Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-04-20
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passed the Senate bill appropriating $780,
900 to the university. The Sheridan drive
bill was reported for passage in the form
of a substitute providing that no money
be expended for it until voted by the coun-
ties through which the road shall pass.
The bill to regulate the legislative lobby
was favorably reported The feature of
the Assembly at the evening session was
the speech by "Anti-Pass'' Hall in favor
of his substitute for the bill relating to
license fees to be paid by railroad COM
panies. Mr.. Halls substitute provides
tax of per cent on all roads whose gross
earnings equal or exceed $4,000 per mile,
so per cent when the earnings are be-
tween 81, 800 and $1,000, 5 per cent when
between $500 and $4,000. 1t was the
greatest speech of the session, but no ac-
ton was taken on it.
"Anti-pass' scored another victory
against the railroads on Wednesday.
After lengthy debate the Assembly or.
dered to third reading the Orion bill in
creasing the taxes on railroads about
$3O3, 900 annually This estimate is based
on last years taxes, which amounted to
$1,25O,0OO Mr.. Hall had introduced
amendments considerably increasing the
sum, which were defeated, but led Mr..
Orion to increase his own provisions. A
motion to pass the bill under suspension
of the rules failed. The bill fixes a rate
of 5 per cent on the gross earnings over
$4,000 a mile, AZ per cent on earnings be-
tween 81, 900 and So 600, on earnings be-
tween s., 900 and $4,000 315 on earnings
between $1,000 and $1,000. The Senate
without debate killed the Wheeler bill
licensing BARRIERS. The blanket fish and
game bill was favorably reported. 1t pro-
vides that resident hunters must pay a
license of 81 and nonresident hunters
license of $40 for shooting game birds of
all kinds Non-residents must pay $50 for
shooting deer. No game can be shipped
out of the State unless accompanied by
the man who shot it. The provisions as
to the closed season are the same as in
the present law.
Nexing railroad questions occupied the
attention of the Assembly for three hours
Thursday morning. A stormy debate was
had on the Orion bill increasing the tax
on railroads and for which reconsideration
was finally voted. The anti-pass bill
finally went to third reading after some
debate BY new amendments the pen,
State prison to the county Jail, with the
maximum time one year and the maxi
mum fine $500. The amendment provid,
ing for carrying the railroad commission
er and his deputy free was killed and the
provisions were made to reach even to po-
litical committees. The Mcleod bill for
a new State board of immigration and ap-
propriating $1,000 thereto was passed. In
the Senate long debate was had on the
bill to appropriate $50, 600 for an electric
lighting plant for the university, the cap
ito and library buildings. 1T went over
for day: Bills were passed taxing intel
ligence offices $40 and providing for the
payment by the State of costs for trials
for Offenses committed at State institu-
tions instead of by counties wherein COM
mitted. A delegation from Buffalo was
before the Legislature urging that steps
be taken for State exhibit at the propos-
ed Pan-American exposition at Niagara
Falls in 1901.
Both houses of the Legislature, after
prolonged sessions on Friday, adjourned
until Monday evening, the apparent fu.
tility of attempting to finish up work the
following week leading to this. In the
Assembly the drastic anti-pass bill as
amended was passed without debate anG
with but three votes against it. The
Roehr bill requiring all lobbyists to regis.
ter was passed, 6S to Z. Mr.. McGrath
offered an amendment to the Orion rail
road tax bill to cut down the increase in
taxes from 100000 to $141 900 by reduc.
ing the tax on the big roads from 5 to Ak
per cent on gross earnings caused pro
longed debate, but was killed, and the bill
then passed with but seven voting against
it. The Senate adopted the bennett reso-
luton looking to the gradual adoption OF
the New York system of self-support of
penal institutions, leaving the matter in
the hands of the board of control The
Assembly killed the McGillivray patron,
age bill, which provided that the State po-
litical offices should be divided among the
Assembly districts on a basis of popula-
ton. The Senate passed bill making an
appropriation to extend manual training
to ten more high schools, making twenty
high schools in the State having such de-
partments.