, 1873-03-15

plauao:
1eas--Arn.trong, n,ravoll, bartlett, Docher nock-
8. j. Davis bevy 1owsne, boyie, ray, Fuier I'll.
ton. anewueh, 1loughton. untchinaon, Kelsey Kerl.
hsss ss6 hsTS ssa Fsc1 I ar Ssnns 9no5
round pullman, nl,oda, Rclnris, robinson Kmmcr, K
Rowo, hunkel Sander, Sanger, aawyor. sayro, Sea-
sss,sS VIZ; T' VIII Ws';' Wesd Young i'm
Daaue. !. ". Davis, bougia.a, Elkins, Eyana Farr
nsi'f ahs ssss sass fFssa
e1n tumsr Porter Putnam nanan aon, sobaina
There boing no further uso for m afternoon
aession to constdor tho North Wisconsin bill, 1t
was dispensed with, and tho Assembly adjourned
and tho crowd dnpersod tho majority with radl-
ant e. faces, somo with elongated countonaucos.
This afternoon
by tho eupnata vusv u T4S t. ssS 3s several who
were not on tho winning aide yesterday helping
resistance to the last BY d minority. who wanted
to nttond to business, the uso Of the Assembly
Chamber WAS grnnted-on motion Of TINT gront
preacher Of economy and denouncer OF wasting
braton Of tho triumph by sociBl party, with
IN THE SENATE
tho first trial Of atrength-and that was hardly
ate decided to consider Its b1l giving tho land
grant to the North Wisconsin Company, which
was reported back to the eonato with tho Chi
cago & AIR Limo proposition ongraftea. At
ltttlo aftor P. m. the Committee roae> and
motion was nade to adjourn, put, and declared
eerrioa BY the Lieutenant. doyernor, without p,
ths eisee Il 10f tae 'SS III tsas thst
motion had not boen thus sunlmarily carried,
tho bill could hare pasBed last ovoning. To-day,
atter Homo discussion, it was laid over till to-
hopeful of itn passage tomorrow by small ma
jority, but It will bo rather surprising II tho
moral influence Of tho strong Assembly vote.
and other Influences, are not strong enough to
defeat this aud carfy the Milwaukoo i St. Paul
are and have been aAoat, and each sido
charges tie other with ,preforfng to have
e f'es ess s' e. Tha soma oman p ' ot undsr s
standing hnB lately been arrivea Ut, after con-
Bultation held within the last week, botweon tho
Chicago q Northwestern Railroad and tho Mil
many,-at loaat so far as to prevent
the Chicago 4 Airline Company getting my
thing. 5fr. fillmore, the representative Of tIe
Northweatern Company here, emphatically de-
gave his consent to m alliance with tho Chicago
| & Airline. Plus.
MAD1sos, WIS.,, Msrch Is, 1879,
question, ...
WHO GETS TIE 1ANp-oRAFr?
By indeanitely postponing the bill giving II to
converting with Senators aud others favoring
this bi1l they wcro confident Of majority in the
Senate, despite this correspondence expression
Of opinion that they would find then-
ing majority in tho Assembly for tho Milwaukee,
/ bt. fan1 BILL. This morning, it is stated, Is
9enators in caucnh agreed to stand By tho North
Wisconsin proposition. Tho Senate met Of 10
busine6s, tho bill giving throe-fourths .of tho
land-grant to theNorth Wisconsin, Railroad Com
pany, and one-fourth to the Chicago l. Paoiho
Air-Lino came up ut 1890 O'Clock, aud Senator
OPENED DISCUSSION,
which laated about two hours, By motion to in
dotinitely postpone, which ho advocated in his
regarded tho superior claims of tho milwaukee,
build more roads than ttho other oompany, % and ID
waa known to be abundantiy ablo to carry ont
Wisconsin road, whose tendency WAS to build
up it's chief city, and therefore was to be pro-
forred to any road pointing to Chicago; and
finally urged that it WaB nseess for tho Bouate
to adopt this proposition for tho disposal Of the
land.grant in view Of the strong vote OF the
Assembly for another, as 1t would prevent any
action, aud cause the loss OF tho grant to the
Sthtg.
Senator o'nourk, an ambitious Bon Of Erin,
thon
OFFERED 4 sUDBTITUTE
for tho bill, being the sumo na tho Kelsey bill for
the construction Of tho road By State Cornmis-
Bioners with the availH Of the land-grant, aud
! thanked Heaven most omphatically Tint no rail-
road company owned him, aec}nriu4 that he
would not vote to give this grant to any corpo-
| ration.
aenator 1riah representing
| THE LANp-GnANT u1ETnyET.
| then mado very forciblo aud earneat nlea for
the North Wisconsin Company, to Whose pr;noi-
pal mon, Afcasrs. Baldwin and Humbird 1t was
mainly due that thu grant had not bean revoked;
and claimed that 1T was tho strong desirc OF tho
great mass OF his constituents that said Company
sh9uld receive the grant, also claiming that A1r.
Ealton from n his county Of st. Croi1 was mis-
|. Company. Flo thought Nr. Daldwin's success
in the past, In constructing tho Wost Wisconsin
Road, was = guarantee Of his ability to carry
| through this enterprise.
FROM TUE CHIPPEWA VALLEY DISTRICT
replied to Senator irish, ard claimoutha Several
counteH in bis district desired the A1ilwaukoo t.
sembly by q largo majority had voted, and earn
eatly urged TINT disposition OF it, aud tho indetl-
nito postponement Of this bill, In tho interest Of
! his constituents.
THERE WE'RE so1E sHARp pAssAoEs
hetueen seuatora Irish aud Thorp, q thrust Of
tho former calling out such applause md laugh-
ter that the Lioutonant-l Governor was Obliged to
bring down Ills gayol very hard, and protest
against any moro such demonstrations. 1t ono
tlmo, when Senator TAorp was sponking, llr.
Cary, attorney for tho Milwaukee & at. Paul
Company, whispered to him. which gave 1Ir.
Irish chance to say something about
being prompted by NJ attorney OF
| the company; but 1t turned out
that Mr.. Oaryfs whisper was suggestion to
| wind up the speech Mr. 4, was making.
| 1tn. oAounKs AMENDMENr
was rejected by tho following yote:
| 1tas-aenAtors Brown, Il. Il. Davis, Holloway,
Kreas, AcCurdy, Nelson, o1sourl, achansz und 8cols
-.
Nays-scnators Bacon, Baker, Blair, purctard,
Campbell, oozha'sen, T. n paYis, Eaten, Greene,
Mitchell, Mepord, rratt Potter, tu,mpy, seh1niat,
| Thorp, and WagIur-24
Several other Senators took part in the de-
bate, e,-Messrh. Schmidt md Potter In favor Of
tho North Wisconsin; Mr.. Nurchard, who had
been been counted fast friend Of the bill, urging
that II Wa8 nseless to eontona for 1t longer. Bon
ator Quimby offered substitute Going tho
| Moses NJ. Strong proposition for dispoailg OF