The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-06-26
LEGISLATURE TO
OK. 8-HOUR LAW
Three Bills on Subject Advanced
in the Senate Give
Encouragement.
EXEMPTIONS ARE CUT OUT
Skoamo Measure Calls for Time and
One-Haif for OVertime-All Liquor
enforcement Bills Put over
Until This Week.

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Madison. Since three measures on
eight-hour-day legislation have been
advanced in the senate il is the gen
eral belief that the legislature of Wis
cOnSin will pass some kind of a law Oh
the subject.
The first bill by Skogmo provides for
general eight-hour day with time
and half for overtime. As the bin
was engrossed in the senate, all ex-
emptions have been stricken out and
a 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 half pay to six
hours n week. Gamers are exempted
from the provisions.
The third bin 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 syestem of land settlements to
aid returning soldiers. The bill car
ries an appropriation for the next BIZ
ennial period Of $1000,000.
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. Don
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
keting Legislation at this session. The
assembly, by Il vote of AZ to 81, decld-
ed TO adhere to It's position. The sen
ate will now ask for conference.
All liquor enforcement bills includ-
ing the Anti-Saloon League substitute
and the Mulberger 80 per cent beer
bill, were put over in the senate until
this week under special order.
The Schultz resolution for legisla-
tive committee to investigate the nd
visibility of constructing a state adj
mimic NATHAN buiIJfpfr IN Af;I,,.,,,Iyny,
was adopted without discussion.
A new substitute primary election
bill was offered in the assembly last
week by Assemblyman Chilsen of Mer-
NIL. Ii was this bill which was sub
lected to a conference of the Repub-
llcan state committee and members OF
the legislature. The bill provides for
D convention system to nominate can
6Idates for state Offices and to formu-
tate the platform. II Is understood
shat the measure has the approval of
Gov Il. l.. philipp, who had urged such
reform during the past six years.
Attached to the bill is referendum 10
the people at spring election in 1920,
The new Chilsen bill provides that
state convention shall be held by
each political party between May 10
and June l in each year in which
regular election for state officers Is
held. Such conventions shall be com
posed of one delegate from each coun-
ty having a population of less than
n a
ulatlon of 250,0G0 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 he nominated and elected
us 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 n
platform. nominate by majority vote
party candidates for governor or other
state officers to be voted for mt the
next November election.
The bill further provides that "in
the year in which United States SEN
ator is to be elected he shall be nomi-
mated by a majority vote us party
candidate for Il United States senator
to be voted for at the next November
election" There is further provi-
sion In the bill which declares that In
case of 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
euch Vacancy shull he filed