Telegram-herald., 1891-04-22

hADsos, Via. April sL-fhe legs
latise s~ssson If l>si-tas foEtssth na-
aaerleallyr-lS practically ~ ga enA The
formal termination 81 the sesSioa MI
be IN saturday. APRIL - Al that tsnas
the season MI have been exactly Iez
days - lvagsh The Legislature 81 1891
i reSaaskaels for several reasons In
tie farst place i possesses = democrats
majority N each oraReh-four In the
senate sal TART -thFce IA the assembly
and Tie executive department OF the
government i also democratic. This
- the first time such com bination has
existed In Wisconsin for moro than
thirty years IL accomplished many
important results. IL put itself on rec
ord as against the free coinage Of silver
among other acts Ia a general way
is most important accomplishments
may be stated a. follows:
TEe slcStiea u william Y. Villas 20 the
CHitsd States senate. - succeed Joan {.
soooner. % . unanimous vote co the part
u ne majority watch bad likewise sca.
TERED unanimous nomination 81 ann -
caucus. The respportionmeut u the state
ihto ten congressional AMI i0 legislative
districts, The sboiitloG q the state board 81
supervision aad tAs state board q charities aud
reform, sad the creation Of row state
board Of ooatrol Of six members 10
perform The duties Of the ether t~o.
The repeal Of the soealied Beanstt Law
sai the enactment cf . compulsory school
statute 10 take It's place. The levyins Of
tar for = period q SIX years Of ene-tenth
OF one mill 20 aii the state university;
this VIII make . fund Of about S;,aO per
year. The enactment Of q stringent child
f.fD, L. Of
children under - years OF age In factories.
places OF amusement etc; the iEyes,sga
ton % tie Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
Company the requirement. that IRE
insurance policies shall be uniform; IT,
creation OF two ADDITIONAL judicial cir
cults The acceptance Of the war tax 20 be
funded. and It's distribution chiefly among the
several educational funds. The abolition of the
present system OF game wardens and the erea
t.0a OF the once Of chief game warden.
Appropriations were kept down to an
unusual extent, the chief ones being
about $500, 900 for the maintenance of
the charitable. reformatory and penal
institution; $50, 900 for gymnasiums at
two of the normal schools; 81, 900 tax
refund OF the Omaha railway. $40. 900
To the fish commissioner and the usual
ones demanded by state necessities.
About 1000 bills were introduced. q
large part being as usual of local
character.
The governor has vetoed only four
bills-the original one in regard TO the
veterans home, one legalizing certain
highways in Calumet county. one
amending the charter OF kaukauna
and one granting government jurisdic-
ton over a building site in She boygan.
All were sustained except the last. and
that was passed over the veto with the
governors full acquiescence.
MADISON. Wis, April 81. - Both
branches of the legislature Monday
night passed the bill approp-iating $780,
600 TO the veterans home. The gov
ernor vetoed one measure on this sub
ject, but this one meets all his objec-
tons. The bill was also passed
permitting the state to settle
the treasury cases The scheme
10 place the farmers institutions in
the hands Of the governor was killed
The special committee to investigate
the Sturgeon bay ship canal reported
that the government owed the company
ISL, 200 and memorialized congress to
pay II that sum and make the canal
free