Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-16
Absent and not voting-Senators
Jovt JameS Tehr and Perrv

Absent and not voting-Senators
Hoyt. James, Lehr and Perry.
The bill wipes out all existing fran
chises and places all water powers on
navigable streams under the control of
the railroad commission, to which ap-
plications must be made for fran
chises. The meat of the bill is con-
tanned in the following provisions:
The use of the navigable waters for
powers developed under franchise
granted under the provisions of this
act is declared to be public use.
All energy, developed or undevel-
oped, of the navigable waters is sub
ject to the control of the state for the
public good.
The beneficial use and natural en-
ergy of the navigable waters for all
public uses are held by the state in
trus. for all of the people.
The state expressly reserves the
right to manage, regulate and control
the use and distribution of the power
developed under a franchise granted
under the provisions of this act, and
to regulate, manage and control the
level and flow of water in all navigable
waters.
Every franchise shall be granted
for a term Of 20 years, but the appro-
priator shall have the right of continu-
ance for two further and successive
terms Of ten years each upon filing an
application therefor with the railroad
commission, subject to the right of the
state to readjust the franchise value
Of a horse power at the commence
ment Of the first and second continu-
anceS.
By vote of III to e the assembly
passed the bill limiting the working
hours of women to ten a day or fifty
five week The Democrats with one
exception, Mr.. Long, and three Repub-
hcans, Spoor, Ellingson and Haight,
voted against it.
jurisdiction OF the civil court of Mil
waukee county was concurred in with
out debate.
Without debate the assembly re-
reated it's disapproval of the plan to
make the office of insurance commits
sioner appcintive. Two roll calls were
necessary. The first, on nonconcur-
renee, resulted in vote of 38 to 38,
party lines being split in all direc-
tons. On the second roll call, on con-
currence, Jockey changed his vote to
mo" and Dinner and John r. Jones
came in time to vote likewise, making
the vote 81 ayes and Al noes. An eff
fort will be made to reconsider the
action.
Speaker Ingram and Assemblyman
Bichler, Democratic floor leader, de-
bated The latter's bill reducing the
percentage of the total vote required
for primary candidates from ten per
cent, as provided in the second choice
bill recently passed, to number equal
to the number of signers to the nomi-
mating petition. Speaker Ingram had
offered an amendment to make it
double" the number of signers. After
substitute offered by Mr.. Bichler, MAX
ing the number of signatures re-
CURED five per cent. So far as names
written in" are concerned, the re-
Quirement is made double the number
of signatures for a nominating petit
ton. The bill was sent to engross-
ment.
Mr.. Stern secured the adoption of
an amended substitute for the Doiner
bill for civil service system in Mil
waukee county, his amendment pro-
viding that present employees shall re-
tain their positions and later submit
to a noncompetitive examination. The
bill, however, was killed through the
continuance of the combination Of the
Socialists with Democrats and other
opponents of the highways bill who
have traded votes ad libitum on vari-
Gus measures. The vote was AZ to %
to kill the bill.