Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-11
SESSION ENDS
AMID SCENES
OF H|LAR|TY IN
BOTH HOUSES
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were opposed to the passage of either
at time when the nation faces an
International crisis.
Among the other important meas
ures that failed to pass was the $780,
09n bond issue for completion of wings
on the new state capitol. 1t was
smothered on the calendar.
VICTORY FOR LABOR.
Labor secured its greatest victory of
any session of an Idaho legislature
when it succeeded in having passed by
a unanimous vote a workmen's COM
pensation bill providing for elective
compensation. Regardless of the fact
that many days were spent by both
houses in threshing out the compen-
sation issue and for weeks bitter
fight was waged for and against the
three bills-RockWell Bates and An
derson-and a deadlock threatened to
prevent an adjournment for days, the
legislature unanimously agreed finally
on a compromise measure that was
introduced in the morning of the last
days session and passed before the
day was over without dissenting vote
cast against it in either house.
A commission of three members and
state insurance manager and depart
ment are created by this bill; a sched
ule of compensation for injured work
men or for the heirs of those killed
at labor ranging from As per cent of
the total weekly wages for period of
400 weeks is provided in the measure.
Casualty insurance companies are
barred from participation and an en-
ployer may elect to come under state
compensation or give bond to provide
compensation for his injured employees
as he desires. The measure is con-
coded to meet the differences of those
factions interested.
CLOSING HOURS IN HOUSE.
Although 10 o'clock was set as the
hour for adjournment and will so
stand in the journal, the two houses
after stopping the clocks at 9:55 con-
tinued in session; the house to lilo
and the senate to 11:20. The senate
drilled through a long list of bills; the
house spent most of the evening anus-
ing itself. There was hilarity and
good fellowship displayed among the
members and practically all of the
covert" acts of former sessions when
files, wastepaper baskets and other
portable articles were thrown right
and left, failed to mark the closing
minutes of the Fourteenth session. Ad-
tournament was quiet and orderly. An
attempt to start a noisy ending in the
house was immediately froWned down
upon by the speaker and those en-
gagged in the throwing of bills ceased.
Freak bills and freak remarks
amused the house members. Peter G..
Johnston, representative of Bingham
county, father of the little red wagon
and wide tire bill" was presented with
a miniature red wagon by Representa-
tive Young of Ada on behalf of the
younger members of the house. 1t
bore the number of his bill. 81. as the
license number and below it was APP
pended the label. 'Johnstonsmobile."
Young referred to the minority coun-
selor as "the greatest American born
in Scotland In response Johnston
praised the personnel of the legisla-
ture. Chief Clerk Eustes was present
cd by the attaches with a silver bound
portfolio to which he gracefully re-
sponded his thanks. Loud laughter
greeted the introduction of a measure
relative to the females of the spe-
cies" and the clothes they wore, short
at the neck and feet" A stringed
quartet entertained both houses with
popular airs. Anderson of Canyon
eulogized the members of the house
and the work they had performed. re-
ferring particularly to the passage of
the S1,OOO,OOO good roads bond issue.
Storey of Ada introduced two resolu-
tons praising the speaker for his i'm
partial rulings and fairness and the
attaches for their efficient work
speaking to both of them.
THE ROCKWELL BOUND SENATE.
The house was brought down." how
ever, when its own quartet, composed
of Thatcher. Monson of Franklin,
Johnston and Peckham, sang several
select songs, one chorus of which was
pun on what the senate did to the
Bates workmen's compensation meas
ure, known as house bill No. 81. as fol-
lows, as sung to the tune of the "Old
Oaken Bucket:
The senate. the senate,
The Rockwell bound senate;
The moss covered senate,
Threw my bill in the we'll"
This song and chorus was repeated
In the senate while that august body
roared its approval Another song
ably rendered, and as amusingly. re-
ferred to the Bannock county division
fight. Speaker Alfred also read the
Poem of a Returning Legislator" to
"wifey'' as composed by some member!
which provoked long laughter.
In an able address to the house by
Speaker Alfred. which was ordered
spread on the Journal the gentleman
, from Bingham" who demonstrated 20
the legislature he was one of the most
able orators in that body, declared for
united Idaho and a one-house legis-
lature.
FOR A UNITED IDAHO.
In the hitherto dark clouds of sec