Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1918-01-08

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introduce calling for IA separate vote
on the securities of the various com
panies and kinds offered He moved
Its adoption. Fisher moved to amend
the resolution so as to make 1t sweep
ing and permit acceptance of all Sc
curities offered To this Barnes con
scented, Cation, who had not expected
action on the part of the commission
until after an opinion was received
from the attorney general on his rules,
protested against a vote being taken
until the attorney general had re-
ported He declared that was no more
than fair and considerate, Barnes and
Fisher insisted. however, on imme-
| diate action. the chair called for the
vote and it stood two to one for adop-
tion of the Fisher amendment to the
| Barnes resolution. Cation voting in the
negative The representatives of the
were then called in and notified of the
action taken.
BONDS OFFERED EARLY.
When the casualty companies fol-
lowed by the mine owners offered their
bonds as surety to back compensation
insurance employers would carry, c. O.
| Broxon. state insurance manager de-
clined to accept them because the law
did not give him power to do So Cas-
ualty company representatives later
admitted that the insurance manager
was right in his stand and that pre-
sentation of the bonds should have
been made to the board. The board
met and organized Jan l. electing
Fisher as chairman. The next day the
! bonds were again offered and on ad-
vice of the attorney general the COM
mission give written notice they had
been offered, this notice. however. not
committing the commission either to
their acceptance or rejection.
BLOW TO STATE DEPARTMENT..
Since that time and for a period of a
week the commissl has been the cen
ter of a fight regarding the action it
ultimately took relating to the form of
insurance acceptable. No secret is
made Of the fact the state administra-
ton and state insurance manager ia
vored an out and out state monopoly
and the department of the latter has,
since its organization six months ago.
been built along that line. The action
of the commission will greatly reduce
the department, for it will be confined
to writing only the insurance of small
employers and municipalities. The
1 state insurance fund it was expected
to build up will also be proportionately
small. Steps will probably be taken
! within a short time to cut down this
department.
MARSHAtSHlP CONTROVERSY.
Prior to the action tax en- by the COM
mission reports were in circulation and
| repeatedly referred to by Democrats.
that Robert II. Elder national commit
teeman of the Democratic party
through whose hands most~o the fed
eral patronage is handled, had given
his pledge to Fisher that he would
recommend him for appointment as
United States marshal to succeed the
present incumbent, Thomas b. Martin.
This report, which Elder is said later
to have admitted. caused CONSERVATION
among the friends of Leroy c. Jones,
state game warden, an announced can
didate to succeed Martin. Jones, it is
recognized by Democrats, is largely .
sponsible for Elders re- election as ma
tional committeeman, having been one
OF his strongest hackers in the Poca-
tello convention when Elder was given
a hard fight to win. Jones and his
friends claim that Elders Endorsement
Of Jones for United States marshal was
taken as a matter of fact.
DEFENSE MADE BY ELDER
When it was announced that Elder
had Endorsed Fisher, Elder and his
friends claim in defense, that the in
dorsement was given long prior to the
time Fisher was appointed to the com
pensation commission. However, Fish :
er's name was first heard in connection
with the marshalship a week ago. Ind
after his appointment to the industrial
accident board. Hints were heard that
a trade had been made between Fisher
and Elder. This Fisher denies. Elder
is a representative of one of the recip-
rocal insurance companies which pre-
sented bonds to the commission to in
sure employers for whom insurance is
carried.
L 1t is known that heated session
was held at about the time the an
nouncement was made that Elder had
indorsed Fisher for United States
marshal, between Elder and John F.
| Nugent. one of the Democratic leaders,
over the Endorsement. Both have been
closely Identified in the directing of
Democratic affairs and the action of
1 Elder is said to have caused a wide
breach between them. Fisher holds