Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-02-01
THE LEGISLATURE


| under the rule for privileged resolutions
! oenator BaXter made short speech testify
ing 70 MI. traits personal qualities. The
following bills were introduced: BY Senator
Jones. relating to the jurisdiction of the
municipal court of Waukesha county; by
senator Jones, making an appropriation to
reimburse certain persons who invested
money IN the Kelley cure institute at Wau-
kesha under law afterward declared i'll
valid The law provided that the state
should pay part of the expense of cures in
the Waukesha Kelley institute. Orders
were issued in accordance with the law
ana taken by people of Waukesha When
tne courts declared that s2ate aid could not
| pc given the institute these worthless or
uers were left on the hands of those who
| had taken them.
IN the Senate on the oath Mr.. bennett in
/ Ifoduced a resolution to have the Legis-
u, l3ture memorialize Congress to make the
election of senators by popular vote instead
McGllllvray then moved that the Senate
proceed to elect United States senator.
! senator Baxter objected on the ground that,
according to law, the vote should be taken
at II O'Clock on Tuesday. Senator Thayer
: called for the reading Of the law, which sup
| ported Senator McGillivray's motion, the
time for Tuesdays ballot not being desig-
J mated The roll was called and the vote
was as follows: Quarles, 13; Stephenson,
! &; Babcock, 3; Cook, 4; Webb, 5; Ryan, 2.
| In tho Senate on the 18th Senator Nc
! Gilllvray introduced a resolution for q con-
Stltutlonal amendment to provide for state
aid in building roads Senator Green Of
fered resolution inviting the visiting COM
/ mlttee of the Michigan Legislature to visit
! the Wisconsin Legislature on February 3
! ana providing q reception committee. The
resolution was adopted. Senator WeltOn
/ introduced bill to appropriate $2100 for the
publication of the official seDl-centennial
celebration addresses and papers. Senator
McGllllYray introduced another bill to regu-
late the sale of patent medicines, providing
that formulas must be submitted to the
state board Of health which is given power
! TO prohibit the sale of Objectionable articles.
| Sn11O+ ton ir,+,.C
| that there shall be only two teachers ex-
! animation a year instead of at pres
ent. The Senate recOnynned at 11:.O and
| Senator Jones, chairman Of the committee
! on privileges and elections, reported favor
! ably upon Senator Roehr's bill providing
! that the additional circuit judge of MilWau-
| kee be elected at the general election next
April instead of by special ballot. Senator
! ROehr moved Il suspension of the rules and
| the immediate passage Of the bill, so that
! notices could be published and preparations
made for the election. The bill passed
unanimously. The senators then formed i'll
line to march to the Assembly chamber for
! the joint convention
! In the Senate on the Goth there were
three NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BisSell, Jacobs
and Weed. Senator Green presented the
! report of the commissioners of fisheries,
| which was ordered placed on the journal.
} Senator Munson introduced a bill defn-
| ing express companies and prescribing Il
| license for the operation of such compa-
| MES within the state. which was referred
! to the committee on state affairs. Sen
! atOr Whitehead thought that according to
! the resolution diSpoSing of the various pOr-
J lions of the governors message the bill
should go to the committee on assessment
and collection Of taxes in order to pre-
vent influx OF bills of the same nature.
Senator Munson agreeing, the bill was so
referred Senator LamoreuX spoke in sup
| port of Senator Whiteheads opinion. The
Senate recOnyened at 11:J0 and appointed
Senators Green, Withee and Weed to act
| in conjunction with five assemblymen in
| entertaining the Michigan legislators A
meeting of the Senate railroad committee
was called for the afternoon to consider
the governors recommendation on the pass
| question.
In the Senate on the 9th the two Demo
crats-Senators Jacobs and Weed-were
absent. Senator LamOreux offered a Joint
resolution recommending that no new bust
ness be received by either house of the Leg
islature after February 10 except bills aud
| resolutions offered by standing committees
previously referred to them. The resolution
was laid over until Wednesday, The anti
pass bill, which is likely to become a law,
was introduced in the Senate this morning
by Senator Withee, chairman of committee
on railroads, as the report of that commit
tee on the portion of the governors message
referred to it. The bill imposes a fine of
$500 to $500 on state officers using passes
and upon persons offering passes or frank
ing privileges for the of such officers.
The following bills We're introduced: BY
Senator Eaton, a bill to amend the law re-
ferring to the state board of agriculture,
giving the board the Of the state fair
grounds for fair purposes; by Senator BaX-
ter, Il bill to regulate the law relating to
telegraph companies: by Senator LamoreuX,
chairman, the judiciary committee reported
back the Keeley voucher bill with the rec
Ommendation that it be referred to the
committee on claims. The bill was so re-
ferred. The committee reported for pas
sage Senator Roehrs bill to increase the
powers of the WaulIesha county court The
Senate received Gov. Scoheid's list of air
pOntments as follows: 10 state board of
control, George w. Bishop Of Rhinelander
for no pn1iDC AnriI II 1902 Nathan
e B. Treat of Monroe for the term ending
/ April Is, 1903; Andrew G. Nelson. to sue
coed Richard Guenther for the residue of
his term; to state board of health and vital
statistics. DR.. Il. G.. SuitOr, La Crosse: for
/ term ending first Monday IL February, 1905;
DR.. William +. Whyte, Waterfowl, to sue
coed DR.. Bodenius. deceased, until first
! Monday III February. 1904; DR.. Z. o. B.
Wingate, Milwaukee, for term ending first
ers of fisheries, Calvert Spensley. Mineral
Point, until April l, 1902; J. J. Hogan, In
Crosse, until April |, 1901; NJ. j. Starr,
Eau Claire. until April l, 1904: as inspecting
supervisor of Illuminating oils, DR.. FL. h.
! Tanner of Kaukauna until April /, 1900.
| The Senate adjourned to the 2Sth.
When the railroad committee ant-pass
! bin and resolution for Il constitutional
amendment prohibiting passes came up in
the Senate on the 2Sth Chairman Wfthee
asked that they go over until the I'd prox.
| They accordingly postponed. Bills
were introduced as follows: BY Senator
| Mills, establishing the liability OF employ
! ers for injuries to employees; by Senator
| bennett requiring the successful plaintiff
! to reimburse the defendant for improve
ments and taxes on real estate in certain
, cases bill was passed amending the stat
J utes relative TO the county court of Wau-
! kesha county, increasing the jurisdiction to
| include the power of review of records on
! certiorari, discharging mortgages of record
! and the exercise of any other special pow
| ers. The appointments sent to the Senate
| by the governor on the board of health,
board of control, fish commission and super
visor of Illuminating oils, We're unanimous
| ly confirmed.
Assembly.
There was q large crowd Of spectators in
! the Assembly on the evening Of the Odd but
! the visitors were disappointed at the brev-
| ity of the session, having to vacate the
| chamber before the caucus opened at 8
| O'Clock 1t was $3.50 O'Clock when Speaker
Ray dropped the gavel and announced THE
/ assembly will be in order" Prayer was Of
! fered by the Rev. H. A. Winter, and Speak
| er Raw requested the legislators to arise and
remain standing. This is Il new departure
from the custom which has obtained III the
| Assembly in recent years, though it has been
the pra ctice in the Senate. Leaves of ab-
| sence were granted Messrs. Becker, Ives,
| 10th Johnson and LANCE. Only one bill
was introduced, Mr.. Hoehle presented a
| fine to no of Dort.