Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08
WISCONSIN SOLONS.


Two Milwaukee bills which went
through the Assembly were killed in the
Senate on Friday. One was the Keene
bill, making the Milwaukee assessors as
sistants to the City Treasurer. and the
other he Hartung bill, providing clerl;
for the county superintendent of schools.
The general fish and game bill was pass
ed by the Senate without discussion. The
Roehr bill providing for free employment
bureaus in the cities of Milwaukee and
| Superior was passed. The bin introduced
/ by Senator Roehr relative to the pay for
| State patients in the Milwaukee county
hospital was passed. The basis is the
number OF acute and chronic cases. The
bill provides that the rate for two-ffths
of the patients shall be 81 per week aud
for three-fifths $3.50 The Stout bill APP
propriating $4,000 for Wisconsin's ex-
| hibit at the St. Louis fair caused some
thing of furry. Judge Orion doubted
| the wisdom of putting in that sum of
money. ID. Evans, Jr., thought Wiscon-
! sii. dairy products sho<,d be advertised
in the South. Assembly,Qan Root said it
! was not necessary. as Wisconsin goods
| advertise themselves, at home aud
| abroad. The bill was finally concurred
| in. 30 to %. The railway brotherhoods
of the State sent in a great batch of pc
! titions to the Assembly favoring the bill
| to prohibit the running of doubleheader
| trains.
| News was received Tuesday morning of
| the death at his home in Col5ma IT Sen
ator Thomas Fearne. TIE news caused
great surprise. Senator Fearne ate lded
| the sessions all the previous week, going
home Friday, and was not thought tG be
seriously ILL., No business was done by
the Senate and little by the ASSEMBLY.
A joint resolution of tribute was adopted
and committee OF five members from
each house appointed to attend the fun
eral. Senator Fearne was in his fifty
fifth year He was farmer, and was
serving his first term in the Senate.
By vote of IS to Is the Senate on
Wednesday passed the joint resolution in
creasing the compensation members of
the Legislature from $500 to 81 1000 per
year, with mileage of 10 cents a mile for
one trip each way and cutting off per-
quisites., The Fenelon pure beer bill was
killed by the Assembly. Fifty-three votes
were cast against it. The death of the
BARRIERS license bill was confirmed the
Senate refusing, 13 to IL, to reconsider
the vote by which the bill was indefinite
ly postponed. The bicycle side path bill
was concurred in without discussion. The
osteopathy bill as amended went through
the Senate. The Assembly bill limiting
the fees and expenses TO be allowed III
contest for seat in the Legislature 20
$500 as amended was advanced to the
third reading in the Senate. Senator
Martins bill providing for the appoint
ment of woman inspector was advanced
to engrossment and third reading against
the report of the majority of the COM
mittee. The bill apportioning the State
into senatorial districts as fixed by the
committee was introduced and went on
the calendar. The Assembly eoncurred
in the Senate bill to allow women to vote
on all educational matters.
Gov. La Toilette fred some hot shot
into the Assembly Thursday in mes
sage conveying his veto of the bill taxing
dogs. He scored the Assembly for kill
ing the railway taxation bill, and drew
some sharp comparisons between its ac-
tons in taxing the farmers dog and let
ting the railroads and other corporations
off lightly. Just after the reading of the
veto message the bill taxing railroads on
an ad valorem system was special or
der. After one hours discussion it was
killed by vote of 81 to 46. The Senate
opponents of primary election reform held
their forces together and refused TO con-
eur in the Assembly amendments TO the
Hagemeister substitute The senatorial
apportionment bill as agreed upon by the
majority of the committee was passed by
the Senate under suspension of the rules,
after efforts by Senators McDonough and
Burns to amend it Were defeated.