Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-07-04
SENATE KILLS
THE NYE BILL
FOR MIXING NOMINATIONS WITH
GENERAL ELECTION.
BANKS MUST HALE CAPITAL
Measure to Forfeit License When
Cash Is insufficient Is Concurred
in-RepubIican Senators Keep
Democrat From Leaving and Then
Duck Through Windcw.
Madison, June %.

Madison, June %.
The primary election question was
threshed out on the floor of the SEN
ate yesterday. The Nye bill was on
the calendar for third reading. The
bill provides that in the event that at
any primary at which candidates for
the United States senate are to be
nominated, if none OF the candidates
receive majority of the votes cast,
the two receiving the greatest num-
Der of votes shall be placed upon the
general election ticket with the can
di,lates for the other party offices.
Senators Lockney, Martin, Sanborn
and Owen spoke for the measure and
Senators Munson, Brazeau, Page Will
cox and Husting against it. Senator
Lockney insisted that such a meas
ure was especially needed at this time.
Senator Owen favored the require
ment of a majority vote. All of the
senator's who spoke in favor of the
measure favored majority rule. SEN
ator Nunson urged that If the bill be-
came a law it would greatly compl-
cate the primary election system,
and that 1t would undo what was done
several years ago when the reform of
direct nomination was enacted. Sen
ators Wilcox and Owen had lengthy
personal encounter on the effect of
the proposed measure in allowing
members of other parties to nominate
candidates of an opposing party. The
bill was refused a third reading by a
vote of 20 to 6.
The senate amendment to 73a, ex-
tending the right of action to broth
ers and sisters of persons killed by
trains or through the negligence of
any corporation. was voted down.
Veto Sustained.
Governor Davidson's veto of Senator
Hazelwood's bill giving more power to
county boards in regard to the school
systems and their maintenance, was
sustained by the senate. Senator
Hardwood urged the senate to sustain
the veto, saying that he did not desire
the passage Of the bill without the
governors approval.
Senator Roehr's mutual life insur-
ance bill, which had passed the SEN
ate, returned from the assembly with
an amendment limiting the powetrs
of such companies and providing
stringent restrictions upon them. The
senator urged the defeat of the amend.
ment, and it was lost by unanimous
vote.
Assembly bill No. SIG, providing
that all banks which are not capital.
lied to the amount which the law re-
quires, shall have their commissions
taken from them after January l.,
1909, was ordered to third reading
and after suspension of the rules was
concurred in.
Base craftsmanship.
The senate in one particular re-
sembled a kindergarten yesterday
Senator Munson made a motion short
ly before IL O'Clock that the sergeant
at arms prohibit any one from leav.
ing the chamber until recess. Many
senators, who had planned on leaving
at lunch time. We're thus prevented
from doing so. Senator Stout humbly
asked leave of the senate half an
hour later to answer long distance
telephone call. A short leave of alb
se2ce was granted him. A few min
utes before | o'clock Senator Fair
child begged that Senator Pearson
might be excused in order to meet his
daughter at the railway station. He
was also permitted to go. Many Of
the senator's grew Impatient at the
long-continued proceedings and desired
to leave. Senator Husting made an
attempt to escape through window,
but his republican friends, Senators
Martin and Noble. upholding the de-
cree of the senate. grabbed the sen
atcr as he had one leg out of the
window and forced him to remain in
the chamber. A few minutes later,
both Of these republican senators
made their escape through the very
window from which they had sent
the democratic senator to his seat