Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-22

| IHe Dill on us concurrence MS pre-
vailed, SO to II, the negative being
Messrs. Barnum, Bechtel, Billiard,
! Cashin Edwards, Frink, Froehlich,
Gavin, Lange, MaertZ, Plummer, Poia-
check, Sweeting, Thomas and Wiper
man. Mr.. Barnum again attacked the
bill, denouncing civil service reform
! with vehemence, as an undemocratic
/ nstitution--as tending toward mon
urchy. The bill was concurred i'll, Az
to Is, and went back to the senate for
action on the amendments. Inc
cities accepted by this bill are: Madison,
La Crosse, Oshkosh, Superior, Racine,
Sheboygan, Eau Claire, Green Bay,
Marinette, Appleton, Fond du Lac,
GAINESVILLE Ashland, and Wausau 1t
affects all the cities of the state having
a population OF over 10000, except Mil
waukee.
! In the assembly after call OF the
house. the Fett bill denominating bicy-
cles baggage was killed, Assembly
bills were passed: Nos. 376 tTrue),
for the publication of the town laws;
$50 (Wheeler), appropi'ating $4,000 for
each of the next two years for geo.
logical and natural history survey;
539 (PratD, appropriating to state SUI
perintendent, j. Q, Emery, $3.50 as
pay for collecting historical data, dur
ing the ensuing two years; 644 (Wip-
perman), making life Imprisonment
the penalty for train wrecking where
death results, and GAS (HoyD, taxing
toll roads 3 per cent. on their gross
earnings The committee on priv
ileges and elections favorably reported
the Mills caucus bill, but with an
amendment making it apply to gen
eral elections and permitting councils
Of cities to exercise their own yolitiOn
| in acting under the law. The special
committee to classify the capitol en-
! plGyes reported by bill. If it becomes
law it viii make an annual reduction
Of SIT 600 in salaries and of $1,000 in
sp5 cial council fees. Senator Bakers
bill, No, 237, relating to the Waupaca
home, created debate. 1t came from
the upper house carrying Il $4,000
appropriation. That sum had been
fixed by the claims committee The
house military affairs committee raised
the limit to $4,000 and the as
Sembly affirmed that action.
Madison, April 16.-The Weton bill
putting police and fire departments
under civil service regulations. came up
in the senate on motion by Senator
tn
an endment which contemplates put
ting the measure in effect at once
The motion was rejected. The governor
a once signed the bill. Joint resom-
ton No. 75s, to submit to the people
the proposition for convention, was
was non-Concurred in without debate
by vote of Is to 10. Three other
! joint resolutions were on-concurred in:
! No. ia (Merl'iman), to amend the con-
StltutiOn relative to citizenship, Strik-
| ing out the words declared his inten-
tions; No. l0a, (Mosher), proposing
constitutional amendment enabling the
state to aid in road Improvement; No.
| la (MerrllD, to discontinue the taking
of the census every five years. The
bill to authorize the city of Milwaukee
TO erect a garbage plant was adopted,
with an amendment which practically
keeps the city from going outside the
f, city limits. A debate arose between
, Senators Conger and bennett on the
bill relative to the tax on Waterworks,
No. BIOS. Senator Conger opposed it on
! the grounds that it would tax some
bennett said that the bill would cor
rect the extremes, those of Sheboygan
where too little tax is paid and Portage
where IL per cent. is paid on the gross
earnings Of the works 1t was passed:
| Assemblyman Trues bill, No. 37Sa,
providing for the organization of the
state board of agriculture to replace
the present state agricultural society,
amended so that the new organization
takes possession Jan. 1, 1898, was con-
Cured in without discussion, % to 4.
Other bills passed We're: Nos. 39Os
Davis, TO prevent reinsurance in un-
licensed companies; 1865 (Withee), re-
quiring university regents to report
to the legislature and 29Sa Church,.
to regulate the sale Of impure ice.
Under suspension of the rules Senator
WeIton's BILL No. zoos, was passed,
re-enacting chapter SO, laws of 1883,
relating to protection of fish in Dane
! county.
In the assembly Mr.. McGrath made
an earnest speech in advocacy of the
passage of his bill, 1S3a, applopriating
$4,000 for the establishment of an in
termediate prison or reformatory for
/ first offenders. 1t was passed, IS to
81. The Agen BILL Elsa, continuing the
state board of immigration for two
year, of which the secretary is to get
$1,000 annually, was passed, Il to 2.
Mr.. Rosenkrans demanded TO know
the purpose of Nos 2S9a. the Polacheck
| plumbing measure. Its author ex-
| planned that it was purely in the in
terest OF the public health by requiring
i'll fns