Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
Our rladiSOn Letter.
[From our own Correspondent
Madison. Wis. Jan. 20. IL

Inc promised deadlock III tie Senattl1l-
al contest has developed and from pres
rent Indications, it is extremely likely to
last for sometime to come. OF all the
present candidates, the chances of none
are at this momentanv better than those
OF Judge Webb. He has been an unag
gressive candidate and therefore has lit
tie to fear from severe opposition on the
part of the other candidates. In event
of a combination being formed, he could
draw more support probably from the
other forces than any other man in the
field. His election therefore is by no
means an impOssibility, as the final out
come of thecOntest.
Of the other candidates, Mr.. Quarrels
leads III the race, but his support has by
no means tl4e rock ribbed foundation
which his leaders claimed before the con-
test opened. He reached forty-eight once
after the adoption of the open ballot on
ly to fall back gainimmedatey after to
fOrty-tWo, and this strength will gradu
ally be cut down to thirty-seven or eight
which is about the power OF Mr.. QuarIes
an the Legislature. Desertions from the
Milwaukee delegation, have been for the
most part responsible for his losses, al
though assembly J. 3 wells, of Column
bia comfy, is one OF the men who has
changed from the Quarles TO The Ste
pheusOn column.
Dark horse talk in regard to a posi-
biitY not now mentioned in the race, is
in the air. and among the names that
have been mentioned in this connection,
are Governor ScofeId Henry c Payne
and James i Stout 0f Menominee. Gov
ernor S:0field absolutely declines To en-
ter the race, whlIe SO lar there is no very
patent evidence that Henry c. Payne de-
&7irps, TO become deadlock contingency.
The bribery insinuations which have
been INDUCED in by the city papers, are
dppearHmtlv foumdationless, and as far
as can be learned, thccOhtest Oh the part
of all the candidates is being carried on
in a clean and reputable manner. The
story OF the presence Of the detectives
here, had only the foundation in fact
that several local police officers. together
with few OF the employees Of a private
detective agency in Milwaukee have for
the past few days been watching the
workers of one or two OF the candidates.
The most important bill which has
been presented to the legislature this
week, WAS the measure providing for the
licensing of expert accountants. The
bill provides that all persons engaging
in the work of expert accountants, must
pass an examination and have certifi-
cafes The initial examination will be
nnder the direction of the state board OF
university regents, W lille subsequent ex
aminations will be conducted by a board
to be appointed from successful appii-
Hants at the first examinations of the
accountants
Owing to the excitement attendant on
the senatorial contest, but very little
Business has been contracted in the legis-
lature this week. Not much either will
be done until the next United States SEN
ator from Wisconsin has been named.
An attempt is however to be made
to hold a session of the railway
committee sometime next week, for the
purpose OF hearing arguments for and
against the bicycle baggage bill, which
has been introduced by A"semblyman
Sarau, of Winmebago county. This meas
ure is very similar to the l.. \. w. hill OF
two years ago, and prominent members
of the league of American Wheelmen are
expected here to support the bill.
The first game measure was Introduc-
ed last Tuesday, when an amendment
was offered to the present gamelaW gov
erning fishing in the Mississippi River,
and Offering reimbursement to fishermen
whose nets it was alleged had been illeg-
allv destroyed. The new uniform game
law will make its appearance simultane
ousIy in both houses and will be intro
duced in the senate by Senator j Ii
Green and in the assembly by some
northern Wisconsin member.
The democratic complimentary vote
for United States Senator, will be givei
to Timothy f. Ryan, of Waukesha, who
received Is votes i'll the caucus OF the
democratic members of the legislature
against 3 for Sena tor Mitchell and one
for Col. Gabriel Bouck, of Oshkosh.
Two important legislative reports
were made public this week. The first 0
the railway taxing investigation, inves
LEGATION held that the railroads were no
making proper returns to the state, as {
basis for taxing purposes, but were re
porting the full amount OF their business
in Wisconsin. The other report was thu
OF the prison labor commission. which