Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07

passed without opposition. The as
sembly refused, IS to %, to concur IN
the senate bill increasing the appro-
priation to $500 for the inspection of
the state Of tract CT land adjoining
the state fair grounds to Thos. j.
Fleming, was cCncurred in, and the
senate bill to regulate BARRIERS by re-
quiring their examination and license
was concurred in without debate. a
similar assembly bill was killed re-
Gently.
A woman suffrage pill with
referendum provision, the O'Nen bill
was killed in the senate at night by
a vote of Is to Il. There was a de-
bate and large company of women,
many Of the latter approached the
point of weeping when the result of
the vote was announced. The vote
was as follows:
Ayes-Eaton, Hatten, Martin, Nc
Gillivray, Merton, Munson, O'NeI,
Reukema, Riordan, Sarau, Whitehead
and Wyie-12.
Noes-Beach, Burns, Gaveney,
Hagemeister, Hudnall, Johnson,
kreutzer, McDonOugh, Miller,
Wipperman-15.
Senator O'Neil opened the debate
with a witty and interesting plea for
the women. He was followed in op-
DocitirD E1 Sona+Or. NIcDooouCb WIZ,
said women having been given the
right to vote on school matters had
not exercised the right to any gen.
eral extent. Senator Martin ap-
proved the bill because of its referen-
dunn feature. Senator Merton said
the women belonged in the home and
it was the duty of the men to attend
to things political Senator Miller
also opposed the bill. Senator Nc
DOnough said the only women who
were anxious to vote were the shor.
haired masculine variety who never
could get over the misfortune which
nature had put upon them when they
were born feminine.
The administration railroad COM
mission bill was killed by the as
sembly late at night after a debate
that occupied morning, afternoon and
night. Three roll calls were taken at
the close of the speaking, the last
showing that the governors side
could muster only % votes in favor
OF the bill to which he has devoted
his most strenuous efforts. The first
call was on referendum amend
ment, proposed by Mr.. LIE Roy, to
submit the law to the people at the
spring election Of 1904. This vote
was 81 to Sc, the majority against
the bill The second vote was on tbs
amendments proposed by the COM
mittee and resulted "a to 60.
The features of the night session
were the speeches in opposition by
Messrs. Cowling and Cady, and III
favor Of the Till by Speaker Lenroot,
Messrs. Kinney, Root, Irvine and
Frear spoke in it's favor. During the
daylight debate the chief speaker was
Mr. Gilman for the bill and Mr..
Wallrich against.
Mr. LIE Roy offered the referendum
amendment and it was debated by
himself, Messrs. Gilman, Lenroot and
Smoker in the affirmative and was
opposed by MessTs. Ray and Cowling.
it was voted down. The assembly
then voted down the committee
amendments and on motion of Mr..
Ray Indefinitely postponed the bill
rhe vote on the LIE Roy amendment,
was as follows:
Ayes-Ainsworth Andrew, Bart
lett, Braddock, Bradford, Chandler,
Dahl, Dinsdale, Donald, DOolittle,
Douglas, Ekern, D. Evans, Frear, Gil
man, Haderer, Irvine, Henry Johnson,
Thomas Johnson, Kimball, Kinney,
Koch, Lenroot, LIE Roy, Loebs,
Morris, Peterson, Potter, Rank,
Root, SmalIey, Smoker, Stevens,
Tarrens, Thoreson, Verbeck and
Williamson.
Noes-Arneman, Barker, Bartzen,
Becker, Benson, Breitwisch, Caiy,
Carpenter, Coffland, Cosgrove, Crow
ley, Cowling, Dixon, Dudgeon, E. W.
Hamm, Hannifn Hartung, Hasa,
Hodgins, Johnson, Johnston, Karel,
Kehrein, Kern, La Du, Lang, Lane,
Lord, Martin, Miller, Moldenhauer,
Morgan, Osborn, Ray, Reed, Reynolds,
Rupp Slider, Slade, A. E. Smith, c.
III. Smith, Terens, Thiessenhusen,
Thompson, Timlin, Valentine, Waiter
man, Westfahl, White, Whitson, Will
lott, Rakow-56.