Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-04-17


| that the Senate had better stick to what it's
| committee had recommended and not accept
| other speeches were made, all showing that
Democrats were seeking delay, and the
amendment was adopted by party vote. The
| vote killing the wide-sleigh bill was recon
| again. Senate bills were passed as follows
No. IT'S, providing for Keeping sidewalks
| ating money to Wisconsin Veterans home
No. 379, providing for auditing accounts of
regents; No. 1856, regulating the propellng
of traction engines at night No. 241 remov-
ing instructions from Yahara river; No. 266,
preventing discrimination by insurance com
panies; No. 323, concerning repairs to high
ways and bridges; No. 1856. creating the
town of Holway in Taylor county; No. 395
for wagon bridge across the Black river;
NO DO, relating to appointment of agents
to receive fugitives from Justice; No. Cos
concerning laying out of temporary high
ways; No. 706, for a bridge across the Wis
consin river. Senate bills were killed as
follows: No. 1, abOliShing state board of SUI
pervision; No. 90, making appropriation to
State university; No. 1S6, abolshing board
OF control; No 19o, approprating money for
state institutions; No. 220, relating to APP
portionment of swamp land money; No. 233,
preventing combinations by insurance COM
panies; No 234, concerning, clerical work
in county courts; No. COS, relating to Mani
toWoc probate court; No 800 relating to
Calumet county clerk; No. 379 concerning
ing Appropriation to State Agricultural So
| ciety. The Assembly bill to prohibit asses
SOrs from acting as insurance agents was
killed. Assembly bills were killed as fol-
lows: No. COS. amending the general char
ter act; No. 654, relating to the division Of
school districts; No. 81 exempting wide
gauge SieiShS from taxation; No. CPL, relat-
ing to personal safety in factories.
The governor caught the spirit of push that
pervaded the Legislature and signed the bill
reorganizing the state board of control as
soon as it reached the executive mansion.
The messenger took back to the Senate the
governors appointments. They are as fol
lows: Lemuel Ellsworth of Milwaukee, for
the term of one year; Clarence Snyder of
Ashland, for the term of two years; James
e. Heg Of Lake Geneva, for the term of
three years; Richard Guenther of Oshkosh,
for the term of four years; Hans &. Warner
of E lsworth, for the term of five years.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for a State
the Senate by a vote of 10 to 6. The Bash
ford bill TO prohibit corrupt practices in
elections was advanced to third reading. as
was the deep waterway channel commits
sion.
Madison. Wis. April 13.-In the Senate
the Assembly bill providing for the appoint
ment of bank examiner was fayOrably re-
ported. The Assembly bill for county work
houses was also favorably reported. sub
stitute bill was reported assessing vessels
as follows: Steel steamers under ten years
Old SO per ton; over ten years So per ton;
wooden steamers under five years, SO per
ton; under ten years 81 per tom under f
years. 81 per ton; steel barges, tow barges
and sailing craft under ten years So per
6ge ETC. under five s. per on
een Reafs 80 per ton t~
under five years S75 per ton; over five years
$50 per ton; wood tugs, under five years $40
per ton; under ten years. $50 per ton; over
ten yolrs $40 per ton. The street vesti-
that all cars must be vestibuIed by Noyem-
Der, 1896 was concurred in by the Senate.
Senator's Peirce and Austin considered that
the original Senate bill was more just as it
gave another years time but they were
voted down. The report of the conference
committee on the ward boundary bill was &C.
cepted and adopted. Senate bills were passed
as follows: No. no. amending highway laws;
bill providing clerks for county courts; No.
IT'S; relating to commitment of dependent
children; No. $40, for dam across the Wis
consin river in Lincoln county. The much
yexed question of exempting wide-gauge
sleghs from taxation was settled today by
the Senate concurriHg in the Assembly bill.
The measure has come up every session for
eight years, and it is thought that the lum-
ficiaries. Bill No. 135 A relating to bonds
OF county treasurers, was killed. No. 80
A, relating to the Milwaukee health depart
Of the sheriff of Milwaukee so as to increase
the salary of the bookkeeper TO $500 and
have two more deputies, making seventeen,
Of Senator Mills, No 81 S, the bill to pro-
vide for deep waterways commission, was
passed under suspension o, Of the rules The
morning, passed. The Assembly bill prohib-
iting the sale of liquor to disabled veterans
within two miles of the National home was
sent to the committee on militia. No.
621 A. the fire escape bill, was again placed
on the calendar, being revived on motion.
passed as amended in the Assembly. The
Senate adjourned to 2:30 Monday afternoon
The Assembly.
Madison, Wis, April 9-In the Assembly
this morning there was a perfect deuge of
petitions faVoring the passage of Mr.. Halls
ilrOdH A "a
lions were the result of the sharp little
game played by Mr. Hall on election day to
state on the railroad question, and they con-
tanned altogether upwards of $4,000 sigma
lures. The milwaukee, delegation reported
substitute for No; 3O1 a, relating to the
powers of the Milwaukee county board OF
supervisors. t also reported with amend
dnnntv he b incrsaTIng the number Of
the bill giving the district attorney three
assistants. The following Senate bits were
weights and measures; No. 200 appointing
guardians for minors; No 243, authorizing
the J Historical society to sell real estate;
relating to the dispensing of charity and
the employment of county poor. Among
the bills ordered to a third reading were
the bill authorizing the board of regents to
purchase land for m manual training sehoolin
school. When the Mills yestibule bill came
up Mr.. Hoyt moved to lay the bill over
until tomorrow IN order tnat the amendment
might be printed, which motion was op-
posed by Messrs. StilIman. Hail. Dodge and
Notbohm. The Assembly refused to lay the
bill over and 1T was ordered to third read
ing after Mr.. Stfliman's resolution cutting
the time down. to two years had been
adopted. The joint resolution asking the
President to promote Col. Townsend to the
rank of brigadier-general was ordered to a
third reading. D. o. Mahoneys bill No.
564 A, requiring county superintendent to
pass examination, the special order
for IL O'Clock, at which hour it was taken
up. Mr.. Burke offered an amendment max
ing a frst-grade county certificate, how
ever obtained. sufficient without an examina-
tfon Mr.. Mahoney opposed the amendment.
He said it changed the bill entirely and
destroyed one of the wisest provisions Of
the bill, which was designed to counterfeit
favoritism and overcome Irregularities. Mr.:
Burke said that he had offered the amend
ment TO make it fairer. 1t might some
times work a hardship to require the cam
didates of the office to appear before the
board of examination, for which reason he
proposed to make the possession of a cer-
tifcate sufficient. Herman Wolf opposed
the bill because it set standard of re-
quirement which was too high. He thought
that people VINO could pass the examination
would not want the place. f. E. Clark ia
vored the original bill, holding that the re-
qurementS were not too high Mr.. Finn
ticrir