Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-04-15
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

Madison Wis, April 5.-In the senate
today, after the recess, the following
senate bills were passed:
Appropriating $1,000 10 the Wiscon-
sin Veterans home; prescribing penal
ty for larceny from u shop or store:
to protect and encourage the raising Of
sheep and discourage the raising of
dogs; relating 10 the restoring of
streams, highways, etc, TO their original
state Of usefulness by railway corpora
lions
The following assembly bills were con-
CURED in:
To organize the town of Coleman. in
Marinette county; to declare a part Of
Il certain avenue in the city of Nilwau-
Eee a boulevard or pleasure way. and
to regulate the use Of the same; TO make
diplomas granted by universities. nor
NAL schools and colleges licenses to
teach in certain schools before being
counterSigned b. the state superlntcnd-
eut.
The assembly killed the following as
Sembly bills: For the appointment of
public bank examiner; permitting cleo
trio companies to use streets ana alleys
for their poles, with the consent Of pub
lie authorities.
The senate bill was passed amending
the law under which the Kilboum dam
was erected.
Mr.. Han made a motion to reconsider
the vote by which the bin had been or
dered to a third reading permitting rail
way companies to hold Stock in other
companies. He thought a great corpor-
ate monopoly was possible under such
a law. The motion prevailed.
When the special ORDER the libel bill
giving publishers a chance to retract
offensive declarations was reached.
Mr. Mills made "a speech advocating its
passage. He maintained that the pres
cnt law was no advance on the ancient
law Of Egypt Now the law presumed
malace i'm libelouS publication, where
as in all other cases offenders are pre-
sumcd to be innocent until they are
proved guilty. This he thought, was
grossly unjust.
Mr.. Austin thought that newspapers
had about as much sway as they ought
to have. Editors ought to be presumed
to be malicious when they published
libels, after all the delberation which
is exercised in the preparation Of matter
for the press. He created mirth among
the press gaa- by telling how articles
were first pat in type, then run
through the press and finally proof
read"
The bill was killed on a vive voce
vote.
Madison, April Elm the senate to
day Mr. Spensley presented a remon-
STRANGE from $50 citizens of Shullsburg
against the sale of liquor on fair
grounds The committee on state af-
fairs reported favorably the bin for
the establishment of q county road sys-
tenn, as amended. The committee re-
commended the indefinite poStponement
Of the assembly bills to establish town
ship libraries, and making labor day a
legal holiday,
The joint resolution was passed for
final adjournment on April %
The assembly bill passed providing
that al wagons having tires II inches
or more in width shall be free from
taxation.
The bin appropiatiug $4,000 for the
establishment Of a home for the Gus
tody, training and education Of the
epilepric ana idiotic q
this state came up ON its third reading
Mr. Eashford objected to the passage
Of the bill 1t provided, he said, for
three departments, school for educa-
ble classes, a custodian department for