Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-31
LEGISLATIVE LETTER

tive work during the past week has
been the hearing Of arguments in the
Vandercook Cook contest case Al
fred Cook, democrat, was given the
certificate OF election to the assembly
from the LIST district of Marathon
county on majority Of four votes over
Gllbert Z. Vandercook, republican.
Vandercook, on account of alleged In
Irregularities in the election, gave notice
/ TO Cook that he should enter q contest
for his seat in the assembly, and sc
the committee on privileges and cleo
| tions have been kept busy for several
days hearing the testimony and ;lrgu-
Inellts in the case. They will report
( this week and the members Of the as
sembly will decide by vote which OF
The two gentlemen shall have the con
tested seat.
Though the assembly is. made up Of
81 republicans and only 10 democrats,
I do not think that politics will influ-
enee the decision. 1 am OF the opinion
that Mr.. Cook has the better. chance Of
the two for getting the seat. I am
glad that the question is likely to be
settled upon its merits. It is too com
mon in such cases to seat the man
whose party is in power, what ever the
testimony may have been.
The anti-cigarette bill, of which I
spoke last week, passed the assembly
last Thursday morning almost, unani-
mously, and think that it wiz get
through the senate this week.
Assemblyman Stevens, of Madison
whose work it has been TO draft the
primary election bill, is a member of
the committee on privileges and cleo
tions: and as he has been called upon
the past week to listen the most OF the
time TO the arguments in the Wander
cook Cook contest, he has not had
time to finish his bill. The first draft
of it contained about {, 900 words, but it
viii be s., seand Leased te have Only
about 200. It IS said to satisfy Gov.
6aFolIette in It's provisions 1t is
thought that the bill will be intro
.duced early this week in both houses.
Then there will be something to talk
about
There is, of course, much talk among
the members on the subject Of the re-
apportionment. As I said last week..
the committee will consist of thirty
men, one senator and two assembly
men from each of the congressional
districrs. The senate committee, now
completes, is as follows: LIST district, J :
M Whitehead; End, w G. Bissell; 3D.,
o. G. Munson: 4th, f. a. Arson; 9TH.
a. IL. Jones; 9th, FL. ]. Need:s7th, j. J.
MeGillivray; Sth. DeWane Stebbins;
9th, ID. &c. aiordan, chairman; 10th, f.
q. Mills. The committee on the part
of the assembly has not Yet been com
.pleted { suppose il will be done this
evening, and then the joint committee
will be ready for work.
Senator Hatton, Oh New London has
d bill about ready equiring the week.
1y payment of wages III cash. This
bill, If it passes, will do away with the
iniqnitis dealing IN lime checks that
beats rs many OF the boysin the woods
oil Of 4 cool PERCENTAGE Of ti,eif hard
earned wages, anu il viii greatly re-
dice the profits Of some company stores
Senator Hat5on is an slnploye Oi many
lahorers@ and it is eVleeHt that he !. is
convinced that it Is best do D3lsiaes
on 4 sstsh basis.
Senator Gaxens 81 tAigaassa lltlsos
dtlced hast q erin 4 fesO II
ming the brutal, nnnlatlls aud olleissge
Gus practice 81 tie caaets at est
Eoili, iis hazing their 81 l,as.s al asa
ing our Wiseons ii members Of tite IL
S. senate and House Of senfatiyes
10 aid in the making Of 4 law that will
effectually stamp out the praclice. Ii
was adopted, with only one dissenting
vote
Two bills have been introduced in
the assembly, one Dy Mr. Nltilet.sznd
district Of Marathon county and am
9th rby Mr.. Siekworth, End district Of
Eau Claire county e, carry passen7
gers for two cents q mile. presume
that that most Of the people IN the
state are interested IN this proposed
law, and ID favor Of it. but II ii not
likely that either Of the bills will pass
Such Il law will be made, though III
time.
By the way this Mr.. Miller Of Mara
taon. was here W., years a go as an as
sistant iallitor Nhil> cleaning c,sspi-
sdors he was thinking A. q resnlt he
nos occupies seat No So IN the assem-
bly, and Is The honorable Nh Miller.
Assem- bI lnnla .enroot, of superior
has id need d ssy ping bill against
tffst: and Iae is i repu lican tiaillik