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


| Of deceased persons; No. 357, relating to local
| option; No. 500, relating to the liabi ity of
securities. When bill No. 4S9 A, prohibiting
| certain persons from acting as assessors.
| came up half dozen members tried to eX-
| empt their counties from its provisions, and
| upon motion of Senator Spensley the bill
| and amendments were laid the table
| Senate bills were Killed as follows: No. %,
! relating to the assessment of personal prop,
! narsnna1 nrorortv: No G6, ro'ati''~ 70 10
operation of dams, beoms and sideways;
No. 1o4, relating to the stocking of streams
Rush lake from the fish laws; No. 112,
amending the fish laws; No: 151, relat-
to se Of conny 0 boards No.
| 405, appropriating $1,000 to Patrick Carey
| for accident received in the capitol disaster;
| No. 346, amending the law dividing cities
into classes; No 345, regulating the catchi'<
Of fish in Pecatonica creek; No. 334, relating
! to tishways in st. Croix river; No. POI, reIat-
| ing to taking of fish in Wolf river; No. III,
and Monroe counties; No. pa, for the protec-
! ton of fish in inland waters. The Senate ad-
| journed until Monday.
The Assembly.
| Madison Wis, March 19.-After concur
ring in the joint resolutions of respect for
! the late Mr.. Thorn, the Assembly adjourned
until evening Pursuant to joint resolu
tons authorizing the same, the following
! bills were introduced in the Assembly in
! tle evening: To authorize the loaning of
trust funds to build an armory at Marinette;
|
! + fteenth circuit; to apportion an Indebted
! ness to become due the state from the
| school directors Of the town of Pelican,
! Oneida county; to provide better means of
! instituting actions against joint stock COM
| panies organized without the state. 1t en-
ables officers other than presidents to be
dietary reported for indefinite postponement
| the last remaining bills to repeal the charter
| of the Wisconsin State Land and improve
! lnent company, which is behind the Muskego
drainage scheme. The Assembly judiciary
| committee also reported for non-concufrence
the whole batch of Senate bills providing
| for uniform laws in the various states. The
| committee on education reported FOR non
concurrence the bill compelling school dis dis
committee on cities reported for indefinite
| postponement the bill No. 80 A. to declare
a part OF Cambridge avenue in Milwaukee,
cities to conduct lighting plants for com
| mercial purposes was reoprted for indefinite
postponement by the judiciary committee.
! The judiciary committee reported for pass
! age bill No 20S to restrict the sale of liquor
within one-half mile of the Soldiers home.
Bill No. % A, absolutely eXempting pen
sions from execution. was reported for IN
definite postponement by the committee on
! assessment and collection Of taxes. Speaker
Burrows left the chair to argue on the moor
| in favor of the substitute for Senate bill NO.
| Ill, authorizing the common councils OF
cities Of the third and fourth class operating
under special charters to change ward boun-
| darieS. Mr.. II. +. Hansen also favored the
bill, but Mr.. Hubert Wolf exhibited the feel
ing of the country districts toward In the
| ed to give the cities more representation on
| county boards. The substitute was adopted
! and the rules suspended and the amended
| bill concurred in.
took up Mr.. Halls anti-pass constitutional
! amendment resolution this morning and
fought battle royal over it. W. a. Jones
| moved to make 1t the special order for next
Wednesday in order that 1t might hay have me the
| Blake objected to any further poStponement
of the matter. Mr.. Hail said that some OF
| the members wanted more time to consider
the matter aud he hoped it would be laid
over. The motion to postpone was lost by
tie vote. After lengthy discussion the
| resolution 20 submit the matter to the vote
| of the people was lost by vote of 62 to q.
! Petitions for and remonstrances against the
passage , of MI Halls R two railroad 6 commits nnt
| Senate resolution authorizing Senator Davis
to introduce a bill concerning discrimina.
| ton by telephone companies was cOncurred
in Bill No. % A. authorizing the printing
| and distribution of %, 900 copies of the Blue
| book, which was on the calendar for pass
When bill No. 113 A, forbidding county SUI
| peryiSors to act as trustees of insane asy-
lums, was taken up for passage, Mr. LANCE
| made speech in opposition to the bill, in
| which he stated that the laws passed two
| years ago, sought to be repealed by this bill
! had given very general satisfaction and there
| was no demand for its repeal. 1t was an un-
| wise move. 1t would be dangerous TO allow
to hold an office in which he could:
| his own accounts. He hoped the bill would
| not pass. Mr.. Cox also objected to the pass
age of the bill, dwelling at length on the
! danger of allowing man to hold two Of
fees. one controlling the other. 1t was I'M
| American in principle. There had been a
| demand for -Ie passage of the law forbid
! ding supervisors to act as trustees and there
was no reason why it should now be re
pealed Nobody had asked its repeal, no
ton to the danger of letting a supervisor act
as a trustee and told of a case where a SUI
pervisor acting in such capacity had com
| his store for years Mr.. Kimball who intro
duced the bill, said that he had presented il
at the unanimous request of the members
of the county board of his county and he
had not supposed that there would be,Gny
opposition to. it. So far as the arguments
were members of the Legislature who were
also supervisors and if the argument held
they. should be dropped from one body Of
the other. Mr.. Blake opposed the, bill and
| Mr.. Hanke moved to. lay it on the table
which motion prevailed The Assembly
The Buckstaf university bill, No. TIA A, was
on the calendar as a special order at the
| evening session, but its author cut off debate
| by having it re-referred to the committee on
claims joint resolution to allow Mr.
| Davidson to introduce bill authorizing the
construction of toll bridge across the Wis
consin river at WauZeka was adopted A
joint resolution to permit the introduction OF
a bill providing for the number and the du
ties of legislative employees was also adopt
ed. No. "a S, to appropriate ST., 800 to the
normal schools, was ordered to a third read
ing, as was also the measure authorizing
schools to purchase United States flags No
la A, requiring the $500 railroad to charge
| the same rates as the Chicago s. North
Western, and the Chicago. Milwaukee & St
| Paul railroads was ordered to a third read.
ing The following bills were indefinitely
postponed: No p A, exempting the pension
of soldiers and sailors from execution at
tachment or garnishment; No $50 A, to
provide for the election of school district Of
ficers in districts containing an incorporated
city or, village and in districts containing
| more than 500 inhabitants; No. 3SS A, in
creasing the salary Of the sheriff of Milwau
kee county from $4,000 to $500. No. 3S7 A.
| increasing the salary Of the under-sheriff of
milwaukee county and providing for extra
deputies, was ordered to third reading. as
was also Senator McGillivray's bill, No. Al
to appropriate money to pay for extra Iegis
| latiye employees.
Madison, Wis, March 21.-The flood OF pc
titions and remonstrances relating to Nj
| Halls railroad commission bills continued to
pour in upon the Assembly at today's SEES
sion, showing what a desperate struggle is
going on between the railroads on one side
ana MI Hail ana rev supporters or his
| measures on the other. One remonstrance
was signed by ex-Gov Hoard another by
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