The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-25

scnoos Tor the deaf. on the calendar for
IN" third reading, was discussed at some
,li5,;. IrilEln; MI. heeier wanted 10 know what
necessity lhefe was for such an officer and
Mr. True of the claims committee reneotod
the argument that had been made for tI,n
on before che committee. Mr.. Mctiratr
Sild that while he was Interested in schooIs
Tor The deaf. he could see no reason for thc
creation OF such an office and he thourht =
suitable person could not he appointed for
Nl''"t NeaT-the salary named in the hin
,oI kuSk made strong speech in favor OF
the bill, showing the advantage of rdurlt.
ing the deaf in their homes rather than in
the state school. Some diSpora,-iuC raInnri,,
about the school for the deaf at DeIavau
brought Mr.. Wheeler to his feet He rs.
serted That 1t WaS not true that the iuStitu.
,i"n non neglected the oral method of teaching
Mr.. RuSk replied that they taught it there
because they had TO. hut they did not seem
to want it taught outside Mr. Mct;rnrh
Spok" again in opposition To the bill. say
ing th.t there We're only twelve day srhoI-
arS III the state and less than 100 puniIs
roll call was ordered and the hiil was
killed h% a vote of 80 to ~. The following
Senate bills were ordered To third read
ing: Relating TO parks. drives, etc. reIat.
ing To school boards, etc. relating to Ger
tain courts. relating To assessment of lands
ana buildings: relating to municipal court
of Douglas county; relating To the assess.
mcni of real and personal property The
following Assembly bills were ordered tn Il
third reading: Appropriation for an I'm.
bach: relating To wider circulation of free
libraries: creating new town uf Grant,
Monroe county.
Ar the night session OF the Assembly ON
thr 10th the unfinished morning calendar
WAS taken up and gone through with. There
was Il discussion over Mr. Buffngtons bill.
to appropriate $1,000 to the Home for Fallen
Won."I, at Eau Claire. which was on the
calendar for indefiu::- postpouemeut.
Mcssrs. Nandercook ana Burlington spoke
for the bill, and Mr.. True defended the
In
ing it for ind finite pOStponement Mr.
Euiiington's motion was carried to defer
action till Wednesday. The committee on
charitable and penal institutions introduced
Il bill to authorize the employment Of a
chief clerk by the state board of control.
1t was referred TO the claims committee.
The claims committee reported for paSSa gr
the bill providing for a compilation of the
rGiirOad laws.
The Assembly opened its session on the
18th with an attempt to reconsider the Nc
Gillivray bill for the appointment of an in
SpeCtor of day schools rOr the deaf. Mr..
keene moved tn" reconsideration and Mr..
Mctirath and Judge Orton opposed il The
Assembly refused to reconsider by Il vote
of - TO 81. There were number of I'M
portant committee reports including the
auti-paSs bill. soldiers home bill and the
Milwaukee tir" and polio" commission bill.
The judiciary committee reported the True
marriage bill with some amendments for
passage and recommended nOncuucurrencr
IN the Senate bills for an intermediate ap.
