Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-09

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Madison, Feb. 2S.-The senate COM
mittee on roads and bridges reported
joint resolution No. for a consti-
tutional amendment authorizing state
aid to counties in constructing good
roads, favorably, with an amendment
striking out the provision that no
franchise should be granted on such
roads. No. Us, providing for the pub
LEGATION of addresses and papers pre-
sented at the state semi-centennial
celebration, was killed. A joint reso-
luton of tribute to James Conklin of
Madison, who was a member of the
senate in 1856, was introduced by
Senator Welton, and adopted.
In the lower house Mr.. Rusk asked
that the Frost bill providing that the
state shall not be a preferred creditor
in cases of bank failures be referred to
the committee on state affairs and it
finally took that course after a long
debate, in which Messrs. Orion and
Frost spoke for the measure and
Messrs. Rusk, Vandercook and Nc
Grath against it. A resolution was
presented by Mcdonald, requesting
the secretary of state for list of new
capitol employees under the law of
1891, for their salaries, character of
services, etc. 1t was adopted and the
clerk was directed to at once trans
NIT it to the secretary of state. The
chair announced the appointment of
Assemblyman Evans on the COM
mittees on public health and dairy and
food. He succeeds Mr.. Hughes, de-
ceased, both in the house and upon
those committees. Concurrence was
voted in Senator Woodworth's bill
changing the time of holding court in
Pierce county. Assembly bills were
killed as follows: Nos. "a wander
cook. enabling county boards to en-
ploy special counsel in civil cases;
III tRasmussen), appropriating 5000
to Willie Rowan, w. f. Colbert. w.
Mapes, +. Holmes, Roy Colbert and
Ole Bredeson, fishermen whose nets
had been destroyed; 222 (Eline). max
ing a small appropriation to H. K.
Pierce; 257 (Johnston), relating to
jury drawing in Milwaukee; 3S1 (Ras-
mussen), legalizing the acts of Justice
II. G. Doolittle of Barron county: and
S92 (HunD, requiring counties to pro-
vide officers outside of court houses
in certain cases.
Madison, March LIN the senate
the committee on state analrs To
which was referred certain portions of
the governors message, reported by
bills to abolish the land office tn pro-
vide for additional factory inspectors
and to simplify the system of book
Keeping for the state. No. 4Os, for
the division of the town of Marshland
in Burnett county, was passed. No.
S6s, for an appropriation to the indus
trial school, was reported for pass
age, and No. IS, relating to roads, was
reported for passage by substitute.
Joint resolution No. 9s (McGilliv-
ray), proposing constitutional
amendment to allow the state to as
sist communities in the building of
roads, was adopted. Senate bias were
killed: Nos. 81 (Whitehead), relating
to jurors in courts of record; 161
(Weed), relating to new trials on re-
rersal in the supreme court; 22l |
CRiordan), relating to salaries of cir |
,uit judges.
The feature of the days session of !
his assembly was a debate on the /
)rton child adoption bill which re-
suited in prolonged fight and finally
ended in the death of the bill 1t was
he first big debate of the session and
vas heard by many visitors. The
obbies of both houses had an I'M
Usual number of ladies present, some
# whom came to the city to attend the
legislative reception. The Orion bill.