Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09
WISCONSIN Legislature.

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Madison, March 30.-Governor La
Toilette created sensation in the
senate by sending in a veto of the SEN
ate bill, which provides that county
! boards shall have the power to vote
not more than $4,000 for the purpose
/ of erecting monuments to soldiers and
sailors who served in any war of this
country. The veto was returned be-
cause the bill sought to deprive the
people of the power to vote on the
question of raising taxes for such Q
monument, and seeks to repose the
power of making the appropriations in
/ the county boards.
Madison, March 31.-The Cowling
bill prohibiting the use of the public
/ highways for camping purposes was
! concurred in by the senate, as was al
so the Frear bill permitting to the TAX
ing of game birds for propagating pur-
poses. 1t took the assembly less than
an hour to reject the referendum
|
bill and now a conference is in order
to try the impossible feat of harmon
/ izing the irreconciliable difference of
the two houses. The debate was
neither long nor of a very formal
character, though Mr.. Thompson, the
eastern Dane county member who was
elected despite his known opposition
| - h. ,sr,f,
speech, declaring his attitude. The bill,
with senate amendments, was. the first
on the calendar, and Mr.. Coffiand, DEM
ocrat from Richland Center, at once
offered an amendment referring tn.
whole question of primary elections to
popular vote at the general election
next year-the question to be put to
the people being Shall the provisions
of the primary law be adopted? Ii.
/ speaking for the amendment he said
he could not see how any friend of
the principle could oppose it though
voting for his amendment did not nee
| essarily commit any member to the
law. 1t simply left the whole matter
| to the public. He himself did not be-
lieve in the principle, and was not
therefore disposed to offer any amend
ments to the various provisions of the
bill. Ex-Speaker Bradford and Mr..
Frear spoke against both the senate
and the Coffland amendments. The
principle, he said, had been before the
people for four years and not in quar-
ter of a century has a matter been so
thoroughly discussed or so generally
understood. The Coffland amendment
was then rejected, 65 to %, those yot-
/ ing for it being: Messrs. Armenian,
Bartzen, Becker, Coffiand, Crowley, Z.
/ w. Evans, Fritzke, Haderer, HASA,
Johnston, Karel, Kehrein, La Du,
Martin, Karow, Reynolds, A. E. Smith,
c. H. Smith, Terens, Thompson, Tim
! lin and Willott The senate referen-
| dunn amendment was next rejected,
/ IA to u, the latter being: Messrs.
Hartung, Johnston, Osborn, Rey, Reyn-
olds, Slider, Slade, Thiessenhusen,
I Thompson, Valentine, Wallrich and
Willott Mr.. Evans moved that the
vote be reconsiderd by which the as
sembly had agreed to return to the
senate the bill requiring interurban
! cars to have toilet rooms The bill
was good, he thought, and he feared
| the purpose of the senate was only
| to kill it. His motion prevailed. Mr..
Barker's bill to prohibit political
Lobbyists from attempting to influence
votes of members of the legislature
went over till April 9. The same ac-
ton was taken on the Dudgeon bill
permitting the organization of mu-
tual church insurance companies.
Wilson's bill appropriating $4,000 to
the state board if health as a contin-
gent fund to fight plague, cholera or
smallpox was passed, and also Rays
bill. permitting state, municipal and
surety company bonds to be used in
securing state deposits. Now only
personal security is allowable
Madison, April IAN apparently
effectual deadlock exists on the
primary election bill. The assembly
some weeks ago passed the so-called