Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-07
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

A highly important measure. calcu-
lated to avoid scandal in connection with
the selection of text books for public
schools. was presented by Assemblyman
BENSON Thursday 1t provides for a
uniform system of text books in all pub
| lie schools throughout the State, to be
either printed or purchased by the State
| and furnished 10 schools at cost price.
| An appropriation for $4,000 is made to
| enable the State to purchase copyrights.
| The State superintendent. together with
| two expert educators, are to constitute
| a hoard To select tho books. The wound
ing or killing of human beings through
| carelessness on the part OF hunters is
sought to be made a criminal otfense I'M
der a bill introduced by Assemblyman
LIE Roy. 1t is designed to make hunt
ers more careful and provides penalty
| of fine from 81 to $1,000 and imprison-
ment from one day to one year. Mr.. lie
| Row presented Il measure enabling the
| labor commissioner to appoint factory M
| snectors at the request of labor organ
| izations who shall serve without pay.
| Senator Miller. on request of the state
| beard of control, presented Il bill in The
| Senate making the following appropria-
| tions: State hospital for the insane, $685.
| 600: northern hospital. $4,000; school
for the deaf. $1O,GO0 industrial school
| for bows. S13,50O: State prison, $4,000;
home for Predetermined, $1,000, and Sl0,-
| 600 for fire insurance premiums. AppTo-
priations are for improvements and re-
pairs.
The Assembly Committee Oh Prlvi-
leces and Elections Friday unanimously
reported a substitute primary election
| bill providing that all candidates Tor
| elective offices. including candidates for
| United States Senator, shall be nominal
ted at Il primary election to be held the
first Tuesday in September. 1904, ana
| biennially thereafter. excepting candl-
| dates for school Offices and justices CT
the peace Any primary excepting the
| September primary shall be held two
| weeks before the election The same COM
| mittee reported substitute on the Uni
| ted States Senatorial memorial reSolu-
ton, the amendment requesting Senators
from Wisconsin to exert their influence
| and use all honorable means to the end
| that Congress may submit to the people
an amendment to the Federal constltu-
ton permitting the people to vote direct
ly for United States Senators.
The first debate over the primary
measure came Monday night when AS
| semblyman Frear asked that it be made
| q special order for Wednesday morning.
| Mr.. Ray thought the time for conSidera-
ton too short, saving many OF the mem
bers wanted to consult the wishes OF
their constituents, and asked that con
sideration be deferred until one week
from Wednesday. Il. w. Evans, the
| Democratic leader. supported Mr.. Kay $
amendment saying that there would be
no purpose in printing 1000 extra copies
of the bill unless it was that members
might send copies to their constituents.
Speaker Lenroot was unable to decide
whether the motion to amend was car
red aud called for the ayes and noes.
The vote was as follows: Against post
ponement 81. for postponement 40. The
Senate held brief session
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Tuesday mornings session of the AS
se.nbly was considerably enlivened by the
speech of Assemblyman Bradford pre-
senting n burlesque upon the discoveries
of the coal Investigating committee. a
small basket of coal was presented to
the committee because of it's valuable
discoveries. In an effort to settle the
much vexed problem of prison labor. AS
scmblyman Joseph f. Martin of Green
Bay has introduced Il bill forbidding the
contract system. The manner of the
employment of convicts is placed entire
| ~ in the hands of the Legislature, all
authority now being invested in county
boards being revoked. An iron-clad meas
ure to prevent State, county, city, village
or town officers or employees, whether
elective or appointive, from taking any
part in the circulation of petitions for
nomination under the primary election
i act, directly or indirectly, excepting to
sign their own names to petitions, has
been presented in the Assembly. 1t
came in the form of a separate mensfirH
and was Immediately sent to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections Bills
were introduced in both houses to permit
of the consolidation of street railway
lines of Marinette and Menominee, and
providing for development of water pow
crs along Menominee river. Aside from
the Introduction of new bills little bust
ness was transacted in either house In
Il the Senate a resolution on the death Of
Francis A. Hoffman of Jefferson was
offered by Senator Beach and adopted by
Il rising vote.
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The primary election bill known as
the committee bill" No 81 A, was
passed to engrossment and third reading
i'll the Assembly Wednesday afternoon
Che final vote being rs in favor and 20
in opposition. OF the twenty opposing
votes eleven were east by stalwart Re
| publicans and nine by Democrats. Near
/ ~ two-thirds of the Democratic members
| favored the bill. BY the action of the
Assembly the bill is now fixed in the
| form i'll which it will be sent to the
| Senate. as after engrossment there can
he no amendment other than by unani-