Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-16
THE LEGISLATURE.
TUESDAY, FaB. 6.

ro-pneumonla and other diseases OF cattle,
| and calling upon representatives in con-
gress to take such action as will properly
cal! the matter to the attention of tha.
body. Adopted under suspension of the
rules.
Bills were introduced as follows:
Sen. Adams, to provide public guard
ian in each county and to fix his duties.
Sen. Webb, to authorize the Medford
Mill Co. to build and maintain dam on
Little Black river. in Taylor county.
Sen. Kingston. relating to the sale and
disposition of certain swamp and over
flowed lands; also. TO donate to Sauk and
Columbia counties the proceeds OF swamp
and oyerfowed lands therein.
Sen. Mcdonald, to secure manufactur-
ers and owners of .ailroad equipments,
making conditional saies and certain con-
tracts for the lease thereof.
Sen. Cottr,ll, TO provide for disposal of
III claimed articles Of the Newhall fire;
also, relating to assessment of taxes; also,
relating TO duplicate specimes in posses
sion of the historical society; also, to
provide for public park in The city of
Milwaukee. --a.
Sen. Stanley. relating to police regula-
tions.
Several committees then made routine
reports with various concentrations.
4Ssembly-The excitement was Fair
cailo's bill for taxation of express COM
panies. The bill provides for license
fee of per cent on the gross earnings of
all express companies. The bill came up
on its engro sment. Fairchild said that
he had not INTENDED to detain the assemb-
ly by speaking upon the question, but in
view of The extraordinary methods adopt
ed by the enemies of this bill upon the
outside, he though it important that i-s
friends on the inside be on the alert. He
round members loaded down with letters
from the hundredsof local express agents,
all written in the same language. These
letters were all practically written by one
man, the Lea1 of the American express
company, and the request of this man
amounted to the same as a political re-
quest from Jay Hubbell to subordinate
office holders. This bill should pass upon
it's merits, without regard to the determin-
ed efforts of this gigantic monopoly and
for the taxation of express companies,
only 2 per cent. on their gross earnings.
These companies now pay practically
nothing. Ali other carriers pay; every
back peddler who crosses into Wisconsin
must pay a tax license from his hard earn
iDgs; the poor woman vegetable vender
has to pay eA2s upon her poor old horse
AID cart. There is taxation upon every
hand Ter the mlintensnce OF the govern
ment. 1ndividuals owning real estate pay
from eighteen to forty per cent. on its in
come. Yet the, .he most graspipg
and extortiona.e Of The corporations that
feed on the public, comes to US and au
daciously says thai to tax them, who
have heretofore gone scot-iree, is unjust
and impracticable.
They say they already pay transportation
fees to :he railroads and taxes on their
zeal estate, and hence should 20 free We
mig ht as well scy thst individuals who pay
transportation to the railroads should 60
free Of tax. The American Express COM
pany il the only one here opposing this
measure. This company has a capital
stock Of $18.000.0G0 which .elIs on the mar
ket at $93 per share-,lmost par. Now
where is this property But little of it is
visible. They only claim $25, 900 in Wis
cousin; allow them double W hat they claim
and hen pro rate an! they wouio have
not 10 exceed 100000 worth of visible
property in the United States. The rest
is matured stock. Yet they declare divi-
dends upon all the $4,000, 30 that here,
thsy are, only paying taxes upon $3,000,-
600 md getting dividends upon SlS 600, 900.
Is this Just ? Certainly not. The only
remedy is 10 charge them a license tax
upon their gress receipts which this bill
aims to do.
After Mr.. Fairchiid's speech, the vote
was taken resulting in only one vote be-
ing recorded against the measure.
The following bills we're introduced
By Mr.. Albers. to create a board OF
county examiners OF teachers of common
and high schools.
By Mr.. Stewart, repeating chap. so
laws of 1881, relative 10 corporation tax 9
in villages; also, repeating chap. 109, laws
of 1881, relatirs 10 collection and dissurse.
meut OF highway taxes; also. relating to
the disposition of license moneys in certain
cases
Mr.. Macauley, relating to damages
caused by was hing away Of dams and arti
fetal flooding.
Mr.. TAYLOR, for the division of the
county of Burnett and the creation of the
county of Bowen: also relative to the in
ura see of the binds by the city OF Chip
pewa Falls.
The bill relating to the advertising OF
lands sold for taxes was indefinitely post
poned.
"WEDNESDAY, Feb. Z.
Senate-Bilis introduced
Sen. Lord, providing for the organizi-
tion of private insane hospitals.
Sen. Adams. to authorize the state his
torical society to Sell a certain tract of
land
Sen. Joras, relating to election of di-
rectors of the Taylor orphaE asylum. in
R,cine county.
Sen. Webb, relating to the assessment
and collection of highway taxes also, 10
provid de for opening state road through
faylor and Price counties also. te amend
the act of 1882, to provide for a state road
through Taylor and Price counties also,
to purchase 1900 cories of Strepg's His
tory of the Territory of Wisconsin for the
use of schools.
Senator Minor, 10 incorporate the city
Of Surgeon Biv.
Relative to pawnbroters, junk shops
and second hand dealers in The city OF
Milwaukee.
Supplementary and amcndatory Of
chapter 81 of revised statutes, entitled of
religious societies.
To amerd subdivision 4, of section 25S
revised statutes, entitled of investment OF
the trust funds.
To provide for the publication of the
report of the professor of agriculture,
Prof. w. II. Henry, for the year 1882.
Relating TO electors and general elec-
tions, and smendatory of sections II and
| IA chapter 5 revised statutes
Relating to the raising of taxes in
| Broadhead school district. and amendaiory
| of secfion 2. of chapter 297 private laws
/ of 1867
Assembty-Resolutions we're presented
| by Messrs. Bolenjer and Pierce. The
| former sxainst the use of convict labor in
| manufacturing and the latter against the
| exiention of the corporate limits of the
cit y of Milwaukee.
McKeuzie presented petition for he
| repeal of all laws relating to burning
| fluid.
| Vredenb2rg, fer equal taxation; and
| Blyton one for the attacament Of . certain
territory roe belonging to jackson cum
| ty to Monroe county.
| Rssnrseen offered = i1int resolution
| sskins our deles alton IN congress TO use
| their irfiuence TO secure the abolition of
| the tax on ma.ehes.
| Bills were then introduced as fol
low: :
/ O'Neil, amending tie village charter el
Saullsburg.
Curtisa, in relation to . supply of water
for the capitol and its grounds