Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-16
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

! with a report from the judiciary commit
! tee of FIVE to four in its favor There
| was no debate, and upon the call for the
| ayes and nays the bill was defeated. Il
| to 10. The first proposition for fqal adj
| journment was made through joint res
| olution by Senator KruetZer, providing
| that all business except messages from
| the Governor shall be cut off May > at
midnight, and that adjournment sine die
/ be taken May 4. 1t went to the commit
| tee on rules, and will be amended 10 a
| later date before it is adopted May II
| is a conservative estimate for final adj
| journment. The Assembly refused to
! concur in the Senate amendment to the
| apportionment bill changing the division
| of Brown County so as TO give two he
| publican AsSemblymen. MesSrs. Orton,
| Hall and other leading Republicans de-
bounced the change as a gerrymanders
/ and the Assembly killed it, 90 to 8. The
next few days will probably witness some
| important developments in the matter OF
| the disposition of some of the important
! taxation and appropriation bills, and the
! fate of the one set of bills will material
| ~ affect that of the other. The commit
tee on claims has reported the normal
| school bill for its full amount, but is still
| holding up the university bills. The aGri-
! cultural college will suffer the most il
the university appropriations are not al
| lowed
What appears to have been a test vote
ON the primary election bill occurred in
the Senate Friday morning, and the re-
suit indicates the defeat of the measure.
! Senator Gavney introduced a resolution
! thN bn nitt fAA
of the Senate bill, which is a duplicate of
| the measure which has already passed
| the Assembly The purpose was to re-
| lieve the committee of considering that
! bill. The resolution was adopted is to
! IL. The two absenteeS are said to be
! hostile to the measure, hence the likeli-
| hood is that it will be rejected 20 to Is
when the eliminating vote occurs. As
semblyman Halls resolution for Il con-
| stitutional amendment legalizing the use
of voting machines in Wisconsin was lost
in the Senate. There was a majority of
one in its favor, the vote being 10 to 10,
but not majority of the members-elect,
which is required to pass a constitutional
amendment. The House passed the bar
bers' license bill and gave New Richmond
the sd 900 borrowed from the State at
the time of the tornado. Another meas
ure passed makes the administering Of
narcotics for wrongful purposes fell
ony.
A motion by Senator Miller to recon
slider action taken on the primary election
law was defeated by about /; two thirds
majority on viva voce vote in the Senate
Saturday morning The bill licensing sta
| tiOnary engineers, which came in from
committee with a minority report, was
passed with little opposition. but will
come up again, Senator KreutZer moving
reconsideration of the vote and Tint ac-
ton on the motion be deferred until the
next Tuesday. The Senate amendment
to bill 322 S., providing for she compila-
ton of opinions for the Attorney General,
was concurred in. The amendment pro-
vides that the work shall be done with
out cost to the State. The Assembly sub
stitute bill providing for telephone SER
vice in the capitol was concurred in. Mr..
Orion made a vigorous attack upon the
Whitson divorce bill at the mornings ses-
sion of the Assembly, and while the
House at first showed disposition to act
favorably upon the measure, by passing
an amendment, the whole bill was slaugh-
tipn relating o the Inauguration of small
industries in the State penal and reform
atory institutions was carried. A bin
prohibiting the sale of liquor to minors
even with the permission of their parents
was killed.
The Woodward marriage bill. which, as
amended, required a physicians certifi-
cate that persons contemplating marriage
were free from insanity and certain other
diseases before the issuance of licenses,
was killed in the Senate on Tuesday by
a vote of II to 1G. The Senate passed
the Kreutzer bill requiring stationary EN-.
gineers to be examined and licensed, and
the Halton bill providing for course of
! study in agriculture in district schools.
The Senate concurred in the Stevens bill
amending the statutes relative to grant
ing teachers certificates to graduates of
the State University to require that such
graduate shall have completed the course
of pedagogical instruction at the univer-
sity. The Assembly by Il vote of 80 to 81
finally killed the woman suffrage resou-
ton introduced by David Evans, Jr The
resolution was on the calendar for pas
sage and Mr.. Evans made another elabo-
rate plea for it, The special order in the
Assembly was Mr.. Halls bill establishing
a railroad commission. The railroad com
! mittee reported it adversely. The bill
went over as special order for another
! day. Two substitutes to the primary bill
/ were introduced in the Senate One is
! by Senator Hagemeister, providing pr-
! mary elections for the nominations of
town and county officers and leaving all
other officers in the State, including Con
gressmen, State Senators, Assemblymen
and all city officials, to be named by the
old convention system. The other is by
Senator Kreutzer and in addition to coun-
ty officers makes the primary election APP
ply to delegates to the State, congression-
al, State senatorial and Assembly district
conventions
The first big debate on the primary
election bill was held in the Senate cham
! Der Wednesday evening before a great
throng. Senators Miller. Munson, Mills
and Burns spoke for the measure and
! Roehr, Long" Jones, O'Ncill and Weed
! against it. In the Assembly the Tor
rens land bill was passed By a large vote
| and after long debate, though it had been
! adversely reported by the committee. The
| Hall railway commission bill was killed.
| The bill to license the business of pri-
vate detectives was passed. An adverse
report was received on the oste0pathy
! bill.
Bills Passed-Assembly.
! DEMONSTRATING to sales Of oleomar-
/ garine.
Johnson-To legaiize actions in courts,
/ etc.
consolidating to admission Of chill
dren to the State public school.
waechter-Relating to polling