Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-03-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
NLoNpAY. MARcH 8.

Seadte-In the senate large number
| OF remonstrances were presented
against the bill 20 prohibit the North
western Mutual Lite Insurance com
pany for building on the old Newhal
House site. The only hill Of importance
passed was Gen. Ginty's state pension
agent bill
House The assembly killed twenty
two bills and passed two. The two pass
/ ed We're both relative TO dams on the
Namakagon river. Several bills were
ordered 10 a third reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 10.
Senafe-1he senate devoted the en-
tire session to No. AZ, s., TO secure an
equal distribution of property of debtors.
Sen. Ring opposed the bill, denouHcing
| it as mischievous. Sen. Lord also spoke
against it, saying his constituents had
demonstrated against il. He admitted
! that the amendments adopted had very
much weakened the bill, but some good
yet remained in it, He said il was
urged that bankers opposed it. The fact
was otherwise in his section. Sen. Ring
then made long argument to show the
/ i'll effect of its passage upon both Dor
rowers and lenders of money. He
| claimed the bill would work inconveni-
ence and injury 30 the business interests
Of the state. Sen. Wiley asked the
! judiciary committee to explain the
meaning of the bill sen. Cottrill
/ favored the bill as it tended TO break
up the giving Of preference to creditors.
The question being to postpone, the
ayes were 10 noes IS. Sen. Ring then
moved to postpone the bill. The motion
was lost. The bill then passed 16 TO 10,
/ Pending the motion to reconsider made
by Sen. James, Sen. Ring moved a call
Of the house. The senate refused to
suspend proceedings under the call, and
the senate then adjourned till 10 a. M,
/ Wednesday.
Holse.--In the assembly bills passed:
To provide for licensing express COM
panies; relative TO the liability of tele-
graph companies in receiving, trans
mitting or delivering messages; TO re-
peal the charter of the Apple river log
driving company; relating TO SWAMP
and overlooked lands in the counties of
Columbia and Sank; relating to cavalry
companies ana batteries, and amending
the revised statutes relating To the Wis
consin National Guard; to loan por-
J ton OF the trust funds Of the state to
the city of Kewounee; 10 provide for
the public safety of school houses fac
tories, hotels and boarding houses re-
lating to the preservation Of fish in
Pewaukee lake, Waukesha county; re.
lating to the perpetuation OF the records
Of the state land office; 70 amend the
statutes entitled Of weights and
measures; relating to special powers OF
county boards and amending the re-
vised statutes; relating to the mauufac-
ture and sale of adulterated candy; to
prohibit the words bank banks and
banking houses in certain cases; to
Erescrible certain duties of the state
treasurer: to provide apartments for the
J Wisconsin Academy Cf Science, Arts
. and Letters IN tho capitol; TO authorize
, the building Of a dam on Miller creek
in Barron county, Wis TO prohibit the
contract system Of caring fer the poor.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH IL.
, Senate In the senate the following
bills passed: To provide for the pay
ment Of additional employees in the
legislature, as required by joint resolu-
ton. To regulate the sale Of cranber
ries by Measure, fixing the size of the
barrel at twenty-five inches. To amend
the act to provide for printing and dis
tributing the reports OF state officers,
, departments and institutions, To re-
peal the act incorporating tho Apple
river log driving company and all acts
amendat0ry thereof. 70 provide for
annual reports by the state board of
health and for the distribution of the
same. To appropriating $500 to the
Wisconsin Wool-Growers association.
To amend tie act relating to the Nor
, wegian syno!.
, HouSe-In the house there was field
day, the house being in session day a. d
evening for eight hours. After most
exhaustive debate the bill TO establish 6.
separate agricultural college was refus-
r ed third reading by the following
vote:
Ayes-Adams Apple, Bartholf Blyton, Rouf
leur Brayton, Buell. Byers gnalouer, Clark,
b., Cox Craig, Cnrley, DorEip, Estabroo.
Friend Gray, Hazen, Hobart Hooker, Hubbard
2 Kronenwetter Lan1ure, Lemont Lewis, inse
Mcdonald, Mason, Mills, Morgan, Hye eddie
O'Neill, Parish Porter, Race, Rolls Sl-ggy
Smiley, Thayer, Wallace Williams, Mr. Speak
. er-i8.
Noes Bauchbuber Cirkel, Clark r., Oar
belay, bay, Dennis. Exert, Evans, Field fiii
; Gbbon. Goddard Haban IIaderer Hammel
, Kenealy, Lagrand, Leslie, Lynch, Mccoy Miller
Nash Nelson, Norcross, Peterson Perkins, Per
sons. Pierce, Poppert Prestly, Reynolds, Robin
son, Ryan, Ssnborn, Schmidlkotcrl Schoenwetter
Schuer Schuze, Sharp stanchneld, Stephens
strasser, Taylor, Thomas, Walsh, Walvoord
2 Young,-52
The bill to establish graded licens'
occupied the rest OF the session. A
motion to table the bill was lost as fol
lows
Ayes AIessrs Apple, Bachhuber, Citlgel, Craig
Curley. Dnrbellay Dennis Elkert, Estabrook
, Field Fitz Gibbon, Gray, Haben, Haderer, ilamme
? Hooker, Hubbard Huse lnden, ls0nring, Keneall
Kronenwetter Lamurc. Lagrand, Lemont Leslie
Lynch Miller, Nash, Persons, POppert, Priesuy
. Race Robinson. Schmidlkofer, SchOeuwelter
ScmIer. Sharp. Sloggy, stephens Strasser anl
Walsh ~.
Noes-Messrs Adams BarthoIf Blytonl Bout
3 neur Brayton, Buell.. Byers Challoner, Clark G
b.. Clark s. r., Cox, Day Dorgin, Evans
Friend, Goddard, Hart Hazen, Hobart. HOLMAN
: johnson, Lewis, Lnse Mccoy Mcdonald, Mason
/ Mills, Morgan, Nelson, Norcross, Nye Oddie
/ ONeili, Parish, Patterson Perkins Pierce, for
I ter, Reynolds. Rolls, Ryan, hauborn, ochuine
Z f.ff oil