Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-01-18
THE LEGISLATURE.

The forty fourth regular session OF the
wisconsin Legislature opened at Madison
at noon on January II. Both houses con
Nened promptly at II O'Clock and with
much facility as possible elected the of
hcerS nominated at the several caucuses.
Senator Thayer OF RipOn was made preSi-
dent pro tenn. of the Senate and George H.
Ray of La Crosse speaker of the Assembly.
Walter HOuser of MOndOvi was elected
chief clerk of the upper house and w. a.
NOVEL; of Milwaukee chief clerk of the
lower House. c. A. Pettibone of Oconomo-
voc and j. Fl. Agen Of Superior were elect
ed SergeantS-at-arms of the respective
branches. The work was done expeditions
~ in the Senate, but required more time in
the House. There was nothing in the way
of floral decorations in either house, but
there were large number of spectators in
both, notably in the Assembly. In both
houses many ladies were present. In the
Senate Chief Clerk HOuser made the fol
lowing appointments: Journal clerk II.
z; schultz, business manager of the La
crosse Republican and Leader; bOOkkeeper,
a.. :. Rood Of Palmyra; postmaster. Chris;
Paulus of Milwaukee, Chief Clerk NOVEL;
OF the Assembly appointed f. W. Coon
keeper, Fred Nelson Of Phillips journal
clerk, Henry A. McGraw of Whitewater
stationery clerk In the Senate the follow
Lamoreaux, Roehr Whitman, Whelan,
Riordan, whitehead, Kreutzer, Martin.
State Affairs McGillivray, Munson, Jones.
Bjsse!l. Harris. Finance, Banks and Bank
ing-Roehr, Baxter, Green, Whelan Munson.
Railroads Withee Devos bennett, Welton,
Mailer Mailer, Reynolds Harris, Ea,2n Jacobs.
tin, Hatt0n. Manufactures--Anson, Fearne,
Hatton, Devos, Bi5sell. Assessment and
Collection Of TaXes-Whitehead, ThayeE,
Riordan. Corporations-Devo Thayer,
Stout, Green, Stebbins. Town and County
anization-Riordan, Fearne, Mills.
Public Lands-Dennett, Knudson, Kreutzer.
Pn2G stebSin@ Fish Eat Snd
Game-Green, Knudson, Hatton. Military
Anairs-Welton, Baxter, Stebbins, Knud-
sen, kTeutzer Privileges and Elections
Jones, Whitehead, Withee, Harris, Fearne,
legislative Lee Expenses-ReEnods, Ansoqn,
vray, bennett; BisselI. Reynolds. Roads
Baxter, McGillivray, Weed. Penal and
Charitable Notwithstanding, Wood
worth, Stout.
Senate.
The feature of the session Of the Senate
on the 18th, aside from the reading Of Gov.
ScOfeld'S biennial message, was the intro
ductiOn by Senator Eaton of Milwaukee Of
an anti-pass measure, which was Il surprise.
Mr.. EatOn'S bill is Il very sweeping measure,
prohibiting not only the of passes, but
Of franks Of all kinds, and including county,
city and village officers as we'll as state en-
plOyeS. 1t is generally believed that neither
this nor any other particular bill will be
passed. The plan will be to send all the
bills that are expected to the judiciary com
mittee, which will formulate one that
party instead of one man the credit of the
measure. After transacting some routine
business the Senate adjourned until the
18th.
Assembly.
The reading of Gov. ScOfelds message in
the 'Assembly on the 18th was followed by
4 resolution from Mr.. Wheeler assigning
the different parts of the message to diff
ferent cOmmi, 1t ees, to the immediate pas
sage of which A r. Hall objected He
wanted to offer an amendment and moved
that the resolution be held until the next
session. The motion passed. There
was a clause in Mr.. Wheeler's resolution
requiring the several committees to report
by bill, where bill is deemed necessary.
Assemblyman Hall has prepared inner
itance tax law similar to the New York
law and will introduce it next week. The
Assembly adjourned until the 18th.