Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-05-09
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

News was received Tuesday morning of
the death at his home in Coloma of Sen
ator Thomas Fearne. The news caused
great surprise. Senator Eearne attended
the sessions all the previous week, going
home Friday, and was not thought to be
seriously i'll. No business was done by
the Senate and little by the Assembly.
n joint resolution of tribute was adopted
and a committee of five members from
each house appointed to attend the fun
eral. Senator Fearne was in his fifty
fifth year. He was a 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 of members Of
the Legislature from $500 to $1,000 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. Fiftythree votes
were cast against it. The death Of the
BARRIERS license bill was confirmed, the
Senate refusing, ID to II, 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 IN
q contest for a seat in the Legislature to
$500 as amended was advanced to the
third reading in the Senate. Senator
Martins bill providing for the appoint
ment of a 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 concurred
in the Senate bill to allow women to vote
on all educational matters.
Gov La Toilette fired 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, anu drew
some sharp comparisons between its ac-
tions 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 a 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
cur 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 ana
Burns to amend it were defeated.
BY vote of 4S to 4G the Hagemeister
substitute to the original primary bill was
passed by the Assembly Friday morning,
but it was known it would be vetoed by
Gov. La Toilette. The bill makes option
al with counties the use of primary cleo
ton methods in the election of county
and city officers. The Assembly added
legislative offices to this Senate substl'
tute and attached referendum clause,
but the Senate refused concurrence and
finally the Assembly receded and passed
the substitute. The bill providing for a
woman factory inspector passed the Sen
ate. The bill providing for the appoint
ment of a woman on the State board OF
control was ordered to third reading.