Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-04-04
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

Madison, March 21.-The Han
resolution for constitutional amend.
ment permitting the use OF votins
machines was recommended for pas.
sage to the senate. An assembly
amendment was concurred in tn
Senator Gaveney's bill authorizing
persons to change their names by fl.
ing a declaration with the register n
deeds, The bin e-apportioning tba
state into assembly districts came a
the senate from the assembly and was
re-referred. Senator Martins bill. de.
signed to suppress the sale of the Pc.
lice Gazette in Wisconsin, was ordered
to engroe3ment and third reading
Senator Miller's bill providing for
cottage for women students at the
state university, to cost $50, O0e was
reported unfavorably by the commit.
tee on claims, and indefinitely post
poned by the senate today.
The assembly ordered to third read
ing the bills taxing pedlers SIS. to
prevent docking of horses. appropriat.
ing money to state institutions for
current expenses and pensioning
members of police and fire depart.
ments who have served % years and
attained the age OF IS.
Madison, March Ex-senator Weed
of Oshkosh delivered himself against
what he called the republican gerry.
mander of the assembly districts in
Brown county. Under the apportion.
ment bill as passed by the assembly.
one of the districts in Brown is demo
cratic, but Senator Riordan offered an
amendment which would make both of
them republican. 1t was over this
amendment that the senator com.
planned. The bill was sent hack to a
committee. The bill appropriating
100000 for cottage annex to the
ladies dormitory of the university
was killed. Among the bills passed
was one by Senator Gaveney enabling
people to change their names by filing
various data with the register of
deeds.
BY vote Of 81 to 32 the assembly
yesterday morning concurred in Sena.
tor kreutzer's bill to raise the salaries
of the supreme court justices from
$4,000 to $4,000 and those Of circuit
judges from $4,000 to $4,000. The
Ainsworth bill requiring peddlcrs'
license was advanced to third read.
ing after a running debate. Several
amendments were adopted. AS ii
now stands the bill provides to license
peddlers and fixes the fee at from $50
to 800. Senate bills were concurred
in forbidding the placing of adver-
tisements on the flag and authoriz.
ing the governor to confer the title
of colonel on Capt c. A. Curtis, uni
versity professor of military science
Madison, March 29.--The bill reap.
portioning the state into assembly dis
committee with the changes in Brown
county, recommended for adoption.
They are expected to give the county
two republican assemblymen. Sena-
tor Weed dissented, but the senate
adopted the amendments and then
concurred in the bill by unanimous
vote, the two democratic senators,
Jacobs and Weed, voting AYE" with
the republicans. There will be a
contest on the floor over the anti
cigarette bill. 1t came back from
the judiciary committee with a ma
jority report for concurrence, the
committee being divided five to four,
The minority dissenting from the re-
port was composed of Senators
Roehr Mills, Weed and Gaveney.
The Hall resolution providing for 4
constitutional amendment authorizing
the use Of voting machines in Wiscon-
sin was passed and Senator Moshers
bill appropriating $4,000 for the pLr-
chase of books and pamphlets for the
state historical library was also
passed and was likewise Senator Hat.
tons bill appropriating $25, 900 for the
completion of the normal building at
Stevens Point and Oshkosh One as
sembly bill concurred in prohibits the
killing or catching of any wild birds
other than game birds
In the assembly Senator Riordan's
bill relating to the conveyance of
lands of the Sturgeon Bay and Mich.
gan canal grant to Ephraim Mariner,
c. +. Pfster and l.. F. Vogel was re-
fused concurrence, Al to 81 Among
the bills passed We're Roots permit
ting more than s35 to be expended in
the burial of INDECENT soldiers and
forbidding the docking of horses tails.
The bill to establish an inebriate's
home was killed. Barker's bill pro
hibiting remarriage within one year
of divorce, was debated by its author
and finally ordered to third reading
Both houses adjourned to Wednes.
day at $3.50 D. mover election