Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-05-15
TO LEGALIZE PARTY MEET
House Body to Hold Hearing on Reso-
luton Asking Congress to Control
stockyards and Refrigera-

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tor L ines.
Madison. Nav 13.-The committee
fight over proposed changes in the
Wisconsin primary law will be staged
Thursday afternoon before the elec-
tions committee when the Chilsen bill
comes I'D for consideration. His Dill
seeks TO legalize the party convention,
but does not repeal the primary eec-
ton law. In many respects 1t follo"s
out the suggestion Of Governor Phil1pp
on the subject. This is the most I'M
portant bill affecting the primary elec-
tiCn law which has been introduced
at this session of the legislature, and
the opposents of any primary election
change are expected to be out In num-
ters.
On Wednesday the house committee
on agriculture will hold a hearing on
the Pierron resolution asking congress
to acquire control and regulate the
principal and necessary stockyards
and refrigerator lines, as was sug-
gested as necessary in the report or
the federal trade commission.
Senator Wilcox's proposed amend
ment to the state constitution remov-
ing the limitation on the state debt at
100000 so as to make possible the
bonding of the state for highway I'M
provements will be heard by the house
judiciary committee on Wednesday.
The Coe bill to amend the "blue sky"
law is on for hearing before the house
judiciary committee on Thursday. AS
semblynan Gee claims that many
worthless stocks have been fOisted on
stringent blue sky law should be enact
ed on the subject He points out that
in many cases people have been duped
into trading off their Liberty bonds
for these worthless stocks, believing
that they were of value.
The Nolan bill to have the state
take over and operate the county tu-
berculosis sanatoria will be given
hearing by the public welfare commit
mittee of the house Tuesday after
will be considered by the assembly
state affairs committee Tuesday af-
ternOOn.
A big joint hearing will be held
Wednesday afternoon between the as
sembly committee on labor and the
senate corporations committee on all
bills in the legislature increasing the
compensation rates in case Of acci-
dents.
That Governor Philip will sign the
new Gee bill providing that the legis-
lature may recall an appointive Off
cial is the belief among members of
the legislature. All Of Governor Phil
ipp's supporters on the floor of the
house have joined in sending the bill
through, which is taken as an indica-
ton that the executive intends to let
the measure pass. This bill by CGe
provides that majority of the men,
bers elected may remove an appoint
i've official, when such removal is
deemed to be in the best interests Of
the public service.
The bill does not materially differ
from the G. e. Hanson bill, which
passed both houses, but was vetoed by
the governor. 1t is now claimed that
in all probability the bill might not
have been vetoed had it not been that
the governor felt that the senate was
trying to get him to sign the measure
before it confirmed G. d. Jackson as
railroad commissioner
A resolution to appropriate $4,000
for the erection of q monument in hon
or Of James Duane Doty, second terri
torial governor of Wisconsin and Sc
lectOr of the site of the present state
capitol, has been introduced in the
senate by Senator Dennhardt. It pro-
vides that the statue be erected in the
city of Neenah, on Doty island.
The senate passed Senator Wilcox's
bill appropriating as amended $500 to
Homer P. Herbert of Chippewa coun-
ty, to pay for sheep killed by bears,
the ground off this action, despite an
adverse report by the finance COM
mittee, being that the state had pro-
tected bears in the game laws. Sen
ator Anderson of the committee advO-
Gated the passage Of the bear bill and
declared that it was absolutely valid,
In his opinion.
Other bills passed or concurred in
we're: Senator Huber's, relating to the
time of court terms in the Ninth cir
ruit; Senator Schultz's, on boards of
election commissioners; Senator Jen-
nings', for cleansing of containers for
dairy products; Senator Staudenmay-
er's, for appropriating $1,000 annually
to the Brotherhood of Threshermen of
the state; Mr.. Smiths, relating to
powers of town meeting; judiciary,
relating to the appointment of court
commissioner in Milwaukee county