Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-04-23
THE BADGER STATE.
Work of the Wisconsin Legislature Prac-
ticnlly Ended.


MADISON. Wis. April 22.-The legiss
lative session OF lS9i--the fortieth nu.
merically-is practically at an end. The
formal termination of the session wiz
be on Saturday. April -. At that time
the session will have been exactly 1o2
days in length. The legislature of 1891
is remarkable for several reasons. In
the first place it possesses a democratic
majority in each branch-four in the
senate and thirty-three in the assembly
and the executive department of the
government is also democratic. This
is the first time such combination has
existed in Wisconsin for more than
thirty years. 1t accomplished many
important results It put itself ON rec
ord as against the free coinage of silver
among other acts. In general way
its most important accomplishments
may be stated rs follows:
The election OF William f. Villas to the
United States senate, TO succeed John c.
Spoouer by unanimous vote the part
Of the majority, which had likewise con.
ferred q unanimous nomination on him in
caucus The rcapportioument Of the state
into ten congressional and $50 legislative
districts. The abolition OF the state board Of
supervision and the state board OF charities and
reform, and the creation OF a new state
board OF control OF six members to
perform the duties OF the other two.
The repeal Of the so-cdlled Bennett law
and the enactment Of compulsory school
statute TO take its place. The levyiug Of a
tax for a period OF six years Of onetenth
of one mill TO aid the state university
this will make fund of about So, 500 per
ma .n.4t
labor law which prohibits the employment OF
children under i2 years Of age in factories,
places OF amusement. etc; the investiga
tion of the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
Company; the requirement that fire
insurance policies shall be uniform; the
creation OF two additional judicial cir.
cults The acceptance OF the war tax 10 be re-
funded and IT'S distribution chiefly among the
several educational funds. The abolition OF the
present system of game wardens and the crea
tion OF the ONCE of chief game warden.
Appropriations were kept down TO an
unusual extent, the chief ones being
about $500, 600 for the maintenance OF
the charitable, reformatory and penal
institutions; $4,000 for gymnasiums al
two of the normal schools; $4,000 cay
refund of the Omaha railway; SO, 900
| to the fish commissioner and the usua
ones demanded by state necessities
About 1000 bills were introduced, d
large part being as usual of local
| character
The governor has vetoed only foui
bills-the original one in regard to tn,
veterans home, one legaising certain
highways in Calumet county, on,
amending the charter of Kaulsauns
and one granting government jurisdic
ton over building site in Sheboygan
All were sustained except the last, and
that was passed over the veto with thC
governors full acquiescence.
MADISON, Wis, April 90. = Both
branches of the Legislature Monday
night passed the bin appropriatiug $50,
900 to the veterans home. The gov
ernor vetoed one measure on this sub
! ject, but this one meets all his obiec
tions. The bin was also passed
permitting the state to settle
the treasury cases The scheme
to place the farmers institutions il
the hands of the governor was killed
The special committee to investigate
the Sturgeon bay ship canal reported
that the government owed the company
Ss1 600 and memorialized congress tC
pay it that sum and make the cana
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