Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-16

ing the sale of liquor within one mile
Of the grounds of the soldiers home
in Milwaukee.
Mr.. Harvey offered a bill increas-
ing the maximum penalty for mayhem
from five years to fifteen years, or a
fine of from $500 to $4,000.
Mr.. Lange introduced bills to repeal
the corrupt practices act, and to shat
ter civil service reform in fire and po-
lice in cities like Madison and Osh-
| kosh.
Madison, Feb. 12.-The legislature
will reconvene this evening. Just after
the session was over Friday news was
| circulated Of the death Of Albert Woy-
ciechowski, a Milwaukee member and
the only Pole in the legislature. He
! died in this city Friday Of pneumonia,
making the second legislative death Of
| the session, the first being that Of VIM
| Hughes Of Waushara. Special cleo
| tions will be held to fill the vacancies
| In the senate bills were introduced:
! By Senator Whitman, providing that
| when ROAD is not over one mile long
| it shall if most convenient be laid out
| on section or quarter-sectiOn lines and
shall also be most convenient to prop
erty if same is improved; by Senator
Riordan, providing penalty for en-
| tering standing grain or deer park or
game preserve with dog or firearms
without consent of owner; by Senator
Martin, increasing the appropriations
for teachers Institutes from $4,000 10
$4,000 annually; by Senator Devos,
regulating the operation and use of
emery wheels or emery belts of all
kinds in factories or workshops; by
Senator Stout, increasing the state
board Of control to seven members and
providing that two of them shall he
women.
Bills were introduced in the assem-
bly,:
By Mr.. Mcleod, continuing for an
other two years the state board of ar
bitratiOn, the appropriation being in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000 the Sec
rotary to receive $500 per year and
an assistant $1,000; by Mr.. Frost, ap-
|
tural society to defray the expenses Of
its 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 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;
10y Mr.. Gilmore, reducing the interest
on tax sale certificates from Is to IC
per cent; by Mr.. Ella, by request, Civ
ing newspapers $50 instead of 500 fol-
publishing the laws; by Mr.. Wheeler
providing that no appeal shall be dis
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
a saIaried office. Four bills to amend
the fish and game laws were intro
Quced by Mr.. Thomas. One is tC
shorten the open season for the hunt
ing Of pheasants, cartridges, grouse
ETC., % days, making the open season
from Sept. Is to Nov. 20. A second
fixes the trout season from April 1 tC
Aug. Is. A third makes the deer sea-
son to last only 10 days in November
A fourth is to prohibit the shipping OF
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 a penal code. He
argued that it 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 and
were all based on the possibility Of
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
| fixture amendment was viye voce, but
| on the resolution itself was by roll
call, when only Senators Stebbins and
| Whelan went on record against it. Ii
was after this vote that Senator Den
nett gave notice of his motion for a
reconsideration. Senator bennett did
not believe that without a penalty
clause the amendment would be worth
the paper on which it was written.
Senator Whelan tried to inject pen
atty amendment into it after the de-
feat Of the forfeiture clause, by offer
ing an amendment providing for fine
Of from $100 to $500 for the violation
of the provisions of the resolution.
This amendment was also lost by
viva voce vote. The bill for the i'm