Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-03-14
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

Both houses held short sessions Mon
day night and neither finished its calen- |
dar. At the opening of the session in
the Assembly Mr.. Whitson offered a res
olution congratulsting President McKin-
ley upon his second inaugural and extend
ing congratulations to Mrs. Mckinley
also. 1t was treated as privileged rcso-
luton and was adopted by unanimous
rising vote, the Democrats voting with
the Republicans 1t was quickly mes
saged over to the Senate and concurred
in there in the same manner. IN the As
sembly Il number of petitions and remon-
strances for and against the primary cleo
ton bill We're received. Thirteen bills
were passed or concurred in. The bill
raising the standard for admissions to
the bar in Wisconsin, by requiring three
years study instead of two before exam
nation by the State board, was passed
by the Senate unanimously, without dis
cussion. Three other bills were passed.
Thirteen petitions for the passage Of
the primary election BILL including one
from twenty-five Democrats of Vernon
County, and another from colored resi-
dents of Milwaukee, We're submitted to
the Senate Tuesday morning. The :nti-
cigarette bill was reported by the COM
mittee on public health and sanitation
for indefinite postponement. Senators
| Burns and Munson alone voted against
| the bill increasing the salaries of SUI
preme and Circuit judges, which passed
| by vote of 80 to ,. Three other bills
| We're passed and two concurred in. There
was the usual flood of petitions and re-
monstrances at the opening of the Senate
| Al hn
monstrances against the primary election
bill nearly equaled the petitions for it.
| There We're a large number of petitions
in favor of the soldiers memorial bill
and the osteopathy bill. There were also
many in favor of the stationary engineer
bill A number of remonstrances We're
| received against the passage OF the Har-
vey school BILL Senator Jacobs bill. No.
1870 S, relating to the incorporation of
| churches, was concurred in. 1t is tech
nical bill relating simply to the incor-
| poration papers.
The Assembly on Wednesday morning
received the usual number of petitions
for and against the primary election BILL
| in about equal numbers. There were
lot of petitions on the exemption bills
| Mr.. Halls joint resolution looking to
| the amendment of the constitution to per-
| nit the use of voting machines was pass
| ed by the Assembly, only six members
| voting against it, They were: Messrs.
| Cady, E. w. Evans, Fesenfeld, Kern,
Silkworm and Spratt. The Overlook
anti-cigarette bill gave the Senate the
liveliest session it has had so far this
winter, and the bill was saved from de-
feat by one vote. 1t was rerefefred to
the committee OH judiciary by vote OF
is to Is after there had been one tie
vote. Among the petitions received IN
the Senate was one from "The third
House of the Wisconsin Legislature,
praying for the passage of oSo A., pro-
viding for the railway transportation OF
employees of the Senate and Assembly.
Senator McGillivray offered a memorial
to Congress urging that the allowance for
maintenance of Indian children in indus
trial schools in Wisconsin be increased
from $1G7 to $3.50 per capita.
The Stout resolution for constitution
al amendment changing the manner OF
eIecting the State superintendent OF IN
struction, passed the Senate the second
time on Thursday and now goes to the
people for ratification. The Assembly
killed the joint resolution providing for
the reelection of sherifs. Among the
bills passed were those forbidding the
dissertation of the American flag by adj
yertisements or otherwise
The Assembly on Friday passed the
Lenroot resolution providing that no
franchise shall go into effect until sixty
days after passage and if 10 per cent
of the electors so desire it shall be sub
mitted to popular vote. The Hall resolu-
ton asking Congress to pass the Gull
lon interstate railway bill was unanl-
mously adopted. Final hearings were
had on the railway tax bill. The rail
road attorneys have made much of dis
crepancies existing between Gov. La Fol
lettes figures in his message to the Leg
slature.