Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
THE LEGISLATURE
The Senate.


duced joint resolution of respect for the
late Henry G. Thorn, chairman Of the Re-
publican state central committee AFTER tne
adoption of the resolution the Senate ed
journed until evening. The McGillivray
woman's suffrage bill, No. 121, was reported
for passage by the state affairs committee,
Senator SOlhday dissenting. A Joint reso-
luton to allow Senator Davis to introduce
a bill was adopted. The proposed measure
provides that when toll lines are maintained
by telephone company toll service be fur
niShed to any other telephone company ana
to subscribers without discrimination IN
price or service if toll charge be first PAID
or rendered. The committee on claims re-
ported for indefinite postponement the meas
ure to appropriate $500 annually to the state
board of health for the purpose OF making an
examination of the drinking waters or the
state Mr.. Billiards. hotel beat bill No 70
was reported for concurrence 0y the seh hdIe
were passed; No. 70 S, to provide for county
and city repositories and to regulate the use
of money therein; No 10 S, providing for
the payment of the travelling expenses OF the
attorney general and his assistant when abb
sent on official business; No. 26O, providing
that trustees of insane hospitals for the care
of chronic insane in counties having popu-
| lation of more than 100, 900 receive no com
Thg aSs the S
| ing of Hemlock creek and Cranberry creek
| by q canal; No. 49, to allow city councils to
increase the license fee for the sale of fire
! the registrar in probate of Racine county TO
administer oaths receive acknoWIedgmentS5.
| Dobbs out of office and authorizing the gov
ernOr to appoint person as MS successor
raised the point that the amendment report
| ed by the committee had no direct bearing
| to the original bill and was therefore out
| of order under the rules. Senator Thayer
| took an opposite view and held that these
| rules were joint rule. The president held
that the point by Senator Phelan was not
well taken. Amendments offered by Senator
Woodwork, this evening, providing for the
salary of the deputy commissioner, factory
the bill be referred to the committee on
| claims before being ordered to a third read
| ing. 1t was so referred.
Madison, Wis, March 20.-The Senate was
| flooded with petitions relating to the passage
of the railroad bills this morning. Senator
Bashford offered resolution to give each
minister officiating during the session a
! copy Of the Blue book. Mr.: McMullen in
| troduced a bill to legalize the acts of the
Mayor Corscot of Madison objecting to the
| passage of the bill to authorize common
| councils to change ward boundaries and the
| bill was re-referred. Nj. Thayer opposed
the passage of bi No. 207 S, authorizing the
| governor to grant two unconditional pardons
on July, 4. To pass it was to invite murder,
| such bill passed. Mr.: Kennedy favored
the passage of the bill. The pardoning pow
er was inherent in the executive and it was
| rounded by remnants of barbarism and this
was Il step forward. The bill was defeated
by vote of 10 to 20. The following bills
of real estate by county boards. No. 23S S,
relating to fire and police relief associa-
| lions; No $50 S. relating to claims against
| countless No. 800 S. relating to the paving Of
| streets in cities; amending law relating to
peddlers; relating to dam across the Wis
consin river in Wood county; There was a
debate on bills No. $50 and 2SS A. relating to
| sheriffs and bailiffs, and they were killed.
| A joint resolution to authorize Mr.. BesSe to
| introduce a bill relating to libel was adopt
| ed. The Assembly bill for home for the
feeble-minded was ordered to third read
| loan associations. Mr.. BashfOrd urged its
passage in long speech. Mr.; Baxter also
| spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Kennedy
| and Mr.. SpenSley spoke on the bill, which
was finally referred to the committee on
Insurance. banks and banking. The woman S
! suffrage bill made the special order for
s o'clock next Wednesday evening. The fol-
lowing bills were killed: No. 332 S, to pro
uties; Nos 237 and 240 5, to regulate the
practice of veterinary surgery; Senator Da-
Wis introduced a bill to provide against dis
| panes maintaining toll lines
| Madison, Wis, March 21.-The Madison
| common council sent to the Senate this
| vide for an increase of wards in cities. A
| lot of petitions came i'll for and against the
| suspended to allow the passage of the bill
| restoring the salary of deputy railroad COM
missioner The railroad committee reported
! bill TO limit the charges Of express COM
/ panieS and fixing schedule rates. The fish
| and game committee reported a substitute
| for all the fish and game bills offered. 1t
was ordered printed Senate bills We're
| passed rs follows No. 90. recognizing the
national guard and increasing the number of
| companies; No. 274 relating to reference to
| commissioners in foreclosures of mortgages;
| No. 3S1, enforcing collection Of taxes from
water, companies. Assembly bills We're con
| CURED in as follows No. 81, establishing a
| home for the Predetermined; No. TO- amend
| ing the hotel dead-beat law; No. H. provid-
| ing for the dissolution of village corpora
! tons; No. 147, fOrbiddng discharge of fire
| arms in public parks; No 1913, amending the
lien law; No. 262. relating to sprinking of
| of school buildings; No. 500, for dam on
| HemlOck creek; No. els, relating to paid fire
| departments. Senator Officer introduced a
| bill to take the place of the two bills previ-
| ously introduced for the reorganization Of
the state board of control, and now pending
| before the committee on penal and chart
| table institutions, which made Mr.. Officer
| chairman of a subcommittee to draw a new
| bill 1T provides for five members Of the
| board as in the bill formerly reported, but
| unlike that one, it provides that the board
instead Of the secretary of state shall audit
| accounts Another section is also added
which provides that the governor, when
ever he thinks it necessary to investigate
| any matter in connection with one of the
state institutions, may appoint some special
| person to conduct such Investigation at a
! Compensation Of $3.50 a day. The bill pro-
vides that the present board shall go out OF
existence April 10 of this year. The sub
stitute for the Mills bill, compelling the YES
| tibuling of street cars was ordered to a
tn1ru fedUlnS anu Will pass lOInOrFOW.. AS
sembly resolutions authorizing six new bills
were concurred in: The Senate took recess
until Z 80 p. m. The Senate at its evening
session reported the following bills for, in
| definite pOstponement: No. 303 A, to estab-
lish a municipal court for the cities of Nee
nah and Menasha and Winnebago county
| No. $50 A, to create a municipal court for
| Vernon county. Senator Austin's several
| bills to secure uniformity Of legislation be-
| tween the states were reported for passage
! by the judiciary committee. No. GA A. pro
yiding for the municipal ownership and con
troll of waterworks and lighting plants, was
| favorably reported with an amendment by
the Assembly committee on cities. A bill
allowing the county judge of Columbia
| county to appoint a superintendent of the
| Mohr and passed under suspension of the
| rules. Mr. Buckstatf introduced bill pro-
| viding a tax on the gross earnings Of ex-
| press companies.
Madison, Wis, March 22:-The Dobbs mat
| ter came up the question of ordering to
! a third reading the substitute for bill No
332 S, relating to the office which substitute
| legislates Mr.. Dobbs out Of the Office Of labor
commissioner Senator McN1ulen moved to
amend the amendment by striking it all
out to which exceptions were taken, and
while the senators were INDUCING in a lively
| Co,