Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-06-27
LEGISLATURE TO
OK. S-HOUR LAW
Three Bills on Subject Advanced
in the Senate Give
Encouragement.
EXEMPTIONS ARE CUT OUT
Skogmo Measure Calls for Time and
One-Haif for Overtime-AII 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 it is the gem
eral belief that the legislature of, Wis
consin will pass some kind of a law on
the subject.
The first bill by Skogmo provides for
a general eight-hour day, with time
and a half for overtime. AS the bill
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 e~ngrossed in the
senate, fixes an e%ight-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 q 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 a vote of Sc to IS,
iengrossed 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 $1,000.O0O.
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
iketing legislation at this session. The
assembly, by a vote of 43 to 80, decid-
ed to adhere to its position. The sen
ate will now ask for a conference.
All liquor enforcement bills. includ-
ing the Anti-Saloon League substitute
and the Mulberger 2.75 per cent beer
bill, were put owe 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-
TIL. 1t was this bill which was sub
1ected to a conference of the Repub-
llcan state committee and members of
the legislature. The bill provides for
% convention system to nominate can
Gidates for state offices and to formu-
lite the platform. 1t is understood
that the measure has the approval of
Gov. E. L. Philip, who had urged such
"a reform during the past six years.
Attached to the bill is a referendum to
the people at spring election in 1920.
The new Chilsen bill provides that
d state convention shall be held by
each political party between May 10
and June l in each year in which a
regular election for state officers is
held. Silch conventions shall be com
posed OF one delegate from each coun-
ty having a population of less than
$50, 1000, 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 a
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 a United States SEN
ator is to be elected he shall be nomi-
mated by a majority vote as a party
candidate for a United States senator
to be voted for at the next November
election There is a further provi-
sion in the bill which declares that in
case of a vacancy in. the Office of on
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 its soldiers
bounties by a state tax. The senate
of the legislature has objected to all
former plans for soldiers bounties
and has approved a bill by Senator
Huber to raise / 100000 by direct
tax in the levy next year to be paid
TO returned soldiers under supervision
of a board composed of the governor,
attorney general, adjutant and secre-
tary of state. The bill provides that
each soldier, sailor, marine and nurse
shall receive $40 per month for the
period of service.
To Halt Jewish Massacres.
In the form of a substitute, Senator