Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-02

ton of their registered tonnage was passed
under SUSPENSION of rules. raft of bills,
most of them duplicates of bills already
acted upon. were killed. The ma iority OF
them were fish and game and taxation bills.
Among them was Senator Withec's bin
taxing newspapers on their gross incomes.
Two memorials to Congress were concurred
in, one by Mr.. Fogo relating to service pen
sions, the other by Me-. Ryan asking re-
peal Of the duty hides. Senator Jones
said he thought Congress ought to know
its OWE business, remark which surprised
Senator Lamoreux, who said the congress-
mems constituents had right to let their
desires be known. The Senate took a re-
cess until 80 p. N.
The Orion railway taxation bill died in
the Senate on the night of the 9th after
a prot eacted debate in which Senators Den
nett, McGillivray, DevOs. KreutZer. Jones
and Mills spoke. The test vote was taken
on the bennett amendment. increasing the
taxes Of the big roads to ~ per cent. in
stead of the advance to- > per cent, pro-
yided in the bill The present tax paid by
first introduced the bill did not change that.
While IL the Assembly, however, it was
amended on the floor, raising the tax of
the big roads to > per cent. In that shape
it went to the Senate. and after several
hearings. at which many o. the leading rail
road lawyers of the Northwest made speech
eS against the bill ana ASSemblymen Orion
and Hall for it. the committee on railroads
reported the Hill for indefinite postpone
ment The bill would have increased the
revenues of the state. it was estimated,
about $500. 900 Il year and had the bennett
amendment been adopted ii would have in
creased the revenues about S130,0O0. The
vote or the adoption Of the bennett amend
i'i He I..teHgislature Oh the 18th under sus-
pension of the rules passed the Orton life
insurance taxation bill in the form that it
came from the Assembly. refusing to adopt
the Hatton substitute or amend the bill.
The bill increases the taxes of the North
western Mutual life Insurance company of
Milwaukee to $220.0oO year The bill was
snecS"l order and it came up on the ques-
ion Of hn adj of hn
tute reported by the committee on inSur-
ance, banks and banking the previous even
ing The substitute, which was satisfac,
tory to the companies themselves, provided
that the companies pay tax equal to the
average rate of taxation upon Wisconsin
propertyson the true value of policies held
by Wisconsin residents. taking into CON
sideration the reserve fund and such pro-
portion Of the surplus of said corporation.
company or association as the policies held
by Wisconsin residents bear to the whole
amount Of policies carried by said company,
excepting therefrOm the equitable proper
ton of policies held by Wisconsin residents
Of Investments in real estate or in United
States bonds. The Senate took Il ten-lnin-
ute recess and the committee on finance,
banks and insurance held short meeting.
ut the close of which they reported the
original bill for concurrence. Withdrawing
the substitute Senator LamoreuX offered
an amendment excluding from the gross re-
ceipts of the company its death payments
matured endoWments. annuities and sur
rendered and lapscd policies. The Lamo-
reuX amendment was rejected by the fol
lowing vote: Ayes-Senators Arson. Den
nett Hatton. Jones. Lamoreux McGill-
vray, REYNOLDS. Rordan. Stehbins. Whit
man and Woodworth-11 NoeS-BaXter,
Bissell, Dcvos, Eaton. Fearne Green. Hat
Ton. Jacobs. knudson. Kreutzer. Mailer.
Martin. Mills Munson Roehr Stout.
Thayer. Weed. Welton. Whelan. Whitehead
and Withee-22. Senator Roehr moved TO
suspend the rules and put the bill upon its
passage. There was no objection and the
bill was passed unanimously except for the
vote of Senator Stehbins in the negative
~ IiS.. ion anl- I ftar
noon sitting OF the Senate on the 2Sth over
several bills. among them Mr. Lange'S bill
consin building material to lac used in the
construction cs ali state buildings: and pro-
vding that holders of fire insurance policies
may bring suit in court to recover the
amount Of their losses. without being bound
by the findings of the appraisers, provided
for by the present law. The yeas and nays
bill was passed by vote of II to 10 The
bin appropriating $4,000 for the Buffalo
Pan American exposition passed
Assembly.
BY a vote Of 46 20 26 the Assembly, on the
night of the oath, ordered to Il third reading
Senator Green's bill to prohibit spring
shooting. Before this action was taken an
amendment by Mr.. Frost was adopted to
permit spring shooting of wild geese. MI
Schoenbaum endeavored to have consider
alton postponed but his motion voted
down, - to i. Mr.. Schoenbaum then
moved call of the house. but a sufficient
number did not arise to second the call.
After Il short speech against the bill by
Mr. Wheeler the Frost amendment was
adopted. 40 TO II. The yeas and nays were
demanded on the question OF ordering the
bill 20 third reading. Senator McGilli-
ways bill TO regulate the profession of
public accountants was on the calendar
for Il third reading, having been favoraby
reported by the state affairs committees
The vote was 81 to II in favor of advance
ment to a third reading, but Judge Orion
raised the point that no quorum had voted
and the chair ruled the point we'll taken
Judge Orion opposed the bill and Mr.. Nc
Grath favored it. Mr.. Cashin moved that
the bill be Indefinitely postponed and it
prevailed AZ to 81.
The Assembly on the 10Th acted upon the
anti-pass bill and refused to concur in the
Senate amendments. That action sends the
bin to n conference committee and delays
final action for several days The bill was
special order for 1920 O clock and il came
up on the question of concurring in the
several Senate amendments. The vote on
refusing the Senate amendment eXemptng
the railroad commissioner was as follows:
Ayes, 40: noes, 30: absent or not voting 49,
The second amendment increasing the pun
ishment for using a pass was then taken
up. AS passed by the Assembly the bill
made the fine from 500 to $500, and the
term Of Imprisonment from three months
to one year in the county jail. The Sen
ate amendment increased the fine from
$500 to $1,000 and changed the Imprisonment
to from one to two years III the state pris-
On. The vote on nor, concurrence in this
amendment was 4S to So At the opening
of the Assembly Mr.. Williams moved to re-
consider the vote by which Senator Nc
Gillivray's public accountant bill was killed
LAST night, but the motion was lost by Il
vote of % to 81. These bills were passed:
Relating to fire insurance policies; relating
to procedure in actions; relating to indus
trial schools in counties; authorizing the
incorporation of creamery Insurance COM
panies: relating to trust, annuity and guar
anty corporations; relating to the sale Of
drugs; relating to Australian system of vOt
ing in towns; appropriating money to Wis
consin Cheesemakers' association; relating
to service pensions: relating to taxing Of
water craft: relating to limitation of time
for commencement of action; providing for
interest upon town orders: taxing property
in state Of equipment companies: relating
to sale of indemnity lands; amending law
relating to libraries; regulating the emf
ployment of minors; relating to county hos
pital for insane Mr. Wheeler introduced
q memorial to Congress to pass n law to
prevent the Dissertation of the American
flag. The Assembly passed the street car
taxation bill increasing the tax Oh small
roads to 22 per cent. and On the big roads
to per cent. Under the bill the taxes Of
the Milwaukee company are increased about
$SO0G year The spring shooting bill was
c0nculred in without word of debate and
the penal and charitable appropriation bill
also concurred III. Senator Stout's joint
resolution for 4 constitutional amendment
to provide that the state superintendent Of
public instruction shall be elected at the