River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-04-27
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE,
Daily Summary of the Proceedings
That Take Place In the SEN
ate and Assembly.

Madison, Wis, April 19.-The senate yes
terday passed without debate the bill to ex-
tend the Sheridan drive from Chicago to
Milwaukee and the bills 10 prohibit disorim-
nation by employers against members of
labor organizations; raising taxation. in
cities from three to three and a half per
cent. repeating the law making the state
preferred creditor in cases of bank fail-
ufe; appropriating 50 500 TO county training
schools for teachers in Marathon and La
Crosse counties Important because an ex-
pertinent In educationC The house resofu-
ton for constitutional amendment for a
general banking law was concurred in.s4.
The assembly by a vote of62 to Is concurred
In the senate bin creating a state tax COM
mission to serve for ten years The Wheel
er bill to allow 20 days pool selling on races
was killed. as well as the bills taxing mort
cages and allowing towns and villages TO
unite for municipal purposes. The bill APP
propriating $4,000 for a new executive man
sion was reported for death, as was the
Humphrey bill fixing passenger fares on
railroads at two cents.
Madison, Wis, April 20.-The senate yes
terday amended the anti-pass bill by in
creasing the penalty fer violation to Sl,00
and Imprisonment in state prison instead
of jail. When the bill then went back to the
assembly ii was laid over till Friday The
assembly passed the orion bill increasing
the taxation of railroads 100000. The COM
mittee on assessment and collection OF
taxes reported a bill taxing inheritanees
and the committee on roads and bridges
reported for postponement the Sheridan
drive bill.
Madison, Wis, April 2t.-The senate yes
terday after some discussion, passed the
bill prohibiting the sale of milk of cows fed
on distillery Stops, but killed the bill Civ
ing a bounty of a cent pound on all beet
sugar manufactured in the state. The con-
ference rOmmiffeh the hill ahGlfGhing the
state land office presented it's report, agreed
to by the full committee. AS reported the
bill reduces the present force TO one
chief clerk and assistant clerk, the book
keeper and one other clerk, at the salarie:
they now receive up TO January I, 1901
After that date the force is to be reduced Il
three clerks and placed under the super
vision of the secretary of state. The re-
port was adopted, passing the bin as amend
ett. In the assembly the Sheridan drive
bill which passed the senate, was defeated
the farmers of Racine and Kenosha coun'
ties having sent food of protests against
The passage of the measure. The bill as in
!roduced in the senate provided for the lay
ng out of the drive from the Illinois STATE
inc to the city of Milwaukee.
Madison, Wis, April 22.--The senate yes
erday passed two bills appropriating ovei
1880 600 for the nine charitable and pena
Institutions of the state. OF this sum $685.
The completion of the Green Bay reform
Itory. The reformatory also gets 5000
or maintenance for two years. The as
sembly voted down a resolution fixing
April % as the date for final adjournment
and from present indications the session
will continue two weeks longer The state
affairs committee reported a bill for a state
commission for the pan-American exposi-
lion in Buffalo in 1901 and making an APP
preparation of $25, 600 therefor. The Sheri-
dan drive bill was effectually killed by an
adverse vote on a motion to reconsider the
measure. The bills providing for the APP
pointment of two women on the board OF
control and for a supervisor of inspectors
of weights and measures were killed. Mr.
Humphreys bill making two-cent fare on
railroads was on the calendar for indefinite
postponement, but it's author again saved
it by having the measure laid over unit
Tuesday evening. Both houses adjourned
until Monday evening.
Madison, Wis, April 25.-The senate las
evening passed the general fish and game
bill, which requires every hunter in the
state to take out license and pay one dol.
lar, and prohibits the shipment of any
game out of the state unless accompanied
by the owner. The True marriage license
bill was advanced TO third reading by a vote
of 10 to 10