Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-20

treason, Ine nASneSC OF crimes, prOVid-
ed the degree of punishment. He was
opposed to making criminal code of
the constitution. The penalties were
properly for statutory regulations.
Mr.. Hoehle, in opposition to
what Mr.. Wheeler had SAL.
called attention to the fact that the
constitution specifically punished trea-
son and felony with forfeiture of the
electoral privilege, though it might be
restored afterward; also that dueling
was equivalent to an eternal electoral
disqualification. Still another penal
clause forbade defaulters in public Of
flee from ever again holding public
office. Mr.. Sturdevant declared that
the anti-pass agitation was OBJ
viously aimed at this legis-
lature and that it should not be
afraid to meet the issue squarely and
in man er to accord with the repub-
lican platform pledge.
Mr.. Rusk thought the true point of
the case was being lost sight of. The
legislature was doing nothing in fact
but giving the people the opportunity
to say whether or no they were against
passes. He was ever willing to let the
people have their say
Mr.. Sturdevant asked for the ayes
and nays and the minority report was
adopted, So to 81, those against it be-
ing:-Messrs. Adams, Barlow,
Becker, Buttles, Cashin, Catlin,
H1o,,pb DonooI Mine 10 Eo;oo
Fogo, Gavin, Gilmore, Guth, Hol-
comb, Hurlbut, Ives, Johnson, Kess-
Ter, LANCE, Mcleod, Parker, Ryan, M.
W., Vandercook, Wells, Werheim,
Wheeler, Willott, Willy+31
Absent-Messrs. Baldock, Flaherty,
Gagnon, Germer, CRUDE, Humphrey,
Hunt, Jensen, Killilea, Logan, Nc
Donald, McGrath, Minch, Porter,
Sarau and Williams-14
The following is the substitute
minority report:
Resolved by the senate, the assem-
bly, cOncurring, that article XIII of the
constitution of the state be amended
by adding thereto after section ten of
the same, a new section, which shall
be designated as section IL of article
XIII, and shall read as follows:
"'Section II. No Public officer or
person elected or appointed to a pub
lie office under the laws of this state
shall directly or indirectly ask, de-
mand, accept, receive or consent to
receive for his own use or benefit, or
for the use or benefit Of another, any
free pass, free transportation, frank
ing privilege or discrimination in
passenger, telegraph, express, sleep
ing car or telephone rates, from any
person or corporation, or make use of
the same himself or in conjunction
with another. Any person who VIC
lates any of the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall forfeit his Office at
the suit Of the attorney gen
eral Any person or any Of
ficer or agent of any corporation
who shall offer or promise to public
officer or person elected or appointed
to a public office, any such free pass,
free transportation, franking privi-
lege or discrimination, shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor and liable
to punishment. No person shall be
privileged from testifying in any &C
ton, examination or proceeding in
vOlVing a violation of this sectiOn
but such person shall not be liable to
civil or criminal prosecution for any
such violation involved in such action,
examination or proceeding
The minority report was signed by
Messrs. Sturdevant, Harvey and Ella,
while the majority report was signed
by the rest of the Judiciary committee
-Messrs. Wheeler, Orion, Rusk, Cat
lin, Mcleod, Vandercook and Eline.
Mr.. Hoehle would have gone with the
minority had he been present when
the report was drafted.
Judge Orion said he was in such
grave doubt as to the constitutionality
Of his bill No. Ga, relating to the adop-
ton of children, that he thought it
ought to be Indefinitely postponed.
His wishes were needed.
Mr.. Soltwedel made a motion that
action on the Dahl bill creating the at
torney general and the state law Ii
brarian a non-salaried commission to
investigate the Torrens system of
land transfers and to report to the
next legislature be deferred Mr. Ryan
opposed the proposition as did also
Mr.. Burlington, while it was favored
by Mr.. Wheeler, Mr.. Catlin and Mr..
Hall, the latter declaring that only
abstract men were hostile to the Tor
rens system. The Dahl PROPOSE
ton, which was really an amend
ment of an original bill was then
ordered to third reading almost
unanimously.
Assembly bills were killed as follows:
Nos. 181, (Bryant), relating to con-
veyance in county courts; 200, (Par-
kerr, appropriating 1852 to the state
board of health for defending certain
mandamus proceedings.
The last bill created a fight. Mr..
Keene urging it's merit while Judge
Orion asserted that the city of Beloit