Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-03-16

Madison, March S.--The usual mum
Der of petitions for the Humphrey .
cent railroad fare came into the SEN
ate. The house bin changing the Off
cial state paper from the State Journal
to the Evening Wisconsin was non
concurred in, 10 to II. Bills were
passed or concurred In as follows
Nos. 64a, (Welton), for organization
and maintenance of parks, drives and
boulevards; GAS, lRoehr), relating to
taxation OF personal property; lbs.
(Lamoreux), relating to joint high
school districts; 146s, (Mills), relating
to the qualifications of jurors, and S1a,
(McGrath), amending law relating to
the government of the Green Bay re-
formatory.
Contrary to its action the day before
the lower house killed, by vote of 81
to 40, the bill forbidding the establish
ment Of new saloons within $50 feet
in the senate resolution for constitu-
state to aid In road building; sent the
Orion adoption bill back to- committee
and received Joseph Rechitz, the new
Milwaukee member A committee on
agriculture reported fayorably bill
wires instead of 5, while the railway
committee reported adversely the BIZ
cycle baggage bill. Assembly bills
were passed: Nos. IS (Thomas),
making the wildcat bounty 50 and the
lynx bounty 81 and giving county
boards the power to increase these
sums. % (Parker), having saloon II
censes take effect on delivery" not
on granting; 2Gi (Oyerbeck), appro-
priating $4,000 for silver service for
the battleship Wisconsin,; 1858
(Wheeler), slightly amending the law
relating to the false impersonating OF
county officers; 40 (Wells), reducing
the stock of the City Bank Of Portage
from 100000 to $4,000; 4S3 Keencl,
making the rate of interest on lands
sold for taxes 10 per cent. rhe senate
Joint resolution for constitutional
amendment (McGillivray), aut..oTiz-
ing the legislature to permit the state
TO aid In road building was concurred
in, 55 to Is. Senator Knudson's bill,
DIS, permitting a circuit court to make
an order correcting the name or de
scription" of the parties or descrp-
ton Of premises transferred when er-
rors or antiquities occur, was non
concurred In. Assembly bills killed
Nos. As (Gagnon), forbidding com
panles to write insurance policies
Greer, relating to permanent land
marks; 229 Humphrey, to organize
the town OF Wescott, Shawano county;
2S9 (Ripley), making telegraph com
panies responsible for mental anguish
caused by the delay OF messages; 295
tRoettiger), relating to separate road
districts and 4S6 (McLeod), relating
to employment of assistance for dis
trict attorney. Joseph Rechlitz, dem,
Of Milwaukee. who succeeds Albert
Woyciechowski, deceased, was sworn
In by the speaker. A third reading
was ordered for the bill which pro-
vides In effect that the circuit Judge
may restrict the time OF counsel In
any argument before the court, but
shall not do so In any case In the reg
ular argument before the jury so long
as counsel confines his argument to
the legitimate and proper discussion
OF the facts In the case. Gen. Geo.
r. Bryant OF Madison introduced 1t
and his argument for 1t resulted In
the rejection Of the judiciary com
mlttee's adverse report
Madison, March 9.--In the senate
a somewhat spirited debate was held
on Senator McGilliyray's patronage
bill to distribute the minor Offices OF
the state equally among the counties
OF the state. 1t was finally passed BY
a vote OF 1G TO 10. Senator McGilli-
vray said that precedent for the bill
is found In the District OF Columbia
whose patronage is distributed equally
between the states. Rock county, he
said, had 5000 more worth Of patron
age than II is entitled to and he be-
lieyed we're that not the case the
senator from that county white
head would not object TO the bill.