Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-06
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

and it now goes over to the Assembly. The bill
for the purchase of Camp Randall was given
new lease of life in the Senate this morning. 1t
came up for final action on the report OF the
Joint committee claims and retrenchment and
reform for indefinite postponement. Senator APP
pie moved that action on the bill be postponed
until Friday, and the motion was carried with
out dissent. Petitions We're received for the es-
tablishment of home for the feeble-minded,
and for the passage of the bill for monthly pay
ment of county officers; also two remonstrances
against the treasury compromise. Under per-
mission of a joint resolution Mr.. Martin intro
duced bill to provide for ownership OF log
marks on the Chippewa River. The bill prov1d-
ing for the revision of the school code by State
Supt. Wells and allowing him 81 800 tor the
service, was also passed without debate The
bill authorizing common councils OF cues TO
regulate their various departments by ordinance
recommended by indefinite postponement
Senator MacBride offered resolution providing
for three sessions daily At 10 A. NJ as provided
by law; at o'clock and another at 80 p: NJ
The resolution was passed UNANIMOUSLY Inc
committee on public health and safety recon-
mended the passage of the bill appropriatng
money for the prevention of cholera.
! MADISON, Wis, March 29.-Mr. Brown intro
duced joint resolution to permit Mr.. Withee to
introduce bill allowing villages to raise bonds.
The resolution passed under suspension of the
rules. The bill repeating the lay exemptng
private insane asylums from taxation reported
by committee for indefinite postponement, came
up as the special order and was Indefinitely post
poned by vote of 10 to IL. Among the Senate
bills passed were those appropriating to the vari
Gus state charitable institutions the sums requis
lite for running expenses during the years 1898
and 1894 and to prohibit the employment OF
! bodies of armed men to act as mlitiamen, po-
! licemen peace officers who are not authorized
! by law to act in that capacity.
! MADISON, Wis, March 30.-The committee on
charitable and penal institutions recommended
! for non concurrence the bill providing for the
! sale of state prison land The town and county
/ organization committee recommended fayOrably
| the bill to organize the town of Coleman in
| Marinette County. The judiciary committee
| ported without recommendation the anti Pink
t rte
/ against the compromise bill from the Beloit
! Democracy Was presented by Senator Burdge.
| Senator BashfOrd made a motion that the bill to
prohibit the employment OF armed bodies of
men be laid over and made the special order for
! next Wednesday. Senator Kinston and Senator
! Conner both made speeches in favor of having
/ the bill acted on at once. Senator Kennedy fav-
| ored putting off action until next Wednesday,
and warm discussion ensued between him and
! making it was found that the bill was not on the
! evening calendar. Senator Lees asked unani-
NOUS mo- consent to haye the 6il placed on on
and further action was put over until tomorrow.
! Senator Lees then moved to adjourn. Although
the calendar was exhausted the vote upon the
motion tie - to 49, President Jonas then
| cast his vote in favor of adjournment
| MADISON, Wis, March 31-The 'anti -Pinker-
| TOM bill passed the Senate this morning under
suspension of the rules, after further discussion
| by Messrs. Spensley and Lees. The bill when
! reConsidered contained an amendment eXcud-
ing regular employees from its provisions. Mr..
| Lees offered amendment striking out this
! section, which was adopted, and the bill passed
to third reading as originally introduced 1t
was then moved to suspend to rules and take
final action on the bill: After the rules were sus
! pended a Joint resolution was introduced by Mr..
| Pratt for adjournment from to-day till Wednes
| day at ? P. NJ. similar resolution was subse
| quently received from the Assembly and con-
! Cured in Mr.. Yahr introduced joint resolu-
| ton to permit Mr. Pratt to introduce bill
amending the banking laws. The committee
| on claims reported 216 s. the treasurers' com
promise bill, with an amendment in the way
ola substitute; and recommended the passage
| Croll and Lebels dissenting On motion of Mr..
MacBride the bill was ordered printed and
made special order for next Thursday evening
at $50.
Assembly.
| MADISON, Wis, March 2S-Mr. Deuster pre-
! sented petition from Milwaukee stationary en-
gineers asking for an inspector of boilers and for
a law compelling engineers to take out licenses.
! Mr.. McDonough offered lengthy preamble and
resolution adopted by the Democratic County
convention of Eau Claire in opposition to any
| compromise of the treasury cases. A resolution
! was introduced by Mr.. Jacob to authorize Mr..
| Ringle to introduce bill to authorize Marathon
| County to issue bonds for county insane asyl
| UNI, and one by Mr.. Edmunds inStructing the
! railroad commissioner to obtain from railway
| companies accurate information as to their earn
| ingS in Wisconsin, the same to be used by the
| special committee to investigate the matter Of
| railway earnings and taxes in the state. Both
/ were adopted. Senate bills were concurred in
relating to charitable trusts and repeating the
Dodge legacy law" The memorial to Congress
in favor of the election of United States senators
| by direct vote of the people, sent over from the
| Senate for concurrence, was approved by the
| House, ayes Cd, noes 10.
MADISON, Wis, March 29.-Mr. Hanke pre-
sented a petition to the Assembly for the bill
! for home for feeble-minded, and Mr.. Tucker
! one for the adoption of the wOmans suffrage
| measure in the Assembly this morning. reso
/ luton to authorize Mr.. Heyl to introduce bill
to annex territory in the town of Madison to the
| city of Madison for school purposes was adopt
! ed as was also a resolution by Mr. Smith calling
I nf Tho
amounts of trust funds loaned during the past
/ three years Among the bills sent over from the
Senate was that appropriating 100000 for the
! Wisconsin exhibit at the Worlds Fair. 1t was
! referred to the committee on state affairs. The
! bills providing for the license of stationary
| gineers were, upon motion Of Mr.. Fulmer, saved
| from death by reference to the committee on
state affairs. Several Senate resolutions were
concurred in Al Assembly biz repeating the
! charter of the Milwaukee & WatertoWn Plank
Road Company came up on its final passage,
when Mr.. Johnson asked its recommitment to
| the judiciary committee. Mr.. Austin protested
| and was sustained, and the bill then
! dered to a third reading.
! MADISON, Wis. March 30.-A calendar of fifty
nine bills was wiped almost entirely clean by
! joint resolution fixing April 20 as the day of adj
! journment adopted, and the Senate bill to
| provide for commission to locate Wisconsin
! troops at Chlckamauga was cOncurred in. Ac-
! ton upon the co-employe question is once more
delayed. The Assembly postponed consdera-
| ton until Thursday evening. Among other
measures passed was the bill appropriating
$500 to State Superintendent Wells and the bill
to raise the water in Kilbourn dam. A Senate
| bill was concurred in authorizing w. E. Moses
to build dam. An Assembly bill passed
| to facilitate the giving Of bonds required by
law Bills and resolutions reported by the com
mittee of the whole were taken up. resolu-
ton compelling an educational qualification for
county superintendent was ordered to a third
| reading, was another amending section y ar
! ticle Is, of the constitution. @
| MADISON, Wis, March 31-As forecast in
these dispatches yesterday, Gov Peck this
morning sent to the Assembly his disapproval of
the Sampson bill providing for an issue of 25,000
/ blue books instead of 5000, the number fixed
by the legislature of two years ago. The veto
was sustained by a vote of II to 10. The
Senate bill concurred in fixing the
terms of circuit court in La Crosse County.