Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-05-13
ASK CHANGES IN
PRIMARY LAWS
House Committee Recommends
Passage of Bill Providing
Party Conventions.
Up FOR ACTION THURSDAY
Measure Provides for Combination of
Primary Election System and the
Convention Plan-Huber Bill
Goes to Governor.


ture in the primary election law of
Wisconsin are in prospect, according
to the favorable action of the judiciary
committee of the house in the recon-
mendation of the holding Of party con-
ventions as provided by the ingalls,
BILL
The bill comes up for consideration
on Thursday. A distinct political line
up is expected.
The primary election law was placed
on the statute books of Wisconsin
nearly twenty years ago, when Robert
M. La Toilette was governor of the
state. The ingalls, bill provides for a
combination Of the primary election
system and the convention plan. The
Ingalls, convention plan calls for party
conventions to be made up of one dele
gate from each precinct in the state.
Two candidates for each state office
would be named SO that the majority
and could go before the people in the
same manner as the majority, except
that the candidates Endorsed by the
majority Of the delegates would have
the advantage under normal condi-
lions.
There is nothing in his measure
which would prevent any candidate
not indorsed by a convention from run
hing in the primary.
Manufacturing of wearing apparel
in homes will be subjected to the SUI
pervision of the department of health.
The Huber bill aimed at the sweatshOp
evil was given final consideration in
the house and now goes to the COVER
nor.
The Catlin fish and game bill has
been placed on this weeks cal
endar for consideration. This bill pro-
vides for a closed season for chicken
and shortens the partridge season four
days. This bill seems to have attract
ed so much attention it will be given
special consideration very soon. Pass
age was given the committee bill for
increasing the amount of county aid
for INDECENT soldiers.
The house killed the Cole bill giving
the county board power to appoint a
committee to fix the boundary of
towns; it also killed the Heineman bill
for a change in the consolidation
school law.
Counties of the state may be en-
powered to hire experts to equalize
town assessments The Burden bill to
accomplish this purpose was sent to
IN l0c
following very long debate. Assem-
blyman W. H. Edwards. Waukesha,
attempted to stem the tide and defeat
the bill. His efforts failed.
Assemblyman Burden of Marinette
said that this bill was of local impor-
lance to Marinette county. He charged
that in one town So per cent of the
property is owned by paper and
lumber mill. He declared that this
property had value of possibly mil
lion dollars, but escaped by paying
about $50 in taxes. The vote on this
bill was big victory for Assemblyman
Burden.
Milwaukee made winning fight for
home rule a few days ago when the
assembly advanced the Arnold resolu-
ton extending home rule to cities and
villages in purely local matters. The
vote was 81 to q, indicating concur
renee of the resolution on the final roll
call.
This proposed change in the consti-
tuition, for which Milwaukee has been
| fighting for many years, will be sub
mitted to the people at the general
election in 1922, providing a clerical
error in the certifcation Of it two years
ago does not stand in the way. The
last legislature had before it two
home rule resolutions, the original one
/ and substitute. The substitute was
adopted; but. due to an error, the
original was published in the official
paper.
Without debate the house sent to en-
grossment the Huber bill for the es-
adjustment Of a pschiatric institute
for the treatment of shell-shOcked sol
diers. This institute will be located by
a board created under the law and
will probably be established either at
Waupaca or Mendoza.
By a vote of % to 80 the house killed
the Kenyon bill to permit cities to es-
tablish competing public utilities, and
it killed bill to prohibit the transfer
of employees from one state depart
ment to another without the approval
of the heads of both departments.
Ali the coal used for state institu-
lions will be bought by the state en-
gineer. if the committee bill for that
purpose continues to he successful, it
being engrossed in the senate.
To Probe Price Fixing.
Attorney General William J. Nor
gan announced that Milwaukee will be
included in his Investigation of price
fixing combinations Of Wisconsin, and
that particular attention will be paid
to the charge that Milwaukee meat re
tailers are asking unreasonably high
prices. A bill extending the statute
against price fixing and increasing
the penalties, which was prepared by
the attorney general, was presented te
the judiciary committee of the assem-
bly. and Mr.. Morgan declared that its
passage will eliminate price fixing.
Favors Division of Grain Taxes.
A division of the grain taxes so that
the state will get 10 per cent, the
county 20 per cent and the locality 7(
nor cont was favored in the assembly