, 1874-02-11
Tho Railroad Tax. Question In tho
Wisconsin Legislature.
A Sweeping Railroad Bill Intro.
duoed in the Iowa Logia-
lature,
The Iowa Agricultural College Iuyesti-
CATION Becoming Inter-
csting.


ti'seinl Ds,patch to 7as Chicago Tribune.
MAp1EoH, Wis.,, Fob. 10.-Tllo railroad taxalion
qcation excited tho chief interest In tho Legislature
to.dny.
Whom tho Assembly wu1it into Committeo Of the
Wiolct nt IL oclnck n1, tho FIRST bill that cano 1
was Mr. CaHwcs 10 increase tho license feo on grosB
earnings of railroads. Tho hill proposed per cont
instcat of .. As tho Committee Railroads, which
had tho bill III charge, recommended substituting
por cent, Speaker Douck moved to substitute ror
cent for their amendment On thls there was IN ani-
mated discussion, without mich argument or pre-
eonsation. Of facss or figures, but chiefly de-
fning Of positions rs to whether 1t ,gas bcat 10
take NJ this lnator at once combine n legislation
noiek leading IN favor Of tho first Wow and Ntr. Saw
Yer in fnyor Of tho lattce. Mesars. Oaawell, Held,
w, ,Minans, Asgrew Hubbard nna 1tnsin fayored
follow. hr. Evans mova:l to lay thu bill asldc wlcl,
was ost " N lSrgo malori1y For raising thu ak to6
nont erd waz strongly supported BY lIcssra. Bo,iek,
s'sts, s'stnanl, neIyer, Eysns sn Sllyrrhorn. ~
opnrton Of 1es hosre nabam eas and % nrv ,s1 n
tho fight against tho poakors amendment and Thought
PCT cent nuanaantly high, claiming tint such hgh
prsss IN tho newor part Q. tic State. sicssrs Kehl,
Mcdonald ~ Weat, n?cd Larldn, and othcra, took
sf ana 5 npdns[tt ct then 1 e1ng 9 aq ayef e
localities where Ito buk IT il vas aatei Would ID as 10
ws, Ssaotea aos nsF0' IN 1e H. psr fsnt ,os',Sn
by . yoto of II tois. - "s ""'''UD''''''
tho operation Of e Jill 70 2oss wch ayo 70 ean n
III ordered Sy yos q e taa na Maya sys
olemena, ConEtock, F,ac,i reHor Huston' % KtnGs ,.
s1n nrk vocsn MGDo19a n11 pT1a1ons osa ears
Other Assembly business was IA follows:
.. PETITIONS
wcre presented ugatna tho repeal or modification of
lno for Tho Wisconsin Central ilroad dg1N pstusun sun
Portage md Stevens Point; also petitions for pro-
spcaler l,ouck presented memorial to Congrcsa for
United stntcs court-1lo'iac and Post olca In Osh
Tho uao Of Tho Assembly Chambcr was granted this
afternoon for an argument tho railroad bilis al
Thursday evening for tho delivery Of the soycreigns
annlal message.
Tho Senate resolution, giving tho Committee till
Feb 7 to roport b!a, waa amended to restrict
Its nctlon to tho Commerce, Transportation Funnco,
nnd why's anu heans and then roferrod to tho latter
.s, Senate O'!ls were eoneur1sa r. snbmttng 70 tho
H. an o to thH G9nsn u restrict
on she yalue oi a5ablo property to prevent deposit
inf no!son IN lnnda.
deposftfng public funds fn lanIta rcconsiderc,
and IN amendment adopted that H. demand of tho
tsys of tho tcnani nao he should scl recur,tes' u,'
Tho bil was ordered printed aud recrrod to tho Judc
larry Committee.
An Assembly resolution for printing 5000 copies Of
+. D. Carpentcrs RddresB before the Agricultural
Convention Two resolutions for extra copics Of tho
Legislative Manual bill to amend tic art r.
hitting to indictmcns BY Information, anil ugoer to
do away with Grand Jurica. to nfnend the tuYisea
statutes rotating to permanent landmarks, md tho bil
to repeal net relating to ntorneya' fees In Justices
Conrta wcro indefinitely. postponed.
After shnrp dcbac. the bill fixing tho salary at tho
Assistant Attorney Grncra who at present Is ox.Con-
4rasstnan T. @: Sloan, brother Of Attorney-G
Scott BlDan, at 81 100 was ordered to third rpanR
BY vote ot IL TO Il.
Tho bill for the division of hinrnthon County nnl
erection OF Taylor County WAS passed, under Buspcn-
sion Of tho rules