Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-02-24

ton to the Wisconsin home for reebGe-mlnd
ed for furniture, etc; relating to attorneys
appointed to defend in courts of this state;
relating to drawing of jurors; relating to
duties Of assessors; relating to payment Of
certain bail moneys in Milwaukee; reducing
capital stock of Manufacturers bank OF
New Richmond; relating to levy on corpor-
ate stock; relating to excise and sale of in
toXicating liquors; relating to the salary Of
the county judge of Racine county; relating
to the public school for dependent and neg
lected children; relating to religious socie-
ties and giving women the right to vote in
church societies. When Mr.. Dresser'S bill
relating to district attorneys was taken up,
Mr.. RoSenkranS offered resolution proYid-
ing that remuneration &c paid to assisting
attorneys be deducted from the salaries Of
district attorneys, and the whole matter
was sent back to the judiciary committee
There was a long informal discussion over
Senator Munsons bills amending the laws
so as to allow insurance statements to be
printed in weekly as well as daily papers,
and it was finally sent to the committee on
insurance, banks and banking with instruc-
lions to report Mr. Whites bill relating
to penal and charitable institutions was sent
institutions: The following. bills were
killed: Relating to release of options; re-
quiring tax rolls in towns and villages to be
indexed; relating to sale of liquors on eiec
ton days and on Sunday relating to keep
ing open of shops and doing labor on Sun
day; regulating the term of liquor licenses
in towns, villages and cities relating to es-
adjustments of warehouses;; to abolish the
fee from applicants for teachers certifi-
Gates; felaJl1S TO aliens desiring ClIlZenSnlp,
relating TO non-pay ment of taxes on wide
tired wagons; relating TO teachers insti-
tuteS; relating to licenses in cities of the
second and third class. Among q large num-
Der Of bills ordered engrossed were Assem-
blyman TaylOr'S bill amending the law re-
lating to railroad licenses and Assembly
man Clark's bill regulating the inspection
Of Illuminating oils.
The Assembly had a redhot fight on the
10Th over the bill to appropriate $4,000 to
Pay the debts Of the State Agricultural So
ciety, which came up under the order of
b1l;5 ready for engrossment, but failed to
do anything, an adjournment being taken
in the thick Of the fight. Mr.. Polachecl
protested in the name of the merchants Of
Milwaukee against the killing of the bill,
which would mean the death Of a state III
stitution which had struggled for forty-fve
years to establish a state fair of which the
state might be proud. He moved to sub
St1tute the minority report for the majority
report. Mr. Flett moved to make it the
special order for Wednesday morning, but
the motion was lost by vote of SO to 40.
Mr. Polacheck moved the previous question.
It was voted down by an aye and no vote Oh
rs to 81. Mr.. LANCE moved to make 1t a
special order for the 24th and Mr.. Nc
Gfath favored poStponing action on the bill
until No. 81 A should be considered. He
asked Mr.. LANCE to accept an amendment
to his motion to defer action until that bill
had been disposed Of. but Mr.. LANCE OBJ
jected. In the midst Of the discussion Mr..
GOdell moved to adjourn until the evening
of the 22d and it carried. On motion to
correct the Assembly journal Mr.. Ray
raised the point that a member of com
mittee not present when action is taken
on matter cannot sign the report, anG was
sustained by the chair after a long parlia-
mentary Wrangle