The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-27

the war, for passage; trial by jury in inferior courts. unfavorably; talk ing of dispositions in the Territory, for passage; allowing the Attorney General to appear in criminal cases under Territorial Laws. do pass; to allow cities to vacate streets and al leys. for passage; direct election of national committeeman and dele gates to national conventions. for passage and q substitute wolf boun- ty bill, for passage.
 Debate Doctors Bill
 When the Doctors bill was brought up before the House this afternoon, the House resolved itself into com nittee of the whole It was moved and carried that the bill be reported back to the House without recom- mendation. It was then placed on final passage under a motion advanc- ing it on the calendar.
 MT. Daily. who has been leading the fight for the bill in the House read letter from John Rustgard in which it was stated that the bill allowed the men to have a say" in who should be their doctor and would make the doctor directly re- sponsible to the men and not to the companies.
 Chaos Promised
 Mir Murray asked if the sixteen men in the House were to be put in the position of legislating for the special regulation of Mir Thane. He stated that he never heard of MT Thane until he reached Juneau. and thac he was against the bill because he believed in legislating for the whole Territory He said if the bill passed, in his opinion it would result in chaos and darkness for the labor ing man instead of being benefit to them
 MT. Day read a letter from the Valdez Miners Union asking him to support the bill Mir. Murray also read one from the Anchorage Labor Union supporting it. ''I freely pre- dict, however" said Mr Murray. age Labor Union were here and had the provisions of the bill explained to them by competent attorneys as it has been to us, that they would unanimously asked to have the bill killed"
 Bill Is Not Perfect
 MT. Snow stated that the bill was not perfect, but that the principle was all right. He asked why those the bill did not amend it to retain the principle and still make the bill workable. instead of oppos- ing it. ratltttf4
 MT. Mccormack then stated that to his mind the bill as it was before the House did not help the working men nor the mining companies. He said that under the present system the miners pay dollar and a half and their families are cared for which will not be the case under the bill if passed This bill has been fathered by few doctors and law yers, and I do not think that it is what the workingmen want"
 T would favor the bill if I fought it was really what the people want !" said MT Casey. Continuing, he said that since this bill was introduced I have asked any number of men what they thought of the bill, and today at noon one man said he fa7 vored it. I have asked mothers and wives of workingmen, and they were all against the bill They talk about their petition signed by six hundred men. There are three or four thou sand workingmen on this channel alone and anyone could get that many signatures to any kind of a petition from among that many men because there are always about that many dissatisfied workingmen among that many thousand. Those who fla