Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-28

gives sheriffs power to alone impanel
juries under certain circumstances;
by Mr.. Hogan. amending the law re-
lating to the establishment of work
houses so that county board committees
governing such houses shall not be
required to meet twice monthly; by Mr..
Overlook, repeating chapters 10 and
2S3, laws of 1895, relating to the assess
ment of water craft; by Mr.. Melon
aid, repeating the law creating the Of
flee of deepwaterways commissioner;
also. relating to the altering OF high
ways through enclosed or cultivated
lands; by Mr.. Gavin, to amend section
1862, chapter as, r. s.. relating to the
valuation Of property for taxing pur-
poses by adding a provision that
homestead occupied by the owner shall
be valued as all other property is and
the value of the mortgages thereon
deducted; by Mr.. Goodell, repeating the
statute of 1895 requiring applicants for
teachers certificate to pay 81 fee;
by Mr. Borchsenius, providing that the
governor shall appoint state board
of medical examiners of nine members
and that all would-be practitioners
shall be obliged to pass it before being
qualified to practice; by Mr.. True, per-
hitting road overseers to take clay and
loan as well as stones, gravel and sand,
for the improvement of highways from
Inn un5 10 nd aH hv
Mr.. Yorkey, depriving the Milwaukee
Gas Light company of it's exclusive
franchise; by Mr. Merrill, to cheaper
the administration of estates of less
than $4,000 in probate courts by requir-
ing the probate judge to instruct the
parties how to proceed and thus obviate
the need of employing lawyers. The
new house rules were adopted.
Madison, jan 22-In the senate a
bill was introduced by Mr.. Congor, re-
ducing the compensation of news
papers for publishing official ballots
and election notices one-half, from 81
to so cents an inch. Senator Timme's
joint resolution for the appointment of
a committee to investigate and report
on number and compensation of capitol
employees came up. Senator Munson
thought that under the rules the reso-
luton should be referred to the COM
mittee on state affairs and moved it
be sent there. A long debate ensued
Senator Roehr and Senators Youmans
and Putnam standing with Timme and
Senator bennett with Munson. 1t fin
ally followed Timme's desire.
In the assembly A. r. Halls
anti-pass resolution was antagon-
lied by d. f. Jones of
Sparta who made a motion that the
resolution be referred to the judiciary
committee. In support of this propo-
sition he made speech which indi-
Gated that he is one of the strong men
of the present session. He speaks
easily and elegantly. He opposed the
adoption Of the resolution at this time
because ii set up facts to which no
member could subscribe without evil
dence He did not know that the peo-
pie of the state. 1000 to 1000 had
voted against the pass system; that
the whole press and nearly all the
county boards had taken ike posi-
ticn, nor did he think that it was the
settled policy of the republican patty
20 oppose passes. He vas no. aware
of any universal popular clamor against
this so-called evil. 1t might exist, but
he was not cognizant of it. Besides,
he sew no good reason for the appoint
;1ent of a special committee, as was
contemplated, to prepare such meas
ures as might be necessary in the
premises. The assembly already had
committees for every rea enable pur-
pose. The members were ne thought
intelligent enough to draft all neces-
sary bills. If they were not, then a
committee to aid incompetents was in
order But Mr.. Hall was not an in
competent He was an able man and
an experienced legislator, He (Jones)
objected to him throwing his own re-
sponsbiities on the shoulders of
committee. Furthermore, he believed
the right mode of procedure was to
amend the constitution forbidding the
granting of passes. He grayely
doubted whether the legislature had
power to pass law telling a member
he could not accept a pass any more
than it could forbid a beggar from ac
cepting a gratuity from the hand of a
man on the street. New York, he said,
had amended its constitution to meet
the case. He promised that, If the
matter took the proper course, he
should give it unprecedented considera-
ton,
Mr.. Hall answering, said he desired
to shirk no responsibility; that the
people had voted so 900 TO 1000 against
passes and that fact was on the records
of the legislature of 1895. that the
press and county boards were against
the pass this the members themselves
knew that the plank in the republican
state platform was fairly adopted after