The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-02-28
Legislative Proceedings.

Legislative Procedures
TUESDAY, Feb. 19-SENATE.-Mr Welchs
resolution providing that there be no more adj
journments of the Senate except from day to
day, Sundays excepted, until final adjourn
ment came up Senator WEIGH offered SUBJ
stitute in the form of a joint resolution, to the
same effect. Laid over . Senator Wing
offered resolution reconsidering the vote bY
which the Assembly bill relating to exemption
from taxation of laborers' and mechanics
property was postponed, and returning the
same to the Assembly. Adopted. :. Senator
Wing also moved to reconsider the vote by
which the bill providing for the inspection of
steam boilers and the liscensing of engineers was
indefinitely postponed, to refer the bill to him
self. Adopted. . Bills passed Providing
for protecting the State Capitol from fire by
pipes laid from the turret of the University
central building appropriating $18, 800 to the
Institute for the Education of the Blind pro-
viding that fire insurance agents in incorpora-
ted cities and villages shall pay to the local fire
department 2 per cent. of all premiums re-
ceived by them during the year appropriating
$8, 900 to the Superintendent of Public Proper
ty for the purpose of Legislative and State sta
tiouery for the ensuing year; appropriating
money for the purchase of stationery
and postage stamps for envelopes-yeas
Is, nays 2; regulating the time of
Of aPda f8e gn on oo %nd special f5e t s2f5
Judicial Circuit; relating to the registration of
marriages, births and deaths; relative to dam
across the Little Wolf river in V aupaca county.
:. Assembly bills concurred in: Appropriate
ing 800 to the ManitOwoc County Agricultural
Society; authorizing the city of Milwaukee to
refund the cost of grading and paving certain
cutters in 1874; appropriating $35 to Babetta
Silverfriend, widow of NJ. Silverfriend, for
q portion of a peddler's license IN
earned by deceased; refunding SO, 383 49 to
the Mineral Point railroad, on account of
taxes paid by mistake; appropriating 800
to erect monument to the late Gov. L. P.
Harvey; establishing fremens relief fund in
Milwaukee authorizing the town of Newport,
Columbia county, to borrow money to build a
bridge; charging the expenses Of redredging
the Milwaukee rivers and canals to the general
fund providing for the improvement of Blue
Mound, or Spring street, in Milwaukee. Bills
indefinitely postponed Regulating the prac-
tice of dentistry in Wisconsin; to prevent
multiplicity of actions for involuntary trespass
concerning estates in dover.
HoUsE.-The resolution that the opinions of
Bob Ingerson meet with the cordial approval of
the members of this House was taken up. Mr..
Warner moved an amendment associating
Susan B. Anthony with the resolution. The
resolution and amendment were laid on the
table. =. The bill to authorize School-Land
Commissioners to convey certain lands to the
Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal
Company was passed. The resolutions of
censure of the reporter of the Milwaukee
Sentinel were laid upon the table. The res.
OIutiOn restricting debate to ten minutes to
each member was indefinitely postponed
Senate bills concurred in: To provide for the
collection of special taxes in certain cases; au-
thorizins the county of Barron to issue bonds
for the payment of outstanding indebtedness;
authorizing and requiring the Wisconsin farm
mortgage and Commissioners, appointed under
chapter 446, laws of 1868, to extend the benefits
of said law to certain other parties equally en-
titled thereto; relating to the Health Depart
ment of Milwaukee. . Bills indefinitely post
poned: Amending section 1, chapter 1856, laws
of 1876, to repeal section 6, chapter 81, Re-
vised Statutes, relating to tender of money; to
authorize municipal corporations to aid
vide more careful supervision of COM
mon jails; relating to prisons and
common jails. +. The Assembly had session
in the afternoon, for consideration of the Game
bill. An amendment was adopted, after pro-
longed discussion, forbidding the hunting of
prairie chickens, cartridges, quail, snipe or
woodcock with dogs. Mr.. Pope, of Jackson
w.
subject Of his resolution indorsing the theo-
logical views of Bob Ingersoll. He said he Of
fered the resolution simply as a burlesque on
other resolutions, indorsing the views of Stan
ley Matthews. the policy of President Hayes,
etc. He did this simply to indicate his own
opinion that these were not proper subjects of
State legislation.
REPUBLICAN CAUcUs.-A caucus of the Re-
publican members of the Senate and House was
held in the evening, to nominate candidate
for additional Supreme Judge. The first in
formal ballot resulted: Frisble, 10; Carter 18:
Cassidy, s.; Morris, 3; Stewart, 6; Hastings
3; Taylor, IA; Cousins, 2; Windsor, 3. On the
third formal ballot the vote stood: Frisbie, /;
Carter, 3d. Cassidy L; Stewart, /; Taylor, 35.
At the announcement of the vote the greatest
enthusiasm prevailed.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20.-SENATE.- The Senate
voted-19 yeas to nays-to concur in the
Price resolutions in favor of the remonetiza-
ton of silver. When the Assembly resolu-
lions which Endorsed the votes of our Senators
and Representatives in Congress in voting for
the Matthews resolutions came up for consid-
Grafton Senator Price offered the following
amendment "We approve and applaud
| the votes of Senators in Congress who
| voted for the Silver bill as passed by
the Senate, and we request our Representatives
to aid in securing immediate concurrence in the
bill in its present form by the House of Repre-
| sentat1yes." This ameL dment was agreed to
by the following vote Ye0s-Abert. Anderson,
Barden, Burrows, Lopez, Mumbrue, Paul,
Price, Rankin, Rice, Richmond, Sacket,
Schneider, Tarrey, Treat, WEIGH, Williams
Nays-Andrews, arnold, Bones, Campbell
Grimmur, Hathaway, Scott, Van Schaick,
| WIng-9 Senators Hudd and Bailey were
paired, and Senators Reed, Reynolds, Richard
son, Swain and Wolf were absent or declined
to vote. Assembly bills concurred in: Lee