Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-02
REPUBLICANS GIVEN
AID BY DEMOCRATS

The first clash in the house of rep
resentatives over the senate workmen's
elective compensation act took place
Immediately after the opening of the
morning session. From it the Repub-
lcans in the lower assembly emerged
victorious. Standing solidly behind the
Rockwell bill and it's companion, the
state insurance act, the minority sue
ceeded, with the assistance of the sup
port of six Democrats, in preventing
reference of the bills to the committee
of the whole for amendment. During
the heated debate that took place, Re-
preventative Bates of Ada, one of the
joint authors of the compulsory work
mems compensation bill that was killed
by the senate, charged the authors of
the Rockwell act were endeavoring to
pass a subterfuge measure, or a ny
brid" bill, and questioned their sin
certify for a compensation act that
labor of the state demands.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE DIVIDED.
When the senate bills reached the
house they We're placed in the hands of
a special committee that had been
created on the motion of Representa-
tive Anderson of Canyon. This COM
mittee is composed of Anderson, Bates
Kribs. Johnston and Kiger. 1t divided
on the report submitted to the house
today on the senate measures. The
first three named on the committee are
Democrats and the two latter Repub-
| licans. apparently Kribs held the bal
ance of power on the committee He
| joined with Johnston and Kiger in the
majority report recommending that the
senate bill pass. The minority mem
bers, Anderson and Bates recommend
| ed that the bills be sent to the COM
mittee of the whole for amendment
The senate workmen's compensation
| act is known as senate bill No. 10 and
| the companion state insurance act
senate, senate bill No. III. 1t was
moved that the minority report send
| ing the bills to the committee of the
whole be adopted and the measures sc
referred. The motion lost by a vote OF
| 36 to %.
BATES MAKES CHARGES.
| In order to shut off debate Nc.
Gowan of Latah moved the previous
question and it carried by a vote OF
| 81 to %. 1t was then moved that the
majority reported be adopted and the
| IlOIlOIl pTeNdlleu Dy Il NOtS VI 90 W 20
| Representatives Quinlan, Ross, Sey.
mour, Struthers, Thatcher and Kribs
Democrats all voting with the Repub-
licans to adopt the report.
| Majority Leader Moody moved thai
the house take a recess to l o'clock
The motion lost by "a vote of 81 to 20
Bates of Ada, speaking on the sen.
ate measures. declared that it is prac
tically impossible for the legislature
to consider the technical and scien.
tific subject of workmen's compensa.
ton in SO days and the house should
not be hasty in the action 1t took H,
charges that senate bills Nos. 40 anc
/ III were hybrid" measures; that III
authors did not desire to pass any
workmen's compensation act; that the,
had killed house bill No. 81 by Bate.
and enacted senate bill No. ITO fol
the purpose of preventing the passag,
of any bill. He asserted the senate
| measure was not a compensation ac'
| and said he hoped that If senate bill
No. ITO was passed its companion, sen
ate bill No. III, would be killed. i
was his argument that in all fairness
the measures should go to the commit