The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-02-07
MUST SOON TAKE SIDES
Primary Election Law; Interest as
to How Leaders Will Want
to Modify 1t.
SEVEN CONVENTIONS, TWO DAYS
February To Be Busy T;me-Sav-
ing Our Feathered Friends
Kindness in Institutions.

mary election law is very we'll ap-
proved in the circles where support is
necessary, though few critics insist
| that it means convenient machinery
| for an ohgarchy to use. The friends
of the bill are eagerly waiting to see
what the influential fellows of senate
and assembly will do with it. 1t will
have a good friend in Mr.. Hall, of
course. That gentleman is doing his
friend, the governor, immense service
by loyalty standing by him in the I'M
folding chapters of the session. The
only structure he has made, and that
in a most kindly and casual way, is
that it seemed unnecessary in his mes
sage to say that the railways were
fairer than the people when it came to
listing property for taxation.
Will Orion Champion Measure?
On the primary election bill Judge
Orion has not yet spoken. The Darl-
ington jurist, while listed as of the
reform type, is a conservative in the
bone and instinctiveIy breads innova-
tons However, if he takes a labor
ing oar for the Stevens bill, he will
prove a giant; and if he does not, he
cannot hope to stop it. At present
when people talk to him of the meas
ure. he merely listens and says moth
ing.
In the senate Whitehead is another
man whose support of a measure is
important The GAINESVILLE man, with
his usual thOrOughness, proposes to
get the facts before he speaks He
| has imported a legal assistant to help
him uncover the law and experiences
of other states, and when he gets
ready to talk, he will say something
worth hearing. The principle of the
direct vote is SO approved by adj
vanced publicists, including the Mas
sachusetts school of gentlemen in pol
itics, whom Whitehead resembles,
that it is unlikely his conclusions will
lead him to find no good in the meas
ure. The chances are that the bill
will be modified in spots.
The 1897 Primary Bill.
The primary election bill differs at
some points from the Lewis bill OF
1897 which was promptly turned
down That bill provided that each
party should conduct it's own primary
election, although holding them in the
same booth and at the same time.
Each party paid its own expenses.
Each candidate was to secure the sig
natures of / per cent. of his fellow
Dartisans, as against 2 per cent. in the
Stevens bill This means fewer can
didates. There was the same prOvi-
sion for precinct committees Of
three to be elected by secret ballot.
The state committee, which the Stew
ems bill proposes, shall be made up Of
county chairmen, was to have been
chosen by the chairmen of the small
precincts. The Lewis bill further
proposed that municipal officers lie
non-partisan candidates to file nOmi-
nation papers by call as judges now
do"
Seven Conventions at One Time.
The state board of agriculture will
hold on Feb and what it calls an
agricultural mass convention and has
secured one and one-third rates, good
until Feb 9. An attractive programme
has been put up, with speaking on
sheep, swine, cattle, tuberculosis,
good roads, etc Editor George Ray
mer of Madison will speak on the pro-
lection of birds-one of his hobbies.
These same two days contain no less
than seven farmers cOnventiOns-bee-
keepers, veterinarian graduates,
Guernsey and Short-Horn breeders,
live stock, fair manager and farmers
insurance conventions. 1t will ITO
doubt be big gathering for agrfcul-
tural interests. By the way, the at
tendance on the short course in agri-
culture this year is 297, a fift more
than last year. Last year 1O2 Of these
farm students secured positions.
Lantern Slides and Birds.
There is bill to protect song birds.
In Madison and other cities there are
Audubon societies whose aim is to dis
courage women from using murdered
birds as sO-called decorations for hats
The local bird protection enthusiasts
madison Audubon society have sent
away and secured seventy colored
: slides from the American Museum Of
Natural History Of New York To
these are added slides that depict liv-
ing birds in the Madison region. The
purpose is to send these slides to any
high school or other organization il
the state, which will give a public ex-
hibitiOn. For So the use of the slides
is permitted for three days. The eXt
) press charges both ways are paid by
the high school or other society order
ing the slides, and if a lecturer is de
sired from Madison, his expenses must
be paid. He gives his services free.
A lantern will be sent out if needed
for fee. Any profit in the ork will
| be devoted TO buying new slides.
: Prompt application to Professor w
S. Marshall. president Of the Audi
bon society, will assure preferred
dates.
The Audubon society is doing very
good work in promoting a knowledge
of birds, which means love for the
little songsters. Apart from the ac-
tive interest of Professor Birge, DR..
Marshall and DR.. Libby, Mr.. DENIM
son and Mr.. Zimmerman of the fac
ulty have expert knowledge and Mr..
Winkenwerder is writing his thesis ON
Bird Migration" Along with birds,
squirrels and insects are coming in for
friends. Professor Money of the state
of Washington, who studied history
here during the summer, was much
struck with the fraternal spirit shown
! the Madison squirrels, and he wants
squirrel slides to train the Pacific
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