Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-16
Resolutions Adopted on the
Workmen's Compensation
Law, in Which Features
of Proposed Measure Are
Condemned.
LOCK HORNS WITH
LABOR FEDERATION
The Convention Also Goes
on Record Against Con-
solidation of Insurance
and Banking Departments
of State Government.

The Insurance Federation Of Idaho
and the Idaho State Federation of La
Dor have locked horns after conference
over the form of the workmcns COM
prnsation law. The labor federation in
dorScs the measure, an outline of viii n
was published in the Capital News yes
tcrday. The views Cf the insurance
men are sci forth in the following state
lnont adopted by their convention, III
which emphasis is laid on opposition to
trc labor federation plan for state
II ouopolN:
"WLryoas the courts Of the state are
closgcd with litigation for damages TO
injured employees by reason of lack Of
laws wherein such injuries may be
properly compensated; and,
"NNhcrcas, Humanity demands legis-
lation which emit les such injured en-
pioy,s or dependt It relative to prompt,
fair. and reasonable compensation
Withuu recourse to an action ut law:
thcrcfo"", be it
OTHER SITE LAWS cited.
Resolved. That the Insurance Fed
GRAFTON Of Idaho, representing several
thousand duly accredited and author
lied .4gents, fratcrnal insurance asso-
Citations and kindred organizations, who
in turn are speaking for employers AMI
employees alike aft"" coming into daily
contact with such, hereby urge upon
the present session of the Idaho legiS
Iaturc the enactment of II reasonable
wurkmen's compensation Law cmbodH
ing provisional benefits such as are eN-
istant successfully and satisfactorily in
other states; he it further
"ResolNcd. That we favor embodying
in such Il law, first optional methods OF
financially able employers settling with
their own employees upon the legal
scale and second insurtng the risks
with authorized and accepted insur-
ance companies, reinsurance ~
mutual association.
NV strongly favor such a conpensa-
ton plan for good business reasons To
all interested persons alike.
I'VE strongly oppose any law
creating a tate monopoly of any
such ir1portarS measure owing TO
the political changes occurring and
consequent encouragement or loot
ing of stats funds as evidence in
such states where state insurance
monopoly exists.
We favor the appointment Of a
commission consisting Of the gov
crnur attcrncy general and secre
tau. of atnla who shall. b" cmpow
crcd ~ rGforrc all provisions OF
such iur md v'i"$o d"cs on5 and
fird,u-a hrl, y. c''-..i
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Oificc"5 ter t.io @'!s,iH@ year were
elected Us roi uvvr.
Herman J. Ross # Wallace as presi-
dent: FIRST vice president, c. +. Kut-
ucws<y. Boise: second vice president.
Frank d. Webb. Lewiston: third vice
president Frank Carr, Bur!ey; fourth
vice president. Earl G. White, Pocatel-
10: fifth vice president. w. l. Shattuck
Idaho Falls; treasurer. V. r. Wilker-
son. Boise; secretary, Frank @. En-
sign, Boise.
Executive committee: T.. A. Crooks,
Il. c. Pennington, Joseph Perrault,
Bradley Sheppard, Boise; G. II. Hickey
Nampa: Il. r. Gerdes, Occur d'Alene
and Ray NJ. Hay, Lewiston, who with
the above named officers Win consti-
tute the executive board.
4 iAINST CONSOLIDATION.
The Insurance convention also pro-
tcste against the consolidation of the
departments of banking and insurance.
1t also asked that the appropriation for