Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

| session OF GlS Stlldle ueSuly hlOl IL
| ing. Rev. ?. b. Knox offered prayer
The usual fool of petitions in favor Of
he bicycle, cigarette and pharmacy
bills were received also protests
against the repeal ct the Sunday Laws
and the removal of the Marquette
| statue.
Joint resolution Ne % s, providing
| for an inspection Of the Veterans nome
at Waupaca, was referred TO the COM
mttee on military affairs. No. Il S,
providing for the vacation of certain
streets in Milwaukee was ordered 10 a
third reading. No. % s, relating to en-
cult courts, and the four bills of Sena-
tor Mills, Nos. so, ST, 81 and SO, relat"
ing to imprls )nmert OF judgment debt
ors, were indefinitely postponed. Sea-
atGr Minis mad! 4 brlei argument Tor
his pills He said they proposed 10 e.
I peal the law which makes it possible
to lock man up because of his deb.s.
At present, by tort judgments a man
may be impfiSOnei the person holding
the judgment paying the board ara
demand the full limit of the law,
1t is a relic Of the dark ages he said,
and ought not to be on the statute
books Of Wisconsin. Senator Austin
in opposition said the state was not
ready for such an innovation as was
contemplated and believed the law at
present is just and holds all over uhe
world.
When the specia, order of the day,
joint resolution No. l. $, came up, de-
bate followed. The resolution propos-
es an amendment to the constitution
giving the Legislature power to create
board of pardons, Senator Austin
was the first speaker He believed any
change In the constitution unnecessary
and unwarranted There was 40
clamor for it, no reason for it. If the
last two governors had been too leni-
ent that fault could be remedied by
electing such governors as he believed
the present one to be, men not to be
carried away by sympathy, but who
would establish rules governing their
actions and VINO would maintain them
w llIl Il tUul III lSSIOlt, ilt SdlNl, lCSpOlISl-
blity CGulG BE- shifted rardonS would
be applied for more Humerously and
granted more frequently because re-
sOnSibili,y could be divided. 1t see ned
TO him it simply crea,ed another Cour.,
court Of Baruons. II would be
great eXl ensa. He predicted it would
COST from SIS, 600 To so goo year with
N five years. He QuD,Cd from Jus ice
SIOry and the fathers of he COnstitu
tion showing them t. hc in favor of
placing the pardoning power in the
hdn;,s o. one man. lie believed the
best su.serY2d by leaving the power
entirely. in the hand Of the governor.
Senator Putnam saiG the resolution
created no statute. Ii simply refereed
the matter 10 the people which, he
thought was safe enough. Senator
bennett had failed to hear Of Il single
petition for such beard. lie would
like to give Gov. Scofeld two years
trial and see If he then desired the
board. a further objection was that
ii tended to broaden and complicate
the government which should be kept
Is simple as possible,
senator Whitehead believed that
senator Austin had stated correctly The
usual reasons urged agains, such
boards II was an interesting fact,
however, that in New England, whence
many Of the best things in our Laws
come, have vested this power in more
than one man, and New Jersey AMI
Pennsylvania had very similar proVi-
sions. lie believed the governor should
be relieved from the great pressure
brought to bear upon him in pardon
matters. Senator LamoreuX said he
had been opposed to an advisory board.
but there was 4 feeling that the par
doning power should not be left to the
governor, and he believed the people
should be given the opportunity to la|e
a pardonng board il they want it.
Senator Austin spoke again against
the resolution, The proper remedy
would be for the governor TO adopt
stringent rules on the matter of par
dons. us he believed Governor Scoheid
has done, and adhere to them. The
governor in mis- message only asked the
legislature to ConsiGol the wisdom Of
creating a pardonins beard. If law
yer. he said, had cause VIII Oh he KIN W
was against the law he wanted a jury;
he could work bette" on the sympatales
of twelve men than hose Of The Judge
The resolution was weak IN that il de-
ceived the people. /. simply gives he
power to the legislature. No pnblia
body was ever given a power l. dida
exercise, especially when there was an
office to give away We could not he
too careful in amending the charter OF
our liberties, the constitution Sena
tor DeNos said he would oppose he
resolution If It dill rot give the people |
an opportunity to speak themselves |
As II did he favored the passage of II |
When the vote on the adoption of he
resolution came, Sen2to1 Putnam called |
for the ayes aud noes II was adopted |
~ TO 10. by tho following vote, Ayes;
Senators Baxter, Con ger. Deyos, Fisher, |