Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-06

MADISON, June 2Q.-Resolutions of re-
spect to the memory of the late Assembly,
man Phillip ROSSman, of Clark County,
were adopted. ApportOnment bills pre-
pared by Republicans and Democrats were
introduced, the former by Mr.. WinanS and
the latter by Mr.. Hall. Both bills were
referred to the proper committee. The
Assembly was called to order at o'clock
this evening. After the calling oil the roll,
IL. j. Desmond introduced joint resolu-
ton providing for the adjournment of the
Legislature sine die Friday noon. This
resolution was lald over until tomorrow
morning. John WinanS reported thai the
apportionment committee was not yet
ready to report. On motion OF Mr.. WmanS
the Assembly then adjourned after ses-
sion OF only minutes.
MADISON, Wis, June 30.-A resolution,
offered by Mr.. Osborn, providing that nc
action be taken on the appOrtiOnment bilB
till the minority report had been submitted,
was lost by strict party vote. Mr. Dixie
offered a resolution calling on the governor
for information regarding special elections
TO fill vacancies in the Assembly, which
was also lost. The joint resolution pro-
vidlDg for final adjournment at noon to-
morrow was adopted. The majority re-
port of the appOrtiOnment committee was
submitted, recommending the passage of
the bill heretofore introduced and the AS
sembly went into committee Of the whole.
full was called for by Mr.. Keogh.
and it was read. No amendments
were offered, and the committee reported
the bill to the Assembly. a recess was
taken till 2 O'Clock, when an outline OF
full report not being ready. Mr. Phalen'S
motion to lay the minority report on the
table was carried by 80 to %, q strict
party vote. Mr.. Mead raised the point
of order that the Assembly had
no business before it, as the tabIing of the
ich fl,nf
a substitute, carried the whole matter with
1t, but the speaker decided the point not
well taken, and the Assembly proceeded
with the Anderson bill. Amendments
were adopted adding the village Of Reeds
vile to the Assembly district composed Of
the towns of Cato, Centeryille, ETC., in the
county of ManitOWOc; adding the town OF
Oshkosh to the district composed of the
First, Second, Fourth and Fifth wards of
that city and taking from the Third Ward
and adding 1t to the district where the
town Of Oshkosh formerly belonged, and
making few other minor changes
0. 4. Williams, Of Milwaukee,. intro
duced an amendment for the purpose of
adding the Fourth and Fifth wards of Mil
Waukee to the Fourth Senatorial District.
The amendment was lost. Mr.. Keogh
moved the previous question. The mo-
ton, however, was afterwards with
drawn. A number of amendments to the
bill were then introduced, hut were all
voted down. The bill finally came to
vote and was passed by a strict party vote
of 63 to 30. The Assembly's evening SEES
sion lasted only a few minutes. At about
s O'Clock the House was called to order
A message came from the Senate bearing
information that that body had COncurred
in tie passage of the Anderson bill. Mr..
Watson moved to adjourn until tomorrow
morning at 10 clock Carried.
MADISON, July There was no quo
rum present when the Assembly was call.
ed to order at 1890 o'clock this forenoon.
AsSemblyman Hall, of Dunn, called atten.
ton to the fact that the Assembly journa'
failed to notice the amendments introduced
by the Republicans. Our amendments
have been left out entirely" he said, ''anC
I am for the correction Of the journal so as
to indicate that the amendments
have been introduced" Mr.. Hall
made motion to that effect, anc
Mr.. Osborn, Of La Fayette. called for the
ayes and noes, but afterwards withdrew
his demand. The chair decided that there
beng no quorum present the motion to
correct the Journal could not be enter
tanned. Mr.. Wardan submitted a resoIu-
ton in memory Of the death this morning
OF Capt. !. L. Carr, OF NeillSville. Mr..
Briggs offered joint resolution for a COM
mlttee to wait upon the governor to as
certain whether he had any further com
munication to make. Mr.. TOrmey re-
ported from the committee on enrolled
bills that the apportionment BID was cor
rectly enrolled. a recess was then taken
to 11:50. When the Assembly reconEened
Gov. Peck sent in q message announcing
that the Democratic apportlOnment bili
had been signed and deposited IN the office
Of the secretary OF state. 1t was signed
George w. Peck" and Mr.. Dodge dem
ocrat) inquired who this person, George
W. Peck was who sent in this commune
cation. The message did not indicate. 4
message was received from the Senate.
informing the Assembly of the appoint
ment Of a committee to wait on the gov
ernor. Messrs. Keogh, Cheney and Dixie
were appointed a committee to perform
the same duties for the Assembly. They
retired and brought back the information
that the governor had no further commun-
icationS to make. Assemblyman Osborn
asked for the reading of the journal of the
last session. The request was denied.
The speaker declared the Assembly adj
iOurned sine die