Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-30

mum nIteen years instead Vi nNo.
Three bills were indefinitely post
poned Nos. 81, amending the co-em-
ploye law; 800, providing for the APP
pointment OF a city charter commits
sion; 1S2, relating to the operation Of
slaughter and packing houses.
Among the bills ordered to third read
ing were the Dresser bill, appropriate
ing $1,000 to an interstate park on the
ST, CroiX river; the Harris bill, tax
ing export ice sent out by non-resi-
dents 10 cents ton, and the bill APP
propriating $4,000 TO the Veterans
home.
The very unusual episode occurred
in the assembly of one of the members
opening the exercises with prayer.
Mr.. George Olson of Jackson county,
in the absence of a resiuent clergyman,
invoked the divine blessing. The
linn bill forbidding the trading stamp
plan Of drawing trade by merchants
was reported by the judiciary commit
tee with a substitute which proposes
to license trading-stamp companies at
5000 annually for every county IN
which they do business anu to license
each firm using the stamps at 500
a year, all money to go into the state
treasury. An adverse report was re-
ceived on bill 3S5a, reducing the toll
for grinding grain. Mr.. Rusk again
spoke, as he had spoken several times
before, in opposition to the Frost bill
amending the law so that the state
itor in cases of bank failures. The
.bil1 -.sv2 however, passed ,hX a.. large
majority.
Assembly bills were passed; Nos.
100 (Wheeler), appropriating $4,000 a
year for two years for a continuance
of the natural history survey; 165
(Hollano), providing that where per-
son once cared for at county expense
is found to have had means at that
time the county may bring suit for re-
covery for such care; 1853 (Hoehle),
imposing a $40 annual license upon
each intelligence Office and bond Of
$1,000. and 3S6 (Morgan), permitting
local libraries to send out in the sur
rounding country free circulating Ii
braries.
Mr.. Hall presented several amend
ments to the senates anti-pass bill
No. 16. They were drawn in the at
\torney generals office ana are calcu-
lated to make the law more effective
in minor particulars. The amend
ments were adopted without dissent
and the bill then passed, the only neg
alive vote being by Mr.. Ives. When
Senator McGillivray's Joint resolution
for a constitutional amendment per
hitting the state to aid in road-build-
ing came up for third reading, Mr.
Orion submitted substitute providing
in effect that the state may appropri-
ate money for the purpose and raise
it by a tax, but cannot go into debt.
The amendment was adopted and the
resolution ordered to a third reading
Mr.. orion opposed the three Roehr
bills, 73s, las and 75s, relating specie
ically to the Milwaukee and Douglas
county superior courts. but generally
to all superior and circuit courts in the
state These measures all provide In
effect that judges cannot draw salaries
if they have held up opinions for 80
DAYS. Mr.. Orion deemed them in
sulting, offensive and unconstitutional,
asserting also that no state had such
a law except California, and Il was
gotten into the constitution there by
the pernicious influence Of Dennis
Kearney. The bills ne regarded as
unconstitutional because they con-
templated an interference With the
drawing of salaries which the consti-
tuition granted to judges. Mr.. Rusk
upheld the bills and their constitu-
tionality declaring that no judge was
really entitled to pay if he denied JUS
tice to litigants for longer periods than
8 months. His own circuit judge ia
yored the proposition. Mr.. Hoeble,
in justification of such legislation, said
that 1t had been shown before the COM
mittees that cases had been pigeon
holed by judges /, 2, 3, A, 5 and even
years. The bills were then all or
dered to third reading, IS to 10.
The bill for a sugar beet bounty OF
one cent a ton for three years mot 5,
as in original bill), was reported ia
vorably. The Middleton bill. giving
threshers a lien upon the grain
threshed, went to the judiciary com
mittee. The Dresser bill, providing
that where damage is done to high
ways and bridges by threshing ma
chine engines that weigh more than
ten tons (the present law makes the
weight fiye), the owners shall be re-
sponsible, was on the calendar for en-
grossment. Mr. Thomas proposed an
amendment, making the weight seven
tons II was adopted and the bill was
then engrossed.
Mr.. True's marriage license bill was
also ordered engrossed.
Assembly bills killed were: Nos.
300 (Fogo), providing that person
not heard OF for 7 years shall be pre-.
ennrad ia no dead and A0G II oPaul