The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-02-10
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURES.

Simpsons bill repeating the Anti-Treat law
was ordered to a third reading, in the Senate,
On the LIST inst A sharp fight occurred on
motion to suspend the rules and pass snbsti-
| tute to the 0maha Land Grant bill amendment,
being, that said company shall pay the labor
ers of the defnnct Air Line road" The motion
TO suspend was rejected, the necessary two
/ thirds failing to vote afirmativelY The amend
ments were fsally ordered printed. In the
| Assembly bills were introduced looking 70 the
| enlargement Of the two insane asyiuas
and the Milwaukee County Hospital !: for the
erection of q hospital for the chronic insane at
| Chippewa Falls in increasing the maximum
punishment for drunkenness to $50 fine or six
| ty days imprisonment; allowing patent-inside
newspapers to have the benefit of $50 for the
publication Of the laws of Wisconsin; for the
punishment of murdcrers in the first degree
by hanging or Imprisonment for life; to regu-
/ late the sale of liquor. The last-named bill is
| substantially the Nebraska License law.
A resolution was adopted by the Senate, on
the I'd inst, that no new business be accepted
| after Feb 10. A bill came up to amend and
| resume the grant of lands, made by chapter
225 of the laws of Wisconsin for the year
1874. to the Chicago and Northern Pacific
AIRLINE Railway Company, now the Chicago,
Portage and Superior Railway Company, and
TO confer said grant of lands upon the Chi
cago st. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Rail-
way Company. The amendments of the
Committee on Railroads bind the COMPANY
accepting the land grant, among other things,
to deposit with the Governor $4,000 for the
payment of the claims against the Airline
Company as condition of comforting upon the
company the said land grant, the claims to be
audited and adjusted by an agent to be APP
nninfpd nv no Gov I'd
3ussion it was defeated by vote of Is to 10.
The amendment extending the time was adopt
ed and the bIll ordered to tkird reading MIR.
Burrows offered Joint resolution in the Sem :
ate, memoralzing Congress to establish postal
savings banks Bills were introduced; To de-
clare all streams north of the second correction
line capable of floating sixty feet of saw-log
navigable for log-drivlng purposes, and
making it q misdemeanor to Distract them to
c3dify all laws relating to Legislative employees.
In the Assembly bills were introduced to pro-
hlbit the sale of toy pistols, on pain OF fine or
| Imprisonment prohibiting the catching of
brook trout between Aug. Is and April Is
fixing the time for holding annual town meet
ngs in March, instead of April extending the
provisions of the several sections of the Re-
vised Statutes which give State aid to free high
schools for another five years. Mr.. Shepard, of
Fond du Lac, introduced a bill redistricting
the State into Congressional districts. 1t fixes
the districts as follows First Kenosha
Racine, Waukesha, Jefferson, WaIworth and
Rock. Population, ITO, 000 Republican major
ity, 6,451. Second-Dane, Green, Lafayette,
Iowa, Grant and Rlchland. Population, 49,
895; Republican majority, 1892 Third-Mil-
waukee city and county Population. 1873. 52S :;
Republican majority 1904. Fourth-Wash-
ington, Ozaukee, Shohoygan, Calumet Mantle
woe Kowaunoo and Door Population, l54, 698;
democratic majority $3.50. Fifth-Fond
du Lac Dodge, Columbia, Sank, Mar.
quette and Greenlake. Population, 175,695 :;
Republican majority, 1882. Sixth-Winne-
bago, Waushara. Waupaca, Outagamie, Brown,
Shawano, Langlade, Oconto and DTarnette
Population, 169,022; Republican majority,
1881 Seventh-Crawford, Vernon Lacrosse,
Monroe Juneau, Adams, Jackson, Clark,
Trempeleau and Buffalo. Population, 1868 !;
Republican majority, S,465. Elghth-Portage,
Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Taylor, Price, Ash
land, Eau Claire, Chippewa, Bayfield, Douglas,
Burnett, Barron, Polk, ST. Crox, Dunn, Pierce
and Peppin. Population, 1877, 1877 Republican
majority, 6,293.
There were about forty bills introduced in
the Legislature on the 9th inst, but very few
of them were Of general interest. A bill to
punish corporations for circulating deceptive
advertisements was introduced by Senator
| Kingston. Senator Painter introduced bill
| to provide for the publication of 5000 copies
of the blue books, so that all the public schools
may receive one. Senator Phillips introduced
| bill to consolidate the Racine city
| charter. Senator Simpsons bill repeal
ing the Anti-Treat law was ordered
| TO third reading by vote of IL to g.
Iwenty-three remonstrances with thousands
OF signatures, were offered in the Assembly
against the passage of bills to tax church prop
erty. Assemblyman Thayer handed in a prop
a al -
| be located north and west of Wisconsin river
which means that Sparta, Eau Claire and
| Chippewa Falls may enter into compe-
| tition for the institution. The sum of
| $4,000 is TO be appropriated therefor.
Assemblyman Proctor introduced the follow
ing: "All laws of this State, in so far as they
authorize any county to aid in the construction
OF railroads by the levy of tax or subscription
TO the capital stock OF any railroad corporation,
are hereby repealed" Assemblyman Borchardt
offered joint resolution, proposing ain
| amendment to the constitution, as follows:
"The privilege of debtors to enjoy the neces-
| sary comforts of life shall be recognized
| by wholesome laws, excepting q reasonable
| amount of property from seizure or sale
in payment of any debt or liability hereafter
contracted, but no property shall be exempt
from seizure, levy, attachment or execution
| when the debt, claim or demand Is for the
wages of any laborer or servant" Assembly
| man Kidd introduced a resolution, which was
| laid over, providing for joint committee to
| consider all measures relating to the liquor
| traffic. A bill was introduced by Assembly
man Thorne giving the Commissioners of tho
Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal
Power to condemn lands for use by
| the General Government in erecting
lighthouse in Sturgeon bsy. The fol-
lowing bills were indefinitely postponed:
| Prohibiting candidates Tor Office from influence
ing electors by furnishing them liquor; fixing
| the grace ON sight bills of exchange providing
| for more rigorous enforcement of laborers
and servants claims amending the laws relat-
ing to hawkers and peddlers exempting 800
worth of farm machinery from execution.
About sixty bills were introduced in both
houses on the 7th. The following were among
the more important: In S5nate-To authorize
Marathon county to vote lands other than
| swamp as aid In constructing railroads proc
| viding for the preservation of the records of
| the Wisconsin portion Of what was formerly
| Michigan Territory, and which now remain in
| the counties OF Brown, Iowa and Crawford. In
| Assembly-To reorganize the State militia
| and increase the number of companies
which shall receive State aid from thirty to
| thirty-five; providing that judges of Circuit
| Courts and two Commissioners select Jurors
giving stallon-owners lien upon the progeny
of horse until months old providing for the
erection in Capitol Park of separate building
| for the Historical Society and Supreme Court
appropriating 1000 to provide grounds for
military drill and gynnastlc exercises by
| university students. Considerable debate was
had in the Senate over Mr. Wings bill
| to re-enact the death penalty for murder.
| The bill authorizing the Ashland Boom and
| Canal Company to maintain booms in the Bad
river came up in the Senate and elected an ex-
tended discussion. An interesting debate was
held in the Assembly upon tue Bates bill to tax
| church property. The bill was referred to f1e
Committee on State Affairs by vote Of 81
| to 80.
POisOns in Our Food.
The use of beer, generally recognized
as a wholesome drink, has become much
i less general bacause of the suspected