The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-24
WISCONSIN ERaISLkTURE,

my Oh the 10Th. There was an immense
audience, the galleries and lobbies being packed.
Speeches were made by Kfnans, Maxon, Clarke.
Fierce, Elyer and Stevens, in support of the
bill, and by Rewey, Horn Barber, KeSes. FIN
gado and Bait, inop opposition The main noirts.
made by the friends OF the bill were that Wis.,
consln and Michigan were the onlysStates insthe
Union where hanging has been abolished. aud
the sentiment of this State was now In favor OF
capital punishment A list of cruel murders
committed within the past few years vas evil
( dence that hanging w0al5s Isse ssgeod effect.
Statistics shoH that.halF of the ninrdreFs go
scot free-wlth tho tRlI of gshrewd lawyers who
make use of internal legal tech nicalties. The
opponents of the bill aTgtfed that hanging vas
relic of barbarism. Ih6lEwbf & life fer d lie
was abolished 1890 years as6.2u PuEishmentb
death does not deter murdeferss wfso dog their
work IN the heat of passion, and don't consider
what the penalty will be. The danger of hang
ing innocent men should be- avoided After
debate, lasting two and a half hours, the
question was ordered, ana the Assembly,. by s
vote of 4S ayes to 40 noes, refused1to order the
/ bill to a third reading. The Assembly passed
the bill for the erection of Two transverse wings
to the Capitol building lone wing to besfor the
use of the Supreme Court and Law. library. and
the other is to be occupied BY the State Historical
Society," Thesum of $500, 1000 isappropriated The
Assembly passed Pooler's bill taxing telegraph
The Assembly indefinitely postponed the bill to
allow several wildcat insurance companies of
Indianapolis exemption from the insurance
laws OF this State. The Senate bill providing
that the next session of the Legislature shall be
held on the second Wednesday in January;
1888, and biennially thereafter, as provided for
by the recently adopted amendments to the
constitution, was CONQUERED in by the Assem-
Senator Burrows bill for the improvement OF
the st. Croix. oYer.which there had been pro-
longed contest, was ordered to third reading
in the Senate on the 10th, by Is yeas to nays
Senator. Flint reported. a blil providing that
every railway corporation shall have an in
snrable interest in all property along its route,
for which it may be,liable in damages for fires
caused by operating its railway and
may procure Insurance thereon in it's own
behalf. This BID would confer on railway
companies the, power to insure property
likely to be set on fire by passing locomotives,
and .use the insurance money to satisfy claims.
for damages Senator Delaney's resolution Tor
Q constitutional convention came up in the
Senate, land after a sharp debate the report of
the Judiciary Committee that the resO--
luton be indefinitely - postponed = was
adopted-yeas, Is; nays. IA; not voting, 4
The bill to re-enact the law which made raii-
way companies liable for damages sustained
by employees through the contrioutory negli-
gence of other employees was killed in the As
sembly. 1t was ruled that there was no justice
in singing out railways, when there are o her
corporations whose employees are as likely TO be
killed or injured through eontributory negll-
gence. The bill was indefinitely postponed by
so yeas to 81 nays - - -.
Hudd's iron-ciad amendment to the bill for
the safe keeping of the public moneys was dis
cussed at length by the Senate on the 18th.
Finally by party vote, the bill and accom-
panyiDg amendments were killed. The Senate
killed the Assembly bill making it-unlawful to
catch fish from the Wisconsin side of the Mis-
sissippi river except by spear or. angling,
A Senate bill passed allowing the city
of Milwaukee to issue not to exceed 81. 600
of corporate bonds for ibridge-buidiug pur-
| poses. The Assembly bill was concurred in
cutting down the fees of SherIffs or officers at
tending court with prisoner from 81 so TO 70
cents per half day, beside necessary actual ex-
| penses. The Assembly Killed the bilFto remove
the capital of the State to Milwaukee, and to.
