Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-01-13
MOOSE TAKES LEAD
HiNERAuGH, PROGRESSIVE, IN
PRODUCES A PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY BILL.
BACKED BY ALL HIS PARTY
Democrats Hesitant About Puttino
Wilson'S Suggestion Into Form of
measure-Such Law MIGHT
Permit Women to Vote.
BY GEORGE CLINTON

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington.-It is a representative
of the Progressive party who. with the
approval of the partys organization. is
the hrst TO get into the field of legis,
latlon with a presidential primary bill
representative limbaugh, Progress.
siVe, OF Illinois, was the author of the
measure TO put into the law the spirit
ana the letter OF the announcement in
favor of presidential primaries made
oy the Progressive party in it's con.
yention at Chicago one year ago last
August
The legislative reference committee
OF the Progressive party has lust met
and has given the bill of Mr.. Hine-
baugh ITS Endorsement. There are
some Progressives here who think
that one of the provisions of the bill
Is open to criticism and that perhaps
another bin drawn by Mr. Hinebaugh
early last spring is in this one particu-
lar better suited to the case. The
measure Just introduced by the Illinois
representative, however. probably will
stand as the expression of the Pro
gressive party's endeavor in the presi-
dental primary matter
Thus far no Democrat in congress
has cared TO crystalline the party chief
tain's recommendation for presiden-
tial primaries into the form of bill.
1t vas expected that jealous party
men seeking for prestige and renown
would put the typewriter through the
PAGES and make race for the bill
basket with the first proposition to
give effect to the presidents wishes
Nothing of the kind has happened.
Thus far no announcement of the
administrations purpose in it's own
behalf has been made. 1t may be that
before long the president, on his own
initiative, will see that a measure en-
bodying his ideas Is introduced, but
perhaps with his zone thing at a
time" program he will postpone the
primary day until some more convent
ent season.
Hinebaueh's TWO Bills.
1t was early in the spring that the
first Hinebaugh primary bill was in
troduced into congress. As has been
said, IL has been superseded by an
other bill by the same author. In the
first bill many of the election func-
lions are left to the various states In
the second bill there is a provision
which creates q board of national
election commissioners to be composed
of five persons. TO be appointed by the
president, by and with the advice and
consent of the senate. and places in
the hands of this national election
commission all the functions which
under the first bill would be left to the
various states"
Back of the Hinebaugh bill stand
the Progressives now in congress.
While there is some difference of
opinion, as has been said, concerning
the substitution of the federal for the
state control features, the BIN Is it
stands probably will be made the
standard of the Progressives' sane
toned legislation.
There are about twenty Progressives
in the house of representatives. They
are not all written down in the direc-
tory as Progressiyes with a capital p,
but all of them are in sympathy with
the Progressive platform and almost
always vote with the Progressives
when any matter of principle is in
volved. A bill drawn by Progressive
and backed by the entire representa-
ZION in the house will get the ataen-
ton of all the membership of all par
ties.
Would Permit Women to Vote.
If congress shall pass the presiden-
tial primary law 1t is believed that I'M
der it women will be allowed to vote
A constitutional amendment is not
necessary to put presidential pri-
mary into effect There seems to be
nothing in the document TO forbid
women from voting in presidential pri-
maries if the law instituting them
shall be worded properly.
Representative Lafferty of Oregon,
who is carried in the Congressional
Directory as Progressive Republican,
printed just as it is here with no
hyphen and with both words capital
lied has followed in the trail OF Rep
resentative Hinebaugh OF Illinois and
has introduced presidential primary
bill on his own account When Mr..
Lafferty came to congress he declared
himself Progressive. Ii is row said
that he prefers to be called Republi-
can, though he wishes TO be known as
one with Progressive marks looming
large. The Progressives. however. it
is said. will prefer to follow the presi-
Dental priamry lead of Mr.. Hinebaugh.
No "Hsrshness" for Business.
When Washington heard from
Indianapolis that VicePresident Mar
shall had intimated in an inter
view given in the capital of his
home state that there would be no
drastic antitrust legislation this win
ter, there were some people who
thought that the vice-president had
made q serious blunder and that he
would find himself completely at outs
with the president of the United
States.
AS has been forecast in these dis
patches from Washington. the condi-
ton seems 70 be very much as the
vice-president has outlined il. Mr.
Marshall unQuestionably knew what
he was talking about. and very likely
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