Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

citation in favor Of the Anderson bill
In which the principle on the de-
mand of the employers was split. in
favor of self-insurance, with an add.
ed provision of the right to reinsire
their risk. Labor claims that this was
accomplished under the pressure OF a
direct pledge to pass the Anderson sub
stitute for the senate bill immediate
ly, and that they had the votes to do
it, and that they agreed to a division
of the state monopoly principle in the
final extremity, since only the large
super-solvent employers, including the
mining and lumber interests, could
qualify to insure themselves, by paw
ing compensation direct to EMPLOYEES
and also to reinsure their risk, if they
desired, but all other employers and
industries of the state, would be sub
1ect to assessments levied by the in
dustrial accident board In favor of the
state fund. Labor also accepted the
lower schedule Of compensation pro-
vided by the Anderson bill, IN return
for savingg, as they believed, the ap-
| plication of the vital principle OF a
| state administered fund, for the larger
part of the employing Industries. The
governor and the speaker congratulate
j ed labor employers and the caucus, ON
| the apparent reconciliation, shook
| hands all around and adjourned TO the
| house chamber.
Within 80 minutes after tho conclu-
/ sion of the history just related, q bomb
exploded in tho house by the appearing
| of senate bill No. 40 amended by strik-
| ing out all but the number, authors and
! title. and substituting that bill do
| Spised and rejected OF men" the old
| Conner Anderson" measure, that, not =
wlthstanding its parentage and vicis-
STUDIES, including one executive veto,
and the current house indefinite pos
| ponement, was now offered as n "ncw
| shirt built around a button hole" The
| house debate vigorously eXcoriated the
! senate and its bill, charged that it was
! solely in the interest of casualty in
| surance companies, that it was rocking
with alien influence, and after conscc-
utive flights of this basic oratory, was
passed by a strictly party vote and sent
/ back TO the senate who promptly re o.
fused to accept it, by Il vote of 20 to Is
as usual, and asked for a further con-
| ference.
! The deadlock was on in dead earnest,
and on the last day of the session. Per
sistent statements that an extra ses-
sion of the leg. slature would be called
to pass compensation bill added en-
f, phasis to wave after wave of pressure
beating on the ranks of the now II
senators, brought down Elliott Of Ere
mont, and Logue of Boise, leaving Just
a clean majority intact to meet the spa-
| cial order in committee of the whole
on Tuesday night. ]: certainly looked
| like a mans fight when that committee
convened. Stevenson took the floor
and challenged the sponsors of the SEN
ate bill, demanding the passage of the
amended substitute, from whose terms
/ there could be and would be no COM
promise or retreat. This position was
! emphasized and re-emphasized by all
the members of the anti wing on the
Democrat side, and was concluded by
] the president pro tenn in a vigorous,
i passionate speech, declaring that NIL
| talk of a further joint conference or
compromise was idle and useless verbt-
age, only a vision of disordered minds
Rockwell leaped to his feet and chal-
lenged the speaker, Vehemently declar-
ing that it laid in no senator's shoes TO
speak with authoritative knowledge rs
to possible outcome of a further con-
ference of the joint committee: that no
man was justified in attempting TO
place an embargo on the final solution
Of an admittedly difficult question, re-
calling their responsibilities as sena =
tors and to not give way to outlawry.
His remarks were met with shouts Of
derision and protest. and in the confu-
sion a motion to adjourn was carried
Standing room was at n premium in
the chamber. The house had taken an
early adjournment to witness the last
stand of the senate on the substitute
measure.
WHAT HAPPENED7
The rest of the story is simple. II
] was now 10 p. m. Rockwell in his scat
dispatched trusty messenger standing
by, to Bates. who was still fixed in his
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