Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-29
Wat&sa11 9i1nt.
Legislative Notes.

The state may print its own text
books. A bill for that purpose is eX-
pected to be presented.
The assembly voted, almost unani-
mously, to absolutely prohibit the sale
of cigarettes or cigarette paper.
A bill to delegate to city councils the
power to alter franchises without the
consent of the owners will be intro
duced.
The committee on military affairs
have reported favorably on the joint
resolution asking congress to prevent
hazing.
Last Thursday, Assemblyman A. R.
Hall, of Dunn county, introduced a
bill to regulate railroad traffic and to
appoint board of railroad commits
sioners.
The legislature is being urged to pass
a bill increasing saloon licenses to $500
per year, and to forbidding the giving
away of lunches in connection with the
sale Of liquor.
A bill to establish side paths on high
ways for the use of bicycle riders will
be introduced 1t provides that all
wheels using the track shall be taxed
from so cents to S100
Two remarkable bills have been pre-
scented by assemblyman Seru, of Osh-
kosh, one is to give annual premiums to
the mothers of large families. To
mothers having six children $1,000;
seven, S12O0; eight, $500; nine, $4,000;
ten, $500; eleven, $4,000, and twelve,
$500. The other is to tax unmarried
men over thirty years, $1,000 per annum.
The Primary Election Bill, Governor
LaFollettes scheme, was introduced
into the Legislature yesterday. Now is
the time for those who oppose the bill,
or any part of the scheme, to come out
and say so, like Assistant Attorney Gen
eral of the United States, l.. A. Pradt,
has done. Mr.. Pradt's letter, recently
published in the Milwaukee Sentinel, is
vigorous protest and can be found in
full in this issue of the PILOT.
Senator Hatton's Memorial to Con-
gress, urging the passage of the Spoon
rr Swamp Land bill, by which Wiscon-
sin is to get possession of 100000 acres
of government land in Northern Wis
consin, passed last Thursday. The
lower house will, no doubt, also pass
the memorial which will make it a
pretty certain thing that the state will
get the land. This will take pretty
much all the available government
land in Wisconsin, and thereafter there
will be very little use for more than
one land office, which ought to be cen
irally Observation-Disclosures be placed at
Wausau.
1t is now reported that the committee
on privileges and elections will report
the Vandercook-Cook contest case to
the legislature on Wednesday morning
Also that the committee stand five to
two in favor of Cook. This looks bad
for Gil" and not in accordance with
the many lengthy newspaper articles
which have been published by ultra
republican papers, trying to awaken
sentiment in favor of Vandercook. 1t
would be a most deplorable precedence
for the legislature of Wisconsin, which
is so overwhelmingly One-sided in pol
itics,.to establish, in view of the shall
low charges which have been preferred
against MIR. Cook.
a peculiar incident about the begin
ming of the session Is the appearance of
Herman Miller of the eastern district
of Marathon county as member Of the
assembly At the last Legislature Mr..
Miller was an assistant ianitor in the
assembly. He got the position through
AsSemblyman George Werheim in
whose district in Marathon county Mr..
Miller lived. The latter, however; was
so captivated with official life, that he
laid his plans to come to the assembly
himself for this session, and got out
and worked up sufficient support in the
district to get the republican nomina-
ton away from his former benetactor
Mr.. Miller now offers to balance things
up by getting position for Mr.. Wer-
helm, but the latter is lumberman
and does not need political job
MarShiiel(s News.
i VERDI, the great Italian composer, is
dead.
ELLIS USHER thinks that the present
legislature Is sadly in need of a leader.