Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-04-13

Ills (Martin), making an annual an
preparation of $4,000 to teachers in
stitutes instead of $4,000 as now. Mr..
Dodge's was the only negative vote:
246s (Mills), requiring wage time
checks to be payable at some desig-
mated bank or Office in the county in
which the work is performed; 26Ss
tRoehr), forbidding fire insurance
policies to be written unless the risk
is approved in writing by resident
agent; 1925, appropriating annually
$500 to the state library commission
in excess Of what it now gets: S34s.
authorizing the appointment of ad-
ditional factory inspectors Cor in
ALL at $1,000 salary and expenses each.
The bill, 1913, introduced by the SEN
ate committee on taxation, making
special appropriations to university
purposes was ordered to a third read
ing without opposition. Its appropria-
lions are: for additions to the dairy
herd, to enlarge the dairy building
and for change in heating plant.
$4,000; for an engineering building,
100000; for water tower for the
supply of the capitol, $4,000. A very
important amendment was proposed
by Mr.. Hall and adopted. 1t makes
further appropriation of $4,000 for
an electric light plant to furnish power
and light for the university, the new
historical building and the capitol.
Senator Lamoreux's bill, No. 202
permitting towns. cities and villages
to vote aid to telephone lines was
bitterly assailed by Mr.. Hall as open
ing the door to wrong and fraud.
Sharpers, he said, would, if this au-
thority was granted, often beguile
farming communities into giving bo-
muses. for lines that were not at all
necessary. Any way, telephones were
luxuries for which the individual user
should pay. They were in no degree
akin to the railway-and even grants
to the latter were no longer tolerated.
Mr.. Wheeler SAID phones were in fact
necessaries and on the same basis as
railroads. The blll did nothing but
permit the people to exercise their own
prerogatives regarding the voting OF
aid Mr.. Sturdevant declared his ex-
perience in aiding in the construction
of telephone line in Clark county
was most disastrous. Mr.. Keene
could not conceive of a case where
telephone company deserved aid. The
business was at best sort of monnp-
oily. Mr.. Vandercook objected vigor-
ously to certain insinuations that tie
people of north Wisconsin did not
know enough to protect themselves
even if the measure should pass. At
this stage Mr.. NJ. w. Ryan made a
motion to adjourn, which prevailed,
thus leaving the bill Enacted upon.
The solons have had hard siege of
work this winter and will celebrate
it's close with Legislative ball at the
university armory April 20. Clauders
orchestra of Milwaukee, 40 pieces, will
furnish the music. The admission will
be by invitation and an effort will be
made to make it the finest affair of its
kind ever held in the state.
The legislature adjourned till 2 p.
m. Monday.
Madison, April 10.-The legislature
will probably adjourn sine die about
April 81, though possibly one week
earlier In the assembly today Mr..
Overlook was given authority to in
troduce two bills, one giving more
blue books to state officers and legis
lators and the other for state loan
to Sturgeon Bay. The Mills bill COM
polling railway trains to make con-
nections at junction points went to
the railroad committee after an eX
PLANTATION by Mr.. Vandercook that
it was desirable to add some amend
ments that would really clothe the
state railroad commissioner With such
authority as would render the office
of some practical value to the people.
The Farr bill making an appropria-
ton of 81, 500 to the northern state fair
was killed, while the Frost bill which
aims at the effective taxation of mort
cages went over till Wednesday on
motion of Mr.. Eline, after Mr.. Frost
had spoken in its favor at some length
and quite fully explained it's provi-
sions.
In the senate the first bill on the
calendar for passage, No IS (McGilliv-
ray), to regulate the profession of
public accountant by providing that
a set of rules governing it be prepared
by the governor. attorney general
and one expert accountant, brought
on a debate in which Senator Roehr
opposed the measure as impracticable
while Senator McGillivray defended it.
The bill passed, IL to s. Among the
assembly bills concurred in were: Nos.
164a CTrue), requiring county clerks
to send blanks to treasurers: and
375a (Grube), extending time for COM
pleton of sidewalks in certain cases.
Another food of protest came in
against the passage of No. 14a, the
Orion life insurance tax bill The
most important report received was
that of the fish and game committee