Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1e, 1881,
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.

UlSpOSeu Oi lIus TAI. AZ ehio A"e0 shS
legislature will not get away from here
until into April. Last Thursday was the
last day for admitting new business, an
something over 800 bills, Oh almost ever,
conceivable subject, were introduced. Th
number of bills to be disposed OF by thl
legislature is largely in excess OF those G
previous years-767 having been intro
duced, while last year there were 654
and liz 1879, 59S. AS there are many
important measures up this winter, to
gether with the large amount of worl
before the legislature, the session vii
necessarily be proon ed two or thre'
weeks beyond its usual time.
The legislative mind has been agitate'
this week on the question of woman su:,
frace to an extent unknown to this hon
orable body. Mrs. Marion V. Dudley, O.
Milwaukee, anG Miss Ella Giles, OF Madi
son, addressed large audience in the As
sembly Chamber Tuesday evening, which
was composed of members of the legisla-
ture. citizens Of Madison, and Others.
The speakers were listened to with the
closest attention, for nearly two hours.
AS a counter movement to the womat
suffrage resolution. Senator Burrows, O
Dane county, has introduced bill which.
proposes to leave the question entirely to
the women of Wisconsin at the mex,
general election. He claims that tn,
women themselves do not want to vote
But he has put provision in his bii,
which obliges every woman to vote on til,
suffrage question or render herself liabl,
to fine of $100 Senator Burrows has
been a married man for number Of year,
and ought to know by this time that
if the women don't want to vote, n,
penalty which the legislature can inhict
she won't, and that's the end of it. i,
will be with voting as with> everything
becomes law many a poor husband will
be Obliged to wear his linen coat in ali
seasons of the year to save money to pay
his wite's fine.
The apportionment of the state int
Congressional senate into assembly dis
tricts is occupying the time of the polti-
Gil here rs elsewhere in the state these
days. Various plans Of dividing the ~tat,
into congressional districts have been sub
mitted, but of course none can be made
which would suit everybody. A county
which has a congressional aspir2nt is anx-
ious TO be grouped with other counties
which are friendly to sad statesman. As
aimost every county contains man who
has the congressional "bee in his bonnet
it is easy to see that there will be pro-
longed fight over the superintendent. 1t
is highly probable that Jefferson will be
grouped with the counties OF Rock, Wal
worth, Kenosha, Waukesha, or Racine.
These counties want Jefferson and Jeffer-
son so far Us | know is willing. One
plan allows this district to remain as it is
by taking Oh two or three counties to the
north, but Sank and Columbia object to
this; while still another throws us into
tae only democratic district in the state
and puts us in company with the be-
nighted counties of Dodge, Washington
and Ozaukee. Let us be delivered from
this plan is the earnest prayer of all good
christians. Under the new apportion-
ment Jefferson county will lose one as
semblyman. The county will have one
senatorial and two assembly districts, not
including the 9th and 9th wards of the
city of Watertown. The northern district
will have million democratic majority
more or less, while it is barely possible
that the southern can be made a republi-
can district with small majority, as the
vote is at present
The prospect for $500 appropriation
for the Central Fair has ANYTHING but q
favorable look. Nearly every county
fair in the state has put in for an in
creased appropriation and it is not likely
that the legislature will discriminate
against one and in favor of another, neither
is it likely that $500 will be given to
every county that has asked for it. The
Legislature will adopt the easiest way on.
O the dilemma. probably, and that is to
Gu, them all off, IF the Oshkosh and
state fairs are included no one will have
cause of complaint.
The annual printing claim has made
its appearance. This winter the man
vino has not received his dues from the
state on his printing contract is
S. D. Carpenter, familiarity known to
the people of Wisconsin as pump"