Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-04-25
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.


ences to the university professors who
lobby for the passage Of their pet
measures, passed the McGillivray bill
appropriating $4,000 to the state geo.
logical survey. The bill originally car
ried $4,000, but when sent to the
committee on claims the amount was
reduced to $4,000 Prof. Buckley, who
conducts the survey, says that the
work can not be successfully carried
on with such limited means, and
though he has not decided just what
he will do. he will in all probability
make an effort to have the bill so
amended in the assembly that the al
lowance for this work will be ample.
In the lower house Assemblyman
McCabe Of Milwaukee made vigorous
| onslaught upon the special privileges
which material furnishers enjoy by
! virtue OF the lien laws as comTared
with people in mercantile pursuits and
| farmers. The debate arose over the
Rankl bill, which extends the lien law
| to subcontTactCss. An amendment had
! been offered requiring dealers to give
notice within 80 days to house owners
OF the fact that material used in their
! construction had not been paid for.
| The amendment was ADOPTED and the
| bill ordered engrossed, but only after
a long fight in which Messrs. McCabe
and Rossllan argued for the change
and Messrs. Sturdevant and Orton
against. The Eline bill exempting no
taries public from the operation OF
the anti-pass law was opposed by Mr..
Hall, who said it was wrong for this
assembly, which had just adopted an
anti-pass constitutional amendment
to now act contrary to the principle
involved in it. Such action might
give the senate an excuse for acting
adversely. Anyway the pass business
was bad. There was no reason why
any citizen should have such priVi
Iege. MI Eline and Mr.. Keene said
it was never intended to carry the
anti-pass proposition to such an alb,
surd length. The bill was killed AZ to
las. Mr.. Sturdeyant and Mr.. Orion
both assailed in fine fashion Senator
Jones bill which made landlords liza
BILE for water and lighting bills in case
tenants fail to pay them. 1t applies
only in case where municipal owner
ship prevails. Mr.. Orion thought such
a proposition was a violation Of the
taxing principle Mr. Cady also spoke
against the bill and it was killed. Nc
Millan,s bill appropriating 10000 for
the construction of the levee at Port
age was passed, and these also:
Erickson's, to appropriate $500 for
the interstate park on the st. CroiX
river; Hartung's, to enable towns to
license dogs; Benson's, including wild
barley in the list Of noxious weeds end
one from a committee, providing fire
escapes on all public buildings.
Madison, April 17.-Action on the
voting machine proposition was again
deferred. A bill was proposed relat
ing to the weight of engines and road
rollers on public highways. The as
sembly bill permitting children under
8 years of age to be admitted to the
Sparta state school was ordered to a
third reading and the senate bill linn
iting to $3.50 a candidates contribu,
ton to the campaign fund was en-
crossed.
In the assembly the lien bill went
over for the day, as did also the osteo,
pathic measure, while Senator
O'Neil's bill compelling county boards
to officially publish their proceedings
in one or more papers went back to
the committee. Boards now have the
option Of doing so or not as they
please. Senate bills were concurred
in appropriating $4,000 as an emer-
gency fund to be used in case OF
plaques; codifying the national guard
law and making an annual appropria-
ton of S125,0O0 to maintain the state
militia; and permitting railways to
appoint special policemen at depots.
There was a long fight on the bill
whose object is to do away with spe-
cial verdicts in personal damage
suits, but it was finally advanced,
while the bill permitting S. D. Car
for $4,000 on an old printing claim
was killed with only IL votes for it.
| The Dane county fish bill was passed.
1t permits fish to be taken at any
time.
Madison, Wis, April 18.-The cen
ate again killed the Hall resolution
calling for a constitutional amend
ment permitting the use OF voting
machines at elections. AS usual, the
senate has followed this program for
i o7sd To hi
resolution a motion was made to
reconsider the vote. The motion vas
laid over till next Wednesday, at
which time it is expected the senate
will reconsider the vote by which the
resolution was killed yesterday and
adopt it. The Portage levee bill
carrying an appropriation of $4,000
was advanced to a third reading, as
was also the Soltwedel sweatshop
measure.
The osteopaths and the state
medical board yesterday agreed upon
a compromise as to their bills over
which they have been fighting ever
since the beginning of the session.
DR.. Warren D. Davis, secretary Of the
Osteopathic college of Milwaukee, and
DR.. Curran, president of the state
medical board, effected the agreement
and Mr.. McComb introduced the sub
stitute decided upon The substitute
provides that the osteopaths shall |
have member on the state medical |
board and that after 1903 the os-
teopath curriculum shall practically |
conform 10 the medical requirements |
and that osteopaths who are permitted |