Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
DEADLOCK OVER
PRIMARY LAW
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY AT
SWORDS POINTS
Lower House Refuses to Concur in
Amendment and Measure Is Re-
turned-Members Refuse
to Be Bulldozed
nv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 2t.--For the
first time during this session there Is
deadlock between the two houses OF the
legislature over a measure in which one
refuses TO concur and the other declines
to recede. ,-.., o.
For several days the senate and as
sernb1v have played battledore ana
shuttlecock with Held's direct primary
law. The senate saddled the PROPOSED
constitutional amendment WIN an
amendment providing that untll tne al
rect primary is enacted by the leglS,
lature the present primary laws shali
remain in force. $50,
Tbis was interpreted by the lower
house that it would tie the hands of the
legislature and prevent 1t from amend
ing or extending the present lays in the
event that the legislature falled 10 en-
act direct primary laws under the pro
vision OF Held's constitutional amend
ment.
Wranele All Morning
Today after wrangling all morning
over the adoption of joint rules this late
IN the session and following sharp
fpht over the report of the conference
committee that it had failed to agree,
the lower house for the third or fourth
time refused to concur in the senate
amendment and returned Held's meas
ure to the senate.
The upper house in the afternoon
again voted not to recede from it's posi-
tion and another joint conference com
r1ittee composed of Senators Wright,
Leavitt and Walker and Assemblymeh
johnson, Held and Stetson was ap-
pointed. A substitute amendment OF
fered by Wright, leaving to the legis-
lature the power to amend, extend or
-, icti In
the event that a direct primary law Is
not enacted, will, it is believed, result
in an agreement.
Johnson and Walsh in opposing the
senate amendment declared that the
honor of the assembly was at stake
and said they did not propose to let
the senate "bulldoze" the lower house.
Johnson also opposed the adoption of
the Joint rules because they permitted
committees to report out measures at
their pleasure
Joint Rules Adopted
He wanted committees to report
measures within ten days. Inc JOINT
rules were adopted.
A bill providing for the direct nomi-
nation of candidates for all offices was
passed by the assembly this after
noon. The measure is a substitute
presented by the committee on cleo
IlOn laws LOT one lllllOuuSCu W
StetSon.
1t provides for candidates ballot
at primary elections. Each party will
have a separate ballot which will con-
tain the names of the candidates for
ALL offices. A special ballot box shall
be provided in addition to the ballot
box now provided for by law for dele
gaee ballots.
The candidate of any party for the
nomination of any state, district. local
or municipal office receiving plural
ity shall have cast for him the votes
of all delegates from such delegate
district to the convention before which
he is a candidate. The bill also pro-
vides for the expression of the voters
as to their choice for United States
senator, the candidates for which will
head the ballot.
Candidates for nomination by state
convention must file a petition with
the secretary of state signed by 1000
electors of his party candidates for
nomination by district, local and NUM-
cipal conventions petitions signed by
2 per cent of the electors of his party
in such district, county or city.