Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-03-04
VISCONSIN SOLONS

Tn the Assembly MONDAY MT. AnSOn
bill relating to the Milwaukee Orphans
Asylum was passed, and adjournment
was taken. There were eighteen members
present when President Thayer called the
Senate to order. There were many petit
lions for the passage of the bicycle bill,
one for the medical bill and several re-
monstrances against the memorial provid-
ing for the calling back of the Pere Mar
ouette statue. Mr.. Stanley's bill to make
appropriations for the new home for fee
ble-minded, was ordered to third reading,
and No. 113 S., by Mr.. Mills, relating to
rights of cities, which was on the calendar
for third reading, was laid over. After
a session lasting exactly ten minutes the
Senate adjourned.
In the Assembly Tuesday the following
bills were passed: To amend the law re-
1ating to the Milwaukee Orphans Home;
relating to improvements on highways,
relating to settlement with town treas
urers; to organize the town of Crivitz, in
Marinette County; relating to loans to
school districts. The Senate passed these:
To authorize the Committee on the Revis-
ion of the Statutes to employ clerks; to
cede certain lands in Calumet County to
the United States Government; to set
aside land in northern Wisconsin as q
military reservations; providing for legal
defense of members of the Wisconsin
National Guard in actions brought against
them; to legalize the acts OLA Jefferson
County justice of the peace.
The first big fight in the Legislature
thus far occurred in the Assembly We'd
nesday over bill appropriating $4,000 to
the State Agricultural Society. The
State grants that society $4,000 aid an
nually, provided no liquor is sold on tho
grounds. Milwaukee brewers have Of late
induced the society to ignore State aid,
but it ran far behind and the Assembly
passed to third reading the bill to help
it OUT Mr.. Halls bill, No. 112 A., 20 au-
thorize the building of ferry across the
Chippewa river, was passed, as was also
No. 317 A., relating to guardians and
wards. Mr. Munson's bill for the print
ing of insurance statements in weekly
as we'll as in a daily newspaper was
amended to read zone weekly newspaper
instead of "a weekly newspaper" and
passed. The Senate passed bill giving
national Democrats chance to get on the
official ballot hereafter, Notwithstanding
that they poled less than 2 per cent Of
the total vote.
The Senate Thursday summarily killed
the bill requiring Supreme Court judges
to retire at 20 years, and the one provid-
ing for the examination of stationary en-
gineers. The Senate concurred in bills
to appropriate $4,000 to furnish the
Home for the Feeble Minded; to author
ize the New Richmond Bank to reduce
its capital stock; relating to female suf
frage in the organization of religious So
cieties. The Assembly had Strengthening
session, killing twenty bills out of twenty
six reported from various committees,
among them one to take away from the
Milwaukee Gas Company its exclusive
franchise A bill making aliens inelig-
Bile to hold any public office, elective or
appointive, was the most important of sew
eral passed The indications are that the
session will not end prior to the middle of
April.
The Governors recommendation in his
special message recently that a State tax
be levied to place the treasury in such
condition that the State would not, as for
many years past, be obliged to call on the
for their license moneys long
before due, met a response in the Legisla-
ture Friday when the State Affairs Com
mittee reported a bill covering the case.
The proposed tax will be three-fifths of
mill, which will raise about $3.50, 900. The
tax is for each of the ensuing two years.
A sharp fight occurred in the Assembly
in regard to the method of taxing steam
boat property, over bill favorably re-
ported for the repeal of the present law
Milwaukee and Superior members fought
it, declaring that to tax vessels like other
personal property would simply drive
them out of this State and to Chicago.
Duluth and other ports, where taxing
better favored them. Oppo-
nents of the bill sought in vain to secure
it's re-reference. The vote against them
was 40 to % The bill comes up later for
passage. The Assembly passed a bill ia
repeal the law Of 1895 permitting inebri-
ates to take the cure at county expense.