Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-02-23

a. ~ om $4,000 to $4,000. the Sec
letary 20 receive $1,000 per year and
an ASSISTANT $1,000; by Mr.. Frost, APP
proprixdng $500 to the State Horticul-
tural aociety to defray the expenses Of
it's exhibit at the Omaha exposition;
by Mr.. Dengel, amending the law so
that street railway and electric light
companies shall pay an annual license
of 6 per cent. on gross receipts under
100000 and 8 per cent over that
amount double the present rate); by
Mr.. Middleton, limiting the hotel ex-
penses OF officers and employees of the
state while travelling on public duty
to 81 per day; by Mr.. Barlow, exempt
ing cities of 1000 or under from the
operation of the present caucus law;
by Mr.. Gilmore, reducing the interest
on tax sale certificates from Is to 10
per cent; by Mr.. Ella, by request, CIV
ing newspapers $50 instead of 500 for
publishing the laws; by Mr.. Wheeler,
providing that no appeal shall be oils
missed, when made in good faith, on
account of defect in the bail bond; by
Mr.. Holland, permitting county boards
to make the Office of register of deeds
salaried Office. Four bills to amend
the fish and game laws were intro
ouced by Mr.. Thomas. One is to
shorten the open season for the hunt
ing OF pheasants, cartridges, grouse
ETC., 20 days, making the open season
from Sept. Is to Nov. 90 A second
! fixes the trout season from April &c
Aug. Is. A third makes the deer sea-
son to last only 10 days in November
A fourth is to prohibit the shipping oil
deer outside of countries unless accom-
panied by the owner. 1t also raises
the resident license fee from 81 to So
Mr.. Dahl's bill for a special commits
sion to investigate the Torrens land
system went to the claims committee
on motion Of Mr.. Vandercook.
Madison, Feb. 13.-The anti-pass
matter came up in the senate in the
form of a report from the judiciary
committee recommending that the for
fixture of office clause be not adopted.
Senator bennett requested some mem
bers on the judiciary committee to ex-
plain why that clause should not be
adopted. Senator Lamoreux made a
defense, declaring that it would not be
according to precedent or good form
to place a penalty in the constitution.
which should be a declaration of prin-
ciples, he said, not penal code. He
argued that 1t would also give rise to
partisan squabbles on the part of some
soreheads who would bring action for
alleged forfeiture of Office because of
anger over defeat. Senator bennett in
answering these arguments limited
that they were mere subterfuges ana
were all based on the possibility of
the evasion of what the resolution was
desired to accomplish, the abolition of
the pass The protest went unheeded,
however, and the resolution unamenu-
ed was adopted. The vote on the for
feiture amendment was vive voce, but
on tne resolution itself was by roll
call, when only Senators Stebbins and
Whelan went on record against it. Ii
was after this vote that Senator Dem
nett gave notice of his motion for a
reconsideration. Senator bennett did
not believe that without penalty
clause the amendment would be worth
the paper on which it was written.
Senator Whelan tried to inject a PEN
atty amendment into it after the de-
feat of the forfeiture clause, by offer
ing an amendment providing for fine
of from 500 to $500 for the violation
of the provisions of the resolution.
This amendment was also lost by a
viva voce vote. The bill for the i'm
mediate abolition of the pass went to
third reading with only Senator
Stebbins voting against it. Il consider
the action of the senators in riding on
passes voting as they did hypocritical, :"
said Senator Stebbins, when asked for
hisreasons for voting againstthe meas
ure. Il ride on passes and believe in
them, and therefore voted as my be-
nefs are"
Two bills were introduced, the first
by Senator Roehr, having the proposed
uniform negotiable instrument, and
the second an amendment to the town
ship high school law. Senator Whelan
introduced a joint resolution amend
Ing the constitution so that the com
pensatioa OF the state superintendent
can be made lager than $1,000.
In the assembly Mr.. Ripley present
ed the resolutions adopted at the re-
cent cheesemakers' meeting, protesting
against the railroad rates on dairy
products in Wisconsin, which they as
sert are twice as high as those in the
east.
Mr.. Thomas presented a joint reso-
luton for an amendment to the con-
stitution requiring the supreme court
to pass upon important questions of
constitutional law when ordered by the
governor or two-thirds of the legisla-
ture. Bills were introduced By Mr..
Orion, to amend the statutes relating
to the classification of cities; by Mr..
SGaidon, 10 prohibit the licensing of
any saloon within $50 feet of any
church or schoolhouse; by Mr.. Hoehle,
to repeal the law relative to license
fees payable by street railway, electric
light and nOwar