Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-04-11
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to kill the bill beyond all parliamentary
recall, moved for the reconsideration of
the vote By which the bill was refused
engrossment and third reading and TO
lay that motion on The table Mr., Me-
Elroy, 10 save the bill secured call of
the house and while Mr.. Osborn's
motion was yet pending, the Assembly
adjourned At the next session on
Thursday morning, by some hook or
crook the bill appeared again on the
| calendar. Some one said the printers
were to blame, but Speaker Mills after
wards informed the assembly that it was
| a mistake of one of the clerks. Mr..
| Schiller moved that the vote by which
| the bill had been refused TO third
reading last evening be reconsidered.
Mr. Stocking moved tol lay Mr.. Schuler's
motion on the table. This motion failed
to prevail by vote of AZ to 40, The
| question then REQUIRED on Mr.. Schuler's
motion to reconsider the adverse vote
on third reading; but Mr.. Stocking,
finding the friends of the bill in the ma
| jority, promptly secured a call OF the
house in the hope of getting in some
absent opponents of the bill 10 prevent
| favorable action upon it. A series OF
roll-calls ensued on motions to raise the
call and to accept the report OF the
sergeant alarms, who reported two
members out of town and four others
having leave of absence. Several Of
the first motions failed TO prevail because
a majority-.5l.- failed to vote on either
side Finally the call was raised, and
the friends OF the bill were then hope
full. MIR Osborn 81 once moved the
previous question, shutting off debate,
and vote was taken, which killed the
bill beyond all parliamentary recall this
session, by one majority 46 to AZ.
The rail road bill was killed without
any one being put on record for or
against the bill. Sen. Taylor says he
knew that the bill would be beaten be-
fore he introduced it. lie expects that
the next election will turn upon this
issue and in the end see some law SINH
lar to his passed. The reason no record
was made of the vote on the bill was be-
cause some six or eight senators who
will return two years from now request
ed Sen. Taylor not TO call for the ayes
and noes, and Sen. Taylor did not want
to cruelty his friends. Events may so
shape themselves in the next two years
that every one of these men would feel
bound to support the bill, but at present
would, if compelled to vote, 90 on record
as opposed 20 the bill
The Mills county bill came up in the
senate on Tuesday. Mr.. Merrill, The
senator from Ashland, moved that the
bill be indefinitely postponed and made
lengthy speech against the bill. He
was answered by Senators Cooper and
Leahy. Sen. Cooper said that last year
Michigan had created the new county
of Gothic with Bessemer as county seat
and Hurley and Bessemer being rival
towns, Wisconsin should do rs much
for Hurley. AS to their being no popu-
lation showed that Hurley on Tuesday
had cast over 1000 votes. The vote to
indefinitely postpone was 10 to 10.
President Dyson was in the char, and
his name was passed on roll-call. On
being informed of the lie, he vote aye,
and the bill was indefinitely postponed
by vote of II to 16. There was in
tense excitement during the taking of
this vote. The Hurley men had been
confident OF a majority ard were sur
prised They nj once after the adjourn
ment began to make efforts for recon-
sideration and at the evening session
Sen. Dyson, whose vote had decided the
measure. moved a reconsideration.
rhis was carried by vote of l9 to IA.
Further action was deferred until We'd
nesday Apr 10. There is good reason
TO believe that the bill will then pass
1t will he observed that on Thursday
three important bills were beaten and
two OF them by only one majority the
railroad bill. the state fair bill and the
Mills county bill
The sportsmen who desire TO kill
ducks all the time will have to f0rego
that pleasure for the bill extending the
time for shooting wild ducks and wild
geese from the first day Of December
till the following first day OF May was
beaten in the Assembly. This we be-
leve is right. A hunter gets tired of
killing ducks all the time and should be
allowed a chance TO rest.
On Friday Mr.. Osborn made long
speech on 4 bill relating TO peddlers. He
tried 10 persuade the assembly 10 sub
stitute his bill for Mr. Coolidge's on the
same subject. BY vote of 4G to 80 this
was defeated Many argue that the
office of State treasury agent should be
abolished. This we think would be
mistake, and the opinion prevails that
the Coolidge bill which permits local
tiles TO regulate license to transient
merchants. but does not in any way in
terfere with the present state system of
legislation will pass
Friday evening the medical bills came
up for final consideration in the assem-
bly, and the Hobbies were crowded with
doctors prepared for any emergency.
There was long preliminary contest
over various amendments and motions
but on the final votes the bills were
killed so dead that all the doctors IN the
country couldn't possibly restore them
to life
Some time ago a bill was introduced
in the assembly TO pay certain of its
employees per diam. The bill was
finally amended so the book keepers
should receive 800, the messengers
- 80 and the door-keepers s.. so a day
and in fact an increase of SOC q day
WAS made all around. The committee
on Legislative expenses has reported the
bill back. amending it and recommend