The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-11
Yeines Attract Attention.


has no personal interest in the meas
ure.
Vetoes Attract Attention.
Governor LaFollette has attracted
some attention by a bunch of five
vetoes in one day. Cleveland's sue
cess was a tributed on the start to
his fearlessn css in vetoing bills 1t
certainly attracts attention. Of course
members whose bills are vetoed do
not like it, However, it is often pos
sible to so amend a bill after its veto
as to eliminate the objection.
One of the vetOes secures members
of police and fire department from
removal without assigning the cause.
Special legislation is a frequent cause
for veto and Governor LaFollette has
already instanced it. 1t is a favorite
trick for Milwaukee officehOlders, una
BILE to get their salaries raised at home,
to come to Madison. Sometimes Mil
waukee has not sufficient law to au-
thorize an increase; in these cases the
vetoes indicate that the city would do
well to secure legal authority. At all
events. the legislature, removed from
the scene, is in a poor position to
iuge Of whether copyists, etc., are
paid too much or too little.
Speaking of salaries, there are a
number of bills to increase them in
the cities Chief Jansen Of MilWau-
kee has $4,000 year and his friends
want $4,000 for him. Chief Jansen
said he is occasionally offered brides,
once by two Chicago aldermen with
$780, if he would let some women
free. The fire chief also wants an in
crease.
Contrary to expectation the bar
bers' commission bill is going forward
all the time and the dancing mas
ters have not lost hope. An assem-
bly, bill is out of committee which
compels license for the latter by cOun-
ty clerks.
Woman Suffrage Succeeds in Assembly.
Woman suffrage won out in the as
sembly, although thirty-three men
voted against it to fOrty-nine for. Da
vid Evans of Washaura a rural
member who talks easily and is taken
more seriously than he once was, made
a long speech and frankly said he
wanted the vote for his six daughters.
The assembly had bowling laugh
over Johnston whose wife was seated
by his side when he voted for the bill,
though he seemed to lack enthusiasm.
Another member Smith, who also had
his wife with him. voted against the
bill without paling his cheek.
I see that the New Jersey legiSla-
ture makes it a crime for women to
wear birds or plumage on their hats.
The Wisconsin bill for woman fac
tory inspector is still alive. With
Mrs. LaFollette actively interested in
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likely to be some substantial strokes
in the way of progress along this line
before LaFollettes graduate from state
administration.
The bill to punish heavily the adj
ministering of drugs with criminal in
tent is also acceptable, the idea being
to prevent in this state such crimes
as the recent murder of a girl in New
Jersey.
The cigarette bill died in the senate
by a vote of Is to II. The rule com
polling an aye and nay vote on the re-
quest of one-siXth of the members
present is fortunate for the electorate
at home Without this rule bills in
which men and women over the state
are keenly interested would be quietly
| disposed of and no one held RESPONSE
BILE. Mr.. Overlook of Door county will
always be remembered as having made
a hard fight for this reform.
Mr. Cady is apparently not wildly
interested in his bill voiding the mar
riage of white and colored persons,
as he refuses to let it come to vote.
The measure is not taken seriously.
A negro from Milwaukee told the com
mittee that there are fifty families in
that city where the husband and wife