Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-05-18


Stout, Whitehead, Willy, Wipperman,
Woln-20. To shut EN- out-Bird
Hudnan, Johnson, Kreutzer McGii-
Iivray. Mosher, Munson, Randolph,
Riordan, Rogers-10. Senator Bird.
the champion of the bill in the upper
house, made a speech in its favor.
He was prepared with a letter from
practically every principal and super
intendent of schools in the state, to
whom he had directed questions as
to the extent of cigarette smoking
among the school boys of the state
and the mental and physical effect of
the practice The answers were
unanimous to the effect that the prac-
tice is widespread among the boys Of
the state, that it makes them lazy and
incompetent mentally and physical
ly and some of the school men went
so far as to say that cigarette smok-
ing is conducive 10 bad morals. Sena-
tor Bird said there was now a law to
prevent the selling of cigarettes to
children, but that it was of no effect.
He urged the total prohibition of the
traffic. Senator Merton opposed the
bin, arguing that it was paternalism
and that one of the largest indus
tries of the state was the raising and
handling of tobacco, therefore il
would be unwise TO pass a law pre-
hibiting the sale of a product in our
own state which was one of the most
valuable products of the farms of
Wisconsin. Senator Riordan said
that while he favored the greatest de-
gree of personal liberty it had been
the policy Of the senate TO iegislate
so that society would be protected
against bad people and bad practices.
He said this was evident in the pres
ent session in the favor which the
senate gave the bill TO protect the
people against bad BARRIERS and also
the bin to protect the people against
bad architects. therefore he would
vote for the bill. The motion to re-
consider the vote by which the senate
refused to advance the McGillivray
coal commission bill was carried by a
vote of 10 10 Il. The $4,000 in
crease of appropriation to the st.
Louis fair commission was advanced
to third reading The assembly child
labor bill was ordered TO third reading.
The assembly bill 10 appropriate
some $4,000 to David Stephens Of
Madison and the Consolidated Stone
Co. of Indiana for material furnished
in the construction the state his
torical library building was on the
calendar for killing, but Senator Miller
saved it and it was advanced TO third
reading. The report of the confer
ence committee on the ad yalorem
railroad taxation bill was offered by
Senator Whitehead and in accordance
with it the bill, when received from
the assembly was approved, the as
sembly amendment cutting out the
exemption of railroad bonds being
concurred in and the senate recedlng
from its position in that regard. The
to the assembly. In the assembly
the bill from the committee on rail-
roads. resulting from the third mes
sage of the governor, TO prohibit any
increase in the rates of railroad COM
panies from those in force June 10,
1902, for the transportation of prop
erty in Wisconsin, was advanced TO
engrossment and third reading by the
following vote: The engrossment-
Messrs. Ainsworth, Andrew, Bartlett,
Beedle. Braddock, Bradford, Brittan,
Cady, Chandler, Cof1and, Cosgrove,
Cowling, Dahl, Dinsdale, Doolittle,
Dudgeon, Ekern, Evans, d., Jr., Evans,
Il. w. Finnegan, Frear, Fridd, Gil
man, Haderer, Irvine, Johnson, Henry,
Johnson, Thos., Karel, Kern, Kim
ball. Kinney, Kock, La Du, Lang, LIE
Roy, Loebs, Lord, Morris, Peterson,
Potter, Rank, Ray, Root, Rupp, Small
ley, Smoker, Stevens, Strong, farrell
Thoreson, Valentine, Verbeck, Wall
rich, Whitson, Williams, Mr.. Speaker
Sc. Against-Messrs Armenian,
Barker, Bartzen, Becker, Carberry,
CARPENTER. Dixon, Douglas, Fritzke,
Hamm. Hannifn, Hartung, HASA,
Hodgins. Johnson, z, Johnston,
Kehrein. Lane, Miller, Moldenhauer,
Osborn. Rakow, Reed, Reynolds, Sid
Ter. Slade, Smith, A. E, Szymarek,
Thiessenhusen, Thompson, Timlir,
Waterman, White, Willot-34. Mr..
Cofiand's bill providing for building
for the violent insane and appropri-
ating 100000 therefor was passed,
by a vote of Al to 26. The tax com
mittee reported for indefinite post
ponemeDt, the freak bill exemptng
the property of the brotherhood OF
Elks from taxation. The railroad COM
mittee reported without recommends
ton the bill prohibiting the giving or
receiving rebates Of freight rates AID
forbidding the running OF double
header trains