Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-20

Gillivray's patronage bill, amended by
Mr.. Sarau to make the assembly dis
trict instead of the county the unit,
was ordered to a third reading. The
anti-pass bill came up for considera-
ton. The amendments were consid-
cred separately. Mr.. Wheeler's,
lessening the penalty from state prison
to county Jail and making the maxi
three months and reducing the fine to
$500 maximum, was adopted Al ayes,
3S nays. Mr.. Hoehle's amendment,
the effect being to allow passes to rail-
road commissioner, was lost, rs to 40.
Mr.. Wheeler's amendment, excluding
political committees from operation of
the prohibition, was lost. The Roehr
anti-lobby bill was advanced to third
reading. No. Asa, the bill to allow
twenty days pool selling On horse
races, was adversely reported by the
committee on state affairs. The COM
mittee on railways reported for con-
currence No. 250s, to require railroads
to make connections at functional
points. Mr.. Daggett's bill changing
the closed season for deer was killed.
The Buttles bill, otherwise known as
the Harvey bill to do away with the
office of county superintendent OF
schools, was killed; also 297a (McDon-
add, requiring monthly reports from
state inspector of Illuminating oils;
3S6a (DahD, providing for the erection
OF public grain warehouses; Ala
(Vandercook), relating to the COM
mencement and closing of the fiscal
year; 531s, relating to the Australian
system of elections.
Madison, April 14.-The first meas
ure on the senate calendar this morn
ing was No. 1885, appropriating $751;
900 to improvements at the university
and $4,000 for an electric light plant
for the university, state library and
capitol. The bill went back to the
committee on claims. The Mills bill.
regulating the payment of wages in
tlme-checks or other promissory pa
pers, was passed. The Whelan join.
resolution for a constitutional amend
ment allowing the legislature to fix the
salary OF the state superintendent of
public instruction was killed The
bennett joint resolution providing for
the gradual adoption of the New York
system of manufactures into the penal
institutions to make them self support
ing was adopted. No. 1855 (Whelan)
increasing the appropriation from
$1,000 to $4,000 for the maintenance of
manual training departments in con-
nection with 20 free high schools was
passed.
In the assembly the senate's anti
pass bill as previously amended was
concurred in without debate, 76 to 8,
the only negatives being Messrs. Gill
more, Hurlbut and Parker. Senator
McGlllivray's bill apportioning state
patronage among the counties accord
ing to population, amended by the
assembly so as to make the assembly
district the unit, was killed Al to 80.
Mr.. Sturdevant called attention briefly
to the fact that No. 202s Lamoreux),
was the bill which permitted commu-
mites to vote aid for telephone con-
structiOn, yet the measure went
through, 81 to q. Senator Whitman's
bill, No. 241, was explained by Judge
Orion as requiring but one years expe-
rience instead of two from certain per-
sons ere they could hold life teachers
certificates. He thought the require
ments now were not too rigorous, and
Mr.. True declared that the bars should
not thus be let down. The bill was
non-concurred in almost unanimously.
Senator Roehr's anti-lobby bill, No.
270, was concurred in, 6S to 7, the neg
atives being Messrs. Adams, Cashin,
Catiin, Gagnon, Gilmore, CRUDE and
Wheeler. Mr.. Frost sought to have
the so-called Harvey county superin-
tendent bill, No. 491, revived, saying
it had much merit, but he was voted
down decisively. The Orion bill in
creasing the annual railway taxes
about 100000 was debated and passed,
u to Z.
Madison, April 17.-By a vote of II
to the senate decided to lay over
until Wednesday the anti-pass bill,
which came back from the assembly
with the penalty provisions greatly
modified, the office forfeiture clause
and the word bribery" being stricken |
out. The senate refused to concur in |
the assembly amendment to No. 333s |
Conn., abolishing the land office.
The assembly amended the BIZ. ny sim
ply cutting down the force of the Of
fee to a chief clerk and three assist
ants. Senator Knudson's resolution
thanking Helen Gould for her kind
nesses to the Wisconsin soldiers was
adopted Among the
bills passed or concurred in, 244a
(Middleton), providing lien for
hreshing grain and Smelling corn, and
'14a (Keene), forbidding the adultera-
ion and sale of faxseed or Iinseed oil.
Mr.. Dodge opposed No. 231 (Jacobs),
that the state bear the ex-
,ense for trials for offenses committed
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