The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

WEDNESDAY, March 9.-Both houses of the
Legislature were in session to-day only short
time. Nothing was done, owing to the excite
ment caused by the Senatorial contest 1t is
the impression that the session will last tin the
LIST of April
THURSDAY, March 10.-SENATE.-Mr. Bur-
rows said that he had not yet finished his re-
marks on the subject of woman suffrage,
which was the special order for this evening,
and des red to further discuss the matter, but
be had another engagement for this evening,
and desired that the subject be put over until
next Thursday evening. No objection being
made, the special order for this evening was
postponed till next Thursday evening. 4 bill
was introduced to amend the charter Of the
city of Milwaukee, being chapter 1s4 of the
session laws of 1874.
AssEsIBLY.-The joint resolution amending
the constitution, providing for the taxation of
church property, was killed-yeas 80, nays 81;
the amendment to the constitution granting
the right Of Suffrage to women came up as a
speclal order. Several gentlemen made pointed
illusions to Mr.. Rewey for deserving the anti
cameron forces. The resolutions were finally
klled-yeas, 90; nays, 40. The resolution for
an amendment TO the constitution prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liouors
was also hlled-yeas, IS; nays, 40.
At noon both branches of the Legislature
met in joint session to ballot for United States
Senator, with the following result: Angus Cam
eron, 81 William F. Villas, 81. Cameron was
duly declared elected United States Senator
for the four unexpired years of Matt H. Car
penter's term.
FRIDAY, March 11.-SENATE. Commit
tee on Charitable and Penal Institutions OBJ
tanned leave to introduce bill to provide for
the better government Of the State hospitals
for the insane. The following Assembly bills
were concurred in: To amend the charter of
the cityof Fort Howard to regulate the de
scription of real estate for assessment and tax
alton in the city of Oconto; to authorize the
School Land Commissioners to convey certain
lands to the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan
Canal and Harbor Company to change the
boundary lines of certain towns in Lincoln
county. and to organize two new towns therein;
to change the name of the town of Jenny TO
that of Lincoln. bill was passed to provide
for uniformity in tire-insurance policies. The
Senate concurred in the Assembly bill allowing
daily papers to publish the State laws on the
same basis as weekly papers.
AssENBLY.-An effort was made in the AS
sembly this morning to reconsider the vote
whereby the Women's Suffrage and Prohlbitory
resolutions were killed. but without success.
There was lively discussion on the question
of allowing the bill to appropriate to the Osh-
kosh fair the sum of $780, The bill was
finally ordered to third reading. The female
suffrage business will be brought up again on
next Friday evening. Both houses adjourned
until Monday evening.
MONDAY, March 14.-SENATE.-The follow
ing bills were concurred in: For the establish
ment of an electric light in the State Capt.
toll to legalize the action of the Board of Su-
pervisors of Wood county to extend the time
for proving and filing claims against the Wis
consin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Com
pany 10 amend the Peddler law to authorize
the establishment of cemeteries to facilitate
elections in certain cases, and for the collection
and disposal of highway taxes in certain cases.
AssEMBLY.-A bill to appropriate $4,000 for
experiments in amber cane was concurred in
by vote-ayes SO noes. 49,
TUESDAY, March 15.-SENATE.-Bill passed
To amend the charter of the city of Prairie du
Chen; to legalize an adjournment of the Cir
cult Court of Greene county providing for
the purchase of Wabster's Dictionary for the
State legalizng the records of tax deeds to
counties not heretofore entered in the index
records. The Committee on State Affairs re-
ported favorably on Paul's bill relative to the
State coat-of-arms and for the purchase Of
great seal.
AssEMBLY.-During the morning hour Mr..
Rewey, of Iowa county, rose to a personal ex-
PLANTATION. He said that certain parties since
the Senatorial nomination had taken oc-
casion to hurl insinuations at him. He
repealed them all. In closing his re-
marks he demanded an investigation
Senate bills were concurred in: Appropriating
So, 900 to the State Agricultural Society; appro-
| priating 5000 to the State Dairyman's Society.
A resolution introduced ordering all commit
tees to report by the 18th, was amended and
laid over. The bill making five years insanity
sufficient grounds for divorce was passed to
third reading