The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-03-28
Editorial Correspossaence.
MADISON. March oath


business expires after to-day. An effort will
perhaps be made to rescind the resolution cut
| ting off all new business, but whether it will
meet with success cannot be predicted. A
large amount of business has been disposed of
during the past week, and large number of new
bills have also been introduced during the same
time.
1t was announced in one of my letters to the
TELEGRAPH two weeks ago, That the joint copa-
mittee On apportionment were ready to report i;
owing to disagreements and dissatisfactions the
committee have been attempting to revise their
report and for this purpose have held sessions
every day for some time past. The Legislative
spportionment is among the most important
matters of business of the session, and should
the Legislature not see fit to adopt the report
of the apportionment committee, but attemnt to
reconstruct it, it is impossible to say when
this business will be brought to an end. There
is ne way of adjusting the superintendent, so as
to Inete out exact justice to all Many of the
Senate and Assembly districts must necessarily
submit to yield fractions of population, while
other districts will get more than they are strict
ly entitled to-
The bill creating the Office of County Super
intendent passedthe Assembly by a tolersble
close vote; it has yet to pass the Senate. The
township library bill has been ordered to third
reading in the Assembly, the vote also being n
close one. The vose on both of these meas
ures will very likely be close in the Senate
The bill changing our Supervisor system Of
county government to the commi sioner system.
has been ordered to a third reading in the AS
| sembly by a vote of As to 49, This looks very
much as if the supervisor system was to be abol.
ished. The all-potent argument IL favor of this
measure, is, that it will save money. It seems
to be admitted that the people in these hard
times, can afford to surrender portion ofthei,
rights, provided money can be made cut of IT,
10 carry out the notions ofsome men in the mat
ter of public economy, it might be well to abo
ish most Of our public offices, and let out the
business Of Government in all its departments
by the job-money might be saved by it.
The Legislature is still after the Dogs the
dog law, Or amendments thereof, have been IN
at different periods since the commencement Of
the session. A bill has just passed the Assem-
bly,, amending the dog law-reducing the Ii
cense on dogs to fifty cents each, and requiring
the Assessor when making the annual assess
ment TO assess each dog not licensed, at sum
not less than fifty dollars. The mendments
also confer on towns, additional power to regu.
late the keeping of dogs,
| resolution has been adopted in the Senate
instructing the Judiciary Committee to bring in
bill providing for amendments to the Consti-
tuition, so as to fix the salary of the Goyerno,
at $4,000 per annum, and to abolish the per d.
EN- OF Members of the Legislature, and fix lin
tied amount of pay per year. Were the mem
bers OF the Legislature obliged to transact the
business for which they are elected, within ,
given number of days, or receive no compensa
ton for time beyond such limitation, it would
doubtless shorten the Legislative sessiena yer,
much.
| bill has been introduced by Dr. Willard o
, Jefferson county, chairman of the select com
NIT tee on the liquor traffic, declaring the sail
) of Intoxicating liquors nuisance, which us,
| be proceeded against, the same as other mi
! ssnces, according to Chapter 80 of the revised
: Statutes A great number of petitions hay,
f been received and referred to this committee
asking for various kinds oflegislation in respec
to the sale of intoxicating liquors. The bill
to reduce the rate of interest TO less than te,
per cent, has finally been defeated SO there vii
be no change in the interest law this year Til
Senate by vote of IA to 10 have passed bill
repeating the Land Grant to the Lacrosse R. r
Co. The bill as passed makes no disposition
OF the Grant it simply takes it flom the L.
Crosse Company. This proposition TO rspea
the Land Grant, was before the Legislature las
year, and failed. Whether the Assembly vii
concur in the Senate bill remains TO be deter
mined. There are various propositions ma I
the disposal of the Land Grant, which it is al
\ legged has been forfeited by the La Crosse Raj
road. The Senate have had under discussion
the proposal to appropriate the forfeited land
for the benefit of the Farm Mortgagors. Thi
policy is involved in too many difficulties to b
Successful.
Uneasy politicians cannot let the persona
liberty bill alone; so a sufficient number oftbi
class in the Senate, have united and pas.ed
olii repeating several sections of the persona
liberty act. Perhaps the Assembly will Well
to the clamor-perhaps not. Bills have beer
under consideration in both branches of thu
Legislature, having for their object the redac
ton of printers fees but it is found on prone,
inquiry, that the fees allowed to printers ar,
no larger in proportion than those allowed by
law for other legal services generally But il
now appears that practice prevails on the
part OF some County officers of wrongino print
ers out Of part of their fees, and putting such
gains into their own pockets. For the purpose
of preventing and Furnishing such offences, ,
bill is now before the Senate which will put 3
stop to this kind Of dishonesty. Prof Hall
State Geologist, has a large amount of valuable
information IN manuscript, collected during his
Geolo gical researches in Wisconsin which it /.
f now proposed to have published at the expense
of the State. The proposition is to print 900
copies at a cost not exceeding three dollars pei
copy.
The information embedded in the manuscript
OF Pfof Hall, is unquestionably of much value
to the people of the State and if the work !,
not ordered published, it will be because the
Legislature tael the expense cannot be afforded
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Can "a County Secede
Franklin county, Tennessee, is one
OF the half dozen counties Of that spIen-
did State that was carried by the dis
unionists. The people thereof, exas.
perated at not being out of the Union.
have resolved to withdraw from the
Abolition State of Tennessee and 90
with Alabama. They cannot, by any
nnsSihilitu nnntinnn Il rrAcau II.