The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-17
THE KBNosBA TELEGRAPH
THURSDAY, MARCH IL; 1870
Township SYSTEM 0f County
~ Government

The Senate has conquered in the As
sembly bill 70 return TO a township sys-
temofcounty government by thefollowing
vote;
AYEs-B Baldwin, Burcbard, Clark,
Deuster, Gray Hazelton, Ives, Joiner, ker-
shaw, Lynde, Morgan, Petit, Reed, Rice
Scbaptz.. Walker. Waring, Wqqdmalr--
18. Hs)fG rfss4 3350 III
NoEs-Butt, Davis, Fisher, Grisw'fd,
Hail., Kronskop, Pratt. Price, Ste venS,
Strong, Taylor. Town, Webb, c. G. Will
lams, n elson Williams-15.
- II. will. be. seen that Mr. Petit, Senator
from this county, as well as Mr.. Bailey.
voted for the bill And we are now sat
isfed that in voting forthe billthey have
furry expressed the views Of a majority
of their constituents There has been
some dissatisfaction with the Commission
er system inits not all owing a reprcs' nta
tive in the County Board from each town
and there has been much dissatisfaction
with Tie ia administration of-the law under
the system. r = "a =
u 11nis Dissatisfaction, in Some towns, was
50 grfatthat, in connection WthStrickery
on the dart of Democratic politicians it
gave, year ago. LIST fall, the election of
majority Of the County Board 10 the
Democrats with a majority Of some
hundred il the County Against lhenfs
Under such working oi.the system tits
not stIaF &c that tbere should be a desir
t.. retaln o the. township system Of coun-
sttgovernment Tire question was not
perry question either with the people 0
in the Legislature.a In this county i
will cperate to the benefit of the Repub-
sliean party, give. them what rightly lie
longs them, majority Of the County
B ard sse:ass assbsssiE s..o J.
9. The. Governor win probably sign the
bill, but whether II viii 60 into effec
before the, town and city elections we are
not informed These elections are close
at hand and it viii be well for tie eldc
tors to bear in mind that they may have,
to elect member of the equity Board
from each town and each ward Of the
city aa.s ass..s5a .sss4a ss4asa
.8tsft ge- -------. e.-l--4-= 2Al #Esas
Female Suffra &c En tine WISCONSIN
Legislature. ssfssaa ss
The Senate passed a joint resolntion4to
amend the Constitution by striking out
the word male wherever it occurs in re-
lation to suffrage, thereby giving women
the right of voting, by the following
vote ae ss
Ayes-Butt, Davis, Deuster, Fisher,
Hall, Ives, Joiner, .Kershawr Krouskop,
Iynde, Petit, Pratt, Price, Reed Rice
Stevens, Strong, Town, Waring, G. G.
Williams, Nelson Williams. Woodman-22
Mays Baldwin, Burchard, Clark Gray
Griswold, Hazleton, Morgan shantz
Walker-9.
The Assembly non concurred in the
joint resolution by the.following vote :.
Ayes-Messrs Alert, j. NJ. Adams. j ohm /
Adams, Bailey, Barnard, Basford, Brick,
sCarthew, Cavanagh, Chandler, Dockry,
Dresser, Edgerton Fellenz, Fowler, Hal
lock, Hammond, Hunt, Huntley, johnson,
Kuntz, LCveland, Mcdonald, Mcintosh. |
McNeel, Metcalf, A. /. Phillips, Pier, G,
Potter, Raymond, Richards, Sherman
Swain, Tousley, and Mr.. Speaker Bing |
ham-35.
Nays-Messrs. Balch, Beach, L NJ Ben
nett, Bertran, Bliss Boyd, Bullion Burtch, /
Chase Clark, Dobbs, Duffy, Foster, GeI4se,
Gleason, Graham, Granger, Harris, Jack
son, Johnston, Kennedy, McCarty, Maxon,
Morrill,, MihilIs, MouIton, Narracong,
Parker, Re d, Robinson Rodolf, Rounds,
RuDkel, Sanborn, Schmidt, Sleyster, VIII !
mot, Zautcke and Zimmerman-40.
Absent or not voting Barnes,
Barth, Van S. Bennett, Blansham Bur
dick, Burgit Croker Dewey, Ftzg erald,
Goodhue, d Hall, Henry Hall, Harrison,
Hicks, Hefinger, Leonard, McGrath, Nc
Nair, May, Miner Pease, @. FL. Phillips,
Powell, Rice, Squires and Totten-24.
I'VE take the above votes and absent
ees from the State Jou,qaaJ. On counting
the names Of those who voted Nay, and
of the absentees we fad that the mum
bers do not correspond with the numbers
given. The number who voted nay is 80
instead of 40, and the number absent or
not voting is 26 instead of a. 1t is not
or US to reconcile these discrepancies
1t will beseen that Messrs. Petit in the
Senate and Bailey in the Assembly voted
for the resolution. These votes show
4l,,,,, no -, c,vor