The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-11
SENATOR'S
 5pENDDAY
 REHASHING
Unemployment Compen- sdtion Bill Is Finally De-
 eIafed Dead After Fight

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 Enjoying ghostly resurrection for day, House Bill No. 9, broadening the application of unemployment compensation, was finally laid this afternoon by the Senate.
 The demise of the bill left wake of incriminations, accusations and injured feelings which required ali executive session of the Senate be- hind locked doors to straighten out.
 This morning Senator o. D. Coch- ran of Nome raised a point of order that a motion yesterday resembling action in killing the bill was out of order Cochran said the motion to rescind was in effect motion to re- consider and that it had not been made by member of the prevailing side, as required by Senate rule.
 President Henry Roden ruled against Cochran, reading from Rcb- erts' Rules of Order that any vote taken by an assembly may be ree.nd- ed by majority vote of the entire assembly, provided the vote has not been followed by some subsequent action beyond the power of the hocy to undo. ns>
 Pcint Of Honor
 This brought Senator c. H. tAla- bam) LaBoyteaux of Livengood to his feet with what he said was mot a point of order, but a point of honor
 LaBoyteaux demanded to know why the bill had not been sent back to the House after the four -to-four vote killed it. Other bills disposed of the Senate at the same session were sent to the House, the Senator said.
 I'm plain man and represent plain people" LaBoyteaux said This bill has come down to trickery. They're trying to put something ever on us. You know doggone well I'm opposed to paying any man any thing he doesn't earn
 Executive Session
 Roden ordered an executive ses- sion of the Senate at 1.30 o'clock behind locked doors, with the gal leries cleared and clerks excluded, to determine why the bill had not ben returned to the House.
 After this session, Roden said he had nothing to report on what went on in the meeting, but other Senat- CTS reported the Senate's secretaries had been exonerated of blame by vote of the Senators.
 LaBoyteaux, insisting upon an explanation, had to be silenced sev- eral times by Roden at this morn- ing's session.
 If you'll read your Bible," said the irate Senator from Livengood, you'll see there was only one man who was ever resurrected after ne was dead, and here's this bill come back from the dead'
 Cochran declared the Senates action in resembling and the Presi- dents ruling allowing it was taken in the teeth of our rules"
 Sullivan Point Upheld
 It was finally upon point of order by Senator Leroy Sullivan of Nome, however, that Roden re- versed his rulings. Sullivan con- tended that though Roberts Rules of Order permit resembling of ac- ton, the bill did not take it's regu- lar course as laid down by the Senate rules and so the resembling action constituted a suspension of the rules. which would require two-thirds vote. The vote was ac- tually five to three.
 Roden agreed with Sullivan and declared the bill dead. The meas ure would have required unemploy- ment compensation contributions to be paid by, all employers of one or more persons, instead of eight or more, as at present.
 An appeal from this ruling by Senator Don Carlos Brownell died when it failed to gain a second.
 Roden instructed the secretaries that in the future, the moment a House bill is, voted down by the Senate, the Assistant Secretary IS to make it his particular business to notify the House immediately. i
 The Senate adjourned until II o'clock tomorrow, without having passed or considered single bill all day.