Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-17
Democrats Stand by Bates
Lehrbas Grice Bill, Which
Is Made the Special Order
for Tuesday Morning.
NEW BILL LAUNCHED
IN STATE SENATE
Rockwell Author of Measure
Providing for an Elective
System of Compensation
Anderson Asks to Have
His Own Bill Killed.

The workmen's compensation issue
was thrown wide open in both the
house and the senate today when an
attempt was made by the Republican
minority in the house to put the Bates
Lehrbas Grice bill, on third reading,
over to Tuesday morning as a special
order, Representative Anderson tried to
have his own bill indefinitely post
poned, and Senator I. e. Rockwell OF
Blaine county, launched a new elective
workmen's compensation act in the
senate, accompanied by a companion
state insurance act.
II was apparent from the start that
the fight in the house was being carried
out along caucus lines. With the eX-
ception OF two Democrats, Kribs and
Struthers, both of Shoshone county.
who left the majority side and voted
with the Republicans. the Democrats
stood solid as did also the Republicans.
The contest continued to the noon hour
without any definite result.
Speaker Alfred took firm stand for
throwing the entire issue open for the
fullest discussion and was applauded
for his action. He scored the attempts
made from the Democratic side OF the
cIdI11OtT 10 move tne pTeNiOuS ques-
tion to shut off debate.
GOVERNOR NOT oIcTATlNG.
What the Republicans objected to
was the attempt to force the Bates bill
through with no opportunity to offer
amendments to 1t and the effort to kill
the Anderson bill. Kiger of kootenai
charged that this movement was re
seeking to smother all amendments
and was not in accord with the un-
derstanding he had from one of the
authors, Bates.
MCGOWAN OF Latah raised the issue
when he moved that the Bates bill be
made special order for 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning. Anderson OF Can
yon asked for a call OF the house which
was granted and later raised. Kribs
took the floor to assert that but a short
time before he had talked with the
governor who had denied the report
that he would sign nothing but the
Bates bill and that he was not at
tempting to dictate to the legislature
what il should do or not do, neither
was he attempting to dictate to any
other state department. The MCGOWAN
motion was finally put and was lost by
IL NotS VI cr W tHt
gaining two votes. those of Kribs and
Struthers. and voting solidly to make
the measure a special order
WOULD KILL OWN BILL.
Anderson Of Canyon quietly arose
and moved that lis bill be indefinitely
/ lostponed. Immediately there was
fight on. coming from the Republican
wing of the house. The Anderson
is house bill No. 176. John
ston of Bingham. strenuously objected
to any srch action being taken. He !
sale lie had feared there was dummy
rrI now he was certain. Bates re-
scntod the insinuation. Kribs spoke
,Sal 4st the Anderson motion as did
~, q Struthers. both Democrats Young
Jt Ada made a strong plea against It. /
He hell 1t was not fair to the work ,
men Of the state to Kill off so import I
ant measure so hastily
Sims moved the previous question to |
shut off further debate. Speaker All 7
red. speaking from the chair. deplored
he making OF the motion at that time !
md II was withdrawn. He said IL was
, vicious rule. MCGOWAN then attacked
he procedure OF the Democrats In try
ng TO force to passage the Bates bill i
without first giving consideration to
The Anderson measure. Particularly
,e scored the overhead expense clause
n the Bates bill. Johnston moved to
able the Anderson motion but with
lrcw 1t after the speaker had made a
,lea for full consideration of the iss.e
'efore the house. Storey OF Ada COM
'limented the speaker as being one Of
he best and fairest who ever sat in
IN Idaho legislature.
klGER NOT AFRAID.
Kiger charged the Democrats with