Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-12-18
ALL CANDIDATES
AFTER LABOR VOTE
GET ON RECORD FAVORING
EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
BUT THE MEASURE FAILS
Assembly Amendment to CapItoi sl'l
Non-Concurred in by Senate-MIs-
take IF Clerk Gives Lieutenant
Governor Davidson Chance to Line
Up With McGIlivray and Hatten.
Madison, Dec. Is.


A comedy of parliamentary errors,
To the fullness of which some polltl-
cal gymnastics contributed, was Ell
acted in the senate last night, and the
result was that three figures in that
body whose gubernatorial lightning
rods are out were placed on record as
fayoring the eight-hour amendment
TO the capitol building bill. Even
the presiding officer, Lieutenant GOV
ernor Davidson, voted for the amend
ment. Even then the measure was
sent back non-concurred in to the
assembly and it's social democratic
origin.
Senator McGillivray voted from the
beginning for the amendment. IL
came before the senate accompanied
by a motion by Senator Whitehead
that it was not germane to the call
for the extra session. Senator Rum
mel pleaded that the senators do not
sneak away from the issue under
cover of a question Of technical or
der, but declare themselves for or
against the principle involved and go
on record before the people. Then
Senator Whitehead withdrew his mo-
ton questioning the propriety of con-
sidering the amendment under the
call for the session, and put the
question Of concurrence squarely up
to the senate. He opposed the meas
ure, declaring that it meant an in
crease of cost to the people of the
state by some 100000 for the new
capitol, and that no matter what the
assembly did in this matter, the SEN
ate is it's own boss.
Social Democrat Speaks.
Senator Rummel read an argument
in favor of the eight-hour provision
and of shorter hours for labor in
general, maintaining that reduction OF
hours of toll tended to greater eff
ficiency of labor, increased opportun-
ity, intelligence, morality, temper
ance and devotion on the part of the
laborer to his family. The vote on
Non-concurred In.
For an eight-hour laboring day on
the new capitol-Senators Frear,
Froemming, Martin, McGillivray, Mer-
ten, North Randolph, Rogers, Roehr,
Rummel, Smith, Stevens-12.
Administrations Beach, Bird,
Burns, Hagemeister, Hatten, Hudnall,
Johnson, Morris, Munson, Noble,
Sanborn, Stondall, Stout, Whitehead,
Wipperman, Wilcox, Wolf, Wright,
Wylie-19.
McGiliVray Quotes Rules.
There was a good deal of CONVEX
sation among the senators in the
few minutes following and it was not
noticed that Senators SanbOrn, Stout
and Others were comforting with Sen
ator Hatten, but he surprised the SEN
ate presently by making a motion
that the vote by which the amend
ment was non-concurred in be recon
sidered. Senator McGillivray was
quickly upon his feet, demanding to
know how Senator Hatten had voted
on the first roll CALL and intimating
that Senator Hatten had no parlia-
mentary right to make the motion.
New Rule to Hatten.
"Since when?', called out Hatten
at McGillivray.
why, you voted in the negative
and you can't make that motion un-
der the rules of the senate" insisted
McGillivray.
Then the rule was read, according
to which any member voting with
the prevailing side can move for re-
consideration and Senator McGillivray
subsidized and the roll was called. Sen
ator Wilcox said he would favor re-
consideration, assuming that Senator
Hatten had discovered that he was
on record wrong and wanted to
change over on the opposite side.