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

| lStrati0n OF births was also laid over. The
| committee on assessment and collection of
! taxes reported substitute for the inheri-
| tancc tax bill with Il recommendation that
it pass. Mr.. Frost moved to reconsider the
| vote by which Mr. Bufingtons Woman's
! home bill killed yesterday morning
| ana there was long discussion after which
! the bill was killed for good by q vote Of 43
to 46, Mr.. Eline opposed Mr.. Keene's bill
| dividing Milwaukee into health districts,
| saying that it was simply intended to give
! somebody Il job, and the Assembly killed
| 1t. Mr.. Overbeck's bill increasing the num-
Der of Blue Books to be printed was passed.
| The Assembly then passed to the last order
of the calendar leaving the Milwaukee pen
| sion bills and other important measures un-
| touched There was Il very long debate
over Mr.. McGraths bill relating to the
form of insurance policies, the object of the
| bill being to change the law relating to the
| vacancy clause. The bill was finally or
dered to a third reading. The Assembly
then took recess until 100 p. m.
| Speaker Ray kept the assemblymen at
| work the night of the 10Th and the I'M
| finished calendar was gone through with,
/ despite many efforts to secure an early adj
| iournment. The principal discussions were
| on the bills to create pension funds for mem
| bers of the police and fire departments of
| Milwaukee and the bill to increase the IL
cense fees to be paid by street railway COM
| panies. The street railway bill was or
| dered engrossed and read third time, after
| two amendments had been voted down. The
| bill will increase the taxes Of the Milwau-
| kee Electric Railway and Light. company
about $4,000 year on the basis OF last
|
| from it's amendment to appropriate $35, 0OO
!, for an electric lighting plant for the uni
versity and capitol.
The Assembly on the 10th killed the
Green bill prohibiting spring shooting of
aquatic fowl. 1t was killed by one vote
cul9stances an attempt will probably be
made to reconsider. it. The Assembly spent
| upon it, The squabbe began over an
amendment offered by Mr.. Wells to permit
| Wells made plea for his amendment, say
ing that the people of his district wanted
ao, c9ance to shoot wild geese when they
amendment on the ground that all manner
| OF game birds should be protected during
the breeding season. Nh Frost favored
aDpeared in Wisconsin in the spring only
and there could be no fall shooting The
goose SEN ne said was fully able to take care
| geese, agreed that the goose could take
6 6aTe OF Itself and after, further semi
by vote of 81 to 81 Then followed a live
| y debate on the merits of the bill. Messrs
Eandercook and True favored the bill the
tering OF ducks by Madison hunters. Mr.
Minch defended the Madison hunters and
MADE made a speech against the bill He said
that there was no sense in Wisconsin pass
ing such Il Dill when the neghboring states
permitted peri spring shooting. Mr. Wheeler
also opposed the bill, saying there Wara
many reasons why the bill should not mass
MI Humphrey thought the amount of
n numhagg IN the spring did not affect the
NUMBER or ducks in the fall 1t dppend-
ed far more upon weather conditions NJ
Nandercook made a strong plea in favor of
the bill and Mr. Evans and some others o.,
posed 1t: The bill was refused n tbird
reading by vote of 43 to A. Mr. Hail
who usually dies fighting in the last ditcf,
on Talr0ad matters, admitted to the As
semDly that he had no hope of passing his
two bills establishing a railroad -commiesin,,
we're on 4nd freght The two bill
ton When they were reached Mr. Hail
said that he had been too busy with other
matters to push the bills and he expected
them to be defeated. He wanted. however,
TO give the Assembly some facts relating
to the matter. and asked to have the hills
Iai6 over until the 18th. His motion pre-
session with a long debate over Senator
i1amoreuXs bill to authorize municipalities
TO ana In the building of telephone lines
which had been fought over a week or two
ago and had come back with a Senate
amendment. The amendment was concur
red in; Senator Eaton's Sheridan drive bill
dered nOnconcurred Senator McGilIivray's
bill authorizing dam on the Peshtigo riv-
er was concurrcd in Senate amendment
to Mr.. keene's bill relating to the registra-
ton Of births was CONQUERED in. The Mil
waukee delegation INDUCED in Il long de-
date over Mr.. Keenes bill relating to the
repair Of streets. Mr.. keene favored it. |
and Messrs Zinn, Hartung and EIne op-
posed it: The bill was indefinitely post
L IL
lions of time for commencing action was
ordered engrosSed and read Il third time !
Senator benefits bill authorizing the gov
ernor TO accept any settlement of land |
claims that Congress may offer was con- |
Cured in Mr.. Keene objected to the pas |
sage of Senator Roehr,s bill increasing sal |
aries in the register of deeds office in Mil |
Waukee county. but il was concurred in by |
Il vote of 81 to 33. Senator Dement'S Joint !
resolution authorizing the state board of |
control to adopt the New York system of |
prison labor employment far possible |
concurred in. Other bills were con- |
CURED in rs follows Relating to the in
corporation of life insurance companies re- |
lating to reports of assessors; for the preser- |
walton Of fish IL Dane county: relating to |
city taxes; providing for sale of future in
terest in lands; relating to maintenance and |
care of chronic insane.
The Assembly got tangled up in call |
of the house at the afternoon session on |
the goth after the committee report had |
been received. Mr.. Dodge moved Il recon |
sideration of the vote by which the bill
third reading. Messrs. Wheeler and 10th
opposed the motion and Mr.. Vandercook
favored it; The vote was 43 to 81 for re,
that action on the bill be deferred till next |
day. This was voted down. 80 to &C. A |
motion by Mr.. Cashin to defer action till |
then moved a call of the house, and the call
was sustained. Several Intellectual attempts |
were made to suspend the call
The Assembly had another whirl with |
1t for good by very close vote. Mr.. 10th |
started the trouble by moving a reconsider
alton of the vote by which the bill was re-
fused a third reading yesterday. Mr. Ella
said he opposed the motion on the ground !
that there was no time to waste in the re-
consideration of bills once disposed of and
s sau d d RaG ffo nen 9%o aou
ties most interested. While Mr. Ella was
speaking the speaker discovered that Mr..
10th had not voted on the bill and ruled
that he could not make the motion. Some
time later Mr.. Thomas made the same mo-
ton, and Mr. 10th moved to lay it owe"
until Tuesday night. That motion was lost
by vote of 43 to A. The question of re-
consideration Of the vote then came up and
q roll call demanded. The motion was
lost by vote of A to 44-tie. The Assem-
bly, started with Il discussion over final adj
jOurnment. Senator LamoreuX'S resolution
fixing April q the date taken from
the table on motion of Mr.. Dresser, and the
same gentleman moved to amend and make
it April 23. Mr.. Hall opposed the amend
ment and the adoption of the resolution at
the present time. He said that there was
too much important business unfinished to
fix Il day for final adjournment. He re-
ferred to the insurance and railroad blls as
examples. MeSsrS. Wheeler, keene and
Williams agreed with him, and motion |