Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-03-07
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

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The Lenroot Joint resolution to permit
cities to raise the debt limit from TO ~
per cent for public utilities was kllieu
Monday evening in the Assembly. Inc
tax commission bill to relieve the Nil
waukee Northwestern Life Insurance.
Company of many thousands OF dollars IL
retaliatory taxes passed both houses I'M
der suspension of the rules, having Dut
three more DAYS in which to become OPP
erative this year.
An important amendment in the nature
of a compromise WIS offered TUESDAY III
committee to the medical license Dill. ne
old-school doctors who are pushlhg lhe
bill offered to compromise with the osle-
opathists by inserting a provision that o.
teopathists may be licensed to practice
their system of treating diseases, pfoVlu-
ed they do not write prescriptions or per
form surgical operations. This offer ma
terially changes the original bill, when
required all osteopathists to pass the reg
ular medical examination for a resuiai
physicians license before they could treat
disease AS the osteopathlsts 90 not pe-
lieye in medicine it was considered
hardship to require them to take the eA-
animation in medicine, and they proposeu
to fight the bill. The opposition Dill, rec.
ognizng the profession of osteopatny anu
creating State beard Of osteopathlst eA-
aminers passed the Senate Tuesday, ana
this fact had an influence IN securing lne
offer Of a compromise.
In the Assembly on Wednesday the
Ill fau oD,onHOnnt tO the con-
stitution, permitting the Use of voting
machines, was fayorably reported IL
adopted it cannot become operative Tor
four years. A favorable report was
given on the bill for the separate assess
ment of lands and buildings and an adj
verse report on the measure prohibiting
the sale of intoXicants within mile OF
the State capitol or university. The bill
was passed empowering licentiates to per-
form the marriage ceremony. The bill
to return the Wisconsin battle flags from
the new library building to the capitol
and making an appropriation for perna-
nent headquarters for the u. a. II. at
the capitol was advanced to third read
ing, after sharp debate. Final hearings
on the Overlook anti-cigarette bill were
heard Attorney George Il. Rowe OF New
York City, former law partner of Gov.
La Toilette, speaking against it, also
Henry f. Cochems, the former star ath-
lete of the university A great many
petitions are coming in for the primary
election bill. A reception was given the
Legislature Wednesday evening by the
university faculty in the new Engineer
ing building.
The Lenroot bill, requiring that upon
petition Of 10 per cent of the voters OF
any city any franchise which has been
granted by the Common Council must be
voted upon by the people, was read a
third time in the lower house of the Leg
islature on Friday by an almost unanl-
nous vote, only Assemblyman Silkworth
of Eau Claire voting against the bill.
The bill was read after two hours OF
heated debate, during which Messrs. Silk
worth and Lenroot the author of the
bill, exchanged uncomplimentary opin-
ions of each other. The bill was debat-
ed at great length in committee, most of
the speeches being made by the lobbyists
and attorneys for the public utility cor
porations of the State. Owing to the OBJ
jections of the representatives of the
Mr. Lenroot, in the committee, consent
ed to an amendment to his bill providing
that the measure should not apply to
Milwaukee, and in that form it was re-
ported to the Assembly, which promptly
struck out the clause emitting Milwau-
kap from tho hill