Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-05-07

state board of control to visit the
penal and charitable institutions of
the state and of counties, his eX
sustained by vote of % to 6. The
senate refused to recede from its
amendment of the Whitson bill, es-
tablishing a $4,000 fund for the pre-
vention of bubonic plague by vote
of FL to 6. The senate amendment.
eliminated smallpox from the opera
ton of the bill. The Lang antitrust
bill, which the druggists have fought
strenuously, was laid over until
Wednesday, The banking bill was
amended and ordered to third read
ing. Appropriation bills carrying an
aggregate of $S6,644S2 were passed
or concurred in, as follows: APP
propriating $4,000 to the Milwaukee
Industrial school for girls; $500 to
the Wisconsin Buttermakers' associa
ton; $500 to the state poultry as
ISOLATION; $4,000 for steel cases foI,
the preservation of the battlefags,
$500 as a contingent fund for the
custodian of the Grand Army me-
mortal hall; $40 for AL. Abraham
for making a medal; $1,000 for the
relief of Walter Schmidt of Madison
for injuries sustained while an in
mate of the industrial school; $4,000
for the state board of agriculture for
improvements at the state fair
grounds; $1,074 to parties mourning
expenses in connection with the un-
constitutional Portage levy law, and
$4,000 for the purchase of stationery
for the state.
In the assembly the bill from the
committee on taxation, relating to
property exempt from taxation,
caused discussion. An amendment
by Mr.. Ray, including in the eXemp-
ton of one watch of a value not 10
exceed $50, was adopted. Mr.. Dahl,
who is a jeweler, explained that he
paid a heavier tax on his stock OF
watches than the rest of Douglas
county ON the same article. There
fore, he would like to see stocks OF
merchandise exempt. a call from
MI. Breitwisch, asking all who had
paid tax on their watches to rise,
was answered by some 20, The bill
was finally ordered to third reading.
There occurred quite a debate upon
the senate bill relating to county ala
in building bridges. The Doollttle
amendment, increasing the amounF
of aid from one-eghth to one-tenth.
was defeated, and the bill concurrei
in, % to SO. The bill which came
from the judiciary committee, proVlG-
ing for the election of county superin-
tendents at the spring elections, was
passed. The joint resolution applying
to congress to call a constitutional
convention to submit an amendment
to the federal constitution for the
election of senators by popular vote,
was Indefinitely postponed The TO-
lowing other bills were passed
Dudgeon's, to provide for securing
full weights and measures and Rays,
appropriating $500 to the interstate
fair association of La Crosse.
Madison, May 4.-The committee on
rules of the assembly met to discuss
final adjournment 1t was the opinion
that adjournment could hardly be
taken before May % Governor La
Toilette sent to the senate two veto
messages-one of the Milwaukee
police pension increase bin and one OF
the North traction engine bill. the
governor is opposed to the pension
Bill for the reason that it sought to
double the amount of money the city
of Milwaukee had to pay to the pen
sion fund and took from the city gov
ernment powers which its own com
mon council ought to exercise. tie
said he was opposed to the exercise.
hy the legislature of powers Whlch
would belong otherwise TO local gov
ornamental functionaries. In the veto
Of the North bill he said the measure
repealed the laws heretofore eXlsuns
safeguarding the pubic bridges ana
highways and did not contain similar
safeguarding provisions. The karel
Joint resolution to provide a commits
sion Il, investigate the subject OF this
establishment of a state sanitarium
for the treatment and cure Of tubercu-
Icsts. was passed The assembly adj
yanced the st Louis worlds fair APP
propriation. If this bill passes the
senate it Will give the commission an
aggregate Of 100000 to expend en-
the Wisconsin exhibit. The Rogers
.htu to appr0priate $4,000 for mOnu-
ments at the battle field Of Shiloh was
concurred in
4 stock company with 100000 as