Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-04-28

diate passage. Bills were killed as follows:
No. 351 S, authorizing dams In the Brule
river; No. 362 S, relating to flexible pre-
| MUM life and accident insurance assOcia-
tons; No. 333 A, relating to mutual fire in
surance of church property; No. 493 A,
regulating the letting of contracts for city
printing in Milwaukee, No. 6O9 A, relating
to discharge of mortgages. On motion of
Senator Austin the rules were suspended
;nent and third reading at this session were
passed under suspension of the rules. They
tions; No. $50 A. to prevent the use of
"stickers' on ballots at general elections;
No. SCI A. relating to sureties of county Of
against forest fires; No 663 A, appropriat-
ing $500 to the battleship fund for the
WISCONSIN, Assemblyman Petersons
| terms the sympathy of Americans with the
inhabitants of Greece in their struggle with
bly, Senator Austin did not think the Sen
ate should make itself ridiculous by adopt
ing the resolution and it went over.
The Hurd bill to regulate the sale of
cigarettes, which had been ordered to third
reading by a vote of u to 8, was killed
in the Senate on the night of the 23d.
| factor in reaching the result. Under sus-
pension of the rules No. A, Mr. Barnum
relating to loan and building associations,
and No. 667 A, committee on taxes, to pre-
! scribe number and compensation of legis-
lative employees. We're passed. No. 1S9 S,
Mr.. Green, relating TO employment of labor,
There being no other business before the
Senate recess. Of; fifteen minutes was
develop any work. At the end of that
time it was announced that the Assembly
| had taken recess until $3.50 O'Clock and
that the Senate was invited to mock seS-
sion, and the Senate adjourned till horn
| ing.
Among the bills passed We're: No. 4o7 S,
to toll roads; No. 39S S, to prevent the
| spread of San Jose scale and other plant
diseases; No. 1873 A, to establish an inter
mediate prison and reformatory; No. 316 A.
| appropriations to pay judgments against
| deputy fish and game wGrdens; No. 65S A,
appropriation to pay damages through in
| vide for publishing laws of the present SEES
sion; No. 524 a, relating to general cleo
lions; No. $50 a, relating to general elec,
county officers; No. ST. A, to provide pro
lection against forest fires; No. G63 a, APP
| preparation for battleship: No. 66S A, reat-
| ing to free high schools: No. so A, appro-
| priation to state agricultural society; No.
646 a, authorizing sale Of state park lands.
There was a unique feature of the closing
| day in the session of the Senate on the oath
"a roll call. Usually half dozen members
| do the business on the last day and the roll
call is dispensed with so that the lack of
quorum Will not be made apparent. But
| at this session there were twenty-four sena-
tors present at roll call: and this subterfuge
was vas not not necessary: Inc eight noseRfees
| er, Munson, Putnam, Riordan and Whelan.
A message from the Assembly brought in
| for concurrence No. 619 A, the bill provid-
ing for taxation on gross earnings of owners
| or leSsees of palace and drawing-room cars.
| An amendment by Senator Whitehead was
adopted making the provision as to miles
OF occupation more definite. The vote re,
| suited in tie-12 to 12-and the duty of
deciding again fell on Lieut. Gov. Baensch;;
| who voted aye, and the bill was concurred
| in. AsSembIyman Peterson's resolution of
! sympathy for Greece was concurred in-16
to 7-most of the senator's voting against it,
!
overdrawn language of the resolution; The
! substitute labor bill, No 1S9 S. was the last
bill on the calendar for engrossment and
third reading. Amendments by Senators
| Whitman and Mills were voted down and
| the bill was ordered to ersrossment and
third reading-13 to S. An effort to pass
! the vote being Il to IS. not the necessary
! two-thrds. In the middle of the discussion
give opportunity for the presentation to
| Lieut.-Gov. Baensch Of a tribute of the es-
TEEN of the senator's The presentatlon
four Democratic members Lieut.-Gov.
| Baensch made response in which he feeling
| ~ alluded to the fact that years ago Senator
his school teacher Senator LamOreux
then presented President Pro TEN. Thayer
| an elegant Masonic charm, which was ac
| copied with neat speech Then Senator
! bennett presented Chief Clerk Houser with
a gold watch and the latter accepted in an
! eloquent but brief speech. The last presenta-
| ton was to Sergeant-at-Arms Pettibone-a
diamond ring, the speech being made by
S Senator McGillivray. Recess was taken t., to
session the Senate clock was up to date
| when that body met for the last time III
! the afternoon. 1t has been five to ten min
utes slow all the winter and spring and SEN
| ators who came in at 2:30, the hour set
for meeting, were surprised to see the hands
| pointing to $40 The Assembly clock be-
| ing fixed" in the same manner, there was
no conflict of records. 1t had been set
ahead forty minutes to enable the Milwau-
Enn lNor of nni 1rrNi nT of
O'clock" to catch the $50 train for the
! Cream city. Just ten senator's were pres
TEN Thayer, Senators Austin, Deyos, Green,
LamoreuX, Roehr Welton, Whitehead.
Whitman and Woodwork. The labor bill
died in the hands Of the engrossing clerks.
After being sent to engrossment and third
reading this morning it remained there, its
friends perceiving that it would be use
| less task to endeavor to pass it with no
quorum. The bill to establish dual coun-
! Gil in Milwaukee met a similar fate in the
elections. 1t was sent there Friday after
noon and never came back. There being no
business on the clerks desk recess was tax
en- to 3:45 p M At 4 o'clock final adjourn
| ment to August II was taken.
Assembly.
The famous Mills caucus bsll, which was
to have been the special order for the
evening, was taken up and disposed of by
amended SO as to make the bill apply to
| general as well as municipal elections and SO
| dS TO allow tine CUES OF the tnlru ana
| fourth classes to say whether or not they
will adopt the law on municipal elections,
the bill was passed. Mr. True moved to
reconsider the vote by which the Senate
| amendments to the agricultural board bill
| were concurred IN. and the bill was sent
| back to the Senate for correction. The
| Senate had amended q section of the printed
Dill which mad been stricken out of the u
rolled bill. Mr.. fuckers long bill revising
the school laws was passed without discus
| sion. On motion of d. F. Jones, Senator
Munson's bill increasing the license for
| telephones was laid over Under suspen-
sion of the rules Senator Riordan's bill to
create the town of Cavour in Forest county
| and to detach certain territory from the
county was concurred in. Nj. Butfington's
bill. No. 400 A, amending the general cleo
ton law, was indefinitely postponed. The
bill to create fund to purchase suitable
gift for the battleship Wisconsin, or
| dered to third reading. On motion of DR..
Clason Senate bill No. 1873, relating to trust,
| annuity and guaranty companies Qaid on
the table last night, was taken from the
table and sent to the judiciary committee.
| Mr. Bufingtons bill to prevent discrmina-
ton in insurance companies laid over
until evening.
Tho oT6 contoct ovor on of