Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-05-09
WISCONSIN LAW MAKERS

Madison, April 29.-The Milwaukee,
municipal icehouse bill, introduced ly
Assemblyman Harrass and passed
through the assembly. was given an
other chance, when action on a rec
ommendation for inconvenience was
postponed by the senate. Chief Clerk
Emerson made a report upon the con-
dition of business which showed that
only 25 bills for the total of $50 had
become laws, 40 had been killed and
349 were sill in the hands of COM
mittees.
In the assembly the bill which
places further restrictions upon the
issuance of passes to the state fair
was advanced, and the senate bill pro
viding for a parole power by the
board of control was concurred In
The committee ON elections recon-
mended for non-concurrence the sen
ate bill permitting counties to use
the coupon ballot system.
Madison, April 30.-By vote of 80
to 81 the assembly rejected an amend
meat to the present primary law in
the shape of the Mckenzie bill which
provided that at least 20 per cent of
the party vote shall be polled in the
primary before candidate Is entitled
to have the passage immedats y.
Speeches in favor of the bill were
made by Messrs. Mckenzie, Leroy,
Roycraft and Keppel. The main evil
complained of by the advocates of
the b. is the participation by demo
Gratis IN republican primaries Messrs
O'Neil, Elver, Potter and Hughes OF
the democratic side spoke against the
measure, Elver venturing the pre-
diction that in two years, If the
measure were adopted, the assembly
would have but four democrats m
stead of 10. A number of republicans
were also opposed to the bill, Messrs,
Cleary, Burke, Sprague and Reynolds
urging that the result sought to be &C
complished in a less dangerous man
ner
Madison, May 1.-The joint resolu-
tion introduced in the assembly by
Mr.. Ties protesting against the hold
ing of the Syracuse Wisconsin uni
versity crew race scheduled here for
memorial day and protesting against
any other athletic events on that day.
was concurred in President Van
Hise accordingly has ordered the
association to change the
date. The Milwaukee municipal ic>
nlant bills. introduced by Senator
Roehr and Assemblyman Harrass,
were re-referred to the committee on
villages and cities for another hear
ing The spring shooting bills were
laid over for week on motion of
Senator Browne
Should the substitute amendment
to Senator Froemming's bill relating
to hours OF labor on public works
become law the purpose OF the orig
inal bill will be entirely subverted
and the application of the eight.
hour day will be imposed upon every
class of public work in state. city
town. village or hamlet, not only the
larger works but to every minor de-
tail where the public is charged with
the expense. road work, street work,
everywhere within the state Even
contractors and ~sub-contractors are
involved.
An effort to reconsider the vote on
the Mckenzie bill to require total
of twenty-five per cent of the party
vote at the primary before any candi
date can he designated as the party
candidate failed i'm the assembly, al.
though the friends of the measure sue.
ceeded in securing few more votes
than they had Tuesday when the vote
stood SO to 81. The vote yesterday
stood So to sc. The debate which
ensued again was repetition of the
discussion which took place when
the bill first came up. The demo.
Gratis. Messrs. O'Neil and Hughes,
and several republicans. Messrs.
Sprague and Curtiss. again opposed
the measure.
BY of vote of So to 20 the assembly
refused to recede from the stand taken
last week in favor of the joint reso,
luton raising the school age of chill.
dren to six years. Assemblyman
Ainsworth. the author of the resolu
ton, presented some telling argu.
ments in favor of amending the con.
stitution to the effect indicated in the
resolution. He pointed out that 80
per cent of the school children In
America we're understood and that,
as contrasted with school children
In foreign countries. American chill
den were frail. He said that clearly
America had failed in it's destiny so
far as fulfilling its duty toward the
school children is concerned He
claimed that there was too much pre-
cocity and too little sturdy health and
ruggedness among our school children.
Assemblyman McGregor also took the
floor in favor Of the proposition.
Messrs. Falyey and Bichler opposed
Madison, May ITO absolutely
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