The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 10, 1919, Page 12

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Both decisions have been eagerly awaited by members of the compen- sation bureau and the working people generally throughout the state. Dur- ing the two months the litigation has been before the court the bureau has not been able to function properly or " pay any of the several hundred ac- cident and three death claims now pending before it. The case testing the constitution- ality of the compensation law was brought by Amerland -& Co., Fargo real estate dealers, who objected to paying insurance premiums for office employes on the ground that the work their employes were required to do did not expose them to danger of in- jury. On the assumption that no haz- ard exists in the perférmance of of- fice duties, it was contended that the law discriminated against employers operating non - hazardous employ- ments, in that it compelled them to contribute to a fund to compensate those who may be injured in a more dangerous employment. Because of this alleged discrimination it was argued the law was unconstitutional. Justice H. A. Bronson, in wrltmg the opinion, dlsposed of this, the prin- cipal argument, saying: “This court will not accept as con- clusive, or even as a presumption, that the mere alleged declaration of the relator that his employment is non- hazardous, overrides the legitimate declaration or proves thereby the ar- bitrary character of such declaration. “Common observation, as well as ordinary reasoning, readily discloses that even the clerk or stenographer in the modern office in the course of . his occupation incurs risks vastly dif- ferent than those applicable to simi- lar situations in the comparatively similar conditions that existed when the common law principles concerning the law of negligence arose and were applicable.” The court pointed out that em- ployes in various of the less hazard- ous occupations are exposed to dan- gers outside of their work while per- forming their duties, citing as an in- stance the disaster which occurred in a Chicago bank when a flaming dirigible airship dashed through the skylights. Answering the arguments of the - attorneys attacking the law that it was not within the police powers of the state legislature to classify all employments as hazardous, the court said that there was a “well-recog- nized public demand for a workmen’s compensation law” covering all “em- ployments as defined by the legisla- ture, which are presumptively haz- " ardous as a matter of law.” “Simply because compensation acts of other states have extended only to certain classified and stated em- ployments, extra-hazardous in their nature, furnishes-no ground. for the contention -that ‘hazardous’ means ‘extra-hazardous,’ where ‘the: legisla- tive intent is plainly contrary.” - ideals? In discussing further-the right of the legislature to -classify employ- ments, the court quoted a Judge Winslow, who said: “When an eighteenth century con- _stitution forms a charter of liberty of -a twentieth century government, must the general provisions be con- strued and interpreted by an eight- eenth century mind in the lights of eighteenth century conditions and Clearly not. This is to com- mand the race to halt in its progress, to stretch the state upon a veritable bed of Procustes.” ’ The court also held against the technical contention that the law was unconstitutional because the title em- braced more than one subject. Sim- ilarly it ruled against the argument that the power, given the bureau to classify employments and prescribe rates was an improper delegation of judicial power. THE CENSORSHIP Olympia, Wash. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: The two greatest disasters connect- ed with the war, as far as the United States is concerned, were the passing of the espionage act and jthe censor- ship. Free speech has been fought for, and like all other goods things the sensible man knows at times a price must be paid for this great bene- fit. Our forefathers did not fight for ‘the right of free speech, if this only meant addressing a Sunday school picnic on a summer’s day. They fought for the right to speak out in a crisis. Free speech means free infor- mation and a free press. The censor- ship, by shutting off the supply of news, automatlcally suppresses free speech. There are two sets of reasons for the censorship. * One is a plausible lot of reasons given out by the mili- tary authorities, that all censorship is a military nece551ty, that toavoid this censorshlp, either in spirit or letter, is treason. But the real reason is based on selfishness and incompetence. Behind all censorship rests the heavy hand of the autocrat, protecting his little clique of fnends. WhyRis Lincoln considered a great American ? Slmply because he did not use his power in an arbitrary. way. And what was the result? Victory and deathless fame. If there had been a strict censorship in the Civil war, McClellan’s censors would have pad- ded his reports. But people knew the truth, general after general went into the discard, until Grant was found. General Grant was a product of a free press, free speech and free selection. Our army got a good training in “humbuggery” before we entered the war. Pershing’s expedition into Mex- ico; the hocus pocus censorship. The result was we learned nothing. . In this war the censor was crowned and set on a little pedestal of sancity. What was the result? Everything was sup- pressed by the incompetents who were far more anxious to preserve the status quo than win the war. 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