Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-16

cided on placing the counties OF Jeffer-
son and Waukesha in one senatorial dis
trict, and on giving Jefferson three as
semblymen. This does not meet with the
approval of any one in either of these
counties, but protests seemed to be I'M
availing. The committee on apportlon-
ment is made up of one member from
each Congressional district, who is given
the number of senators and assemblymen
to which his district is entitled. to appor-
ton as he and the largest number of his
constituents may decide. Mr.. Blakesle,
of Sank county, is the member of the APP
portionment committee from this con
gressional district, and is responsible or
the make up of the legislative districts
therein. He admits that putting Jeffer-
son and Waukesha counties into sena-
torial district is an injustice, but says that
an injustice had to be done somewhere in
his district, and that being the case the
democratic counties must expect to be
the sufferers instead of those who are of
the same political faith as the party in
power. So much for being democratic
county.
The woman suffrage resolution was de-
feated in the assembly Thursday evening
by a vote of so to 40. The next day
motion was made to reconsider the vote
by which it was indefinitely postponed,
but the motion was voted down. There
is another resolution relating to the same
subject in the senate, however, and If 1t
passes that house the assembly will again
have chance to pass the measure If 1t
chooses. The prospect for this resolution
is very dubious This question has elicit
ed more interest than any other one
measure before the legislature, and many
a member has embraced the opportunity
to air his oratory in behalf of the fair
sex.
The resolution providing for consti-
tutional amendment prohibiting liquor
traffic was voted down in the assembly
Thursday evening, also by a vote of 48 to
40, y members not voting on the ques-
ton. The next day, however, in order
to give the friends Of the resolution a
chance to speak for it, the vote was re-
considered, and the measure made spe-
cial order for some evening next week.
The resolution will probably keep com
pany with the woman suffrage resolution
eventually. This has not been good
week for resolutions providing for con-
stitutional amendments. The resolution
looking to the taxation of church pro-
perty was also defeated in the assembly
| by vote Of 81 to. 80. The Sprague oil
bill passed the assembly this week and
now petitions are pouring into the senate
for the repeal Of the oil law Of last win
ter. The senate will probably refuse to
concur in the repeal Of the law, unless
a change comes over the spirit of their
dreams. The Sprague bill repeats the
Bennett law.
The bill appropriating $500 to the
Northern fair came very near coming to
an untimely end in the assembly this
week This bill had passed the Fsen-
ate and came up on a third reading in the
assembly, when an amendment was of
fered and carried striking out the appro-
priation clause. This of course rendered
it worthless, as no sum was named in the
bill as amended. The friends of the fair
rallied, however, the day after and restored
it to its original form, and the Northern
horse >trot," as it was called by those who
opposed the appropriation will get its
little 81, 500 again this year.
1t is not always safe to bet on the good
sense of body of sensible men. They
will sometimes do some very foolish
things. AS an instance of this I have
only to refer to Sthe anti-treating bill, Sc
called, which passed the Assembly re-
Gently by a vote of 40 to 81 The bill
reads as follows: "Any person who shall
purchase, pay for Or procure any liquors
or drinks, for or in behalf of any person
other than himself, to be drank as a'bev-
erage by such other person, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined,
not less than five dollars nor more than
ten dollars, for each ofense" The jov-
ial portion of humanity need give them
selves no trouble about this bill, as it pro-
hably will be squelched in the Senate.
A law has been enacted creating the
18th Judicial Circuit, which is composed
of the counties Of Dodge, Washington
and Ozaukee. The election of Judge of
the 18th Circuit, will take place on the
fret Tuocdou in A nril nayt and his term