The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
MINNESOTA PRIMARY BILL NnAY BE
ACCEPTED BY WISCONSIN
S0LONS
SOME COMPROMISE Is LIKELY
Party Bosses Are Round to XIII the
Measure in Part, If Not Entirely
Another Chance for the
Voting Machine.

by which his bill, ordered out of commit
tee yesterday, was made a special order
for next Wednesday evening with the as
sembly bill Senator Miller appealed for
reconsideration OF the vote, saying his
object was to kill his bill and vote for
the assembly bill, but his motion for re-
consideration was voted down.
The bill requiring the examination ana
licensing of stationary engineers was
passed by the senate, but a motion for
reconsideration Will be acted on Tuesday
The assembly passed the bill providing
that the labor of the state prison shall
be diversified, not more than fifty con-
victs to be employed in any one industry
The Whitson divorce bill, providing
that insanity shall not be a ground for
divorce unless it has existed for five
years before the commencement of the
action, was also killed by the assembly
The hottest fight which has been seen
on the floor of the senate in many wears
is likely to be witnessed next week over
the primary election bill By the time
it is taken up Wednesday evening there
will be several substitutes in, under the
resolution adopted Friday, permitting
senators to hand substitutes or amend
ments to the clerk and have them print
ed and placed on the calendar. One of
! these substitutes may provide for the
submission of the question of the passage
of the Stevens substitute bill to a vote
of the people. 1t is beginning to be real
lied by several senators that this is the
sensible thing to do and the only method
| of healing the breach which is constant
ly widening between the friends of the
bill and its opponents.
There is a change that the opposition
may unite on a compromise measure.
which will be the bill passed, and which
it is believed would receive the concur
renee of q majority of the assembly. The
opposition held a caucus Thursday even
ing, at which thee resolutfon calling the
Miller bill out Of committee sprung NV
Senator Gaveny yesterday, was agreed
upon. and the caucus system may be ad-
! hered to until the bill is disposed of In
some way. Just how broad such a COM
promise would be it is impossibIe<to nre-
dict at this time. The leaders of the on
position would limit the application of the
bill within county lines, while a few of
those VINO voted with, the majority Fri
j day favor following pretty closely the
provisions of the Minnesota bill. The
friends of the Stevens bill have net vet
manifested willingness to accept any
! compromise, but it it probable they would
now be satisfied with the Minnesota bill.
1t is supposed their idea In holding back
the Miller bill in committee was to ''size
up the situation after action had Teen
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so amend the Miller bill as to insure the
| passage9eof bill having the, adrninistra
ton stamp. This view, however, is con-
trad1cted by the statement of Senator
Miner Yesterday that if the Stevens sub
stitute was killed his bill, 70 A., would
be brought up for consideration.
The voting machine is to have another
chance. AT last evenings session of the
senate Senator Mills moved that the vote
by which the Hall constitutional amend
nent legalizing the machines was de-
feated be reconsidered and that action
en- the motion be deferred until Tues
day The amendment had a majority of
one Friday, but still lacked one Of a
majority of all the members, eSenat tors
Jacobs and Morse were absent and it
may be that one of them will give the
vote necessary to pass the measure Two
sample machines, the McTammany and
the standard are set up in the room of
the assembly committee on privileges
ana elections, and all the members have
tried them Their cost is one of the
principal objections, the price of the
cheapest being $500, and as a machine
would be required for each precinct TIE
total for any city in the state would
run we'll up into four figures.
1t was decided by the senate Friday
evening to send the two bills relative to
r the. state tax commission back to the
committee on assessment and collection
OF taxes for another. hearing. Several
Oh the senators think that the bill enlarg,
ing the powers of the, commission is too
drastic and should be modified.
While the senate is wrestling with the
primary election bill, the assembly will
have its share of trouble over the railway
| taxation bill, which is expected to be re-
ported out Of the committee early in the
week, perhaps at Mondays session 1t
is said that one of thesbil probably the
one Which provides forsan increase Of the
rate under the present license system,
Will come from the committee with prac-
tlcally unanimous report in it's favor.
Gov La Follette's veto Of the bill
which would permit the police and fire
commissions of cities to summary re,
move police and firemen is receiving gen
eral approval. Many of the legislators
mad not realized the arbitrary power the
bill gave the commissions of discharging
the men or chiefs without assigning any
cause. Such a law would be a long step
backward toward the days when the POI
lice departments were very important
wheels IN the political machine
The biennial farce of passing a bill i'm
posing some nominal additional duty
upon the state superintendent of educa,
ton, at an extravagant remuneration, in
order to get around the constitutional
provision which limits his salary to 81 200
and give him adequate compensation,
VIII be done away with if the people in
dorse the constitutional amendment
which passed the senate yesterday, and
is recommended by the assembly COM
mlttee for favorable action. The amend,
ment mas been passed by one legislature
BESIDES removing the salary limitation,
II changes the term of the superintendent
from two to four years, beginning the
hrst Monday in July and provides that
he shall be elected at the same time and
In the same manner as are justices OF
the supreme court
The bill appropriating $4,000 for the
building Of levees on the Fox and Wis
consin rivers at Portage was ordered en-
crossed by an overwhelmingly large vote
There was a long debate over the bill
during which some of the members de-
clared that this measure was likely to
prove a legislativegriveF and harbor bill
The battle flags will be brought back
from the state historical library to the
capitol rotunda April 16. There Will be
elaborate ceremonies and the old regi-
mental color bearers will be asked to be
present and carry the flags The flags
will be escorted by the university band
the university cadets, A&he Madison COM
pany Of the national guard, and the
local G. A. r. post b
Only Two.
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