River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-26
LEGISLATURE TO
OK. S-H0UR Law
Three Bills on Subject Advanced
in the Senate Give
Encouragement.
EXEMPTIONS ARE CUT OUT
6koomo Measure Calls for Time and
One-Haif for Overtime-AIi Liquor
Enforcement Bills Put Over
Until This Week.

OnItI Ini9 week.
MadisOn.-Since three measures on
eight-hour-day legislation have been.
advanced In the senate 1t Is the gem
eral belief that the legislature Of Wis
consin will pass some kind OF law on
the subject.
The first bill by Skogmo provides for
q general eight-hour day, with time
| and half for overtime. As the bill
was engrossed in the senate, all ex-
emptions have been stricken out and
q referendum to the people has been
attached.
The second measure came over from
the assembly and, as engrossed In the
senate, fixes an eight-hour day for
women, except in domestic employ
ment, and limiting the amount Of over
time at time and a half pay to six
| hours week. Gamers are exempted
from the provisions.
The third bill to be engrossed was
by SkogmO, extending the eight-hour
day to women, including hotel and res
taurant employees, and giving the in
dustrial commission jurisdiction over
female labor with the exception Of do
| nestle service.
The assembly, by vote Of Sc to Is,
engrossed the Fletcher bill providing
for a syestem Of land settlements to
| aid returning soldiers. The bill car
ries an appropriation for the next BIZ
ennial period of $1,O0O,0OO.
The Arnold home rule amendment to
extend the right Of home rule to cities
was killed in the assembly. The as
sembly adheres to its position on the
marketing bill and refused to adopt
the senate bill, which had been sent to
the assembly for the second time. Dom
nelly pleaded with the house to adopt
the senate Skogmo bill, claiming that
he believed that unless this measure
was adopted there would be no mar
ket1ng legislation at this session. The
assembly, by vote Of 43 to 80, decid-
ed to adhere to its position. The SEN
ate will now ask for conference.
All liquor enforcement bills, includ-
ing the Anti-Saloon League substitute
and the Mulberger 2.75 per cent beer
bill, were put over in the senate until
this week under special order.
The Schultz resolution for a legisla-
tive committee to investigate the adj
visibility Of constructing a state adj
ministration building in Milwaukee
was adopted without discussion.
A new substitute primary election
bill was offered In the assembly last
week by Assemblyman Chilsen Of Mer.
rill. 1t was this bill which was sub
jected to a conference Of the Repub-
lican state committee and members of
the legislature. The bill provides for
convention system to nominate can
didates for state offices and to formu-
late the platform. It is understood
that the measure has the approval Of
Gov. 3. L. Philip, who had urged such
reform during the past six years.
Attached to the bill is referendum to
the people at spring election in 1920.
The new Chilsen bill provides that
state convention shall be held by
each political party between May Is
and June in each year in which a
regular election for state officers is
held. Such conventions shall be CON-
posed of one delegate from each coun-
ty having population Of less than
100000, and in counties having a pop-
ulation Of 100000 or more one dele
gate from each assembly district for
each full 500 votes and major fraction
thereof cast in such county or assem-
bly, district. as the case may be, for
the party candidate for governor, such
delegates to be nominated and elected
as provided in this section, but at least
one delegate to the party convention
shall be elected from each county or
assembly district, as the case may be.
The convention shall formulate
platform, nominate by majority vote
party candidates for governor or other
state officers to be voted for at the
next November election.
The bill further provides that sin
the year in which United States sem
ator is to be elected he shall be nomi-
mated by majority vote as q party
candidate for United States senator
to be voted for at the next November
election" There is a further proyi-
sion in the bill which declares that in
case Of a vacancy In the office of con-
gresham or United States senator, the
governor shall appoint a suitable per
son to perform the duties of the Office
until the first general election. when
such vacancy shall be filed.
Plans Bounty for Soldiers.
Wisconsin may pay it's soldiers
Dounfies by state tax. The senate
OF the legislature has objected to all
former plans for soldiers bounties
and has % 4 Z