The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-03-19

spacia, Cor e>F oaEence OF 7 e y IS
MADISON, March II. = rne c,pj.aI is
quiet ami deserted by all but the regular
occupants of the State offices. TIE session
closed the night Of the 18th, although tie
republican Senlte tried bard to extend the
term till SATURDAY. The fact thut there
was nothing to DO, that everv bill had pass
al aud been enrolled oul signed iefore i
o'clock on Thursday, did not prevail upon
that body to formally adjourn then; fnr
i that would make this tie shortest ,e> SION
Of the Leg 7ture but one that wa~ ever
held in the State. If the scmblanca of i
Legislature could lie kept here till to-day.
IL" session would then have been ffty-nine
days long: while one session seven or eight
years ago was Gully fifty eight days in length.
The thing was done, however. For very
shame the Senate could not stay here with
nothing to do, and so on Thursday evening
they consented to adjourn sine die. This
mikes the session ifty seven days long.
and the shortcn session ever held, except
that famous one in 1850, when Moses VI.
Strong was Speaker Of the Assembly, aud
when the Senate and Assembly sat but
thirty-thrce DAYS. The Reformers are
therefore entitled TO the credit Of holding
shorter session then the republican party
ever did. That is one tally mark in their
favor.
GREATLY REDUCED EXPENSES.
in every item Of expenses, the rcfprmars
have made great reductions. In the state
officers and 10 the Assembly they set tie
example, cutting off the number Of cmpl3-
yees about 80 Torccnt. In the secretary o
states office, in the trpasurcr's Office and
in the school land bureau The clerkships
have been consolidated and Supernumcr-
aries removed, hv which the saving j. from
Si2,QaO to $l5, 600 wear THE Refora,
Assembly also began Tie vnrls of ro-renoff-
ment q soon rs 1t met, and discar ici twerr
employees who had held places heretofore
They also prohibited their committees from
drawing unlimited amounts Of stationery
drawn thousands Of dollars of stationery
AZ thi. session, the total amonnt Of statIGn-
cry iS<uad to Assembly committees Was
but $il5i The appropr iti0n for station.
cry flr ali uses has heretofore been SO, 600
year; this year but s., 800 was appro-
nrIated FOR that purpose. Even n gls a
n. q,
Dunn, the efficient Superintendent OF
Public Property refused to keep the many
burner chandeliers Illuminated except while
the houses were in session. During the
recesscs the bracket burners were suppos-
ed to yield light enough, and they did. The
saving in this little item alone was ten dol
lars aav. No great saving could be made
in printing, because the contract which be
gan last year is still in operation. 4 less
amount, however, was ordered, and the
shortness Of the session stoppei one leak
in this direction In some of these econo-
mics the republican senate were morally
lmpeiled TO follow the example of the refur-
mers III the assembly; hut they are not en-
titled TO any credit, a they would rather
have increased ex penses than diminishci
them it tie rod Of The reformcrs had not
been held over them. believe the tota!
savings in the expenses Of the legislative
session will reach SD, coo or $o0, goo.
Gov. Washburn had
IN VIOLATION OF LAW.
contracted to make improvements exceed
ing $4,000 in the Capital parE, and this
had to be paid. Tie State Prison was
SIS, ,600 indcbt, having exceeded the enor-
nous appropriation Of last session to that
extent ard this bad 70 be made good
Contractors on the Northern Hospital, o..
the Park Fence,and for other objects claim
cd balances due them in excess Of payment,
for which appropriations had been made,
ami these debts had to be mot Provision
for this
HERITAGE OF DIET.
comm. down from Washbnrn aad Fairchild
ha 70 be made; all of vhich tended t.
swell the amount appropriated. But eycn
( with these appropriations, the people viii
/ find when the opoks are balanced that at
/ leas..
QUARTER OF MILLION DOLLARS
less will BE- aid, aud expen led in 1874
than were pail and expended either in 1872
or 1878 That viii be one of the mos. sig,
nidcent of the first tIuits of reform
/ RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
/ The railroad Law which was passed Is
.'the Potter hii. 81 c He'd, with variations.
/ The best judges pronounce it the poorest
/ bill that vas bef,re the legislature. The
! compromise bill of the special committee,
or the West railroad bill was a far better
measure. But the republican Senate insist
+ Ell on "the Potter bill," and would takc
nothing else The bill started out on a
/ general proposition to reduce all railroad
rates atulE 3 p,r calf; bis il is a pro
/ nounced failure in TIN. resrect.
TIE WEST WAREHOUSE BILL.
| Wha ever waS good or evil involved in
/ the OF feat Of the Till introduced By Gen.
West for regulating warehouses and eleva-
tors, belongs "a the republican Senate. One
thing about i is certain: the people are
rery angry az the drttat Of the bill, and the
ware housc,aen are very wei pleased with
the result
OR N.E FARMER EoTERSos
has, during tbi- session occupied the most
lifcul5 place in which aay man ever served
in the Sfate. lie wes the irs. Gov rnol
10 succeed a long boil on power By AZ op-
posite party. Hal he succeeded to the chief
Place in cen,inu3us administration Of af-