Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22
WISCONSIN sOL0Ns.

c,ta Monday resolution was
-, - ~ - narmit Mr.. Thayer to intlouu
iii IN ~ prevent the spread o.
. r. crops. The bill Tor tue 80
at;on of street railway comp 2, a
aanc,,rrad in: its provisions VIII illpo Nil
tox concentrating 100000 upon tue .i,o
,,I.aa street Railway Company ioi lno
.,.,.nant vear. All other electric raiiWa!s
=, tha State will be taxed 1E per cent on
.ha;r GROSS earnings. The House Dill 70
,;n,;t rates Of taxation was concurreu ~.
,,ha House concurred in seVerai ni'noA
Tresdav morning the Assembly al'ei
sborn debate. ordered to thliu ieau 49,.
~ Hall hill for an investigation OF !ne
railroads to see if they were no. .La iii
taxation. At the evening session ~ 80 .ba;r
r,as Lilled. Its author declared .na 49,
own published statements sno" nos,
have eyaded taxes CT 5l,oOo'usUo =. 49, ~
earnings in the Northwestern 1 3.u :. ~
inc the past twelve years. - 70
MI Kelley cure claims under w mart ,vos
Gently nullified by the Supreme LII. LII I;n-
Nine o,,i;nc within half mile OF the ota'e
uY,;sors;ty The same fate was thal OF
,,oosura compelling railway companies ~
~, mileage books at the present rates
'.;.haut rebates. In the Senate the pure
,'raot;ces hill. which had previously Deeh
ppassed narrowly escaped being reca,ieu'
p rs Toto being tie, the Lieutenant 1o'-
ernor deciding in favor OF the
It now goes to the Assembly. 60
Tn tho LEGISLATURE Wednesday Sen
ota committee reported for concurrence
tho Assembly anti-cigarette bill. 1t pro-
dos that each seller Of cigarettes must
taka ont n $500 license annually. Seiilns
70 minors is also forbidden. After oe-
hate the bill taxing water works COM
NAMES on their gross earnings was au-
vanced to engrossment in the Senate.
In tbe Senate Thursday Senator wei
toms bill providing for boards or ponce
and fire commissioners and civil service
in the police and fire departments III cues
If the second and third class was passed
To the third reading. The Dill provinces
that the Mayors of the cities included
shall appoint the boards. Mr.. Barnum or
Wausau attacked the bill, especially It's
civil service features, and at the close Oh
his speech the bill was ordered TO the
third reading.
The Senate Friday settled the antl-pass
campaign for this session by killing AS
semblynan Halls proposition for CON
stitutional amendment to deal with the
subject. The Senate concurred III the
House bill for State Board of Agrlcul-
ture. Assemblyman fuckers bill forbid
ding State aid to public schools wherein
nuns must teach was killed in the upper
house. The Assembly passed bill appro-
priating $75,0 900 for reformatory Tor
first offenders, also bill providing tor
plumbing inspectors in cities. The Gov
ernor has signed the civil service police
and fire commission bill for cities OF from
10000 to 10000. 1t goes into effect at
once and Mayors now in office make the
appointments. The Legislature decided
to adjourn sine die April "a. The Assem-
bly, Committee on State Affairs recon-
mended the Timme State road bill for in
definite postponement. This is the meas
ure providing for the construction OF a
road from Milwaukee south along the
lake shore to the Illinois State line, where
it is to meet an extension of the Sheridan
drive, thus giving a lake shore highway
from Chicago to Milwaukee. The COM
mittee questions the constitutionality Of
tho hill