p"llate court and TO permit probate notices
to he printed III German newspapers. The
Hall three -c0rncred bottle bill was again re
ported for slaughter by the committee on
public health and sanitation. The following
bills were passed To regulate the practice
of barbering: apprOpriating money To Be
lott city school district: relating to judicial
elections: comforting additional jurisdiction
on county court of st. CroiN county: re
latiug to elections; authorizing Douglas
county to aid agricultural society; apprO-
prilting money to fir" sufferers of Barron
county; appropriating money for funeral
expenses of William Hughes and Albert
WoicicchowSki: authorizing the purchase
of n toll road in Fond du Lac county: ap-
proprlatiug money to legislative visiting
committee; relating 10 voluntary assign
ments: relating to parks, drives. etc; re
lating to school boards. etc: relating to Ger
tain courts: relating to municipal court of
Douglas county, relating to til" assessment
of real and personal property. Senator
Mills htll relating to qualihcation of jurors
aud relating to fees Of ShrrffS were non
concurrcd in, and the following Senate bills
were ordered to Il third reading: Relating 10
duties Of state superintendent: relating To
Joint free high school districts: changing
the name of state library commission: re
Iatiug to board of normal school regents:
amending municipal court laws for Ash
land county: relating to punishment OF va
grants; providing for election of supervisors
of Milwaukee, county. Mr.. Green's bill re
Iating To special uSkesSmCutS for street I'm
proypments in Milwaukee was sent to the
committee on Judiciary. There was some
thing of Il fight over tho bill 10 take away
the preference of the state as Il creditor In
the matter of insOlvcnt banks. Mr.. Nc
Erath offered an amendment requiring
banks to give bond in the sum of their
capital stock and average deposits To pro
tcct dcpos'tors which was lost. roll
call was ordered and the BIZ was advanced
tn Il third reading by vote of 6? to y
The bin making an appropriation to the
geological survey was the subject of Il long
discussion Tie bill was originally for
S15 600 a year, but the committee on claims
had amended cutting the appropriation to
$1,000. Mr.. Wheeler offered an amendment
to tn" amendment making the sum $4,000
year. The amendment was debated at
length. and finally adopted by Il Not" of / |
to % The bill was then ordered To IL third
reading. The Assembly then adjourned un-
til $50 =. III. on the 10th.
RlcSsing was invoked at the opening of
the Assembly session on the evening Of th"
10Th by the Rev. A. Il. Storms. There We're
no petitions or remonStrauCcs. a reS"lu-
tion was adopted to permit Mr.. Thomas ~
introduce bill to authorize A. J. Mc''iil
very to build n dam across the Chippewa
\ message was received from Coy. Sc"
field announcing that ten bills originating
in the Assembly had been signed and de
POSTED in the office of the secretary OF
state. The FIRST measure on the calendar
was Mr.. Halls toint resolution for con
stitutioral amendment TO allow III" use of
voting machines. The resolution was
passed. The vote Il to > in favor Of
the passage of the bill to appropriate $500
for an interstate park at the Dales OF the
ST Croix. The only other appropriation
hill on the calendar was to appropriate
5000 for the erection Of monument at
thr grave Of Nelson Dewey. Wisconsin
frat governor. The bill was passed unani,
m0usly. On motion Of Mr. Eusk the hill
relating to the maintenance Of schools III
cities. was Iercfcrred to the committe" on
cducatfon The Assembly refused concur
renee in the bill providing hat Migrants
shall not tie sentenced Ia poorhouses
The Assembly on the DIST passed senator
Rnrhr's bill providing for the rcorganiZa-
ti0n Of the board of normal school regents,
which will now become u law as soon rs
the Senate r0tcurs In u slight amendment.
aud the governor shall aihX his SIsnatnrc 7"
it. The bill Cnts the governor of from tn"
board: makes tn" state superintendent tn"
head of the board: increases the number
of regents from nine to ten and extends IN"
terms from three to four years. The As
Spmbly rrcOnSidprpd the vote by which
Senator Waiton's bill relating to the punish
Inrnt Of vngrnntS was killed and on motion
of Mr. Mct;rath the bill WAS laid over for
= week for further consideration. ON mo
tion of Mr.. Wells the bills to pay MessrS.
pcaSe and ChAiin for services In the Wau-
koSha school Investigation case were with
drawn from the committ"" on claims. the
matter having been adjusted. ii is under
stood. Senator MunSon'S joint resolution re
lattng To the distribution of town laws was
c0ncurred in. There was lively parlianen-
tary Squabble on Mr.. Guth's bill requiring
bicycles to yield the right -of-way TO wagons
on country roads. Mr.. Thomas undertook
to offer an amendment to which Mr.. Guth
objected. Col RuSk moved to suspend the
rules and tn" speaker ruled his motion out
Of order. After something Of a discussion.
Mr.. Guth called for the ayes and noes, ana
tho hill was passed 10y Not" OF ~ to y
Mr.. Sturdnvant changed his vote from no
10 aye for tn" evident purpose OF mnN-
ing a reconsideration. Mr.. ,ahls hlli Tor
An Investigation Of the Torrcns system or
land transfers was passed and 5" was Sen,
gtOr StoUf'S hill reducing the number OF