Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-17


have paid $591, O97.41 for the privilege
of complying with the law and filing
his primary election expense account
of $1O7, 793.O5. By the same token, his
rivals in the senatorial race, according
to their accounts filed last October,
would have paid according to the fol-
lowing table:
Name Amount Spent. Fee.
S. A. Cook .$29,5S7.65 6,370.33
H. Hatton 49,. 26,413.18 38,226.61
F. E. McGovern 11,O63.S6 7.170.60
Neal Brown =. 1,025.85 10000
Disposition of the Fund.
The bill provides that detailed state
ments shall be filed, and then directs
the method by which the fee is
charged and the disposition of the
fund as follows:
EVERY such person on or before the
time when such statement is required
TO be filed, shall pay to the officer with
whom such statement is required to
be filed, sum computed on the basis
of 10 per centum upon the first 500
or fraction thereof expended by such
candidate or in his behalf with his
consent, and an additional one per
centum upon each additional 500 or
fraction thereof expended by such can
didate or in his behalf with his con-
sent. One-half of all sums so paid
to any city or county clerk shall be
paid to the state treasurer on or be-
fore the fifteenth day of December in
amounts so paid to the secretary of
state, to be credited TO the school
fund 1t shall be the duty of the Sec
rotary of state and the attorney gen.
eral and the respective county clerks
and district attorneys to institute and
prosecute civil action in the name of
the state for the recovery of all fees
not paid as aforesaid"
Last Day for Bills.
This is the last day under the res
olution by which new bills can be in
PRODUCED and the chief clerks of the
two houses were fairly swamped with
them An indication of the near ap-
proach of this date was seen last
Thursday when over $50 bills came
into the assembly alone. Of course 1t
does not mean that no bills will come
in after today, but the procedure will
have to be more formal and this will
discourage the introduction of more
measures.
OF the large number of interesting
measures that have come in the past
week are several that would necessi-
tate amendment of the constitution.
One of these aims to increase the sal
airy of members of the legislature from
$500 to $1,000. A like resolution was
adopted two years ago and has been
introduced again by Assemblyman IN
gram of Durand for second adoption.
If it again goes through both houses it
must be submitted to a vote of the
people at the next general election,
and if Endorsed by them will become
operative two years hence and the next
legislature will get the benefit.
Revision of the Constitution.
The agitation for a revision of the
state constitution, which has been
made periodically in recent years, will
be brought up again at this session.
Assemblyman Zimmerman today in
troduced a resolution to that end, and
other members are said to have sim
liar measures in preparation. The
point will be made that the state has
outgrown its Anticipated ark, and that
it is not pliable and comprehensive
enough to meet certain conditions.
At a previous session Speaker Ekern
made a strong plea for such revision,
hut was not sustained. The Socialist
members Of the legislature are espec-
tally DESTROYS Of seeing revision
brought about, as they have num-
Der of comprehensive measures for
state regulation of monopolies and
natural resources which could be made
doubly effective were the constitution
revised as they desire It to be and
were their views accepted.
Woman Suffrage Bill.
In line with the proposition to
amend the constitution is a bill for
the submission to the voters of a law
extending the suffrage to women. The
bill has been introduced in the upper
house by Senator Stout and in the
lower by Assemblyman ]. III. Hamper
of Racine, the home of Mrs. Olympia
Brown, the noted suffragist leader.
These gentlemen have promised to do
all in their power to secure the passage
of the measure. This afternoon has
been set for hearing and the women
have secured Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones,
the noted Chicago divine, to represent
their argument for them.
A. o. BARTON.