Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-05

unaer a JOINT rcsouuon Mr.. Vanuerco0k
introduced bill to appropriate $4,000 for
the erection of new executive mansion.
A resolution to recall bills from the com
mittee on April 80 amended by the Senate
TO March 81 was withdrawn by unanimous
consent Senator DevoS' bill regulating the
use of emery wheels and Senator Jones
bill preventing the unlawful use of trans
fer tickets were killed. though both had
been recommended for concurrence. Among
the bills ordered TO Il third reading were
the following: Relating TO superintendent
of public schools; relating to obscene books.
pictures. etc; relating to investment of
trust funds; simplifying system of book
keeping in state offices. and appropriation
therefor; relating to claims against cities;
appropriation for Wisconsin Veterans
home; for collection of manual training
statistics; relating to the issue of bonds
for special street improvements; appropria-
ton for fisheries commissions: relating to
permit Milwaukee to buy up delinquent tax
certificates ordered to ii third reading.
There was a long discussion over bill to
pay the subcOntractGrs for the work on
ladies' hall at the uniy crsity, pay for which
they lost through the failure Of the main
contractor. The bib was finally ordered
engrossed by vote OF 46 to 81. The AS
semby then took recess until 7:30 p. M
AT the evening session of the Assembly
on the Both the committee reported for
passage Mr. keene's bill to divide Milwau-
kee into three health districts and to pro
vide for the appointment of commissioners
of health who are to be residents Of the
ed for concurrence the bill to re-enact the
law omitted from the statutes relating to
the appointment and salaries Of undersher
ifs and deputy sheriffs in Milwaukee, and
the bill relating to the fire and police de
partment relief associations.
The Legislature adjourned on the 31st an
til the 9TH prOX with the anti-pasS question
hung in the air, apparently worse tangled
up than ever before. AS it stands the anti
pass bill has been adopted by one house and
the anti-pass resolution by neither. The
Senate reported. the former the night be
fore and the Assembly spent the whole
morning OF the 31st trying to agree upon the
latter It met at O'Clock for the purpose
Of disposing Of the matter and a long cal
endar of bills and adjourned at Il O'CLOCK
with absolutely nothing accomplished 1t
gave the Assembly its first cali of the House
of the session and occasioned an amount
of hOrseplay. After debating from O'Clock
to II O'Clock it found itself in a hopeless
tange and was. glad to lay it over. TIL
only thing done in the Assembly in the way
port from the committee on education in
favor of substitute for the Harvey county
superintendent bill. The substitute re
moves the appointive feature from the orig
inal bill. The board of supervision is tC
be retained. but its function will be chiefly
the districting of the state and the regula-
ton Of examinations. 1t Will retain the
power, however, to remove inspectors for in
competency or neglect. The inspectors are
to be elected by school districts instead OF
appointed and the districts are to be con
stituted as provided in the original bill
They are to BE elected in the spring and the
inspectors first elected will serve from Janu-
airy 1, 1901, to July 1, 1908. After that
the inspectors will serve for three years.
There is to be a partisan nominating
convention in each district previous TO the
election to name three candidates for in
spectors. That convention will be made
up of one delegate from each town, village
or ward of the city within the district, and
one delegate for every 100 votes OF the total
vote for governor at the last preceding elec-
ton; that is, of the combined vote of all
the parties. The convention will nominate
three persons whose names will be put
upon the ballot by the clerk and there may
also be nominations by petition. nomi-
mating paper must contain the names OF o
per cent. of the voters Of the district.