, 1876-02-07
STATE AFFAIRS.

sAIuHDAE IN THE LKuIHLATUHE.
Special DiapGtth to Ths Chfeaas Tribune.
MADISON, Wis, Fob. 6.-Both 1Iousea OF tho
Legislature did considerable business today bo-
fore they adjourned oyor to Monday evening,
though they were rather thin tho latter part Of
the sosslon, tho Assembly only n1ustoripg 65
rotce On . State Prison appropriation bill which
required GO to vote on 1t ia order to pass It. A
special tsain for Milwaukee via NatorkoWn loft
at 1880 p. ILL.,, and many members nvailod thom.
selvo6 Of tho accommodation. Tho Legislative
ialls ncro almost deserted thIa afternoon aud
evening.
HEHEETr Fl. GRAY.
The Assembly Committee on Privileges and
Electiona reported to-day On tho contest for tho
seat from the NortboEn District OF Iowa County,
occupied BY AnsloJ Gray, and claimed BY Joseph
Bennett Tho majority Of the Committee,
s1cssrs. Flint, Noa, and Griffin, report In favor
OF NIr, Denuott. Tho county cAnvaaacrs zoturn-
cd loss votea for Gray and 1,o33 for Bennett.
II is claimed in the Commlttee's report that si1
illegal yntcs in Highland Of aliens rho noro not
naturnlzod, and Ind not oven doclarsd their in-
tcntions, should bo rejected and doducled from
0rRy's voto, aud that 1uo yoto cast In the Town
OF Rdgsway for J. Bennett, wtitten Oh Re-
form ballot whore Grsy'e nnrno was scratched,
reiecsed by tho town canvas4ors, Should bo adj
| dod to Donnosts yote. With these corrections,
bennett has 1,o34 votes; Gray. 1.029; giving
tho former majority. Tho report states that
lii. Gray clanod four illegal yotes cast for Bon.
nett vho, On tho other hand, claimed many
moro Of that sort for Gray, hut, GO tho evidence
| was onlY secondary, the Committee did not ALLOW
| it. Tho minority OF the Committec AfeHara.
| Wiltso and Horst reported TINT tbete was no
good Ioason to 20 back Of tho local canyasa. and
Tint nIr, Gray waa entittcd to the scat he holds,
Tho mntter ID tho special ordor for ncxs Thuss-
] lay aftsiuoon.
thero was quito sharp debate on printing 25o
! copiep Of tho memorial to Congress aaking an
| investigasion Of the right Of Judge a>orgo ".
Cato to hold h!H scat in tho House. which, after
having been discussed several timos and amended
somewhat, vas adopted BY the sen.se to-day;
that grcat 1sal Of unnecessary fuss bad boon
made, and ttmo occupied unprotltAbiy Ia consid-
cripg tho nntter, Sanhtor Brown ro1oined to
she effect that election frauds wore no llght mat
ter, that such frauds lad brokon dowp the Dem
oofatlo party MANY yoars ago In this stase. "
fraud, IT mzs attempted to force upon tho peoplo
u Governor they did not elout. Tho question
| came before tho HnpTomo Court, and the man
who was elected was placed III tho Executive
ohat. by virtue Of decree of that Court. It had
boon remarked ID Q curious colncidcnco that tho
Democratic party, before It went out OF power
ornor BY fraud. and, on Its, arss return to power
again. it hsd put man who was not eleosod In
to Congress- BY viztuo Of fraud.
While a considerable number Of bfs veEe IN
| LtuIHEHA n4u rAa49A Ill EUku kAuu4Dnt t1t
lowing arc all Of general interest:
:. In tho senato-Dills weso introduced to fur
thor provide agRinss injury to lifo and property
by, sall"aysi to Amend Chap: 46, laws Of 1862
rotating to protesting railroad lands !; to pEorlde
for more efficient protection from trcspaag On
| State iapds and tmbos to furnish Dbles to tho
sevornl penal and charitable institutions to pro-
vide for the preparation, publication, aud distri-
button Of tho roporta Of tho geolog!oA1 sutyey
when completed; providing for the botter care
| OF paupetB and destitute chlldfcn.
No important bills pasaod.
| In the Assembly. thero WAS introduced an
| auopdmcnt to tho Constitution 80 Al to make
tho school ago to 20, iuatoad Of 4 to 20 yeAra
town meeting inny DO aottled BY ballot, requlr-
ing that Trnstoos Of tho Hospitals for tho Iu-
sane shall live III tho district OF tho hospital to
which thoy aro appointedi requiring tlst Town
Supervisors shall grant liconses for tho sale OF
liquor When spilled to by ptopezly qualified pe1-
| sons.
! RAILROAD LEt1rsLAT1oN.
| Tho bill for tho huondmont OF tho Potter law
L. made the special order for noxt Tuehday.
Tho general optn!on aoens 10 bo that It will pasa
bean number ot temonstraucoB against any,
thing OF the sort, but tho moabera Heern 10
think llAt the welfare OF the State will 10 sub
| served thereby. and tloro a 90 CONCERT OF a0ti0n
TIE AElonr1oNlikNT uoM11TrkK
are having good stoal oE difficulty to map out
tho now Senate aud Assembly DialrictB ratisfao-
tory, aud are not llkelv 10 report for Ho1na days
yet. Among tlo few thinga settled Ia that Nil-
Waukeo Ia to have three annhtorA tustcad OF two,
a. now, aud the eamo numbos Of Aseembiymon-
| t10yen.
IAero iayo been large delegations hero from
Tho Chippewa Valley tho past Neek, from CHIP
pewa talis sgaluat, aud from Eau Ciaro III favor
s!tion seem laslIsr anxious, "llo lis frsndu
GlQisl kb3t thor have o Bilrp thing.