Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-11

tend aid to memorial day celebrations;
requiring voting in legislative caucuses
for elections of United States senator
by roll call; loaning city of Rhine
lander 100000 for the reorganization OF
the Wisconsin Central railroad compa-
ny; requiring legislative lobbyists to
register; for reorganization of national
guard; forbidding the running on coun-
try roads OF steam engines weighing
over seven tons; for supervision of in
vestment associations; for licensing
intelligence offices at $40; creating
state tax commission; for establish
ment OF two county training schools
for teachers; for better registration of
births and marriages; permitting cities
to issue bonds for telephones; prohib-
iting all public officials from using
railroad passes or accepting privileges
from corporations; for an exhibit at
the Paris exposition; prohibiting
spring shooting; abolishing the state
land office in two years; appropriating
$151, 900 to the university and $S95,000
to the charitable and penal institu-
lions; for preserving of fish and
game; permitting inter-county reform
atories; to regulate employment of mi
nors; taxing tonnage cents a ton
for a new form of ballot; for a state
board OF immigration; requiring ITO
of liquor license money to go to kim
dergartens; taxing inheritances; and
for $4,000 exhibit at the panAmeri-
can exposition in Buffalo.
Among the measures of Importance
killed were those absolutely forbidding
the sale of cigarettes; granting woman
suffrage on liquor license questions;
for a bounty of one cent on sparrows
and eggs; for board of health super
vision Of waterworks and sewage
plants; for preventing tight lacing;
prohibiting saloons within one mile of
soldiers homes; for an appellate
court; limiting speed of trains in cities
and villages to Is miles an hour;
taking away rights of wheelmen on
country roads; prohibiting saloons
within ESQ feet of churches or school
houses; for protection against lien
injustice; for licensing engineers and
firemen; prohibiting collection of fares
unless seats are furnished passengers;
various 2-cent railroad fare measures;
cutting down toll for grinding grain;
to prohibit new trials on reversal in
supreme court unless costs of trial
were paid up; for county houses of cor
rection; providing that when husband
and wife had been separated for a year
divorce should be in accordance; for
licensing plumbers and BARRIERS; for a
bounty on beet sugar; for new ex-
ecutive residence costing $4,000; for
uniform text books; to extend .Sheri-
dan drive to Milwaukee; for inspection
of gas meters; taxing railroad compa-
MES $35O,000 additional; taxing daily
newspapers; requiring railroads to car
ry bicycles free; allowing twenty days
pool selling on races; prohibiting trad
ing stamps; requiring poison to be
kept in triangular bottles; for taxing
logs where cut; for Milwaukee belt
line depot site; regulating sale of pat
ent medicines; for inspection of gas
meters; to keep upper berths of sleep
ing cars up unless occupied; regulating
public accountants; for railroad COM
missioners and for regulating rail
roads; for naval battalion: to abolish
office of county superintendent of
schools; taxing church property: APP
propriating So 1000 to the w. c. T. vi
home for unfortunate women, at Eau
Claire; for investigation of Torrens
land system; abolishing proxies in po-
litical conventions; placing 10-cent
per-ton export duty on ice cut by non
residents; and for better protection of
forests.
On the whole the session was harmo-
nious and free from scandals.