Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-25

passenger was entitled to the priyil-
eye OF having carried free number
or articles such as, for instance, opera
glasses, revolver, pair of duelling pls-
tolls, fishing tackle, rifle, shotgun. bed
ding, tools, surgical instl uments, etc.
The courts have even held that $4,000
worth OF laces carried by a wealthy
Russian Lady ard six dozen shirts be-
longing to a wealthy German were
properly baggage. If these articles
/ are baggas, then bicycle can proper
ly be considered baggage, said the
speaker. bicycles are checked as bag
gage, though passengers are compelled
TO pay excess charges. This shows
that railroads consider them as bag
gage AMI The contention that they are
not properly 50 is untenable.
+. B. Va Faukenbergh OF Milwau-
kee was the last speaker He took
UP the legal asl ects of the matter and
clteo number OIL decisions of courts
showing that bicycles might properly
! be classed as baggage.
Mess's. Ring and Wiswell stated
that they are. going to Washington 10
attend the inauguration OF Mckinley
LeXt week and asked that they be ae-
corded til. privilege of presenting the
railroads side of the question on March
IL. ThiS WAS agreeable to the com
nittec hEC the supporters of The nit!
and the next bearing was set for then
Herman Andrea and f. j. Schroedlr.
prominent Whetlmen of Milwaukee,
We're among Those presenr at the Ned:
ing
The Marquette Fight.
The assembly committee on federal
relations will take definite action next
Tuesday on Assemblyman Sweeting's
memorial to congress requesting the re-
turn of the Perre Marquette statue.
This was stated by Chairman Rosen-
krans Tuesday afternoon at bearing
on the memorial and the bills providing
for statues of Gems. Rusk and Fair
child. There is bound to be fight in
the house when the report is made on
these measures, no matter what the re-
pert is. Col. A. G. Weissert of Mil
waukee made lengthy speech before
the committee Tuesday urging favor
able consideration of the Rusk and
Fairchild bills. He spoke for the G..
A. R., he said, and neither he hor it
had fight against any religion. The
question Of religion didn't enter into
the matter in hand, the speaker said.
The G. A. r. desired to have statues of
two of it's foremost members placed in
the federal capitol at Washington and
he thought the desire should be granted
Department Stores.
Assemblyman George Taylor's bill
imposing license on department stores
was up before the assembly committee
on corporations for its first hearing
Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Taylor az
peared and made long speech in favor
of his measure. He said that delega-
tions of smaller tradesmen from Mil
waukee, La Crosse, Superior and other
of the larger cities of the state would
be present at future hearing and ad-
dress the committee. The bill imposes
a heavy tax on departing" stores and
it is expected that big fight will be
made against it by the larger depart
ment stores of the state before the COM
mittee takes final action.
For State Park.
A joint meeting of the ways and
means and the state affairs committees
of both houses was held Tuesday after
noon to consider $50 a, which provides
for the acquisition by Wisconsin of the
title to 1900 acres of land on the
banks of the st. CroiX river In Polk
county The bill carries an appropria-
ton of $4,000, Favorable considera-
ton of the bill was urged by Frank
Dorthey and T. H. Thompson both of
st. Croix Falls and both members of
the state park commission, H. c. Baker
of Hudson and George H. Hazard and
Edward Gotry of Taylor Falls, MINI.
There was no opposition.
A Cudahy Clash.
Assemblyman Eaton's bill to detach
a part of the village Of Cudahy and
put it back into the town of Oak Creek
in Milwaukee county was up before the
assembly committee on town and
county organizations Tuesday afternoon.
Henry Fink spoke in favor Of the bill
and F. W. Rogers against it.
Printing in Polish.
Asemblyman Yorkey's bill prohibit
ing the publication Of official notices in
Milwaukee in the Polish language was
advocated by City Clerk Anderson of
the cream city. No one spoke against
it Tuesday, but the Polish will be out
in full force from Milwaukee at future
hearing on the bill.