Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-05-29
DRY ENFORCEMENT
BILL IN SENATE
To Be Reported by Committee on
Wednesday.
WILL BAR 3 PER CENT BEER
Arti-SaIoon Forces Confident That
Drastic Measure Will Be Passed
This Week-To Change Pri-
: mary Election Law.
BY FRED l.. HOLMES.

Madison, May Z1.-Ihe senate is eX-
pected to pass on the dry enforcement
measure this week. The senate COM
mittee on state affairs is expected to
report the dry enforcement bill to the
senate on Wednesday. At last week S
session Of the senate the Bennett dry
enforcement bill was recalled from
committee and a substitute measure
was offered and the bill was then sent
back to the committee for further CON
SideratiOn.
The substitute bill which has been
offered has the approval Of the WIS
cOnSin Anti-SalOOn league. 1t provides
that the attorney general shall be eX-
OficiO prohibition commissioner Of the
Sttac. The bill does not recognize 8
per cent beer, but does provide that
patent medicine and extracts may be
sold in the state under license from
the attorney general. This official has
power, however, to revoke the license
Of any persons whose medicines or eX-
tracts are being sold primarily for the
alcoholic content Of the article.
The Wisconsin anti-saloOn forces are
confident that the dry enforcement bill
which they advocate will pass the SEN
ate.
There will be changes in the primary
election law at this session Of the leg
islature. The assembly committee on
elections has recommended the Chilsen
primary election bill for defeat and it
will be defeated on the floor of the
house
The bill as proposed provides that
delegates to q county convention shall
be selected at d town, city or village
caucus by ballot, and the county CON
Vention will select delegates to the
state convention, at which the party
platform will be adopted and two can
didates nominated for each state Of
fee.
Mr.. Chilsen said that, although his
bill does not 50 provide, he presumed
it would soon become customary to
nominate county candidates at the
county convention. Under the present
system, he said Il good mixer who is
popular can secure the nomination ana
election to almost any office to which
he aspires, regardless OF his qualifica-
lions.
Mr.. ChiSen said that under the
present system the people will go to
the polls anr vote at the primary and
that minority candidates are very fire
qucntly nominated and elected. He
said in 1906, under the first primary,
10000 votes were east for governor,
only $4,000 in 1916, and after ten
years of the primary election law,
only 1SS,OOO in 1913, in the hottest
campaign III history.
Z. c. Coe spoke in favor of the bill
in general. He said there are many
bad features about political parties,
but also many good features.
Attorney General John j. Blaine
spoke against the bill, not in his Off
cial capacity, he said, but merely as q
citizen.
The cost to the state Of the legisla-
tive investigation of the Milwaukee,
street car strike will approximate ST.,
600.
The assembly bill to appropriate 81
500 to Daisy PtiSterer, widow of pa
tient killed 10y an attendant at Men
dota asylum, WAS discussed in the sen
ate. Chairman Wilkinson of the
! finance committee told why the com
mittee had recommended passage, at
ter consultation With physicians as to
the chance the patient had of recovery
from his mental condition, and the
attorney general as TO the legal aspect.
Senator Wilcox told why the judiciary
committee Of the senate had recon-
mended killing the bill, the reason be
ing that the deceased presumably was
in the chronic insane class, and hence
The widow sustained no actual dam
ages and it was conceded that, how
ever that might be, there was no legal
liability on the part Of the state. The
Bill was re-referred to the judiciary
committee.
The committee on corporations will
report for killing the EonS bill for an.
neNation of territory to cities of first
and second class The meeting at
which the vote was taken to this effect
was held in the senate chamber in.
stead of at the committee ROOM with
Senators Bennett, Slogmo. Buck, Wit
ter and Zumach of the committee and
Clerk Schwartz present.
The assembly has coneurred in an
amendment to the Coe bill compelling
all counties to hire public health
nurse. This is the bill which was ap.
proyed by the womenS committee of
the state council of defense and it now
goes TO the governor. An amendment
TO the Porter bill permitting the hold
in" of schools on Saturdays has been
concurred in by the assembly and the
bill now goes to Governor Philip for
his consideration.
The NJ. E. Johnson bill! relating to
the issuance of restraining orders and
procedure thereon, and to limit the
meaning of conspiracy" in certain
cases was tabled in the assembly tG
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