Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-12

election bill The leader OF the op-
ponents of the administration measure
offered a motion to postpone the con-
sideration until Thursday, March 26.
All efforts to reduce the delay were
futile and the motion prevailed after
a motion by Senator Wylie, to amend
by making the date March II had
been voted down. The vote on the
amendment was the test of the divi-
sion. 1t was 10 to IA, with two pairs.
Senators Burns and Merton being
paired with Senators Gaveney and
North, the latter two opposing The
Dill. II the vote on the Wylie amend
ment may be considered as showing
the Observation-Disclosures complex
ion OF the senate, the division is as
follows: Stalwart-Beach, Eaton.
Gaveney, Green, Hagemeister, John
son, Kreutzer, McDonougb, Morse,
Mosher, North O'NeiI, Randolph,
Reukema, Riordan, Roehr, Rogers,
Whitehead, Willy-19. Administra-
tion-Bird, Burns, Hatten, Hudnan
Martin, McGillivray, Merton, Miller,
Munson, Sarau, Stout, Wipperman.
Wolff, Wylie-14. The vote on the
motion to postpone, after the amend
ment had been lost, was % to 4. only
Senators Martin, Munson, Wolff and
Wylie voting against it. The debate
was short, Senators Whitehead,
Rogers and O'Neil arguing for the
9th and Senators Stout, Merton and
McGillivray for an earlier date. The
bill to submit to the people an amend
ment to the constitution to increase
the number of justices of the supreme
court to seven was passed. The fol-
lowing other bills were passed.
Randolph's, providing for the bulletin
ing OF the arrival of passenger trains;
Hudnall's, amending the law for re-
funding of municipal debts; Wylies,
relating to the Babcock test for milk
and cream; and Riordans changing
the boundaries of towns in Forest
county. The assembly advanced to
third reading the bill to tax railways
on the ad valorem basis, the rate being
unanimous. A motion to recommit
1t to the tax committee failed, 81 to
40. Mr.. Bradford offered an amend
ment for the election of one number
OF the state board of assessment, the
appointment of a second by the gov
ernor and the naming of the third
by the supreme court, and argued for
it, but the proposal was rejected. Mr..
M
it. Mr.. Crowley, Milwaukee dem
ocrat, wanted the railway taxes OBJ
tanned on railway property in any
county returned to that county, but
that, too, was rejected. The as
sembly by unanimous vote, and vote
that made the chamber roar, killed
the bill to enable cities to pay sal
aries to their mayors. The bill was
introduced by Assemblyman Strong,
having been drawn by the League of
Wisconsin Municipalities The com
mittee on claims reported for passage
the bill to give a salary of $4,000 a
year to the state superintendent Of
public instruction. Two bills by Mr.
Douglas were passed, one requiring
that the state veterinarian must be a
graduate of some approved veteri- |
nary college and increasing his salary
to $4,000 year, the other giving the
state veterinarian jurisdiction over
the appraisement and slaughter of de- |
ceased animals.
Madison, March SIN the senate
resolution was offered by Senator
Hatten, to provide for conference at
Atlanta, Ga, next July, for the pur-
pose of considering the negro prob
EN-. 1t went over according to rule.
f the resolution passes the governor |
If Wisconsin is to call the confer
ence. select 10 Wisconsin members
If the conference and invite the gov
errors of each of the other states to
send an equal number of delegates
rom each state. no appropriation
S provided for and the delegates
would have to bear their own ex-
J. les. The senate had the longest Il
lebate of the present session on bill i