, 1873-03-15

ont and vototl, tl,--eyon Bonntor Wagner, who has
been a,ek for Wcot1, n'tt wAs lar:lly ablo In to 10
HITrEnLY n1sArpo1NTED, -
aftor tho pledges thoy Ind ha1 would DO drnW-
Ing 1t mild, aud n good mauy l,nrsll things woro
said ahol1t tho sudden, change of ono sshntor,
Should apoak for tho North Winconan bill.
1t iB rocalfo that tho aamo Snnator III THO fan1ons
Dollg Improvement contest, Ind boon ,un1er-
stood rs p'odgod to ono sido,' md vot6l Oil tho
other.
TlrEnE n NO REASONABLE DOUBT
TINT tito bill giving tho milwaukee, Il ST. Paul
Company tho gralt, which finally rassod tho
Assembly yesterday, without nny diacuaBion, by
ycto % Of Gu t. 2s %,il bo concrrel @ red In nna H. It Is
According to oil accounts, IT thorc wcro no
buyers Of gotes, 1t was
NOT ron LAoK OF BELbEns.
Ono flying report fa that IL members Of tho
an outsido agent, demanded $40. boo, aud
wont tlrpt to the Representatives Of ono company
and thon another; nnn11y, whom the Airline
alnrmed, abated their demands wore provided
for, and turned tho aca}o. tell the tale as
'twas told to mo, Without youcliing for 1t.
THE La CROSSE BRIDGES.
A nharp contest has been waging for weeks
botwoon tho III Orosso pcorlo and tho Miwankee
& st. per! nailrond Company, In regard to n bill
authorizing them to bridge tho Miasiasippl
.1'ovo tho city at a location Which tho United
ssatos engineers sent out to investigate tho
matter llavo twice enlphaticnlly aiapprovod, aud
| which will groatly inconvoniellco tho city. Tho
In Crosse people have had mon here all wintor
working for thoir interest, md have boon sharp
| " opposed by Tho rallroad attornoya and lob
| by. They had plodgos Of q considerable major
| ity OF Acknowledgment to oppose tho bill, and,
attor de1nying action na long aa possible before
committeos and otherwise, wore nstonlslod be-
| yond moaal1re when tho bill was ordered to a
third rending by . good majority yesterday, and
| to-day WAS passed. by D vote Of 69 to 81. Tho
sams tntluensss which carried the hltlTaakee
| potent among tho Intangible intlueucos WAS the
magic power Of tho Hon. II. L. palmor, whose
wand moves tho Democrats Of the Assembly rs Il
thoy wore puppets, mud whose forciblo way Of
putting things hardly over fails to persuade a
largo number Of Republicans.
| THE TEMPERANCE PEOPLE
have won o victory in oaoh uouAe this woelk--in
the Senate, in tabling, by voto Of q to II, the
Graham 1iqaor-aollers' Tesponnlbility law Of laat
winter, and the substitution thorofor Of codiA-
cation mud amendment Of tho present exclso
laws; and, in tho ASSEMBLY In tho ordering to a
amend tho Graham temperance law 30 as to make
| 1t apply to eacl and erory city md incorporated
village In this 6tase, notwithstanding my pro-
visions Of their charter,-a aubstltuto similar to
| tho Senate bill aboyo referrod to having beon
rojeotol by vote Of A to 49,. Tho Senate
will doubtless concnr IN passing this bill.
| RAILROAD TAXATION. -.
Tho Assembly, nftor sharp discussion, or
and thon, by close votc, rcoonslderod, bill ro.
poaling the lazy oxompting the lands OF tho West
Wisconsin Railroaa from taxation till 188a,-the
repeal being opposed on tho ground that tho
but for tits long exemption; that tho atato had
made a contract with the reilroaa company, on
tho faith of which its bonds mud boen negotiated
md capital procured to MD building this road
.a had o ScC z much to I'd a0veeR a TIE + rsGg g
bo an act Of bad faith to repudiatc
thot contract; whilo several Of the
representatives OF countios whore. tho lands
! lie under instructions ASH itB repeal for tho re-
Lief Of thoir constituents.
The Senate, nfter long arguments BY counao
for the roads, aud discussion By. the Senators
refused to pass tho bill raising the rate Of taxa
tion on railroads from to q per cent Of groHt
earnings, By tho following vote:
Feas-sonatora Burchard, Campbell, Cotzhanaeu, Il
oseark, Rratt, Q4,mby, sehsntz. .na s,hmia.-M.
ast hdaoy S' tsSa Mscssd, potsa1 Scot:
and Thorp-l8.
SOLDIERS onrI1Ass' HOME,
It will bc remembered that, short time bo
fore the Legislature met, tho Democrat published
an article, in which 1t Sas charged that th'
children at tho Eoldiors' Orphans Homo wor
pliod with unwho1esomo food :; TINT they wor'
cruelty and inhumanly, treated by tho suplerin
tondont, one instance being especially roteuot
to that fayoritsm in the 1otting Of contracts
for supplies vas praetised that tho present Stu
perintendont and Atatron wore unfit to hold theil
positions, aud that want Of harmony existed il
the Board Of Tr1latoes, which seriously affected
tho interests Of tlo Homo and impaired its uAo-
fulneas.
After most thorough Investigation, giving
everybody who had any cauao OF complaint
chance to DO hoard, tho Joint Committee Of th'
Senate and Assembly y,-Sonators ". II. Hino
aud 8. D. Durchard Assemblymon 9. r. Gibbs
Q. ". Thornton, md Peter Doyle, three lsopub
Leans and two Democrats, appointed to inquir
into the truth OF tho charges, and to fully in
yestigato tho management of tho said Orphans
Homo, lnve unanimously reported Tint they ar
not sustained i; that tho food and clothing sup
Piled to tho children at tho Homo is proper an
suitable III quality, and sufficient in quantity
TINT tue Superintendent and Matron aro kin
md considorate, and that thero was no Bu1lcien
ground of complaint.
THERE IS BOUND OF REyELHY nY E1anT
in tho Assembly chamber tonight, where Bach'
Band Ia diBcoursing music, and members, citl
IONS, and ladies' are mingling iu the mazy dance
to tho delay OF tho public business, but thei
own eradication. Plus.