Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-10
Up 70 THE SENATE.
In What Form Will II Put Primary
Elections
SPEND SUNDAY IN MADISON
Lawmakers Hard at work-Trying TO
Keep Down Appropriation
How Committees Work.

Madison, Wis, April 9.-For the
FIRST time this session our lawmakers
worked Saturdays and Mondays
though there were twenty absentees OF
the 100 assemblymen Saturday and
even more Monday evening. Easter
Sunday saw some of the lawmakers
at church.
There is more and more talk Of ad-
journment as April skies become
clearer; and a tentative resolution Is
in, naming May as the final date
but that is merely a prod. 1t is eVi-
dent work cannot be cleared up by
that date.
Madison diversions are the election
OF two university ofessors--Profes-
sor Bull, engineering faculty, as may
or, and Dr. Ely, the economist as
side supervisor In the town OF Madl-
son.
On April 16 there win be a process
sion and some speeches, the occasion
being the bringing back of the states
flags from the new library building
to the capitol. There are many veter-
ans, of course, In the legislature dI-a
Senator Burns was conspicuous In the
Spanish war.
Committee at Work.
Much of the work of the legislature
is done in committee rooms afternoons.
The chairman sits at the head OF a
long baize covered table, his fellows
taking easy positions about 1t, some
of them with feet up, and many of
them smoking Each committee has
a clerk who keeps record and the
bills to be considered are taken from
r. srarr ffasnA
name Of the chairman. About the
walls sit newspaper men, loungers ana
those interested in the discussion
Sometimes delegations attend a hear
ing and the room is well filled. When
the crush Is great, adjournment is Ia
ken to the assembly. Occasionally
speaker gets in warm discussion with
opponents, rasped by the fear that ne
is making an impression on the COM
mittee But as q rule. the talking Is
a simple presentation Of facts. Often
the speaker is himself a lawmaker
who has Introduced a bin at the re-
quest of constituent and feels
obliged to tell what the bill is about,
although lie is often frank to say he
has no personal interest In the meas
ure
Scioes Attract Attention.
Governor LaFollette has attracted
some attention by bunch OF five
vetOes In one day. Cleveland's sue
cess was attributed on the start to
his fearlessneSs in vetoing bills. 1t
certainly attracts attention. or course
members whose bills are vetoed do
not like it. However, 1t is often pos
efble to so amend a bill after its veto
as to eliminate the objection.
One of the vetoes secures members
of police and fire department from
removal without assigning the cause.
Special legislation Is frequent cause
for veto and Governor I4aFollette has
already instanced Ii. 1t is a fayorite
trick for Milwaukee otticeholders, una
BILE TO get their salaries raised at home,
TO come TO Madison. Sometimes Mil
waukee has not sufficient law to au-
thorize an increase: in these cases the
vatoes Indicate that the city would do
well to secure legal authority. AT all
events. the legislature. removed from
the scene is in poor position to
JUICE of whether copyists, etc, are
paid too much or too little.
Speaking of salaries, there are
number of bills TO Increase them in
the cities Chief Jansen OF Milwau-
kee has $4,000 a year and his friends
want 5000 for him. Chief Jansen
said he Is occasionally offered brides,
once by two Chicago aldermen with
s. 500, IL he would let some women
free. The IRE chief also wants an in
crease.
Contrary to expect ton the bar
bers' commission bill Ia going forward
all the time and the dancing mas
tiers have not lost hope. An assem-
bly, bill IL out of committee which
compels license for the latter by conn
ty clerks.
Woman Suffrage Succeeds In Assembly.
Woman suffrage won out in the as
sembly. although thirty-three men
voted against 1t to forty-nfne for. Da-
vfd Evans of Washaura a rural
member who talks easily and is taken
more seriously than be once was, made
a long speech and frankly said he
wanted the vote for his six daughters.
The assembly had a bowling laugh
over Johnston whose wife was seated
by HIS side when he voted for the bill,
though he seemed to lack enthusiasm.
Another member. Smith, who also had
his wife with him. voted against the
bill without paling his cheek
see that the New Jersey legisla-
ture makes II a crime for women to
wear birds or plumage on their hats
The Wisconsin bill for woman fac
tory inspector IL still alive. With
Mrs. LaFollette actively interested In
the largest field for women there are
likely to he some substantial strokes
I'm the way of progress along this line
before LaFollettes graduate from state
administration.
The bin TO punish heavily the ad-
ministering Of drugs with criminal In
tent is also acceptable. the idea being
TO prevent In this state such crimes
as the recent murder of girl in New
Jersey.
The cigarette bill died in the senate
by a vote of 10 TO IL. The rule com
polling an aye and nay vote on the re
quest of one-sixth Of the members
present is fortunate for the electorate
at home. Without this rule bills In
which men and women over the state
are xeeniy interested would be quietly
disposed OF and no one held response
BILE Mr.. Overlook Of Door county will
always be remembered as having made
hard fight for this reform.
Mr.. Cady is apparently not wildly
interested - his bill voiding the mar
riage OF white and colored persons,
as he refuses TO lss It come to a vote.
The measure Is not taken seriously
A negro from Milwaukee told the COM
mittee that there are nifty families in
that city where the husband and wife
ara ~ difParan+ colorS and the notice