Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-09

plan had then been proposed as a
compromise. This had caused the split
and the committee had been unable to
get together.
Majority Leader Moody took the floor
to assert that no workmen's ,compen-
sation act would be passed with a cas-
ualty compensation plan incorporated
therein.
Johnston of Bingham wanted to
amend the bates motion by showing
| that only a part and not the whole
| house was against a compromise on
the casualty plan. His amendment
was held out of order as the house
acted as unit and not in parts. The
point of order was raised by Sims.
ALFRED FIRES DEMOCRATS.
Speaker Alfred took the floor, resign
ing the chair temporarily to Anderson
of Canyon. Alfred called attention to
the party platform pledges on compen-
sation and asserted the senate had in
troduced bill after the Bates bill was
passed by the house merely to block
the latter measure. He held this to be
prima facie evidence that the senate
never intended to pass a workmen's
compensate IN bill in conformity with
the platform pledge. Reference was
made to his might and day" labors in
order to get all conflicting elements to
agree on a compensation act. He said
the Democratic house caucus at which
Labor Leader Young and Jerome ].
Day, representing labor and the en-
ployers, respectively, were present,
agreed to the substitution of the An
derson bill for the body of the Rock
well bill with but two amendments, the
first allowing reinsuring of risks as
asked for by Day and shortening the
time to wait for compensation from
two weeks to seven days, by Young.
He fired TIE Democrats to high pitch
of enthusiasm and there was repeated
applause.
The speaker held that the situation
on the compensation presented itself
as three cornered, first labor, second
capital and third the people. Now"
he said, who has a right to come be-
fore the legislature and dictate-the
casualty companies?
kRIBS .REsENTS REMARK.
Outside influences have been at
work." he cried, Il leave 1t to you to
guess who they are"
Kribs of Shoshone was Immediately
on his feet to inquire II the speaker
inferred he was being accused of mer
cenary motives. The speaker replied
he had no such reference and held him
in the highest respect.
IF the bill cannot go back whole
and undefiled, for Gods sake bury it
here" cried Alfred. 81 for one will not
yield the principle of the people to the
filching money interests"
Kribs argued there was no sacrifice
of principle IL the casualty companies
were permitted to compete in work. |
mems compensation and asserted that
the reference of the speaker he took |
as personal.
PARTY HELD RUDDERLESs.
Storey CT Ada made a plea for har- |
mony and urged that the two factions
in the legislature get together on a |
measure they are pledged to the people
to. enact. 1.-THE Democratic majority |
has lost its rudder and its sails and is
adrift and at sea on workmen's COM
he said. The casualty
believed when this session
was going to open they would be put
out of business in this state. BY the
time the middle OF the session had
been reached they had maintained so
successful lobby that thi fear ceased
to exist and now on the sixtieth day
have won a victory over labor.
Shearer of Nez Perez said the ques
ton before the house was whether the
people of Idaho were to rule or Hart
ford, Conn, and read letter in which
a Hartford casualty company referred
to compensation as socialistic, backed
by the farmers and laborers." He de-
to know IL the Republicans
were on the side of the farmers and the
laborers or with Hartford.
YOUNG SCORES DEMOCRATS.
Young of Ada took the Democrats to
task for defeating the Anderson bill
originally and passing the Bates mea-
sure without permitting the minority
to amend it and alter their attempt to
incorporate the Anderson bill in the
senate measure. He charged the bill
the Democrats were standing for was