The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-24
LOOKS LIKE A WINNER
PRIMARY ELECTION BILL, Is SIRE
OF PASSING THE
HOUSE
SENATE VOTE MAY BE CLOSE
Measures LegaIizing the Practice Of
OsteOpathy and Increasing the
Salaries of Supreme and
Circuit Judges.

MADISON, Wis. Feb. 2S-(SpeciaI)-
The committee report on the primary
lection bill will be submitted to both
houses Of the legislature before the end
of another week. Tuesday afternoon and
evening will be devoted to the last pub
lie hearing to be given by the com
mtttees. At the afternoon session Henry
Fink and Cash Rogers, of Milwuakee,
will speak against the bill, and at the
evening session Attorney H. w. Chyno-
weth will make the closing argument in
It's favor. 1t has been reported that Gov
La Toilette will appear before the COM
m1ttee at the evening session to speak
for the measure, but this appears to be
uncertain. After Tuesday night the dis
cussien will be confined within the COM
p1ittee until its report is made This will
be not more than two or three days later
as the committee Is believed to be prac-
tically Of one mind, and unanimous re-
port in favor Of the bill is expected.
There are likely to be some minor
amendments, such as an extension of
time for holding the polls open III the
country districts, but all reports Of
compromise with the opponents of the
bill which viii change any of its material
features are unfounded Assemblyman
Stevens, the author says it's friends
would rather see 1t defeated than have
any of its principles eliminated. and il is
believed it will be faYorably reported in
practically its original form.
What it's fate will be on the floor is
not so certain There is little doubt that
it will pass the assembly by a good ma
jority, but it is conceded on all sides that
the vote in the senate will be close, and
the best friends of the bill say that the
result there is in doubt
The most important bill which became
a law this week was the one providing
for the reassessment Of void special as
sessments for special Improvements in
cities of the third and fourth class 1t
was designed to help the city of La
Crosse out OF the difficulty it found itself
in through failure to properly adopt the
provisions of the general charter law, but
II was discovered that it applied equally
well to other cities where special I'M
preverneru taxes had been Illegally as
sessed Oshkosh wanted it, SO did also
Eau Claire, Fond du Lac Wausau and
other cities. 1t provides that when any
city of the third or fourth class orders !
special improvements before adopting the
clauses of the general charter act pro-
viding therefor, 1t may adopt them later
and assess for the Improvement.
The bill legafizing the practice of oste-
opathy in Wisconsin Is in fair way to
become a law. 1t was advanced to third
reading in the senate this week without
a struggle, and Is likely to pass the upper
house practically without opposition and
its friends predict an equally easy road |
fer it in the assembly
The bill to increase the salaries of the |
supreme and circuit Judges is having Il
hard TOW to hoe in the committee on
claims. The clause providing an increase |
for circuit judges from $500 to $1,000
was once eliminated, but is said to have
since been restored, and the committee Is |
said to be equally divided on the bill as
a whole. Unless there Is at least a ma |
jority report in its favor, there is little
chance of its passing.