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

sion to the people of a constitutional
amendment providing for tax on
incomes. The vote was 80 to J.
Senator McGillivray was rather
worsted in his daily clash on the coal
committee. II was killed, II to IS.
The governors veto of the Milwau-
kee lakeshore boulevard ill was sus.
tanned. The Coffland bill to ap-
propriate 100000 for the erection Of
a special hospital for the care of the
criminal and vicious insane was killed
without a voice being raised in it's
favor. The Stout bill to appropriate
$4,000 annually to the state free
library commission for travelling
Libraries was passed. The $4,000
appropriation for Improvements at
the veterans home was passed, as
were also the bills to appropriate an
additional $4,000 to the Wisconsin St.
Louis worlds fair commission and
some $4,000 to David Stephens AMI
the Consolidated Stone Co., for
material used in the construction Of
the state historical library. The as
sembly judiciary committee bill to re-
wise the salaries of the attorney gen
eral and his assistants was killed.
with four other bills by the same COM
mittee.
Senator Bird made another unsuc-
cessful attempt to restrain the sell
ing of cigarettes advocating the pas
sage of a bill reported fayorably by
the committee on state affairs to re-
quire a license fee of $500 for each
vendor of cigarettes. He spoke in
favor of the bill and Senators Green
and Merton opposed it. Senator
O'Neil, who had dissented from the
report of the committee, said he had
changed his mind and favored the
high license. The vote on advancing
the bill was 10 to 20 against it, as
follows:
To regulate the sale of cigarettes
by a $500 license-Messrs. Bird,
Burns, Hatten, Johnson, Miller,
Mosher, Munson, O'Neil, Wylie, Stout
10.
Opposed-Messrs. Beach Eaton,
Gaveney, Green, Hudnall, Kreutzer,
Martin, McDonough, Merton, Morse,
North Randolph, Ruekema, Riordau,
Roehr, Rogers, Sarau, Whitehead,
Willy, Wipperman, Wolff-21.
The assembly by vote of 55 to 81
passed the Till establishing new
maximum freight rates with an
amendment proposed by Mr.. Brad
ford, to eliminate the objections
urged by the railroads against the
every essential provision of the rate
commission bill which was killed, eX-
cept the power of the state to reduce
freight rates. The vote by which the
bill was passed was:
Ayes-Messrs Ainsworth, Andrew,
Bartlett, Beedlo Braddock, Bradford,
Britain, Cady, Chandler Coff1and, Cos
grove, Cowling, Crowley DAZZLE Dins-
dale, Donald, Doolittle, Douglas, bud.
geon, Ekern, D. Evans, Jr., e. w.
Evans, Fnnegan, Frear, Fridd, Gil
man, Irvine Henry Johnson, Karel,
Kimball, Kinney, Koch, La Du, Lee
Roy, Loebs, Lord, Morris, Peterson,
Potter, Rankl, Ray, Root, Rupp, Small
ley, Stevens, farrell, Terens, Thore
son, Verbeck. Wallrich, Whitson,
Williams, Mr.. Speaker-55.
| Noes-Messrs. Armenian, Barker.
Bartzen, Becker, Benson, Carpenter,
Dixon, Fritzke, Haderer, Hamm Han
nihn, Hartung, Hasa, Hodgins, f.
johnson, Johnston, Kehrein, Kern,
Lane Martin, Miller, Moldenhauer,
Osborn, Krakow, Reed, Reynolds, Sid
Ter, Slade A. e. Smith, c. H. Smith,
Thiessenhusen, Thompson Timlir,
Waterman, Westfahl, White, Willott-
1877
The bill was then messaged over to
the senate where it will be killed
doubtless.
| A new BILL originating in the judiciary
committee, was introduced, allowing
any person, persons or corporations,
to recover damages for injuries result
ing from amy civil conspiracy or
agreement between two or more per-
sons, corporations, firms, or any as
sociations of men engaged in mer-
camille, manufacturing, transporta-
ton or trading business within the
state which would be unlawful at
common law There was little OPP
position to Mr.. Bankers bill prohibit
ing political lobbyists from influence
ing the votes of members of the
! legislature, but on an aye and no
vote 1t was passed, 40 to 33.
The assembly clerical force testified
its appreciation of the popularity of
the chief clerk, C. o. Marsh, by pre-.
'sentiug him with a handsome gold
watch A. NJ Anderson, sergeant-at-
arms Of the house, was presented
with a valuable rolltop desk by the
sergeantat.arm force.
Madison, May 1.-THE senate COM
mittee on railroads reported for non
concurrence the assembly bill to pre-
F, vent an increase in railroad rates
Senator Hatten proposes that the re
naming state lands shall no longer be