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Wisconsin Legislature,

Wisconsin Legislature.
Madison, March Sin the senate
the assembly joint resolution in the
| form OF a memorial to congress to pass
/ the bill increasing the compensation of
railway mail clerks was concurred in.
Many local bills were passed
! In the assembly the chief
clerk read statement of bust
ness at the beginning of this week.
/ 1t showed that of the 63l assembly bills
\ introduced 39l are now in committees,
! III have been indefinitely postponed, 10
passed, a pending but not ready for
/ passage, 20 concurred in by senate, SO
pending in senate. There are now
1873 bills, assembly and senate before
! lower house committees, which have
! reported 295. The assembly has re-
ceived and referred 81 senate bills
Senate bills were concurred in, relating
to sewer and street assessments; relat
ing 10 dairy statistics and authorizing
corporations to change their name.
Madison, March 9.--Senator Austin
presented resolutions Of sympathy and
respect on the death Of Allen Warden,
who was a member Of the second Wis
consin convention, which were adopted.
Assembly bills were concurred in, to
vacate cemetery In the city of Water
town: to establish a ferry in Buffalo
county; comforting civil jurisdiction on
the county court of Jefferson county;
authorizing a dam across Hay river in
Barron county; to amend the law to
establish municipal court in the viii
lagc of Waukesha, and relating to the
salary OF the county judge Of 'sewaunee
county.
In the assembly Mr. Hall created
laugh by offering resolution providing
that no adjournment except from day
to day take place before April 3. Senate
bill No 1879 relating to the election or
appointment of women upon boards OF
education in cities Of the second and
third classes, existing under special
charters.
Madison, March l0.--In the upper
house Senator Roehr's bill, making ply
steal education a part of the regular
school curriculum in all normal, high
and city schools entirely or partly main
tanned by the state was passed as was
also the bin amending the statutes re-
lating to damages from defective roads.
requiring notice of claims to be made
within five instead of ninety days. The
Dane county drainage bills, No. q and
245 3. which had been reported iJr in
definite postponement, were on motion
of Senator Weton, laid over for one
week A senate bill was killed, appro-
priating 200 to James Purcell, of
Madison, for injuries received by fall
in the capitol park.
In the assembly the bill looking to
the creation of a pardon board was
killed 81 to i3, thus that question being
settled for this session. Bills were in
troduced by Mr. ID. f. Jones, amending
the law relating to executions; also for
the better protection of the public
health. Mr.. Hall spoke in favor of his
resolution for only day-to-day adjourn
ments till April 3. rules of course pro-
yidng for adjournment over each Sun
day. The resolution was rejected 90 TO
AZ Mr. Barnum's heroic resolution in
favor of Cuban liberty was unanimously
adopted by a rising vote. Among the
house bills passed were those giving the
county court of La Crosse county Grim
inal Jurisdiction: relating TO the Ripon
municipal court; requiring assessors to
make return of all property exempt
from taxation, amending section 2,S40
revised statutes, relating to the deter
m'nation OF issues of law changing the
terms OF court In the 18th judicial cir
cult; relating to historical museums.
and levying of taxes in relation to same,
in certain cases: authorizing the Wis
cOnsin Baptist State convention TO
change its name, relating 10 the gather
ing of statistics of farm products, The
special order, No, 26, (Fogo's bin, was
taken up at II O'Clock and its author
made a vigorous speech, for its passage.
rs did also Mr.. Tucker, Mr.. Peterson
and Mr., Barnum while Mr.. D. f. Jones
created a genuine sensation by a most
eloquent address in opposition. Not
in dozen years has so brilliant
speech been made in the legislature
The motion TO engross and read the
bin third time failed to prevail, 81
10 81, the measure thus being killed
Those voting for the bill were Messrs.
Ackermann, Agen, Barnum Buttles
Cashln Church, Dresser, Ed
wards. Fogo Frink, Gavin, Hogan
flurd, LANCE Maertz, Marsh, Merriman,
Olson, Pierce, Pummer, Policy Pratt
Reinnoldt, Rosenkrans, Schelenberg,
J ]. Smith, Treat, Tucker. UT. White,
and Wolfinger When the bill
for the prevention OF foul
brood among bees came up to be
ordered 70 third reading It was op-
posed by Messrs. w. A. Jones, Bul-
l,rN YNate{1a,,, 7 ,,,o f1th,