Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

The True marriage license bill had
series OF adventures in the Senate on
Tuesday and wound up with victory at
the evening session. The bill was on the
calendar at the forenoon session, but the
Senate refused to pass it by vote OF *
to Is. In the afternoon, however, the
friends of the bill hustled and at the even
ing session the bill passed by vote Of Il
to 8. A motion to reconsider was unan-
imously voted down. The Senate again
''played horse with the anti-pass bill,
and as a result of a preliminary struggle
a conference committee will be appointed
to draft, if possible, a bill acceptable 10
both houses. The bill was special order,
and the Assembly refused to concur in the
Senate amendment making the penalty
Imprisonment in the penitentiary and the
fine $500 to 81 900. Recently in the House
an amendment was adopted making the
penalty imprisonment in Jail and reducing
the fine, and from this the Assembly re-
fused to recede. After some debate the
Senate concurred in the Assembly bill es-
tablishing a State board of immigration.
The debate developed that tract OF land
large as Massachusetts remains unsettled
in Wisconsin and that 1000 families from
Norway and Sweden are about to come as
a colony to Clark and Chippewa counties.
An amendment exempting wild geese IN
the bill against spring shooting was con-
Cured in by the Assembly. The plumb
ers' license bill was killed in the Senate.
In the Senate on Wednesday there was
another struggle over the anti-pass bill,
which had been returned from the Assem-
bly,, concurrence in the Senate amend
ments having been refused. A conference
committee was appointed. The Senate adj
vanced to third reading the bill imposing
an income tax on newspapers. The bill
has not been taken seriously by any OF
the members and it's advancement is con-
sidered a joke. The bill increasing the
annual appropriation for the construction
of the new historical lbrary building from
100000 to 100000 for five years went to
third reading in the Assembly, having al
ready passed the Senate.
The vexed anti-pass bill on Thursday
went through both houses with practically
no opposition. BY the agreement of the
conference committee the using of pass
or frank is made felony punishable by
from one to FIVE years in State prison or
by a fine of from $500 to $1,000. The
word bribery is stricken out, also the office
sioner is not made exempt from it's pro-
visions. 1t is practically in the form Of
the anti-pass resolution for constitu-
tional amendment that will be submitted,
and in it's sweeping provisions reaches all
Office holders and candidates, as well as
delegates to political conventions and
members of political committees. Assem-
blyman A. Il. Hall, through whose siren
uous efforts during the past four legisla-
tive sessions an anti-pass law has finally
been secured, was greatly elated and stat
ed in public speech that now that he had
effected the reform for which he had so
long contended he would never again be a
candidate for public Office. A large num-
Der Of bills were slaughtered in each
house. The Senate passed the bill allow
ing counties to build reformatories The
first registrations We're made under the
new anti-lobby law. Judge Charles u.
Dyer, Gen. f.. G. Winkler +. G. Bige-
low and J. G. Crawford, all Of Milwaukee,
registered as attorneys for the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance Company Of
Milwaukee.
Both houses of the Legislature were in
session practically all day Friday in the
endeavor to clean up as much as possible
the work in hand. Much legislation of inn
portance received attention. The Gov
ernor submitted lengthy message to both
houses saying that the appropriations
voted would exceed the income of the
State for the next two years by about
SS0O,0O and asking that some legislation
be enacted to meet the deficit. The joint
claims committee, to whom the message
was referred, reported that the appropria-
tons will not materially, if at ALL exceed
the revenues and that in case they should
such contingencies are now covered by
existing statutes. The appropriations this
session will exceed those of the last SEES
sion by $650,0O0. The Senate passed the
Orion bill increasing the taxes of the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company of Milwaukee by $22000O. The
Governor appointed eX-Congressman Mi
chael Griffin Of Eau Claire as tax commits
sioner and George Curtis of Merrill as first
assistant commissioner, the former to re-
ceive salary of $1,000 and the latter ST.
600. The appointments are made under a
law enacted at this session of the L7gisla-
ture and are for a term Of ten years. A
second assistant at a salary of So, 900 is
yet to be appointed. The Senate confirmed
the appointments.
Among the bills recently passed by the
Senate are the following:
Mr.. Catlin-Relating to the municipal
court Of Douglas County.
Senator Misunderstanding for the sup
port of inmates of Veterans Home
Mr.. misunderstanding to warehouse GER
tificates.
Mr.. Eline-AuthoriZing the use of gem
eral funds for special purposes and special
funds for general purposes
Mr.. Misunderstanding that claims for
damages on highways in towns of 5000 or
over shall be valid without the approval
of the electors.
Mr. McGrath-For q bridge across Big