Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-04-28

would make no objection. Senator Baxter
opposed concurrence in Assembly amend
ments to the bank examination law, requir-
ing the banks to pay fees for examination
of from $40 to $50. He thought it I'M
just requirement. Senator Putnam also
thought it unjust. The information was for
the benefit of the public, they said The
Senate refused to concur in the amend
ment. The first bill up for concurrence and
third reading was Assemblyman Overbeck's,
No. 80 A, relative to taxation Of water
craft, repeating the law of 1895, and was
reported for concurrence, Senator Thayer
dissenting. Senator Mills opposed concur
which was finally ordered to engrOsSment
and third reading by vote of IS to y. The
panies and Agents be creating board of inn
migration were ordered to third reading,
In the Senate on the night Of the 21st
Senator Whitehead of GAINESVILLE vigorously
opposed the passage Of No. 102 A, W. A.
Jones bill regulating building and loan as
sociations and placing them under the SUI
pservision of the state bank examiner He
alluded to previous bill prepared by Lieut..
Gov BaenSch on this subject which had
been killed, and this brought from Mr..
Baensch the explanation that the bill had
been killed on account of errors made in
printing it, and that No. 102 was the
same bill, and that he had drafted it for the
Association of Building and Loan associa-
tons, which comprised most of such assO-
Citations in the state. Finally the bill was
laid over until morning. An agreement was
reached during the afternoon on Assembly
man Overbeck's bill relative to taxation of
vessels, repeating chapter 1888, laws of 1895,
and on motion of Senator Mills it was
passed under suspension of the rules with
out a dissenting vote.
The Senate had a long fight on the en-
ploye salary bill on the 22d, and after
amending the bill reported by the claims
committee il several particulars, passed it
under suspension of the rules When the
substitute bill reported by the committee
was reached dozen fifteen amendments
were sent up from all parts of the chamber,
and Senator Green moved that the bill and
amendments be sent back to the joint COM
mittee on claims Chairman Baxter said
the committee on claims did not want the
bill. He would be willing to work with the
investigating committee. Senator Solliday
wanted it referred to both the claims and
investigating committees; he would like to
tin said he had probably been impOrtuned
more than any other senator to offer amend
ments, but had refused ref He wanted the
tees bill or reject the whole matter. A
motion by Senator Burke to lay the amend
ments on the table was rejected after Sena-
tor Baxter called attention TO the fact that
this would carry the bill with them. Both
motions to rerefer were lost, and the sew
eral amendments making increases in sew
eral salaries were voted down with hearty
chorus of noes. One by Senator Baxter au-
thorizing Il CLERK in the chief clerks place
i'll his absence, with no increase in salary,
was adopted. Another amendment by Sena-
tor Baxter readiusting salaries in the adju-
tant-general's office, at first rejected, was re-
and Oh Senator DennettS stating that this
was the intention of his committee but had
been made wrong by clerical error The
vote of rejection was reconsidered and the
amendment adopted. 1t makes total in
crease of $420. Another amendment by Sen
ator McGillyray giving the members of the
labor force well the clerical force
months vacation was adopted. All the
other amendments were voted down. This
brought the question to the bill reported
by the committee on claims with these three
amendments. 1t was ordered to engross
| meGt and third reading. Senator bennett
then moved that the rules be suspended and
the bill put on its passage The motion was
adopted and the bill passed-z23 to 5-by the
following vote: Ayes, Austin, Baxter, Da-
Mills, Munson, Pierce, Phillips Putnam,
ROehr, Stebbins, Stout. Thayer, Whelan,
Ioumans-23; noes, Lamoreux, McGillivray,
McAIullen. Riordan, Welton, 5; absent or not
voting, Burke, Conger, Mayer, SoIliday. 4.
What is considered the Lass working day of
the Senate opened this morning with a big
| calendar containing several important bills,
among them the anti-c;garette bill, the Nc
! prison, and the substitute bill reported by
| the committee on claims fixing the number
| and salaries of capitol employees. Immedi-
ateiy after the opening preliminaries a re-
| cess was taken till II a. ~. on motion of
Senator Thaye: enable the committee on
corporations to port on some important
bills which it had under consideration. When
the Senate reconyened at II a. m. the order
Of business was changed and the bills for
order to get bills engrossed today. The sub
stitute labor bill went over to the after
noon session. Bills were killed as follows:
No. 1871 5, relating to INSTRUCTION of deaf
mutes; No. 302 S, to create a board of edu-
cation to have charge of the univer
sity, normal and high schools. The
The Senate on the evening of the ed
killed Senator McGillivray's first antitrust
Dill, the governors veto o., of the bill being
sustained unanimously. The event Of the
evening came when Senator Roehr moved
to take the Hall anti-pass resolution from
the table, and intimated that the judiciary
committee had offered the resolution for a
constitutional convention for the purpose
of killing the anti-pass resolution. The
resolution for a constitutional convention
had been killed. Senator Austin denied
that the constitutional convention resolu-
ton was introduced as a subterfuge. 1t
had been introduced, he said, on it's merits
The motion to take the resolution from
the table adopted-14 to -
The vote by which the resolution was laid
on the table was then reconSidered by the
same vote The question then came the
indefinite pOstponement OF the resolution.
The Senate refused to indefinitely postpone
the bill-14 to 12-by the same vote by
which it was taken from the table. The
vote the question of concurrence was
! the same. As constitutional majority,
which would be II, is required for resolu-
| ton for constitutional amendment, the
| chair announced that the resolution had
| failed of concurrence.
In the Senate on the 23d joint resolution
| by Senator Stout was adopted authorizing
! Senator MunSOn to introduce a bill relative
to publication Of laws of this session. Sena-
tor Woodwork asked and obtained unani-
nous consent to withdraw his recall for re-
consideration Of bill No. 179 a, authorizing
assessors to list property exempt from taxa
ton. The committee Oh finance, banks and
! insurance reported b! No. 597 A, prohibit
| ing coinsurance in Wisconsin for noncon-
currence, and it was Killed under suspen-
| sion of the rules. Senator Davis bill Gre
| atinG a civil service system in Wisconsin
! was killed without discussion, half d dozen
! votes being in its favor. The substitute for
| bill No. 200 S, relating to legislative depart
ment of cities, which provides for the re-
! organization of the Milwaukee common
/ council and providing for dual council and
| giving the mayor more power, was ordered
| to engrossment and third reading, but Sena-
| tor Austin asked reconsideration of the vote.
| He said there several provisions of
| the city charter with which the bill does not
! harmonize. Senator Roehr argued for the
| bill. Senator Austin raised the point that
the substitute was not on the files and it
! went over to the evening session. The AS
senlbly amendments to Senator Davis cor
rupt practices act, No 169 S, were con-
Cured in without discussion and only Sena-
| tor Burke voted in opposition. A message
from the Assembly brought in the Clasan
pure beer bill, No. Col A. Senator Roehr