, 1874-02-26
STATE LEGISLATURES.
Tho Wisconsin Senate Possessed by
tho Regulating Mania.
Proceedings Of Other Legislatures
Yesterday.
WISCONSIN,,
RAILROAD HILLS IN THE sENATE.

RAILROAD HILLS IN THE sENhTE.
Aopsos ass iiS Wa To T. e. ssho e'e seuato devoted
most OF lta session this morning to considering
Senate 1lailroad bills reported from the con-
mittee Of tho Whole yesterday III tho special Or
press, and telegraph companies in this stato.
For this It waa moved to substitute Bonato bill
132. classifying and ilking tho maximum ratcs OF
freight, mud raising tho percentage Of license to
question was on indefinite postpo,ornont, pond
Ing tho discussion Of which q motion to rocon-
sidor tho adoption Of tho substitute was
lost-17 to 10. Tho motion for Indefinite
ordered cngroaBcd- d-25 to 8; Thcro was quito d
sharp dobate, participated in by Senators Bur-
ohard, Blookman, CoIztauser, Il. Z. DayiH. and
Potter, mainly on tho question Of oxpelicncy.
and oatabiishing q Board Of Railroad Commits
sionors, woro poBtponed TO next Tuesday.
TIE taRANAM Law.
Two petitions Hignel by uitiZens Of Manitowoo
County, wore presented for tho ropoal Of tho
Grah1ln law.
WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILROAD.
BIZ. Potter offered . tont resolution asking
patents put on snds d costiea @ to Wisconsin, Central
Railroad Company till further evidence WAS
furnished Of compliance with tho laws of thia
State regulating, tho bostowal Of tho grant: It
wac laid over till tomorrow, whon its considera-
tion will probab.5 provoke lively dobato.
.ssEMDLY.
There WAS long discussion on = bill repeating
tho law for geological surveY Of tho btntet
aud Hilyerthorn, and opposed by Messrs. Finkol.
70 Sstfi e. kingston aud Bowman and rejected 4t
There was another long diacuasion concerning
tie st. orgs grant' s5essss; Tasld ca5r,
| Railroad Committee, reported il favor Of giving
| il to tho North Wisconsin, Chicago l. NORTH
orn Pacific AIRLINE Company. and West
msa' nrosS II na;'r Sf s's y S ie
that tho latter road build, bosfdes
tho st. Croix road, one IN tie Chippowa val1oy
and ono in Southwestern Wisconsin. hfr. Biug-
ham mosed to poatpono oil bills on tue O. subject
Rankin, hIcCaul, Carmichael, and Caroy. Early
action was urged by Mesars. Caswell Tiileld.
Bowman, Kingston, and Winans. Tho motion
for Friday was lost-47 to 40, and tho bills wers
mado tho special order for to-morrow evening.
Several local bills passed; also bills amending
tho atasutos relating to vordiots and exceptions i;
amending the act providing for D lien for labor
and SERVICES on logs aud lumbar in corta1n coun'
tics.
wEsr's WAREHOUSE BILL
came up for third reading thH evening under
special order IN tho Assembly. Amendments
were offered restricting It's operation, nj to
Milwaukee,, 10 warehouses handling over 100,
zoo bushels to warehouses owned ind controlled
by corporations, all OF which were discussed and
tabled. 4 communication WAS received from
the Milwaukee Chamber Of Commerce correct
ing errors III tho report Of WoBt. After .
prolonged discussion. tho bill Was passed BY q
Yoto Of 50 to 50.
l OHIO.
Co1uMnus. o., Feb. 25-1n the House this
afternoon the Committee on Public Schools In.
troducod bill to authorize Boards Of Educatior
to purchase textbooks.
III the Senate the Senate bill passed providing
TINT thirty-si1 jurors In capital case, shsll bt
drawn from tho box by tho Olerk Of Court, Of
other regular jurors arc, instead Of boing aelect
cd by the Sheriff, as at present.
At 3 o'clock tho Senators wcro awcfn by Chief
! Justice Day to impartially try and 15termino th
J contested election caBb OF Woiman hgaius
arguments relative to tho Jurisdiction Of th
, Senate to try such caaes, pending which tn
! Hauata Adio1rnn1