh
and Others who had the active CO
operation of the attorney general
during the last session Of the legis-
lature, 1t certainly behooves the in
dustries in general and the laboring
people to think long and well about
what protection they would have with
respect to this law, II his candidacy
should be successful.
w. D. Ord, a representative Of the
Coal Operators Association, and, we
are informed, a supporter Of Mr.. LII
ly, advocated and fought for the fol-
lowing 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 twen-
ty-fye per cent Of the premiums
instead Of ten per cent
That the maximum rate OF
premium per 500 Of pay roll
be $l.50 or So 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 computation 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 IS. 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 indust-
tries to carry their own risk.
Opposed the feature amend
ing the old law giving the In
Iured Indemnity under the class
lflcation Of temporary perma-
nent disability: i. e., II the in
jured lost 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. The 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 by
his bosses and hackers as represent
ed by Mr.. Ord, and the language he
uses in keeping with the "screed"
prepared by Mr.. Ord, edited by
Wr!ghtman D. Roberts, and promul-
gated under the auspices of the Coal
Operators Association when he
(Ord) failed in getting the amend
ments he desired at the last session
of the legislature, we must conclude
by comparing the "screed" with the
Lilly declaration that he Is in har-
mony with the ruinous position taken
by Ord.
It was the legislature Of 1915
which first gave consideration to the
compensation idea. 1t was the pres
ent chief executive who, in company
with Senator Gray Silver and Judge
James French Strother, went to Co
lumbia university at New York and
secured data from which to prepGre
law Of this kind. After the data
was secured, a bill was prepared In
keeping with the party pledge OF
1912, and which pledge was adopted
from the personal platform which
had been promulgated by Hatfield in
his declaration Of principles to the
people.
The original bill permitted such a
classification Of industries as is per-
missible under the amended law Of
1915. in orderto define, separate and
classify tho different industries OF the
same class based on their Individual
records. This idea was for the pur-
pose Of bringing about a campaign
against tho appalling number Of ac-
cidents so that each individual indus
try owner would be moved to give
greater diligence toward making a
good record. as upon this accomplish
ment would depend his classfvation
and rate.
Oppose Proposition.
Edward Knight and w. D. Ord
seemed to have charge Of the COM
pensation measure so far as 1t AFFECT
ed the coal industry. in the 1915 leg
islative session, SO 1t was theywho In
sisted that 81 on the 500 pay roll
should be the maximum limit for the
most hazardous industries Of the
state. 1T. appointed out to these
gentlemen thatS1 would notbe suf-
ficient to carry the rate on the most