Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

MADISON.
Legislative Work for the Week, and How II was
Done.


Legislative Work for the Week, and How II was
Done.
The majority of the special assembly
committee on prohibitory legislation has
brought in an adverse report upon that
amendment. The report believes such
an amendment, even if ratified, would
be unavailing to prevent the use and
abuse of intoxicating liquor, that the
result of past efforts to enforce no IL
cense laws has been controversy and
strife, that the moral forces opposed
to temperance have been misdirected,
that it is greater evil to have a large
portion of the community constantly
violating the law which they believe to
be unjust and oppressive than any evils
which constitutional prohibition can
eradicate. That the arguments used in
support of the amendment are funda-
mentally wrong. That many regard
the amendment as akin to the blue
laws of Connecticut, that laws so repug-
nant TO deep-seated instincts of natural
right are injurious rather than beneii-
cial; that they tend to make citizens enc
mics instead of friends To the law.
Therefore, the committee oppose this
amendment. mot in hostility to tenn
perance effort, but in opposition to mis-
directed effort
The Senate held its longest session,
surprising its friends. An amendment
TO adjournment resolution, fixing date
of putting up the shutters at April 2nd,
was adopted The bill for the taxation
of sleeping and palace ear companies,
passed, and hereafter those who sleep
may remember the legislature.
In the Assembly the tramp bill passed
Also bill to increase the penalty for
kidnapping.
The passage of the high license bill
was bitter pill for the Democratic
leaders TO swallow, and they roundly
abuse those of that party who had indie
pence enough to vote as they thought.
! The latter return the invectives with in
terest, aud intimate they are becoming
wearied of the efforts 10 drive them into
the straight and narrow path of eau
Gus decisions.
The Senate adopted the amendment
to Senator Cary's bill, liking the retail
license at $500 for the minimum and
| $500 for the maximum. The wholesale
license is fixed at $50 for minimum
and $500 for maximum The vote on
the amendment was as follows:
Ayes-Bennett. Colman, Cottrill, En-
win, Flint, Hill, Kingston, Lord, Metf'-
ert, Minor. Palmetier, Parry, Randall,
Ryland, Stanley and Wiley--16.
Noes -Ackley. Adams, Blake. Carey,
Chase, Comstock, Hudd, Jonas Melon
aid, Pingel, Reed. Rmgle, Sherman,
Wall and Webb ID.
The question of creating fourteenth
judicial circuit brings out list showing
the population and number of causes in
the present circuits for last year. First
circuit, pop. 10000, causes pa. Sec
ond Milwaukee pop. 1885,
causes 1,266. Third circuit. pop. rs S53,
| causes 289. Fourth circuit, pop. 1884,
373, causes $40, Fifth circuit, includ-
ing Grant, Iowa, Crawford, Richland,
and Lafayette counties. pop. 1866,
causes, 444. Sixth circuit, pop. 49,
1872, causes 5S3. Seventh circuit, pop
S2,5S2, causes 523. Eight circuit. pop.
95,264, causes 751. Ninth circuit ILL.,
256, causes 518. Tenth circuit, pop
104, 1874, causes $50 Eleventh circuit,
pop. 50, 451, causes, 227 Twelfth cir
cult, pop. 92,707, causes 1870. Thir-
teenth circuit, pop. 112,779, causes 2l4.
From this showing the Fifth circuit
stands fourth in population and seventh
in number of causes, which speaks well
for the circuit.
In the assembly ut evening session
the joint assembly prohibition resolu-
ton was indefinitely postponed by vote
of Al to 26 Of Grant county repre-
sentatives Messrs. Kidd and Dickerson
voted no, and Mccoy yes on the ques-
ton OF postponement.
1t is thought the final adjournment
will be taken April 2
There is a move on foot to turn y
portion of the Normal School fund into
agricultural college plans. 1t its wake
are other propositions, one of which
contemplates transferring the proceeds
of swamps and over flowed lands TO the
counties in which the land is located
This meets with little favor The
heavy artillery of the senate is being
unlimbered in preparation for discus
sion of the question.
Some of the more independent Dem
Gratis kick because party lines are at
tempted to be drawn on the prison labor
bill, which provides for the branding
of all prison work in such place as it
shall be plainly legible. The scheme
is sop to the trades assembly vote
of Milwaukee and on its merits
would not have received the vote of a
coporal's guard; as it was except for
the independence of four or five Demo
Gratis it would have passed the assem-
bly,.
The friends of the Strong bill still sit
checking of members so as to bring
in their little steal when the friends of
the bill have majority.
Sergeant-at-Arms Kennedy takes ithc
plate. silver with gold chasing, and pre-
sented by his employees.