The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-18

wish, but don't cripple the number"
Enough has been learned, however, to
show that a number of people are on
The pay rolls who never should be there
and in some cases their names appear
on two pay rolls. Some of the depart
ments have been spending a great deal
Of money, and in one of them it appears
that the officer turns money into the
treasury and draws it out without any
one countersigning the orders. A bill,
however, has been introduced to cor
rect this.
The legislature is not yet recovered
from the shock Of the governors mes
sage relative to state finances The fact
that the great commonwealth is in the
habit of borrowing hundreds of thou
sands of dollars from the railroads and
banks was a crusher and Governor SEQ
fields intimation that if we want to be
free people we must not be in tow
to corporations is admitted on all sides
to be right. His special message is
really an insistence on clear above
board finance, to keep nothing from the
people.
Mr.. Lewis of Racine was in early with
his pardon BILL and ''there are others
be appointed by the governor but for
six-vear term so that no governor
can pack" that commission to secure
pardon in a particular case An ap-
plicant for a pardon must then be ap-
proved by all the members of this board
and also by the governor. This would
make it practically impossible to secure
pardon for sentimental or personal
reasons Mr.. Lewis bids fair to be one
of the most useful members of the as
sembly.
Insurance Bill Opposed.
The insurance bill which Insurance
Commissioner F'ricke formulated, Lieu
tenant Governor Baensch and an Osh-
kosh expert, Phillips, also being mem
bers, is being opposed in many quarters.
It is as big as a book in size. The mu-
tual benevolent local, etc, forms of in
surance are dealt with pretty vigOr-
ously and the city is full of representa-
tives of companies who say the passage
Of such a bill would cripple and perhaps
destroy their organizations which are
really affording the people cheap insur-
ance Mr.. Fricke says his attempt is
to apply the safe and attested principles
of Massa chusetts and other conserva-
terrific opposition from SO many sources.
1t has been a very fortunate year for
the fire insurance companies, by the
way They are said to have made
81, 900 900 profit on premiums in MilWau-
kee alone. Some years ago the compa-
MES lost heavily and rates were raised
to a proportionate level. The big prop
erty holders say the companies have
failed tO come down since
A notable Badger was on the floor
the other day, Andrew E. Gilmore. the
sage of Mukwanago" (near Fort How
ard. For years he was the head of
the charities and correction board,
along with the late H. H. Giles. Mr.
Elmore has turned 70, but his white hair
and rugged face and frame suggest a
monarch of the forest of his northern
home
Is Full of Fun.
He is full of fun and stories, and his
brusque way has not deserted him,
softened by a twinkle of the eye. Mr..
gilmore favored Henry Casson, Jim
Fielding, the veteran messenger, and
others Of his old associates with a triple
picture, himself, his son and his grand
son. Mr. Gilmore has pulled compe-
tency out of his years of toll. In the
old days he was Alexander Mitchelps
confidential advisor.
This promises to be a session of only
reasonable length, though of course it
will be one hundred days or over. The
record is f1fty-seven days. Speaker
NOVEL; of the assembly recalls one of
fifty-eight days. It was in 1877, the
first term of his clerkship. Chief JUS
tice Cassoday --as then speaker, at
that time promising lawyer of James
vile. The sergeant-at-arms was Tom
Reed, the editor Of the Appleton Post.
They worked together for the quick
dispatch of business in which Speaker
Cassoday exceIled. 1t is worth the time
of ambitious young men to note what
NOVEL; says of Cassoday: cit was the
same then as now-everything he was
given to do, little as well as big, was
done promptly with painstaking care.
He is great little man." A. w.