River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-29
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

SENATE
MADISON, Wis. Jan. 2l.-In the Senate yes
terday bill was introduced providing that ex-
press companies shall render reports Of bush
ness 20 the State Treasurer and pay annual
license fee OF per cent. on their gross earn
ings If any express company fails to make
report or makes false statement il shall for
felt 5000 TO the State. A resolution was
introduced providing for the appoint
meut OF special joint committee.
consisting OF four from the Senate
and seven from the Assembly to be known as
the ''World's Fair Committee" to which shall
be referred all bills pertaining To the Wiscon
sin exhibit at the worlds fair. A hi was
presented to amend certain provisions OF the
Cooper election law, which received ITS first
trial in November last, and one to repeal the
Bonnet law.
MADISON. Wis. Jan. 29-In the Senate
yesterday the only bill Of importance intro
duced was one providing State repositories OF
trust funds. Governor Peek sent message to
the Legislature showing that Governor Hoard
during his two years term had granted pardons
10 tifty-seven persons in the state prison and
county jails. Two had been sent up for life for
murder, and eight were imprisoned for burg
laries. Twenty were restored 10 citizenship.
MADISON Wis, Jan. 23-In the Senate
yesterday bills were introduced TO place all
penal and reformatory institutions in the State
under the control OF one board instead Of
two, at present; compelling dealers in
imitation dairy products to tell every
customer the nature of the compound he
Is selling This is amendment aud
addition to the law requiring the labelling
OF this class of Ia crch andise The Republicans
Introduced bill in the nature OF substitute
for the famous Bennett law. The essential
clauses Of the bill are: Section /. which provides
that every rarent or other person having under
his control child between the ages of and
Is years shall cause the said child to at
tend some public, private or parochial school
during the school year for a period of not less
than twelve weeks, and section which says
that every parent or other persol having under
his control a child between the ages
of and - years shall furnish it
such instruction in the English Ian
guage as shall enable it to read and write the
same but this act shall mol be construed to
prohibit any other language or branches Of
learning That clause Of the Bennett law rel
alive to the employment Of child labor is ad-
hered to-
MADISON, Wis. Jan. 24.-In the Senate yes
terday bills were introduced authorizing the
State Treasurer 10 credit the Omaha Railroad
Company with 9.44l enormously collected. and
appropriating S0,50o to the Veterans Home at
Waupaca. Adjourned to the 95th
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 27.-The Senate met
last evening. A joint resolution was introduced
asking Superintendent Porter to furnish cen
sus statistics of Wisconsin for information of
the joint committee appointed on State reap
pOrtlonInent.
ASSEMBLY
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 2l.-In the Assembly
yesterday ten bills were presented, the most i'm
pOrtant of which provided for the repeating Of
the Bennett law. Other bills provide Tor taking
the fees away from the re asister Of deeds in Mil
waukee County, declaring the MilwauKee Jour
nal to be the official State organ. and taking mu-
nicipa and judicial elections in cities out from
under the operation OF the general registration
J law. Speaker Hogan announced his commit
tees.
MADISON. Wis. Jan. % OF fourteen bills in
troduced in the Assembly yesterday oniy three
were important. The frs. one prvh bits the or
ganization of trusts and combinations imposes
a fine Of $1,000 or imprisonment for one year or
both for conviction under tie act, and gives
persons damaged by such trust power right to
sue for three times the amount q financial loss
sustained. The second bill incrca ses the
Wisconsin National Guard To fOrtyfye com
panies and locates one each at Ashland, Marsh
field ,ir1nd Rapids and La Crosse. The Gov
ernor is empowered TO locate other companies
to make up the maximum limit. Tue third bill
fixes two cents per mile fare for the ST. Pau
and the Chicago s Northwe tern railroads.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 23-In the Assembly
yesterday bills were introduced TO repeal the
entire law creating the Office Of Food and Dairy
Commissioner. which was sent to the committee
on agriculture; 10 compel railroads to furnish
cars for mixed shipment of stock at all seasons
of the year; civil rights bill, and one prohibit
4 ing the sale of tobacco or other narcotics to
children.
! MADISON. Wis, Jan. "a In the Assembly
yesterday Mr.. Desmond presented majority
report Of the committee or education recon
mending the passage OF the bill to repeal the
I Bennett law. Mr.. Dixie accompanied it by a
minority one signed by the Republicans Of
! the committee. 1t declares that the act
sought TO be repealed Is intended
1 to accomplish two objects: First. the
| education Of all the children II the state; and
second, the prevention OF ehildlabor in the
/ factories says there are defects in the law and
recommends that il be amended. Adjourned to
the 26th
MADISON. Wis, Jan. 27.-The Assembly met
last aing, but adjourned without transact
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