Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-18
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mination 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 to the gather
ing Of statistics Of farm products The
special order, No. &c, (Fogo's bilD. was
taken up at II o'clock, and its author
made vigorous speech, for it's passage,
as did also Mr.. Tucker. Mr. Peterson
and Mr.. Barnum, while Mr. D. F. Jones
created 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
bill third time failed to prevail. 81
to 81, the measure thus being killed.
Those voting for the bill were Messrs
Ackermann, Agen, Barnum, Buttles,
Cashin, Church, Dresser, Ed
wards, Fogo, Frink, Gavin, Hogan.
Hurd, LANCE, Maertz, Marsh, Merriman,
Olson, Pierce, Plummer, Policy, Pratt,
ReinnoIdt, Rosenkrans, Schellenberg,
]. j. Smith, Treat, Tucker, UT, White,
and Wolfnger. When the bill
for the prevention Of foul
brood among bees came up to be
ordered to third reading it was op-
posed by Messrs. W. A. Jones, Bull
lard, Davidson, True and LANCE. The
opposition was Overwhelmingly de-
feated. Among the bills killed were
the following: Providing for steam
boiler inspection; creating superior
court for Winnebago county; relating
to division of license moneys; relating
to fees of sheriffs, and to police powers
Of agents Of Wisconsin Humane So
ciety; relating to divorce
Madison, March lin the upper
house a senate bill was passed to con-
solidate the general election code and
secure greater secrecy and purity of the
ballot. Assembly bills were concurred
in: organizing the town of Crivitz in
Marinette county; apprOpriating 800
each to Messrs. Woodwork, Lewis
and McGrath, legislative visiting COM
mittee, for visiting the state institu-
tiOns; authorizing the erection Of a
bridge across the KickapOO river and
authorizing the governor to designate
a day to be known as arbor day and
bird day The substitute fish and
game bill was rereferred with the
amendments submitted to it to the COM
mittee and will be reported on next
week. The Barnum resolution of sym
pathy with Cuba was concurred in.
Bills were killed:-Providing for vac
cInation; requiring security for wages
and materials used in public buildings
and works; and prohibiting any person
who furnishes material for buildings
from having a lien; No. 317 a, relating
to guardians and wards, was killed 1t
is the measure, that, it is said, was
calculated to settle the PEERLESS Mark
ham case in favor of Pereles.
In the assembly Mr. Burnham made
a motion that the Treat bill, No. 499,
forbidding the sale Of liquor within
half a mile Of the national soldiers
home, Milwaukee, be rereferred to the
committee on state affairs. 1t prevailed
after Mr.. Treat had explained that he
wished it considered not later than next
Wednesday. Assembly bills were passed:
Providing for the assessment for street
improvements, sewers and water pipes
of lands in cities owned or used by
cemetery associations; amending the
peddler law authorizing ]. F. Hamil-
ton, Charles T. Baker and Horace Miner
to maintain a dam across Beaver creek,
Juneau county; forbidding the sale of
impure ice; increasing the license fees
Of certain minor railways; authorizing
cities to change their names; legaliZing
the acts of the officers of the ElrOy
cemetery association in executing GER
tain deeds; providing for the investment
of municipal sinking funds in municipal
bonds, and encouraging a wider use Of
the books of free public libraries. Mr..
LANCE opposed the passage of the senate
bill appropriating $1,000 for 1878 to
the State Firemen's association. He
had fought just such measures during
three sessions, as the money granted
was merely used in paying the expenses
of an annual firemen's picnic. The
bill was concurred in, So to 81. Other
senate bills concurred in were:-Ceding
certain lands in Calumet county to the
United States; authorizing cities to ac-
quire lands outside the city limits for
park or driveway purposes, and to
create park commissions and prescribe
their powers and duties, and levying a
Ito mill tax for two years for normal
SCHOOL improvements. Assemblyman
Hoyt's bill repeating the law of 1883,
which eXempts private insane asylums
from taxation, came back from the
senate with an amendment taxing the
Wauwatosa asylum, but exempting a
similar institution at Lake Geneva.
The amendment was rejected. Mr..
Frink presented the following resolu-
ton, claiming it as privileged
Whereas, intimations have been pub
lished in certain papers rejecting upon
the honor and integrity of certain mem
bers of this assembly, therefore, be it
resolved that a committee of five be
appointed to investigate the truth or
falsity of such intimations and that such
committee report back to the assembly,
at their earliest convenience" Before
it was adopted Mr.. Frink read a Madi-
son correspondence il the Milwaukee
Sentinel Of March limiting at bribery
in connection with a favorable report
on the medical board bill. He deemed
I tho T11atfor cnrio11c To :