Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26

some 1OOu II UlluIcG Win gram hay. but
fed as it is in troughs. it brings about a
condition of filth which must vltiate tn,
milk senator Whitehead favored the pas,
ervation of public health Senator Eaton
offered an amendment striking out the
specified prohibition Of si0p, feeding, am
food. The amendment WAS rejected
Senator Kreutzer who, earlier in the SEES
sion, proved himself an ardent advocate of
kindergartens, favored the bill for the SAKE
of the little children whose only food is
milk. After more wrangling Senator Lam
OreuX moved the previous question and thf
bill in its original form was passed Otbe,
bills were passed as follows: Providing foI
the support Of inmates of Veterans home.
relating to warehouse certificates: authOriz
ing the use of general funds for sDecial mr.
poses and special funds for general bur
poses; providing that claims for damages
on highways in towns of 5000 or over shall
be valid without the approval of the elect
ors: for a bridge across Big Suamico river:
providing for the vacation of towns by
county boards; providing for the improve
ment Of streams and construction of Ca
nails; providing for a special tax upon abut
ting land for the Improvement of Milwaukee,
boulevard; authorizing the treasurers Of
cities of the first class to receive money for
taxes in advance Of the time for the pay
ment thereof.
Nothing was done at the afternoon ses
sion of the Senate on the 10th.
Assemblyman McGrath downed the com
mittee on claims in the Senate on the DIST
and got his Green Bay reformatOry bill
through the Senate with the original APP
preparation of S150.000. The committee on
claims had reported the bill with an appro-
priatiOn of only $4,000 Nothing daunted.
Mr. McGrGth struck out to amend the bill
and he succeeded. There is little uouDI
that the bill will pass in the Assembly.
The amendment was adopted by the vote
of "a to and the bill was passed under
suspension Of rules. The entire apprOpria
ton called for in the bill is $341,900; The
other bill, containing an appropriation of
$500, 600, was then taken up and passed.
The following bills were cOncurred in: Re
pealing the statute authorizing the appoint
ment Of city attorneys in cities of the first
and second class; providing for the cleo
ton of school commissioners: including
school districts in the distribution Of water
tax: providing for the remOdeing of the
south wing of the capitol committee rooms:
relating to the municipal court of Douglas
county. The following bills were ordered
to a third reading: Relating to the limita-
lions of actions; comforting additional
powers upon the trustees of several county
asyiums for chronic insane; relating TO
creating second municipal court for Bay
field county cOncurred in under
pension of rules. Senator Welton offered
an amendment to Mr.. Sarau's bill appro-
priating S1549.3S TO reimburse workmen on
the warden's residence at Waupun. The
purpose of the amendment is to reimburse
amount of $S40.15 The bill and amend
ment were rereferred to the committee on
claims. The following bills were ordered
engrossed: Relating to county asylumS:
relating 10 street railways; relating to the
protection of fish and game; authorizing II
w. Wright to maintain dam across Il
branch of Manitowoc river in Villas county:
to provide necessary assistance for Supreme
court reporter: to authorize cities and vii
lagos to acquire waterworks; relating to
penal and reformatOry institutions of the
state; relating to establishment Of kinder
gartenS. Several bills were killed Relating
10 the state board Of control: creating OF
flee of SuDprViSOr of iOcnpctprS Of iobt
and measures: relating to sewerage system
at state hospital for the insane; relating TO
state public schools: to prevent the spread
of contagious diseases. The Senate adj
journed until $50 p. III. on the oath.
Assembly.
The Assembly session on The night of the
18th was short and devoid Of the usual dis
day was taken. Mr.. Dodge made a short
speech against the bill providing that the
state shall pay the expense of trials for Of
fenses committed by inmates of the state
institutions. The bill was refused third
reading, 80 to %; later the Assembly by
reconsideration. The Assembly reconsid-
cred the vote by when third reading was
refused the bin to require one year instead
of two years experience of teachers ap-
plying for life certificate The bill was
then laid over. The vote was 80 to Is in
favor of ordering to a third reading the
Dill Iel;'lQG 10 mCCnlnlcS hens. 4 Joint
resolution was adopted to allow Mr.. Catlin
to introduce Il bill TO amend the municipal
court act for Douglas county.
The Assembly on the 18th passed the Mi
Waukee fire and police pension bills after Il
long debate. Mr.. Thiessenhuseu objected
to the bill on the ground that it diverted
money from the city treasury which was
needed Tor other purposes The firemen
and policemen in his district objected to the
passage of the bill. Mr.. Zinn said that the
only people in his district who had opposed
the bill were a few dsgruntled eX-pOice-
men. The trouble was that some policemen
W,nted pensions, but did not want TO con-
tribute anything toward them. They want
ed the taxpayers to bear the whole expense.
This bill met them half wa: and was fair.
Mr.. Dodge and Mr. Keene spoke In favor of
the BILL each at some length, and Mr.. 10th
opposed it Mr.. Eline favored the bill in
lengthy speech in which he set forth all
the arguments in favor of pensions to pO-
licemen and fremen. Both bills passed on
roll call votes-one by 81 to 10 and the
over from the Senate with notice that the
upper house had refused to concur in the
Assembly amendment. The Assembly re-
fused to recede from its amendment and
Mcleod, Nandercook and Sturdevant were
appointed committee on conference. The
bill as passed by the Senate abolished the
office and put the work into the hands of
the secretary of state. The Assembly
amended it to leave the office in it's present
place but reduced the number of employees.
Senator Knudson's resolution thanking
Helen Gould for her care of Wisconsin sol
diers in the New York hospitals was adopt
ed by rising vote. Mr.. Catlin introduced
bill relating to the superior court of
Douglas county, which the Assembly passed
under suspension of rules. The bill to ap-
prOpriate $1,000 to the Woman's Home at
Eau Claire. which was on the calendar for
passage, was killed by n vote of 81 to SO.
Mr. Vandercook's bill, providing for an APP
preparation of $3.50 each for two county
training schools for teachers, provided each
county board first appropriate a like sum,
was the subject of some discussion. Senator
McGillivray, no doubt with his usual patron
age idea in mind, objected to the bill be-
cause it provided only for two schools and
did not give every county like opportunity.
Senator KreutZer explained that the county
which put in the first bid would have the
prior claim to the $3.50. He stated that
the common school is the college of 90 per
cent. of the people Of the state. The studies
of the children who attend these schools
should be superintendent by teachers who
have had thorough training in the theory
and art Of instruction. In the northern part
of the state none of the teachers normal
graduates. The bill was framed especially
for the benefit of Marathon county. Thou
sands of dollars. he said had been appro-
priated to the university and normal schools,
some $4,000 to the high schools, but not
enc dollar to the rural schools. Senators
Stout, bennett and Riordan supported Sen
ator KreutZer's argument and the bill was
ordered TO n third reading. The Senate COM