Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-26
COMPENSATION BILL
IS PASSED BY SENATE
Amendment Provides for Ex-Omcic
Commission, Thus Reducing
the Cost,
MEETS VIEW or GOVERNOR
sDnvis Had Let 1t Be known That He
Would Veto Bill Creating Three
New State Jobs at $4,000 Per
Year Each.

Amended and modified in many of it's
fbill yesterday passed the Senate by Il
vote of % to .. Fifty-cight other bills.
RaIl OF local nature and Uncontcstcd.
were also passed during the double
session which consumed practically the
whole day.
d Most of the session was devoted to
| discussion OF the Garrett amendment
TO the compensation bill, by which the
| commission at first proposed is replaced
I by the Second Auditor, the Insurance
ECommissioncr and the Labor Commits
\ .iopcr. The bill in It's original form
Iicallcd for the creation Of a commission
kof three members. each OF whom was
10 be paid $4,000 :, year. 1t was fear
BED that the Governor would veto the
measure II IL was passed in that form.
The amendment was adopted. II to &c.
The vote or the bill was:
Ayes-Addiscn. Andrews Byrd. Can
non. Davis. Downing. Drewry. Early
Garrett. Goodloc. Goolrick. Gravatt.
Gum. Holt. Mapp. Mathews. Rison,
Robertson. Royal STROBE. Trinklc.
Walker and West.
Nays-Barham Conrad. Gayle. Hen
H Ing. Jeffreys. Keith Lacy. Mitchell and
AThornton
4 ed-wcndenburg. aye: Bowers.
The vote on the Garrett amendment
was:
Aycs-Ba-ham. Bowers. BYRD. Davis,
Downing. Early. Garrett, Gayle. Hen
ing. JcHrcys. Keith, Mapp. Mitchell.
Nays--hddison, Andrews, Cannon.
Conrad. Drcwry. Goodioc, Goolr;ck.
Gravatt. Gunn. Holt. Lacy Mathews.
Royal. Trinkie. Walker and West.
BY vote OF % TO II The senate
adopted an amendment requiring, eleven
Il on nj IN J,n nE
as against eight. recommended By the
committee
4 DEFINITE: COMPENSATION
ron rERSONAL INJURIES
The object OF tho bill. OF which SEN
ator Goolrick Is the patron. is 20 pro-
= vent industrial accidents. ia provide
medical and surgical care for injured
employees. 20 establish rates OF com
pensation for personal injuries or death
sustaincd ~ employees in the course
| OF employment. 10 provide methods for
4 insuring tho payment OF such compcn-
B sation. to crcnic an Industrial board
|, for the administration OF tho act, ana
\ 10 prescribe the powers and duties of
the board.
\ Discussing Senator CARROTS amend
ment to strike from the hill the Soc
ton providing commission Of three
h persons 10 he appointed by tho Cover
i nor TO adIniniste- the law and substi-
the Second Auditor. the Commissioner
n of Insurance and the Commissioners OF
\ Labor. Senator Cioolrick stated that the
workman's compensation commission
had thought IL necessary 10 have the
law administered by commission ~
\ provided. and that on this question he
D had not changed HIS mind. but in view
OF the Governors platform opposing
tho creation % new Offices ne preferred
to see the senate adopt tho amendment
rather than subject the bill 20 tho
danger of III" Governors disapprovgl.
&c believed the amendment: met the
approval OF the Governor. and for the
rcasons stated he would content him
self with voting against the amend
j ment without asking tho Senate to re-
iect II. Senator Conrad a. this poIn.
4 asked Senator Goolrlck whether tho
h Governor had stated that he would veto
the bill unless the amendment was
adopted. TO the rue..:ion the latter In
stantly replied that he had made no
such statement TO him. He added how
ever. amid laughter. that the Cover
nor had called his attention 20 tho
plank In his platform concerning new
Offices.
COST WILL FALL on
ACCIDENT LIABILITY CONCERNS
In further reply 70 Senator Conrad
/ he stated that outside OF the initial ap-
preparation OF $4,000 10 put the law
/ into effect, tho bill would entail no cost
on tho state Treasury. the charge for
administration being placed on the ia
iSuTaucc companies writing cnnp"nSa-
lion Insurance in NirG iuia. Before TAX
Ming his seat Senator Goodrich stated
that outside OF the commission feature
lie knew that the Governor favored the
i,;ll aad was I'm advocate OF Il compcn-
:sation law.
Senator STROBE briefly stated that n
view OF the exceptional circumstances
he favored the Garrett amendment. a.!
Though he always opposed parsinonious
administration of good legislation. and
that the responsibility Of the Senate re-
manned such, regardless OF Knowledge
OF other powers
In reply, Senator addison argued that
1T was but an opinion to say that the
|fthrec men named had time TO perform
the additional duties cntaiied in the
amendment. Iic said tfat II was safer
bto go on the assumption that the de-
partment heads were already occupied.
and favored the workmans compcnsa-
tion commission.
Senator Conrad, IN support Of Sena-
tor Addison's views. emphasized tho
fact that the basic principle Of the gov
crnmcnt is that of three separate and
distinct bodies: and admitting that
fGubernntorial suggestions were all
right. he drew the line on rccommen
Senator Rison. on the other hard adj
Tocatcd anticipating tho veto of the
Governor and making sure tho act
would not he destroyed IN that way.
Senator Gravatt said that he was in
clincd TO believe that the separate com
mission was necessary, and that Gov
] crnor Davis would not arbitrarily veto
SO important a bill He said that the
Governors platform was that he would
/ VETO bills creating unnecessary offices.
and as this turned the point Of ne
/ cossity. the Governor would, after
study. favor the bill
DREVyRY FAVORS
SEPARATE; COMMISSION
+ Opposing the amendment on some
what the same grounds. Senator Drcwry
| said that the separate commission was
the only way TO make the law Il sue
cess: that he did not think the Gov
!crnor would veto the bill. and that he
was exceedingly sorry tho rcfcrcacc to
the Governor i'm relation to tho bill had