The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-02-08
Primary Election Law; Interest as
to How Leaders Will Want
to Modify 1t.
SEVEN CONVENTIONS, TWO DAYS
February 5 To Be Busy Tme-Sav-
ing Our Feathered Friends
Kindness in Institutions.


necessary, though a few critics insist
that it means convenient machinery
for an oligarchy 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 Il 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.
VIII orion Champion Measure?
On the primary election bill Judge
OrtOn has not yet spoken. The Darl-
ingtOn jurist, while listed as of the
reform type, is a conservative in the
bone and instinctively breads innova-
lions. However, if he takes a labor
ing oar for the Stevens bill, he will
prove q giant; and if he does not, he
cannot hope to stop it. At present,
when people talk to him of the meas
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 lrelp
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 ad-
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 1 per cent. Of his fellow
partisans, as against 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 be
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. 5 and what it calls an
agricultural mass convention and has
secured one and One-third rates, good
until Feb. g. 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
doubt be q big gathering for agricul-
tural interests. "a the way, the at
tendance Oh the short course in agri-
culture this year is 297, fifth more
than last year. Last year 102 Of these
farm students secured positions.
Lantern Slides and Birds.
There is Il 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 S0-called decorations for hats
The LEGAL bird protection enthusiasts
NladlsOn 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 n the Madison region. The
purpose is to send these slides to any
high school or other organization liz
the state, which will give a public ex-
htbition. For So the use of the slides
is permitted for three days. The ex-
press charges both ways are paid by
the high school or other society order
ing the slides, and if lecturer is de-
sired from Madison, his expenses must
be paid. He gives his services free
A lantern will be sent out if needed
Tor Il zee. ANY prOnt IN the Crk VIII
be devoted TO buying new slides.
Prompt application to Professor w.
S. Marshall, president of the Audu-
bon society, will assure preferred
dates.
The Audubon society is doing very
good work in promoting a knowledge
of birds. which means a 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
boys to regard them as friends to be
projected and not as enemies to be
killed. Slides on insects will follow
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