Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12
WISCONSIN SOL0NS.

Among the important bills introduced
in the Legislature on Thursday was one
by the board of controls recommends
ton, carrying fetal of S291,030, of
which 100000 is to 20 for building at
Oshkosh for criminal insane and $111,OO0
for new buildings for the home for the
feeble-minded at Chippewa Falls. The
rest goes for repairs for the various in
stitutions Many important measures
We're introduced, among them bills for
the better protection of game, to reduce
railway passenger rates to cents mile,
to publish and sell textbooks at cost, to
enable people to change their names
easily, to limit expenditures on account
of supcrintendents of State institutions,
to make special appropriations for those
institutions, to prohibit free lunches in
saloons, to forbid general merchants
from selling intoxicants, permitting the
establishment of county industrial schools
and to require BARRIERS to take out Ii
ceases. A memorial to Congress urging
the passage of the Grout Oleomargarine
bill passed the Senate by unanimous
vote.
Alfred Cook the Assemblyman from
Marathon County, lodged the issue ON
the anti-paSs question at Fridays ses-
sion. The constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting passes, passed two years ago,
came up for second passage, necessary
before it is submitted to vote of the peo-
pie. and Asscmblyman Collins moved that
it be made a special order for Tuesday.
This was defeated thirty-siX TO thirty
one, roll call being necessary. Mr.
Cook was absent, but came in while the
vote was being taken, and RosSman ask
ed that his vote be recorded. Cook asked
to be excused, as he did not understand
what was being done. Speaker Ray ex-
planned the situation, and Cook still ask
ed to be excused from voting and did not
vote. The resolution went to third read
ing. The Senate memorial to Congress
urging the passage of the Grout oleo-
margarine bill was concurred in by the
Assembly. Two important telephone
bills were introduced, one changing the
plan of taxation from the license fee sys-
tenn to tax on property valuation, the
other fixing rates from 81 to 81 month.
according to population, and compelling
competing companies to receive and
transmit messages free from each other.
Senator Green introduced bill in the
Senate Monday night aimed at the Chi
cago ice companies which cut ice on the
meandered lakes of this State and ship
it out of the State. The bill imposes
tax of 10 cents a ton on all ice shipped
out of the State and requires the corpo-
rations or persons who cut ice to secure
a license from the Secretary of State and
10 file bonds to the amount of $4,000 to
secure the payment of the tax before
they can begin cutting. Mr. Whitson in
troduced a bill in the Assembly provid-
ing aspenalty from five to twenty years
in the State prison, for kidnapping any
person under IS years.
A bill was introduced in the Assem-
bly, on Tuesday providing for the estab-
lishment of State employment bureaus
in cities of 10000 population or over that
would furnish a room. A superintendent
at $1,000 a year and clerk are fur
nishcd. The bill is in line with the rec
concentrations of Labor Commissioner
Erickson. Another bill requires all per-
sons to be vaccinated who have not been
within five years. An exception is made
in the case of persons who can show GER
tificates from physicians that vaccination
is dangerous. Manufacturing concerns,
public institutions, etc, must cause all
employees and inmates to lie vaccinated on
their admission; employees of State and
county institutions must be vaccinated
as Il condition of employment Munich
palities are to pay for the vaccination of
the poor The State affairs committee
reported favorably the bill reducing the
Job+ wa 90 oNnuntiOn from SEQ tO $40 n
month and the homestead exemption
from $1,000 to $4,000.
The lower house of the Legislature on
Wednesday passed the anti-frec pass
amendment to the constitution on vote
of 50 to 49, This amendment, after it
has passed this Legislature, will be sub
mitted to the people at the next general
election.