Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-07
CONFERENCE ON THE
COMPENSATION BILLS
Senators Willing to Accept
Measure as Amended in
the House if "Plan 8" Is
acknowledgements Be-
lieved to Be in Sight.

the house of representative To-Day
when it passed two of the senate bills
aimed to prevent duplication of them
and the miniature reigns of terror they
have caused in the panhandle. The
Walker measure, senate bill No. 1873,
defining the crime of syndicalism.
doctrine which advocates sabotage,
violence or other unlawful methods of
terrorism to accomplish industrial and
political reform, was passed by unani-
nous vote and the house also approx
cd senate bill No. 147, by the judiciary
committee, making it an offense pun
ishable by penitentiary sentence for
anyone to drive spikes or metal into
logs sent to lumber mills for the pur-
pose of damaging band saws therein
and injuring the workmen engaged in
the mills.
Because what was termed legitimate.
organized labor Is opposed to senate
bill No. As, providing penitentiary
sentence for using threats. intimida-
ton, force and coercion to prevent any
person from engaging in lawful occu-
patton the house killed this bill. Two
others are yet to be disposed OF.
CHARACTER OF LITERATURE.
While the bills were being discussed
Representative Daughters referred to
the literature that the /. W. w. has
issued and the songs they sing, but OBJ
lection was raised by Representative
Streitz to reading the poetry and it
was not heard. What Representative
Daughters referred to was a song in
Cluded in one of the organizations
song books Ito fan the flames of dis
content" as the inscription on the
cover reads, written to the tune of
onward, Christian Soldiers" the last
verse of which is as follows:
Onward, Christian Soldiers,
Drench the land with gore;
Mercy is a weakness,
All the Gods abhor.
BaNonet the babies
Jab the mothers, too;
Hoist the cross of Calvary,
To hallow all you do
File your bullets flat,
Poison every we'll;
God DEGREES your enemies
All go plumb to He'll.
LIVELY DISCUSSION.
Speaking to the merits of senate bill
No. 1888. by Walker, the criminal syn
dicalism" anti-I, w. w. bill, Gricc Of
Shoshonc said he favored the bill be-
cause it curbed industrial troubles, but
he was not so favorable to the COM
panion measure that originated in the
senate, which he feared sought to in
ture labor unions. Bates questioned
the policy of passing such radical leg
islation which would by suppression
only cause those advocating the cause
of the ]. w. w. to become what they
believe would be, martyrs to their
cause. Kiger spoke for the bill, declar-
ing legitimate labor unions were
against the l. w. w. activity. Daugh-
tiers read a letter showing that the
mills of north Idaho were being shut
down by strikes caused by the l. w.
WIS. He said that some of the most
vicious literature was issued by this
organization. including a book of songs.
Tho bill passed unanimously.
CONFERENCE ON COMPENSATION.
The house workmen's compensation
committee appointed some time ago as
Anderson of Canyon, Bates, Kribs.
kiger, Johnston, was authorized under
a resolution introduced in the house
by Representative MCGOWAN to take
charge of the senate bill reported back
today, the amendments to which the
senate refused to concur in and direct
ed to meet with a conference commit
tee from the senate to determine ( an
agreement could not be reached as to
amendments that would be satisfac-
tory to both houses. The senate ma
jority is willing to accept the bill as
amended by the house if plan 3" pro-
Niding for casualty insurance Is incor-
porated.
1t is said to be very likely that il viii
be although there is disposition on
the part of many house members to
send the bill back to the senate in it's
present form. If this is done the claim
is also made that majority of the
senators will accept it. Others declare
that plan 3" will be Incorporated by,
the house or there will be no compen-
sation bill passed. Representative An
derson is also the speaker appointed
Representative Hitchcock to act in his
place on the committee
An attempt was made to pass house
bill No. SOL, by Kribs and others, Il
measure seeking to carry into fleet
the referendum powers of the amend
ment to the constitution but failure to
secure two thirds vote under suspen-
sion of the rules prevented 1t. Many
Of the members object to the low per-
centage that the bill contains or 10
per cent of the electors who voted for
Justice Of the supreme court at the
preceding general election.
BILLS PASSED.
srhe following bills were passed. by
House bill No. 22s. by committee on