The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-29
Struggle in the Senate to Check
the Stevens Bill.
CORPORATE TAXES COME NEXT
Nav Result i'm q Deadlock That Will
Exceed the Bitterness OF Nom
mating Reform.

jority of three votes. Feeling has run
high and loud voices of animated and
heated personal disputes have be~
frequently heard in the capitol. There
are charges on both sides that votes
were being influenced. though no
consideration beyond an office fl
the lawmaker, or lawmakers rela-
tive, either in Wisconsin or in Wash
ington, has been limited. Of course,
the influential friends of the leaders
on both sides are taking an active part
and pressure Of all sorts is being
brought to bear.
!0tIng by Machinery
There are two styles of voting ma
chimes exhibited il the capitol and
miniature railroad track and device
for keeping trains from going far
when they jump the track. An old en-
gineer, y. A. Brooks, patented it TWEEN
t. years ago. There IS an inner wheel
arrangement that catches the track.
One OF the voting machines uses bal
lots and provides for a recount, and
1t is thought could be used i'll this
state without invading the c0nstitu-
ton. 1t would cost some 5000, how
ever, to fit up each precinct.
We are all interested III Wisconsin S
exhibit at the Buffalo exposition. We
are to have u building there and a
grove Of pine trees under which log
ging camp will do business. We are
all worried by the expected length OF
the session This whole business OF
making laws could probably be re
formed. In 1900 thirteen state le@lsla-
lures were in session with an output
Of 5.7T2 laws. This year thirty leg
isiatGrcs are expected to make 10000
other laws.
The all-night session last week was
unprecedented SO far as distinct rec
objection occurs. IN 1890 there was q
call of the house (Which means that
every member must stay i'll the hall
and thIt abSontee5 must at once pre-
sent themselves, no matter how long
the Journey. 1t had 10 GO with the
Waulg2h0- Chicago pipe line BILL But
it was 30 tWClye-hOUr affair. And.
by the way. there are only two men
in the present assembly who were in
the legislature Of 1S93--Ray and Hall;
(als0 Senator Arson and Lieutenant
Governor Stone); and but jhree sena-
TORS in the senate c. 1S95-McGili-
yray, Stebbins and Stout. [ have often
argued keeping members in the leg
islaturc. 1t would be q good thing for
the state.
Promise Of saturday Sessions.
There is a likelihood Of Saturday
sessions soon which also means work
ON Mondays; but at all events, evening
session are quite common now. SO
many Of the members can get home
readily for Sunday that the lon@-dis-
lance fellows to whom it is an eEpon-
sive luxury are cut voted.
We have first veto from Governor
L0Fol1ette. He disapproyes bill that
exempts the Milwaukee Exposition
company from taxation. He says it
is unconstitutional No doubt he has
excellent authority besides his own
opinion The Attorney Generals office
is a very busy place these days and
for all | know those especially en-
trusted with the sOundneSS Of laws
may get 0A-hand opinions from judges
when the former are at all i'll doubt.
Speaking Worth Hearing.
While it is not often that visitors
t. tDe legislature are rewarded with
what may be called good speaking
in the sense of a we'll sustained speech
=
slant attendant enjoys something
good occasionally. NJ. Keene Of Mil
Waukee is the pleasant satirist, with
out Wounding however; Mr.. Cady Of
}arshtieId dr0p& words with the flu
oncy OF a Wood county brO0klet, and
Collins Of Portage tells stories Of
Celtic flavor to diversity the routine.
On the senate side are some finished
al
Ways interesting and sometimes sDir-
tied, is to an extent confined by being
president pro tenn. His proposed
amendment to the constitution which
auGWs the legislature to spend money
fer good roads comes up today. Be
tween bicyclists and the farmers bet
ter highways ale an urgent demand
and tlliS safeguard, which the fathers
erected. may he thrown down as un-
necessary. It was put up because the
body polite threw. round money too
Iavizhly for railroads that promised
more than they delivered, There is q
theory that the new plan Of consoi
dating the schools Of 4 township into
one, TO ana from which the pupils are
conveyed at public expense, would
give boom to the good roads move
ment. Apart from the McGillivray
amendment there are other bills that
look towards better roads.
Fran hises and Osteop2thy.
Talking CT good speaking Mr.. Owen
of Racine, a young lawyer budded out
the other day in carefully prepared
speech for his bill to allow city coun-
ellis to alter franchises. At present
this is the exclusive preprogatiye Of
the legislature. Mr. Owens is very
sure that it would be safe to trust the
councils and we are all agreed that
something must be done to cripple
this gift of valuable franchises by
councils. But the assembly did not
think that the Owen plan was the
best way to do it.
OF course the old school physicians
do not like the proposal Of having
osteopaths put on a level with them
selves. They say that any one in a
few months can fit himself to do bust
ness in osteopathy. One Of the ma
tiona1 experts, now said to be making
$50, 900 a year in New York, was a
few years 20 a travelling man. The
senate has passed the bill. Governor
Peck spoke for the osteopathists. He
said he would never employ one, but