Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-03-28
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special Correspondence

cipal Of local option just point further
by providing that the county or
counties Of the Senatorial district whose
representative had voted for the gem
eral bill should be granted local option.
The theory Of the measure is that the
communities in which the sentiment
preponderatcs in favor Of the abolition
OF the saloon are those in which lacal
option should be granted and in which
such q law could be eflectually enforced.
There were nine senators favorable to
the general bill, six of whom have
united ID support of the new measure,
the counties embraced being Grant,
Iowa, Rock, Richland, Dunn, Burnett,
Jackson, Monroe and Barron. Ger
tainly there can be little general opposl-
ton 10 move Of this kind and a pos
sible result is the passage of the bill.
The liquor lackeys, however, will or
pose il strongly
The Alumni Association of the State
University has again been defeated in
its efforts to secure alumni representa-
ton on the Board Of Regents For
several years the association has en-
deayored to secure the passage of q
bill authorizing the governor to appoint
a portion Of the board from nominations
of alumni made BY the association 10
the governor for that purpose, the belief
held being that the alumni shoald be
allowed greater voice in the manage
ment of the affairs of the University.
Wednesday an entirely different bill.
one which IN no way comedies the
changes demanded, was reported in the
Assembly and under suspension passed.
The substitute bin makes the president
OF the University eX-oilico member of
the board and removes the restrictions
rs 10 a specific number of regents, the
general provision being that one regent
shall be appointed from each congress
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substitute is certain 10 prove unsatis-
factory to he alumni and the result
will probably be renewal of effort two
years hence 70 secure the desired repre-.
scntation
senator Fritz, the erratic little cnrly
barred German, who is the labor party's
representative from Milwaukee, again
came 10 The front for honors of more
or less questionable character one day
this week The occasion was the con.
sideration OF two OF three small appro-
priaiion bills He became very reck.
less in his statements concerning them
and right and left was branding them
as ''stcals He had reached the third
act Of this performance when the sen
ate, growing weary OF such exiraordin-
AIRY proceedings uncercmoniously sat
down on him The diminutiye and
over Jealous a>pirant for notoriety was
)mewhat dazed by the sudden manner
in winch lie had inyoluntarily concluded
to suspend operations, but finally re-
covered and with tremuous tone aud
face VARYING from beet red 10 y
deathly pale made sickly apology to
the body for his conduct. The bills in
question were those approprialing 10
the Rev II Stone Richardson, OF Osh
kosh ~lJ0 for his services as chaplain
during the session. to Mr.. O'Rourke
SO, an amount which he had paid for
an auctioneer. license which BY the
action Of law subsequently passed be
came void: and to Mr.. A f. Elmore, of
the State Board OF Charities and Re-
forms, $S46, the amount Of his expenses
incurred in the Gray Emore contest
All of these measures Mr.. Fritz called
outright steals and ii was on the
last call thee lie was taken to task
Senator Kennedy, Of Appleton, refuted
tue charges aud characterized Fritz's
language rs supplementary and I'M
becoming the dignity Of a Senator
Senators Clawson and Z. 5. Taylor
seconded the position taken by Senator
Kennedy and demanded that retraction
of the language be made Of that the
Senator be brought before the bar of
the Senate for reprimand. 1t was upon
this stern and narrow alternative
being announced by the President Coy.
Ryland that the hot headed Senator
was brought TO his senses Altogether
the scene was lively one aud 10 spec
tators decidedly interesting.
One Of the most interesting debates
Of the session before committee in the
matter of amusement afforded was that
at q recent session Of the committee on
Medical Societies The discussion was
on the medical bill the provisions of
which contemplate the creation Of
board of medical examiners. The meet
ing Of the committee had been we'll re-
ported and in consequence the repre-
sentatiyes Of medical faiths all the way
from Yitapath to Allopath were pres
snt and in large numbers probably in
not less than thirty Argument was
opened mp IN mild manner by a dis
ciple Of the ancient believers in blood
letting and calomel taking and withal
things were going along swimingly
whom suddenly & long haired eclectic
over near the chairman dropped bomb
when he wanted 70 know what the COM
position of the proposed board was to
be- The bill provided that the governor
appoint the board without specifying
from what school they should be APP
pointed and lie wanted TO know what
assurance or evidence there was that
the board would not he entirely Allo-
pathic That, he believed, was the
sinister design OF the representatives of
that school who had drafted the bill
and as no restrictions n to school were
contained he believed they would &C
complish their object once sprung
this question Of supremacy and recog-
milton which since the very origin OF the
various schools has been the source Of
limitless wranglng. was again vigor-