The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-08-21
THE LEGISLATURE,
Tho Senate.

The Wisconsin Legislature mot I, oil
Jourheu session at O'Clock on the after
noon OF the nth for the pUrpoSr of gaontinr
ane revised statutes, and transactiug such
"ther business as Il caucus to br hold thar
night might deem cNpcdir.t * ,yas tbc
RUE all last winter. the Senate clock was
aoout Ten minutes slow, and il was 2:1o by
actual time when the president pr1 tenn
hr. mayer, in the absence uT lent -Eo,-
BaenSch called tn" Senate 10 order Rev u
a. inter offered prayer. Roll call showed
an but eight Of the lhirty-two senator's
present. a petition was presented hv Sen
ator Roehr from the Milwaukee Ffshermen's
league, asking the repeal Of section II of fhn
state fish law, providing closed season for
whitctish. GOV. ScotiCld'S veto of a Senate
bill was read and Senator Riordan submitted
the report of the committee on revision This
was all the business done and on motion of
Senator Austin recess was taken till 10 q
N. on the 18th
The Assembly.
Eight VetocS from the governor. including
the important sleeping ear and express com
Pany bills, were presented when the Assem-
bly, convened on the 18th. In his cnulnunt-
cation Gov. Scoticld urged the Legislature Ia
amend and pass the sleeping ear express bills
over his veto, saying that a righteous Sys-
tenn of taxation demanded that big corpora
tionS should not bc allowed 10 escape their
share of the public burden He expressed
his opinion of both bills iii his veto Of the
express bill, simply saving in the sleeping
ear veto that what was true of the express
bill was true of this. The veto Of the CN-
press bill reads as follows: To the Hon
orahlc, the Assembly: | have the honor to
return herewith, without approval hin No.
l29, originating in the Assembly entitled
An act To define express companies. and to
dehpc the mode of taxing the same and to
fN the rate of taxation thereon This bill
Is returned for the reason that il failed of
proper enactment In its passage there was
disregard of the very explicit direction Of
the constitution that in The passage in
either branch of the Legislature Of any law
which imposes. continues, or rcnewS Il tax,
the question shall he taken 10y yeas and nays.
and threc-hfthS Of all the members elect to
such house shall in such cases be required tn
constitute 4 quorum 70 approve Il measure
so plainly aud vitally defective would be to
invite litigation and SuhiCct the state To uu-
necessary expense. | desire tu call your at
tention to the Importance of this measure
ana also 10 that of bill No. tl9 \. and to
urge upon YOU the necessity for properly
enactiug both bills before the Adjournment
of this session. If we are to maintain in this
state righteous system of taxation, it is
necessary that we see t0 1t that large cor
purationS doing business within our borders
and receiving without discrimination or
stint the full protection Of our laws. shall
not escape paying their just share If the ok
penses of the government. Respectfully Ed
ward SCotield, Governor" The other yctoes
related to the bakery bill, til" hill To author
ize counties to ercct industrial schools, an
amendment to the banking code. a bill re
latinc To the assessment of banking stock, Il
bill for dam on the Ocontu river and a
bill relating To the assessment Of property.
bill makes possible. if not probable the
visiting OF hardship upon persons Of limited
means who are carrying on small baking CS-
adjustments in the villages and smaller
towns throughout the state. The real pur-
pose of the bill. which seems to bc to en-
force sanitary measures. can lie better aC-
compliShed under the present laws hy the
health authorities of the various towns. y
On the bill amending the laws relating to
the bank examiners office the governor says
This measure is open to much more serious
objections than those urged against the law
Of %, which were pointed out in my bcn-
NAL message to the Legislature. in that i'll
stead of placing the full responsibility Of
bank examining where the banking code con-
tUmplat"d il should hc-Up1n the state treas
urrr-it divided il between the state treas
nrcr and the bank examiner. and upCnS the
WAY for making TIA" otiic" nf bank examiner
much more expensive than II II ut the pres
Cnt time. BESIDES this. tn" bill is in pppO-
Stiun To the policy Of tn" Legislature rs to
limiting the number Of employees in the var
urc known rs Chapter 80 uf the laws Of
1891" The report of the committee Oh reyiS-
ion was sent in to both houses in printed
form. each member getting y copy The GOV
ernOr'S N"tncS wcr" laid over aud tn" AS
sembly adjourned until 10 n m OH the 18th
3hcre were only sixteen members present at
the session.