Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-04
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
Madison, March 27.-The Hall
resolution for a constitutional amend
ment permitting the use of voting
machines was recommended for pas
sage to the senate. An assembly
amendment was concurred in to
Senator Gaveney's bill authorizing
persons to change their names by FL
ing a declaration with the register Of
deeds. The bill re-apportioning the
state into assembly districts came 10
the senate from the assembly and was
re-referred. Senator Martins bill. de-
signed to suppress the sale of the Po-
lice Gazette in Wisconsin. was ordered
to engrossment and third reading.
Senator Miller's bill providing for a
cottage for women students at the
state university co cost $4,000, was
reported unfavorably by the commit
tee on claims, and indefinitely post
poned by the senate today.
The assembly ordered to third read
ing the bills taxing pedlers SIS, to
prevent docking of horses. appropriate
ing money to state institutions for
current expenses and pensioning
members of police and fire depart
ments who have served % years and
attained the age of 65.
Madison, March Ex-senator Weed
of Oshkosh delivered himself against
what he called the republican gerry.
mander of the assembly districts in
Brown county. Under the apportion-
ment bill as passed by the assembly,
one of the districts in Brown is demo
cratic, but Senator Riordan offered on
amendment which would make both Of
them republican. 1t was over this
amendment that the senator COM
planned. The bill was sent back to a
committee. The bill appropriating
100000 for cottage annex to the
ladies' dormitory of the university
was killed. Among the bills passed
was one by Senator Gaveney enabling
people to change their names by filing
various data with the register OF
deeds.
BY vote of 81 to 32 the assembly
yesterday morning concurred in Sena-
tor Kreutzers bill to raise the salaries
of the supreme court justices from
$4,000 to $4,000 and those of circuit
judges from $4,000 to $4,000 The
Ainsworth bill requiring peddlers
license was advanced to a third read
ing after running debate Several
amendments Were adopted. AS Il
now stands the hill provides to license
peddlers and fixes the fee at from $50
to 500. Senate bills were concurred
In forbidding the placing of adver.
tsements on the flag and authoriz-
ing the governor to confer the title
of colonel on Capt. c. A. Curtis, uni.
yersity professor of military science,
Madison, March 29.-The bill reap.
portioning the state into assembly dis.
trlcts came back to the senate from
committee with the changes In Brown
county, recommended for adoption.
They are expected to give the county
two republican assemblymen. Sena-
tor Weed dissented, but the senate
adopted the amendments and then
concurred in the bill by unanimous
vote, the two democratic senator's,
Jacobs and Weed, voting AYE" with
the republicans. There will be a
contest on the floor over the anti.
cigarette bill. It came back from
the judiciary committee with a ma
Jority report for concurrence, the
committee being divided five to four,
The minority dissenting from the re-
port was composed of Senators
Roehr. Mills, Weed and Gaveney
The Hall resolution providing for a
constitutional amendment authorizing
the use of voting machines in Wiscon.
sin was passed and Senator Mosber's
Dill appropriating $4,000 for the pur.
chase of books and pamphlets for the
state historical library was also
passed and was likewise Senator Hat
toms bill appropriating $25. 900 for the
completion of the normal building at
Stevens Point and Oshkosh. One az.
semDly Dill concnrred in prohibits the
killing or catching of any wild birds
other than game birds.
In the assembly Senator Riordan's
-" ieet4hs 10 the conveyance of
lands OF the Sturgeon Bay and MichI.
gan canal grant to Ephraim Mariner.
=. r. Phster and l.. F. Vogel was re.
FUSED concurrence. Al to 81. Among
tne plils passed were Roots permit.
ing more than s35 to be expended in
the' burial OF INDECENT soldiers and
Iorbidding the docking of horses tails.
Inc Dill to establish an inebriate's
nome was killed Barker's bill pro-
hlblting remarriage within one year
OF divorce, was debated by its author
and hnally ordered TO third reading,
Both houses adjourned IN vvadno,