Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-05-20

NOICu aye dAO IL III JuO IWO-l1l
necessary to that action was NOT OBJ
tanned The roll call stood Ayes
Senators Bissell, Devos, Eaton, Gave
ney, Green, Harris, Jones, Kreutzer,
MeDonough, Morse, Mosher, O'Neil,
Reynolds, Riordan, Roehr, Whitehead,
Willy-17 Noes-Anson, Burns,
Hatton, Knudson, McGillivray, Martin,
Miller, Mills, Munson, Stebbins, Stout
IL Absent Senators Jacobs, Weed
and Wolff The senate concurred in
Assemblyman Overbeck's bill putting
an export duty of 10 cents on ice ship
ped out of the state and also in the
I'LL exempting beet sugar factories
from taxation till 1907. Other bills
concurred in were: Millers'. creating
the county of Gates out of a part of
Chippewa and providing that an
agent Of each party may be present
at the polling place at all times dur
ing any election Several bills were
non-concurred in: Relating to the
weight of steam engines on roads;
refunding to certain life insurance
companies some $4,000 as taxes; pro-
viding for state text books and pro-
vidtng for the submission of the ques-
ton of uniform text books to the
voters. The Hall bill providing that
poison shall be sold only in three
cornered containers was killed IL to
II, and the LenrooJ antitrust bill was
slaughtered by viva voce vote. The
bill establishing a central system of
accounting was up with an assembly
amendment striking out the clause
allowing the secretary of state and
state treasurer to employ clerks to
help them carry out the provisions
such clerks in the power of the gov
ernor Senator Jones made heated
speech against the amendment and
killed it. He said such provision
would cast a reflection upon the
honesty Of constitutional officers, the
state secretary and treasurer, by al
lowing the governor to set some one
over them to supervise their work. He
seized the opportunity to score Gov
La Follette's veto Of the Hagemeister
bill The governor vetoed the bill re-
pealing an act passed in 1882, author
izing E. S. Hammond to improve Lost
creek in Sawyer county. The claims
that the total appropriations asked
for during the session were $2,488,-
Sal; deductions by committee 1913 ,278.
The committee estimates that there
will be a balance of s425,026 in the
general fund at the end of two years,
ending Sept 80, 1902. Incidental fees
for Wisconsin students at the univer-
sity will not be abolished, Senator
Mills bill to that end being beaten in
the assembly. Judge Orion criticised
Senator Jones bill requiring marriage
licenses to be obtained from registers
Of deeds instead of county clerks as
an outrage" upon the sacredness of
records. The bill was nonconcurred
in, SO to 26. Senate bills were con-
Cured in as follows: making game
wardens also fire wardens, permitting
an annual extra school levy of 3 mills
in all cities except Milwaukee and re-
ducing the compensation for publish
ing the official ballot. A bill pre-
rared and presented by the committee
On rules was at once passed by the
assembly. 1t makes a complete re-
vision of the employe list of the legis-
lature and will effect saving during
each session of between $4,000 and
$4,000 The senate concurred in the
measure. A big diamond stud was
~ tn
doing the honors for the donors in re-
marks of a graceful turn. The speaker
made a feeling response. The gift
was from the assemblymen.
Madison, May 1.-THE legislative
session for 1901 is as at an end all but
nominally. Adjournment sine die
occurs May Is, and the intervening
period is merely to permit the COVER
nor to make return of bills POSSIBLY
of vetoes) and for other formalities.
Actual work was really concluded at
noon today. The session will go on
record as of uncommon length, about
126 days. Two years ago the duration
was ia, while, to go back few
years, it is found that IN 1891 the
solons were in session 101 days and in
1893 some 102 days. It was a cyclonic
finish, such as the state has never be
fore witnessed The senate formally
placed itself on record as protesting
against language the governor had
employed in speaking of the legis-
lature. This act and the phraseol0gy
used constitute a censure Of the ex-
ecutive. A tempestuous scene occurred
in tile senate. Senator Roehr, a stall
wart, started the whirlwind by rising
to a question of personal privilege.
He said he felt that he owed a duty
to the republican party, to the legis-
lature and to himself to protest
against the statements made in Gov.
La Follette's veto of the Hagemeister
primary election substitute. Those
charges, he declared, were ''unprece-