Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-23
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

WISCONSIN SULUNS.
After a night session lasting more than
three hours The Senate Thursday even
ing passed bin limiting the operation
Of primary nominations of party candi-
dates to aspirants for county Offices, with
the additional proviso that it shall not
apply TO any county unless adopted there
in by popular vote. The final vote was
10 TO II in favor of this substitute for
al pending measures on this subject. This
bill is the HagemeiSter substitute. but
its strongest advocates were Senator's
Kreutzer and Whitehead. The first roll
call was ON the Stevens House bin,
which more nearly approached the wishes
of the La Toilette faction than any other
measure under consideration. 1t required
only thirteen affirmative votes. the hostile
majority of seven being as indicated by
last weeks test roll call. The next vote
was on the Hatton substitute, applying
the primary to county officers and legisla-
tors. This was defeated, 10 to ii. Then
Senator Miller offered another amend
ment. He explained it was the Stevens
bill. with cities eliminated and with
clause at the end for a referendum, pro-
viding for the submission of the bill to
q vote of the people at the next spring
election. This went the same way as the
Hatton substitute and by the same vote.
Senator McGillivray offered an amend
ment which provided for caucuses and
conventions to select primary candidates,
saying this should suit every body. 1t was
nevertheless defeated, 20 to Is. An
amendment by Mr.. Weed, including judi
cial elections. was defeated. 81 to s.
Then came the final vote for the Hage
meister substitute.
Another scene of wild disorder marked
the Assembly proceedings on Friday,
when the osteopathy bill was killed by
vote of 53 to 33. This action followed a
long debate and a motion to reconsider
brought on innumerable dilatory motions.
resulting in a call of the house. When
this was ordered there was a scramble
for the doors that the members might not
miss their trains home for Sunday. The
sergeant's force tried to stop them, but
when the vote was taken eighteen were
recorded as absent without leave. The
call was finally raised and reconsidera-
ton made a special order for next We'd
nesday. The Assembly, also killed the
Barker bill, which aimed to prohibit mar
riage between blacks and whites.
The Assembly went through the better
portion of a long calendar at its session
Monday evening. Mr.. Zinn's bill amend
ing the present law with respect to the
annexation of territory by cities was or
dered engrossed. Gov. La Toilette re-
turned two vetoes to the Assembly, the
first being 362 A., Iegalzing the action
of the town of Redwood in issuing
bonds. The Governor was of opinion
that this was too loose and indefinite.
The other bill was 622 A., empowering
school district No. of OcOnOmowOc
County to borrow money. The Governor
objected on the ground that it overrides
the present law providing for such loans
and is in the nature of special legisla-
ton. Both bills were killed by the AS
sembly. The Senate had only fourteen
bills on its calendar and with nothing
else to do the next morning it adjourned
without doing any business.
Notaries public who travel will con-
tinue to pay their fares. The Assembly
on Tuesday morning refused to exempt
them from the workings of the anti-pass
law The vote was 80 for and AZ against
it. The bill for an appropriation to the
Wisconsin State Firemen's Association
was recalled from the engrossing room
of ZOO. The Erickson interstate park
hill was SEN to the Senate by a vote of
20 to 4. Mr.. Bankers measure for $780,
600 for the Portage levee was passed, IS
t., hn 90
of his bill for the destruction of nOXiOus
weeds. 1t was passed. The Hartung
dog license bill imposing a State tax on
CANNES in localities where the local mu-
nicipal government eXactS none excited
some little discussion. 1t was passed. %
to 26. The Cady vagrancy bills were
passed. They prescribe who are such
and fix as a penalty Imprisonment not
to exceed six months or from three to
ten days solitary confinement. Under
suspension of the rules the Mills bill reg
ulating the taxation of steam vessels was
concurred in. Gov. La Follette's veto
of Senator Jacobs bill authorizing
changes of venue from the county to cir
cult court, and vice versa, in Dodge
County, came up for action in the Senate.
Its death was confirmed only four Sen
ators voting to pass the bill over the
Governors veto. The joint resolution for
the Inauguration of steps to provide for
a complete ventilating system for the cap
itol building was passed. Assembly
amendments to Senator Riordan's bill
amending the law making taxes a lien on
logs, and Senator Mosher's bill relative
to taxation of buildings on leased ground,
were concurred in.