Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23

OF tho legislators have been Vacclnat-
cd lncluding Speaker Ray, but no one
takes the matter seriously.
II is customary to restrict the intro
ducti0n of new business about The date
Feb. 10 or IL. Already bills are intro
duced TO do this. The custom is, how
ever. after the date fixed for the legis-
nature as a matter Of courtesy to sus-
pend the rules and allow new bills to
be introduced, the sponsor usually say
ing that they are Of only local import
ance and very urgent. The members
do this a number of times and then
some one has the nerve to call halt,
for one objection can do it.
Assemblyman Soltwedel has a bill
to establish a commission to control
accident insurance.
Speaker Ray favors a Saturday SEES
sion in order to hasten business. r.
Is not popular, except among the very
earnest This move Is often made but
rarely comes to anything, as by the
end of the week members like to get
home to their families. especially the
Milwaukee and other members who
live near Madison. or course, Mad
lson interests are in favor of a long
session with a chance for the mem
bers to disburse tie 500 they received
from the state. AS members now
must pay their railroad fare, no doubt
they viii work more days in the week.
A Many-sidsd Liqnor Bill.
A bill Is 10 be introduced In the leg
lslature which proposes an advance Of
the liquor license fee in Milwaukee
from 500 to $500. II Is said the or
ganized liquor men approve it. one of
its features being the suppression OF
liquor selling az q branch Of depart
ment stores. Another feature IS the
barring of free lunches. 1t remains to
be seen what the true purpose of the
bill is. Very often there Is a colored
gentleman In the woodpile of measures
OF this sort.
The temperance workers of the
state who employ Rev. Coleman of
Milwaukee to look after their inter
ests, have issued a letter to their
friends in the state approving the
measures in spots.
Bee Keeper and Other Meets.
Madison Is a favorite place for con-
yentions, especially when the legisla-
meeting OF clay workers (brick and tile
u. -
6. This convention IS being worked
up by the geological survey. The
be6 keepers hold their seventeenth an
nuai convention at the same time E.
ID. Ochsner will tell of the exhibit at
the coming Buffalo exhibition and
President France win talk on Foul
Brood" against which there are state
laws. The editor of a bee paper will
show stereOptical views on bee mat
tiers. In fact the editors of bee pa
pers are usually present TO secure sub
scriptions. 1t may interest some TO
know that they can secure Ia rates
to Madison at that time. The editors
meet here In February.
Free Exercise uf Pardon Power
The report OF the pardons authorized
by Governor SeofieId for the last TWO
years. while not In excess of the rec
ordS Of some past executives and less
than the number of pardons made By
Others. must kndle afresh this subject
of the scope Of the parduning power.
1t Is fair question whether the gov
ernor Of a state should ha authorized
TO pard0 a criminal. either from Wan.
pun or & county iail once every two
weeks. T. Is difficult enough to CON
Wet criminals. This Is shown by the
recent futile e~ lrt to even get the
Deerteld dame county, bank robbers
on trial 1t Is believed that these sus.
poets who We're In Madison the other
day q. We performed seven or eight
crimes IN succession in these parts.
1t Is we'll known that n clever Chicago
lawyer Is continually engaged In de-
Tending them. There Is great deal of
crime which is never atoned for bv con-
viction and Imprisonment. So SELECTIONS
is the law to protect a man from in.
justice that the state must clinch the
evidence In the most conclusive fash
Ion.
New Richmond Since the Cyclone.
Senator MOSher, who promises to be
one of the active figures in the npper
body, having previously done good
work in the assembly, says of his
New Richmond that the main bust
ness street Is more imposing than
before the cyclone. As there were
i05 deaths and families broken up
and moved away. the population has
probably fallen off 300 or 400 The
population I'm 1895 was 1850 But the
confidence of the people is strong In
an improved and growing community.
Tire cash relief gifts were about
$4,000, to which was added about
$4,000 more in lumber and building
material. The distribution of this was
done wisely under local commits
sion, which fact in itself inspired con-
fidence In fair dealing. The prece-
dent is a valuable one in time of fu-
ture catastrophy.
In RurneNF
Assemblyman Erickson of Grants
burg, Burnett county. Is assigned to
the state affairs committee and pub
lie lands. Mr.. Erickson is an expert
on the latter subject and viii be
much consulted during the sess ion
He has been county clerk for four
years and lived In promising Burnett
since 1891, when he came from Min
nesota. Mr.. Erickson Is especially
Interested III the subject Of immlgra ton
to northern Wisconsin. and reports
that excellent work has been done by
the state commission. While the inaugu-
raj made no mention of this depart
ment, 1t is confidently expected II will
be sustained. Alr. Erickson reports
that. TO his personal knowledge, Agent
Taylor has sent many families of set
tiers to the county.
ORLANDO BURNETT.
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