Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-03-25


passed without discussion. Senator
Burke alone voting no.
Convict Goods Bill Passed,
When No, (McGillivray), providing
for the labelling of the date, place and
nature of manufacture Of convict made
goods manufactured outside ot the
state Of Wisconsin, came up, Senator
M@iillivray stated that he believed no
speech was necessary for the passage
of the bill, He presented u bulk of
letters and petitions from workingmen,
who, he said, had sent no lobbyists to
work for it. He called for the ayes
a vote Of % to ., Senators Whelan and
ioumans voting in the negative.
Senator Welton argued earnestly for
the passage of his substitute telephone
bill when it came up for indefinite
poStponement, He believed no more
important measure would come before
the legislature at this session nor one
whose passage would add more to the
business prosperity of the state. The
| telephone companies were common
carries, existing by franchises and the
people had q right to demand the fun
est convenience,
Senator Mills explained for the COM
mittee on corporations that the bill had
been reported for indefinite postpone
ment because II seemed to amount TO
4 practical contiscation Of the property
ot long distance companies and hence
unjust and unconstitutional, He moved
for he indefinite postpouemeut of the
substitute bill.
Senator Whitehead spoke for the
! substitute. He believed 1t neither
contemplated nor amounted to COntis-
cation. The courts. he said, required
the connection of telephone and tele-
graphic lines and he thought II just us
fair Ia require connection between
competing telephone companies, The
substitute provided that connection
must be made, each company tn make
its own charges and collections.
The substitute was lost, 20 to =, by
the following vote;
Ayes Baxter, Conger. Munson,
Phillips, Riordan, Timme Weiton,
Whean and Whitehead
Noes Austin. Burke, Davis, Den
nett Devos, Fisher, Green, Lamoreux,
Mailer, Mayer, McGillivray, McMullen,
! Mills, Pierce. Putnam, Roehr, Solli-
! "a
mans 20
The bin was then indefinitely post
poned
Trust Memorial Carries.
At II o'clock Senator McGilivny' 5
memorial to congress. No. |, praying
for the submission to the people OF an
amendment to the federal constitution
for the suppression % trusts and IL
legal combinations, came up. senator
McGillivray made an animated speech
for the memorial. He roundly scored
the trusts as being unptrlotic, selfish
and most dangerous. Rockefeller, he
said, gave $3,O00,000 to the Chicago
university and shortly aftcrward oil
went up costing the people $5,ooo,ooO so
they built the university and he OBJ
jected to paying for another man $ mon
5ument by clmpusion, He called for
the ayes and noes on the memorial
and II was unanimously adopted.
A recess was then taken until 7;3O
p. m.
SENATE, EVENING SESSION.
The Joint committee on claims re-
y red for passage bin No. 1896 in the
senate Tuesday evening. The bill pro
yides for the improvement OF the exec
utlve residence, An amendment Was
recommended reducing the appropria
ton from $4,000 to 10000. Senators
Sollday and Baxter and Assemblymah
Cashin dissented from the report. Sen
ator Soliday said privately that he Oh
iected to the expenditure OF $4,000 Oh
such a ramshackle building as the gov
ernor's home. lie believed that an ap
preparation twice as large should pt
made and an entirely new structure
erected.
/
renee or passage were: Nos n (witl
amendmentsy regulating the catching
and killing Of fish and game; l44 a
establishing state school for depend
ent and neglected children; 1874 E
amendatory OF chapter 1856, laws OF 10
relating to tho state library; ~ 4
authorizing the construction OF dam III
Oconto river. OC0nto county, 23Z a
authorizing the construction Of a dam
in Yellow river in Burnett county; i31
a. relating to excise and the Issuing OF
liquor licenses; 207 with amendment
relating to licenses for telephones; BOZ
with amendmenD, authorizing the
construction OF dam in Middle river;
| 213 S, providing for a state loan to the
city OF the Depere public schools; W
with amendmenU, 10 make the ofiice
/ Of register OF deeds salaried; % a. d.
vidng cities into classes; 81 a. TO allow
/ certain cities to issue corporate bonds
for certain purposes; 81 8, legalizing