Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-01-03


mainder come from the assembly. Be
fore measures come 10 Il vote in the
upper house the members of that body
have uuSally made up their minds
as to what their attitude toward the
various bills is To he, Consequently
heated debates and evolutionary en-
counters are seldom Witnessed ON the
floor of the senate.
Senator +. II. Weeks, of Whitewater,
seems To have clear passport to the
houorS OF the presidency OF the sem
ate the coming session, Al least he IS
entitled to the place by senatorial
courtesy" There are four hold-oNrr
republican senators and to these four
gentlemen the newly elected members
of that body will give the first choice
of honorS. Ii is understood that Sen
ator Calvert SpeuSely, of Mineral
Point. will be chairman of the judtci-
arv committee. Senator Levi Withcr,
of La Crosse, chairman of the state
affairs committee and senator Charles
H. Baxter of Lancaster chairman of
the Joint committee ON claims. SenA-
tor Weeks represented his district III
the assembly in 1S6I and was Il meIu-
Der of the senate i'll lSI4 anh 1870.
He was a member of the state board of
normal regents for seventeen years
and was presidential clrctor in lS16.
He is Il lawyer.
Charles L. BroSs, manager of the
Western Union telegraph office, of
Madison, has bright prospects OF he,
ing elected chief Clrrk of the senate,
For many years prior to the time the
democrats came into power in Wisocn,
sin Mr.. RroSS held the position he is
now seeking.
Just what legislation will be en-
acted this winter is difficult to forecast
at present. Acknowledgements Elect
Burrows said yesterday that he is
heartily in favor of Il brief. business
session and an early adiournment
He thinks Wisconsin has about enough
statues already and says that few new
bills ought to be passed and few old
ones amended, 1t is reasonably Ger
tain. however, that a number Of inn
portant measures will be introduced
and no doubt some of them will be-
come laws. Among those which will
be discussed Il great deal this winter
is one to repeal the act creating the
present apportionment of the state.
This cannot be done during the Vim
ter, however but Il committee will be
appointed to prepare Il bill providing
q II. |. Il
then after the state census is taken
| this wear the governor will call an
extra session of the lrgiSlatur and
, the bill will be passed. The session
will probably be- brief and the attend
ing expense slight This will give the
republicans of Wisconsin an oppOrtu-
nifty to so into the presidential cam
paign of 90 on an equal footing with
the democrats The state forestry as
ISOLATION has prepared Il bill for the
preservation of the pine tracts in the
northern portion of the state, one fea-
lure of the bill being the withdrawal
of the state lands from the market
for while. A bill to change the pres
ent mode of county government by re-
ducing the number of supervisors
about ninety per cent. seems to meet
with much favor. An appropriation Of
Si50,OoO to erect fire proof library
building as 4 repository for the almost
priceless state historical library and
that of the university will probably
be granted 1t is understood that OK
Governor Hoard and others will urge
the passage of an act prohibiting or
strictly regulating the manufacture Of
filled cheese The present state board
of control is to be abolished and an
act revivinS the old system of a board
of supervisors will be passed. The
present method of state fish inspection
is to be altered. An attempt will prob
| ably be made to enact a law providing
for the taxation of church property.
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences,
Letters and Arts will ask for a law
establishing a geological and natural
history survey Of the state The rail
, road employees of the state will urge a
! bill compelling railroads to pay wages
weekly. besides asking for other lcgis-
i
and others living along rivers and
streams want the state to stand a
larger share of the expense of build
ing bridges than it does at present and
bill will be presented for that pur-
pose. The Wisconsin School Teachers
association which held its annual
meeting here last week has decided to
ask for considerable legislation affect
ing the educational interests Of the
state The people Of Superior will ask
for law regulating the inspection of
grain. A bill to purify politics will be
introduced. These are some Of the
more important measures that ill
come before the legislature this win
ter. Undoubtedly there will be bushels
Of bills Of lesser important introduced.