The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-30
Plan F(R A STATE PLANT
FURNISH ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR
THE CAPITOL AND OTHER
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
DISCUSS THE ELECTION BILL
Payment of Wages by Corporations
to Be Observation-Disclosures Pay
Regularly and in
Cash.

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 29.-(Special.)-
The assembly this morning discussed the
plan for a state electric lighting plant to
light the capitol and other state build
ings, and a resolution was adopted call
ing upon the dean of the engineering col
lege for an estimate Of the cost of such
a plant
The most important bill introduced was
by Lenroot in the assembly requiring cor
porations to file with the register of deeds
their corporate name and list of their
officers SO that claimants may know who
to sue.
Another bill by Lenroot proposes to in
crease the debt limit in cities from to
10 per cent of assessed valuation, and an
other increases the penalty for bank rob-
berry from five to twenty years.
The assembly passed a resolution for a
committee to confer with Minnesota leg
islators on vessel taxation
The primary election bill introduced In
both houses last evening was the main
topic Of discussion among the members
today. There will be much opposition to
it even in the assembly and among MEM
bers who are known as La Toilette men.
Report has it that Judge Orion will lead
the opposition in the assembly.
POINTS OF PRIMARY ELECTION
BILL.
After many weeks of continuous ardu-
GUS labor at preparing Wiscon:dn's first
primary election bill, Assemblyman E..
Ray Stevens, of Madison, has introduced
in the assembly and G. P. Miller, of
Madison, in the senate, a bill which, if
1t becomes a law, will do away with the
entire system of nominating conventions,
and thus, it's advocates hope, destroy the
power of the political boss in this state
Il
words, is complete in its provisions, ex-
plicit in its directions, and is accompanied
with sample ballots.
In brief, the bill provides that primary
elections shall be held the first Tues
day in September in the case of general
elections. For a candidate to get his
name upon the ballot he must file, forty
days before the primary election nom
ination papers signed by at least twenty
seven voters of the party for which he is
a candidate, with the proper officers.
In the case of a candidate for a state
Office the signers must be distributed over
at least twelve counties of the state. 1t
is provided that in signing a nomina ton
paper the voter shall give his residence
and vocation, also declaring his member
ship in the party in the paper. Women
thus nominated are to be placed alpha
betically upon separate ballots for each
party.
The result of the election is declared
by committee composed of the precinct
chairmen for each party on the second
day after the election. The candidate get
ting the highest number of votes is the
nominee. In case of tie the canvassing
committee determines the nominee by lot
from the two highest.
There were twenty-eight other bills,
mainly local, introduced in the assembly.
A bill by Senator Mills, of Superior,
provides for a state tax of cent per net
ton or vessel tonnage. He also intro
duced a bill doing away with all tuition
fees at the state university.
Senator Willy has introduced a bill re-
quiring payments of wages by certain
classes of corporations in cash and with
a few exceptions payment weekly. The
bill provides that all manufacturing, min
ing, quarry, mercantile, street railway,
canal, steamboat, telegraph, telephone,
express and water companies shall pay
their employees in cash alone and shall
pay weekly and the payment to be not
later than six days after the wages are
earned. The bill provides that steam
railways may pay twice month, each
payment to be made before the sixth
and twenty-fifth of the month. penalty
OF IS IS provided to be paid by the cor
poration for every violation of the act
-Four bills We're introduced yes