Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-02-14
From the State Capital.
Madison. Feb. IL, 1894

state as being rather slow place. yet
there al times wnen it can tquat any
of its sisters in hustle aud lie. This
past week has been such a time. The
legislature is no small thug 10 have on
hand. but when there is added TO this
the meeting of The state agricultural
society, with its attendant minor con-
venIions OF Eorticuit uralists, breeders,
bee keepers, veterinarians, township
insurance assoclat ons. and the like, the
place isn't so ow as it might be. The
preceding week The forestry people
were here, and this week the STATE
library association will hold the board,
so to speak then pretty soon the edi-
tors of the state will pour in ulon us
anc hold tnoIr winter meeting.
With these other attractions, TO say
nothing of exhibitions in hypnotism a,
the Opera house every evening. the
Legislature has had to take some thing
of back seat. But the legislature
have been Saving wood" just the
same, and have BEEN getting an incred
liable number of bills upon the re-.
cords. They don't seem likely To for
get that tomorrow is tue last day they
will be given an opportunity t. bring
their pet set emes tor reforming the af-
foirs of the state up for cons dei alton
that after that date new bus ness
can be introduced and all they can do
will be to WORK in committees and vote
and The number OF bills Introduced
this evening snd tomorrow wi / proba
bly, be enormous Even now, though.
the wise bill killer 5, ems to be more in
demand than anyone else. There are
bills enough before the hOdv already
to bankrupt the whole conn onwealih
If all the appropriat ons they provide
for we're approved OF.
The really important bills seem
mostly To have been introduced earlier
in the session. and the large grist of
the past week have mostly been IF but
local lnterest-manY OF them of no in
terest at all. The only one which the
papers agree in putting scare head
on is oil Q 10 remove church property
from the list OF exemptions from taxa
ton. The bill was introduced by Sena-
tor Davis of Oshkosh. 1t was sent
him by several Oshkosh individuals,
and Was in r duced at their request.
The general feeling throughout the
81 ate seems to be that the passage OF
such Law viii work Ii tie good,
Senator Mills has undertaken 10 re-
form the county board system. in
bill brought in on Friday. His bill
gives the managemt MT Of county affairs
to board OF three. To be elected at the
same time as town officers, and to
serve for three years. E.ch county
shall be divided into three districts ami
one commissioner shalt be elected
from eacn district
Senator Pullman has embodied in Il
bill the idea that the salary of supreme
court justices shonld he bnt 81 SEQ per
annum instead Of $4,000, VII lie SIR
Brown wants them increased to 81 500.
Mr.. Putnam has also endeavored 10
deal with tie question Of the state
board of control He would mike the
number of members five, aud the term
i've years; the sail ~ So coo, wi h
necessary Iexpt nses' instead of 'dis-
bursemenis" as the law reads Mt
present. The terms Of the first ap
pointees to expire III one. two. three,
four, and five years
AS a specimen of time-wasters might
be cited bill before the Senate re.
pealing the law which arranges the
party tickets ON an Australian ballot in
alphabetical order. The bill want.
the arrangements 10 be Republican"
prohibition Democrat" Labor"
The bill will probably be put where il
cannot take up very much time, but
1t is such things which are tending 20
stretch the session out towards the
first Of April.
The important and interesting bills
10 the assembly for this week eau, it is
quite safe TO Say, be represented by one
figure. One of the principal ones is
by Mr.. Besse of Ashland county, to
establish board of immigration, to
advertise the resources of the state and
encourage settlement and manufact
ures. Mr.. Lambertsou has added an
other bill to the education committees
batch. prov...us FOR uni.OTn ext-boUSs
in the public schools. Books are to
be chosen and contracted for by
commi tee of three. of which the state
supern eudent shall be one; the books
so selected shall not be changed for
five care. A bill of which Mr.. Jeske
J. thc 10. $50 4.-.-,.~ II 60.
day. Mr.. Treat has attempted to devil
with one phsse OF the liquor question
in bill which he THINKS will be
passed. 1t provides that inebristes
who are without means shall be sent to
some institution for their cure
at the expense of the county, upon
petition to the county Judge by any
friend or phVsinian ADol her hill in
the hands OF the com mittee on chart
table and penal institutions is one by
Mr., Jaske to establish an Industrial
reiCrmatory.
Tho fact that the committees on edu-
cation have reported favorsbly on the
bill for the new library building does
not mean by any means that its success
is assured. 1t is not in the hands 81
the committee on claims, and here is
where the most oppos too Is expected
The amount it appropriates, 1850, 90.
looks like big sum, especially with