Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-03-18
BADGER -NAKNG.
An Attempt to Hurry the Solons
That Won't Succeed.
SALOONS AND GAMBLING PLACES.


Campus The Pressure of Corporations -
A sparta Lawyers Big Hit-The Gov
ernor's House To he Made Rcgal-Race
Track Lobby Fails.
Madison, Wis, March 16.-The assem-
bly, has adopted resolution to adjourn
from day to day until March o. which
means no Sundays home for the MEM
bcrs 1t has been frightened apparent
iy by Speaker Buckstaff s reminder that
the session costs the taxpayers $4,000
day and APPOINTMENTS are an ex-
pensiVe luxury. r. also scolded the
committee charmcn for not getting the
important bills before the legislature.
1t Is such measures that consume the
time Of the legislature The daily ses-
sion beginning at 10o'clock in the NOM
Ing and adjournnE soon after II o'clock,
one big debate often engages most Of
the time. ON the other hand routine
bills are often put through at the rate
of twenty an hour.
Notwithstanding the resolution, there
IL little probability Of the assembly
'sawlng wood" on Saturdays and Mon
days. When Friday noon comes round
the members are anxious to get to their
business and families; and the mem
Der who proposes more work Is greet
ed by shout of noes" There are
precodents of legislatures staying in
Madison over one Sunday near the
close of a session; but the Spartan res
oIution to buckle down for six days
work a week until March y viii prob
ably he rcscindcd.
Would Close Up Saloons.
The bill to forbid the sale OF liquors
within Onc-hnlf mile of the state uni
versity and the seven normal schools
Of the state comes up for hearing to-
morrow. AT n conference of its friends
1t was decided not to press for high
school limit President Adams gave S.
to pay for printing the petitions, and
some Of the members have declared
their intention to support the bill, In
Madison it would shut W about a
street. the "pcnn8ylvania avenue" OF
the Capital CITY. There Is a big brew
cry llaussmann's-th will not be in
terfrrcd with in the making of the
amber llud. but its retail salesrourn
would be closed. Some OF the normal
schools are in the heart of their re-
speCtivc communities and the bill Will
be almost local prohibition. This Will
be urged against the bill; also that If
any community wishes to close the sa-
looms, 1t can he done by local ordinance.
The answer Is made to this that these
schools are state institutions and
their pupils are state charges. If the
communities will not surround the
young people with proper influences. it
is the business of the state to do SO.
Race Track Lobby Fails,
The IN to stop race track gambling
went To third reading In the assem-
bly,. despite the active lobby that la
bors still to defeat It, The opposition
managed to get to their feet Onc-siXth
of the members to demand an aye and
nay vote; and then the task of advanc-
ing the bill was casy. Many members
are not aVcrsc to a bet on horse race,
but when II comes to having their
names sent all over the state as oppos-
ing n hin to suppress gambling, they
weaken. And SO many were furious
when 1T appeared that the ron was tn
he called; and as II was, fourteen had
the nerve to vote nay OF course the
Milwaukee, delegation stood Ivy Ideal
Park. Mr., lRnrnum OF Wausau had Il
compromise measure to allow pool sell
ing for thirty days each year, but it
failed
MIR. Han, The Dunn county reformrr
Is the acknowledged parlamentnriAu
of the house and the chair occasionally
asks him publicly his opinion when Der
picking questions arise. Speaker
Buckstan, by the way, Is making
very satisfactory speaker. Some think
his railroad committee Is NOT as near
the people as It might hc, but generally
speaking, there ia satisfaction With his
committees and he conducts himself in
the chair In nm impartial manner.
slated Tor senator.
~. f. Jones mud, by the way, H. mar
ricd Il SMITH OF Sparta is marked
for II srnatorship at Washington some
day He is Il lawyer and n Congrrgu-
tional Sunday school superintendent
He seems to- he II fearless lnw-mallrr
aud makes wonderfully effective
speech, Almost on the first day he
made n speech, pitching into Halls bill
forhddins free passes, and tho Thought
less said the railroads had snarcd him
into their service. Then he made Il
rahid temperance speech in connection
with the state fair and tbs bystandcrs
concluded that he was s free lance
His big hit however, w%s the speech
that turned the tide when the attempt
failed to dcnoSr the president ut the
state university as regent EN-
Speaker l>Cogh of milwaukee, said II
was the best speech he had heard on
the floor for many years,
Coddling the Farmer hoy.
MIR. Jones said he didn't want a col
lege president who would fall on the
neck of every farmer boy that drifted
into Madison II recalled Nashy's de-