use the present State House as an asylum for
the chronic insane. HE bin to wind up
the affairs of the Wisconsin Railroad
Farm Mortgage Land, Company May 1,
and direct that'~2a final dividend be de-
clared, was indefinitely postponed by the AS
sembly. The bills appropriating, $4,000 to the
State fair and 81, 600 to the Northern fair came
ing its fair at Fond du Lac, only twenty miles
from the Northern fair, and In the very same
week. He offered to amend, forbiddiDg the
State fair to be held within fortnight Of the
| other. fA E0e
Among the bills which were passed by the
Assembly on the 18th was that of Mr.. Carmi-
chael to allow the city of Eau Claire to raise
Damine river 30 as to flood the bottoms above,
and prohibiting the Dells Company from dis
eliminating against resident log owners not
members of the log pool. The Assembly also
| passed the bill amending the law prescribing
the fees of lumber inspectors so as to cut down
the fees of the inspector in Beef Slough from
| to cents per 1000 feet for scaling logs and
making survey bills. The Senate was not in
session.
In the Senate the following bills we're passed
on the Goth: Requiring appellants in cases
brought for violations of the excise laws to
give a bond of indemnity to the State when
the cases are appealed; oeding to the United
| States the right to overflow State lands
| in the construction of Congressman Pounds
reservoir; allowing IS per day to witnesses
| called to testify as experts; authorizing
| agents of d. NJ. Sabin. of Minneapolis, TO
erect dams near st. Croix Falls, Polk coun-
ty, and improve the upper St. Croix river.
The following Assembly bills were concurred
in Authorizing sureties in criminal cases to
surrender the principal extending the powers
and privileges of gas companies, so as 70 include
the gas used for manufacturing and
culinary purposes. Tho Senate Committee
| ON Finance, Banks and Insurance made
| report at night, recommending that
| the bill TO allow general storm in
| surance companies, organized under the
laws of other States, to take risks in this State
against damage by wind, be indefinitely post
Tnnpn he A bfv bo Il
aries of Under Sheriff and Deputies in Milwau-
kee county was ordered to third reading in
the Assembly The bill relating to telephone
companies, and prohibiting discrimination in
favor of the Western Union and against the
Mutual Union Telegraph Company, was con-
CURED in.
The Apportionment bill came up in the SEN
ate on the 21st, on the order Of its engross-
ment. Amendments were Immediately chow
cred upon the Clerks desk The most i'm
portant change was in Walworth county,
where north and south division was adopted
instead of an cast and west division. All other
amendments were then promptly voted down,
greatly to the surprise of many who had antic-
ipated long and bitter controversy and the bill
passed under suspension of the rules. the
Committee on State Affairs introduced bill to
exempt laboTers wages from execution or gar
nishment. The following Assembly bills were
concurred in: LegalIzing barbed-wire fences
with at least thirty-six barbs to the rod to
detach the towns of Rockfalls and Merrill, in
Lincoln county, and attach them to LaDglade
county fixing the salaries of Sheriffs In Mil
waukee county. Assembly bills were killed as
follows: Allowing general storm-insursnce
companies to do BUSINESS in this State prOvid
ing for the publication of the proceed
| ings of the Wisconsin Conference of
| Charities and Correction. In the As
sembly the resolution authorizing the
Judiciary Committee to inquire into the adYis-
ability OF amending the criminal code was in
definitely postponed. The Assembly bill pro-
viding for the education of deaf mutes in
cities of over 1000 inhabitants was killed after
lengthy debate. The bill compromising the
Simeon Mills claim, who, ss Treasurer of the
State Insane Hospital, lost $40, 600 Of State
money in the Bank of Madison in 1873,
and who now wants to compromise for 50 per
cent, was debated at length. Price. who OPP
posed. and Kryes, who favored, INDUCED in a
lively oratorical tussle, in which personal
thrusts few thick and fast. The Assembly re-
fused to order it to third reading, thus killing
the bill, amid applause and confusion. A
lengthy debate occurred on the bill proyid-
fug for school for dependent children. 1t was
kIlled-yeas, So; nays, 81. TIE bill taxing the
owners OF MORTGAGES Vas alsn killed..
Adelina Patti.
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