Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-04-25
At The Capital.
Special Correspondence

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assembly clocks were turned ahead two
hours so that the statute might be COM
piled with. There were but half
dozen members in each house TO close
up business, and the chambers were
absolutely bare of anything that could
be packed up and shipped away.
Everything that could possibly be OF
any service to any one was stolen and
finally they stole plumber of each other.
The session was longer than that OF
any legislature which has met since
the earlier years of the war Its length
was 1O1 days. The total number OF
bills introduced in the two houses 1854,
a record unprecedented in the history
of the state. About 800 of these bills
were killed. OF the remainder % per
cent are of trivial or local character
in which the public has no general
interest. The governor has vetoed nine
bills, of which but one was passed over
the veto. The most satisfactory feature
of the session is the fact that the appro-
priations do not exceed the revenues OF
the state, so that it will not be neces-
sary to levy state tax. Very few ap
preparations were passed and those for
worthy purposes. Senator Kidd, OF The
claims committee has prepared = state
ment of the financial transactions OF
the legislature in which it is shown that
the amount of money asked for in bills
was $1,844, 500 26. that the amount
recommended for allowance by the
Joint committee on claims was Sl ,008,
l89. Sc, and that the amount appropri-
ated by the legislature was 1907 1886 Do.
The amount recommended for allow
ance includes moneys asked for in ap
preparation bills reported back by the
committee without recommendation
while the aggregate appropriation by
the legislature includes estimated
amounts in bills which provided no
stipulated sum, but only such amount
as shall be necessary Among the bills
on which no recommendation We're
made were the State Fair Ground and
University Gymnasium bills. The SEN
ator estimated that the consolidation of
the state pension agency with the Office
OF adjutant general will result in saw
ing annually of $4,000 to the state.
The amount appropriated by the legis-
lature of two years ago was 1897 $50. %
being $50, 900 in excess of the amount
this year
The governor returned - bills to the
assembly and to the senate Friday.
Four bills were poeketed and The Little
John appropriation bill had very
narrow escape. Strong pressure was
brought 10 bear in favor of this bill and
it was signed. The papers here have
enormously stated that it was vetoed.
Among the measures pocketed was
the Inebriate bill, providing for the
setting aside of two wards in each state
hospital for the insane, for the care and
treatment of inebriates The ground
on which signature was refused was
that the bin contemplated changes
which would necessarily cause large
increase in the expense of maintaining
the hospitals for the insane, and that
to defray such expense no adequate
provision had been made by the legisla.
ture, no appropriation being contained
in the bill. The other bills not APP.
proved were those authorizing A. Varg,
Jr., and associates to construct dam
across Shoe creek, in Shawano county
empowering the Northwestern Improve
ment company to construct dams in the
Oconto river and charge tolls upon dams
already constructed and owned by Other
parties; and permitting the National
Benevolent association of Minneapolis
to do business in the state and exempt.
ing it from the operation OF general in
surance laws. The two first were
objected to on the ground that they
conferred corporate powers ON private
concerns and the last for the reason
that the title of the bill did not agree
it'll the body of it.
The Governor, Adjt. Burchard anC
Quartermaster General Griffin had s
| discussion on Friday on the affairs o
the National Guard and the change a.
provided for by recent legislation
Among the matters considered was the
improvement of the permanent rifle
range and the encampment grounds a
| Camp Douglas. There was little iDfor
nation at hand as to exactly what wai
needed and it was finally decided Il
invite the colonel of each regiment anC
Col. Falk of the fourth battalion to NEE
with the adjutant and quarlermaster
general At Camp Douglas next Tuesday
for the purpose of determining upon
the Improvements necessary. Tn,
governor will probably also be present
The muster.in of the six new companie
under the new law was also discussed
and tomorrow special mustcrin-or
der will be issued. Quarter-maste
Griffin will muster the Eau CLAIR,
company, Col King the two Milwaukee,
companies, April % and so. and Adjt.
Gen. Burchard the Fort Atkinson com
pany, April %, Marinette May an,
Oconto May ,. The date of the Eal
Claire muster has not been determined
The state officials and other Capito
employees are now greatly relieved tina
the Legislature has gone. While III
session continues there is no end L
work for them, and a capitol position
during that time is nothing to be saugh
after.
The hotels are the principal losers b,
the adjournment, but outside of then
Madison people care not whether Their
is a session or not. Those who com
here during the legislative season al
ways take delight in scoring Madison
and her people and Madison generall
returns the compliment and beside
makes the conner pay high for the priv