River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-02-04
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
The State Lawmakers Meet in Biennia
Session IN Madison

Madison. Wis. Jan H-In the senate
yesterday the ballot for United States
senator was almost unanimous for John c.
Spooner. Bills were introduced for reform
in holding caucuses and TO exempt from
taxation land used by villages and cities
for public parks and grounds
Madison. Wis, Jan 2S-a nonsy the i'm
portant bills introduced in the senate yes
terday were two for beet sugar bounty.
one for the creation of a board of railroad
commissioners. TO abolish the state boar
OF Immigration and to make registrars of
deeds and clerks of courts saiaried officers.
Madison. Wis, Jan Ex-senator White
head. of GAINESVILLE. introduced bill in the
senate yesterday requiring railway COM
/ panies to carry bicycles free as baggage,
In licu Of all other baggage: also. TO pro-
I hibit ne sale of cigarettes and cigars to
mino~s
Madlson. Wis. Jan s0-A special Iegis-
lativs committee reported In the senate
yesterday IN ~ .or u hospital for the
/ criminal insane. bur made no recommen-
| dat.ons regarding the abolition OF CONVICT
labor.
Madison. wis. Feb. Gov. sehofeld
! sent a communication to the senate yes
/ terday reporting Gov. Upham's list of par
I dons for the past two years. There were
40 from state prison and 200 or more from
county jalls. The petitions included one
/ from citizens of PoynetTe for the passa ge
I Of an anti-cigarstte law. Senator Nc
Gilliyray's joint resolution for the appoint
ment of commission TO revise the bank
| Ing laws Of the state was adopted
The Assembly.
/ Madison. Wis. Jan 1.-THE vote for
/ United States senator in the assembly yes
terday was cast for John c Spoouer. The
| senate joint resolution for the appoint
1 ment of a Joint committee to report on
4 changes advisable in number of employees
and salaries paid in the several state de-
/ troduced increasing the appropriation to
/ the State Historical society. from $5.R0
! 10 $4,000. and to vacate the state park and
/ bring other state lands into market.
Madison. Wis. Jan. 2S-In The assembly
4 yesterday Mr.. Hall introduced two rail-
/ way bills. One is a copy Of the iowa Law
/ and its provisions apply to all railway. ex-
/ press car, sleeping car and freight tine
/ companies and to all common carriers en-
4 gagged In the transportation of passengers
/ or property within the state 1t forbids the
giving NJ any sl,@ciat rute rebate ~ firaw
back whereby one person should be charged
4 q greater or less compensation for services
/ than is charged fer like contempora neous
/ service to Others. and prohibits preference
/ or advantages to shippers or localities II
also forbids greater charge for a shorter
/ than longer distance, all or ny portion OF
/ the short haul being included In the longer
/ and II gives treble damages to parties in
| jured by violations of the act The other
| bill provides for an elective railway COM
mission of three members with mower
/ to make reasonable ma ximum rates for the
/ transportation of freights and passengers
/ 10 prevent Determinations between persons
| and places and generally TO compel the
granting to all citizens of the state inst
and equal treatment By railway companies
Madison, Wis, Jan. 29.-In the assembly
yesterday Mr.. Billiard introduced an
amended libel bill. giving the offending
/ newspaper five days before the beginning
/ of a suit in which TO retract. and limiting
/ damages to actual loss; also protecting
| newspapers from stits for libel in the re-
/ porting OF official proceedings. Mr.. AgeT
introduced bill authorizing sub-stat'
fair for northern Wisconsin at Chippewa
| Falls, to be held annually: the state to pay
/ 81, coo plus ten per cent. of premiums actu
ally paid out by the fair; the state also tC
Jay 5000 for plant.
Madison, Wis, Jan. 30.-Among the pc
/ titions presented in the assembly yester.
day was one from the Wisconsin Congre
gattonal convention for law driving from
the state the Ideal Park Racing association
| of Kenosha county. and all similar gam
| bling institutions; also one raising the age
| of consent to is years. Among the impor
| tant bills introduced was one by Mr.. Tuck
| er authorizing counties 10 build and main
| tain Industrial schools, the plans 10 he ap
| proved by the board of control. and one by
| Mr. Wiley forbiGding poolseling. and max
| ject applicable to the entire state. A pc
4 tition $50 yards long was presented by MIR
| w. T. Lewis, of Racine. Ii was signed bl
$1,000 citizens and prayed for an anti
| cigarette law.
Madison, Wis. Feb. 2.-In the assembly
| yesterday Mr.. Eaton introduced bill Civ
| ing the board of control the right to us
prisoners In the state prison, houses o
correction and county iais for the worl
of building and repairing roadways in th'
aval a4Farr sEaN
shall be Illegal to manufacture in any o
| these institutions any article manufac
tured by any private party In the state
i Other important bills introduced were: b.
Reinhold an antitrust law: by Harvey,
| bill amending the Law regulating organiZa
ton of church societies by providing tina
| women shall have the right to vote therein
| by Wheeler, providing that no first-citizel
/ papers shall be issued within so days befor
any election; by Arson, appropriatng $50.
| 600 to the state school for dependent chill
| dren and $685. 200 TO the Industrial school TO
j girls