Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-05-21

corrupt practice bills and the Green
bill to prohibit the use of trading
stamps The bill to appropriate
s10.50 for the erection of monument
at Andersonville prison was concurred
in. The assembly killed Senator
McGillivray's bill. relating to the q,
posit of deleterious substances into
rivers. The bill coming from the
judiciary committee, providing for the
improvement of the Portage levee,
commissioners be appointed by the
governor to oversee the work of i'm
proyement, and serve without pay, ex-
cept actual expenses incurred. After
bitter debate lasting nearly an hour,
the assembly refused to order the Mil
waukee charter bill to third reading.
The university appropriation bill was
passed. 1t has already passed the
senate and will be sent to the governor
who will undoubtedly sign it. The
bill appropriates $47S,500 for the use
of the university for the coming two
years. The state is spending much
more money, notwithstanding the
early-session declaration that all ap.
preparation bills would be "cut down
to the bone" The appropriations of
this session exceed by $555 900 those
made at the session two years ago.
Madison, May 15.-There will be no
bubonic plague prevention fund set
aside by the present session of the
legislature. Ehe bill first provided for
fund of 100000 This was cut
down to $4,000 and it appeared that
! this would be the determination of
the legislature when the senate be-
came divided upon the question Of in
Guiding the fignung of smallpox in
, the purposes of the measure. The
bubonic people prevailed in the upper
house and the assembly refused to
leave out smallpox There was =
fruitless conference and the bill is
dead. So the state keeps it's $4,000.
Senators Wipperman and Riordan
had an exchange of speeches on the
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purpose of paying for bounties on
dead wolves and to pay the counties
for what ehey eXpend on resident fish
and game wardens. Senator Wiper
man said there were many counties
where there were no wolves, and that
any county system of protecting the
| fish and game would be inefficient.
He complimented Warden Overlook
on the success with which he had en-
! forced the fish and game laws. The
| bill was passed by vote of Is to IL.
The Hatten land for settlers only"
resolution was adopted by vote of
10 to II. LII accordance with the
adverse report Of the senate com
mittee on railroads, the maximum
rate bill was indefinitely postponed.
| There was no debate. The bill proyid-
ed that it should be unlawful for the
railroad companied to raise their
rates above the highest in force on
June Is, 1902. The vote by which
the senate killed the measure was 70
to Is, as follows:
To kill-Messrs. Beach, Bird, Eaton,
Gaveney, Green, Hagemeister, John
son, McDonough, Merton, Morse,
Mosher, North, O'Neil, Randolph, Rior-
dan, Roehr, Rogers, Sarau, White.
head, Willy-20.
To make raise of rates unlawful
Messrs. Burns, Hatten Hudnall, Nc
Gillivray, Miller, Munson, Stout, WHIP
perman, Wolff, Wylie-10.
The assembly amendments to the
Hatten bill for an increase of the
number of county training schools for
teachers from six to 10 were con-
CURED in. The McGillivray resolution
to set the time for final adjournment
was laid over until Tuesday.
The ghost of the primary bill came
| up from its legislative graveyard and
was threshed over by the assembly.
| The fight was over a motion by Mr..
Andrew, providing for the discharge
of the conference committee and that
the assembly should refuse to recede
from its position in refusing to con-
cur in the senate amendment to adopt
that part of the bill relating to town
and county officials and referring the
rest to the people in the fall of 1904.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Ray pro
vided for the discharge of the con-
ference committee and for the re-
cession of the assembly from its POI
sition and concurrence in the senate
amendment. Uunder the rules the
resolution lies over until next Tues
day. There was a protest from the
stalwart members on Mr.. Andew's
motion. They claimed that it was
made at the eleventh hour, when
there were hardly quorum present.
Mr.. Andrew finally withdrew his mo-
tion and the Ray resolution went
over until Tuesday.
The bill relating to the fish and
game laws was the cause of con-
siderable debate. As reported by the
committee it made some minor
changes in the fish laws, and also
provided that rabbits and squirrels
may be hunted at any time except
during a short closed season, without