Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-18
1 LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.

AuO HOW bSSOuIUly u1oOA lOUo
having been settled, the commit
tee will this week undertake the
senatorial apportionment. It will
be a little difficult, for several
changes are proposed. Still the
matter will be practically settled,
I presume, within a week. The
reformation of the congressional
districts will be the hardest of all.
! Mr.. Eline's bill exempting
notaries public from the opera
ton of the anti-pass law passed
the Assembly last week. Mr..
Cady's bill in the Assembly to
prevent by law the intermarriage
of whites and negros was killed
by decisive vote. Mr.. Roe's
bill defining Intoxicating liquors
as such drinks as contained one
per cent, in volume of alcohol was
passed by the Assembly with a
good majority as was also Mr..
Overbeck's bill putting a tax of
ten cents on all ice shipped out
of the state.
| Of course no letter from here
can ignore the primary election
bill. Just now there is some
thing in particular to say.s By
an agreement between the friends
and opponents of the measure it
was decided that last Wednesday
there should be two and a half
hours Of discussion of the Stevens
assembly bill, and that this dis
cussion should be continued the
same length of time on Thursday
evening; and that neither side
should attempt any sharp parli-
mentary practice. It was also
agreed that at the close of the de
bate on Thursday evening a vote
{ should be taken on the Stevens
bill and that without further dis
cussion-in case this bill should
be defeated "a vote should be
) taken on the Miller senate bill.
This Miller bill was word for
word like the original Stevens
bill, but the latter had been
amended in a few particulars.
! This agreement spoke well fo1
the good sense of the Senators
Miller and Jones who planned
the battle. Not much can be
gained by fllibustering. People
naturally lose sympathy for a
measure if its friends resort to all
+ sorts of parliamentary tricks in
, order to gain questionable al
vantage.
} When all was ready Wednesday
: evening for the gaeat debate
t beginning at s o'clock and clos
at 1O:3O-the senate chamber was
literally packed, the floor, the
Hobbies and the gallery. Every
body was in an expectant state
for it was plain that hard fought
, battle was just ahead. Senator
Miller was in command of the
!, forces in favor of the bill and
+ Senator "Long' Jones gave di-
a rection to the opponents.
The debate was opened by Sen
r ator Miller. His argument
turned upon the fact that the pro
4 posed law under discussion was
drawn honestly to meet the de
mand of the republican platform
adopted When the state officers
were nominated. He asserted
, that the people Of the state de-
mand such a law, and that the
republican legislators will be false
5 to the trusts reposed IN them il
I they do not enact it.
Senator Miller was followed by
: Senator Roehr, who spoke against
the bill. He said that the plat
form did not say just what kind
! of a primary election law should
be enated; that he wanted some
such law, but that the bill was
altogether too sweeping. He de-
!, clared that if passed it would dc
harm to both the republican party
! and the whole people in many
ways.
Others that spoke in favor OF
the bill were Senators Burns,
Munson and Mills and those who
opposed it were Senators O,Neil