The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-19
THE LEGISLATURES.
Work of the Lawmakers In Illinois, Wis
oonsln, Indiana and Michigan.

iLi4iNOibs
sPRIsdnELp, H., Feb. l7,-Tn tho Senate
this morning Mr. streetor's resolution IN ref
erenoe 10 tho management OF tho State bo.
dlrs Home was adopted, President j. O,
Smith said he would announce tho Inyestlgat-
ing Committee tomorrow
Tho House dallled along with bills on irst
reading and q motion OF MoAllney 20 increase
the AsastantDoorkeepers pay from ~ TO "
q day,
In tho Joint session Haines cast the only
vote for United States Senator which he gave
TO Morrison, and the session was then dis.
solved for the day, The probability In that
there win beafulI attendance tomorrow, and
that there win bo fair test yoto taken ON
Senator.
WISCONSIN.
MADISON, Wis, Fob 1.-THE session of tho
Legislature lust evening was tho last ~ which
bills were ahowered upon the Clerka desks,
In the House 100 bills were presented, and In
the Senate about ono hundred, The number
was OO6 aud In the Senate gsd,
the largest total number, ever intro
duced Among the bills Introduced In
the Senate were the fOllowlngi For tho grad
townai 20 establish state school for tho
lection OF society against orlme; pro
hibltng tho committing OF Idiots TO
county nllnlnhi NllOWlnH NbHltn w w
erolso suffrage In school mNttorsi rodlstrlot
ing tho State into judicial oirouitsi appointing
State veterinary surgooni requiring tho
heating OF atroetrailway carai Tor nm I'M
proved system OF assessment for tnNntlOn
forbIddng saloons 10 sell liquor on Sunday or
tOwn'nGcllng days,
In the House the most important bills In.
troduced were the fOllowingj Reducing rntos
OF fare on railroads 20 three cents por milo
for companies earning above 5000 per mile
per nnnum, asa 10 four cents per mile Tor
companies earning less than SJOO) per milo
pcr annum, torbdding tho contract
IDIOTS In pooTRousos aud OsyIums; 70,
| qulrng that doors OF all churches,
factories and public buildings open outward I
| submitting the question OF saloon license 10
| popular yotoi tofbddlng the manufacture or
sale OF explosives intended for criminal do
| atruCtlOn Of life ana proporlyi 10 prevent tho
| manufacture ANA sale OF counterfeit dhlry
| produotsj creating state Hoard OF ARrcult'
| IRE; authorizing towns villages nnd ci.los TO
| tax telephone companies; iorblddlng railrond
| companies 10 charge greater rnto Tor short
thnn for longOr hluls Of freight,
MADISON, Wis., Feb, F.aln the Senate, this
morning, the Assembly bill was COnourrOd In
for holding agricultural lnstllules The Sen,
| ate bill wna passed. providing for u special
milltln llst 10 be taken ~ the noNt state cen
| aua, IN tho Assembly M nll0mpt was made
| billa To DO reported 10 tho House on the gllll
instant Nearly Onc'third of the bills arc
| dCndhOnds The Assembly bill was killed
| which sought 20 exempt from taxation the
| prOpOrty OF ,ndlgcnt persons A number OF
| loCHl bills wore also killed, 10th houses nd
| journod I'll tomorrow morning,
INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Fob Fin tho Senate
| yesterday Mr., Duncan, of brown, introduced 4
| bin 10 mako presidents of the boards OF County
| COmmlYa onOrA, township trustees ana county
| auicrIntondOnta County liourd OF Education
| Tho following bills were introduced To abolish
tho Switchboard of Health to prohibit keeping ol
| pool or billiard tab oA IN saloons, Tho House
resolution for submitting Un amendment 70
the people which ilXOs the tCrma of all county
olilcora III four years, aud declares thom ~
| eligible for rO election was Ooncurrod IN, Win
mn amendment that county surveyors may bt
| ro elected. Tho bill npproprnting hO,OOO u
| Purdue University was passed,
No hnelnoHu OF Importance was transacted
In tho House,
MICHIGAN,
LANSING, Mich, Fob. H. Tho fishermen o
tho Straits OF Mnoklnac have momorlnlizod TN
Legislature ON tho rapid disappearance OF th,
wht0'iah In the great lnkoa, They think
duo 10 the size of the mesh permitted IN TN
nOts--twO and ono.hnlf in0hos-whloh I'm
prisons and destroys great numbers OF y0unl
liah, too small TO be- OF ANY merohnntabN
value, They Hak the passage OF law 20 pro
hlblt IN nota used for whltohah moahos OF loa
than four Inches from knot 20 knot