Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-02-12

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after long contest advanced the pri-
mary election bill to a third reading,
which means that it cannot now be
amended in the lower house except by
unanimous consent, and of course that
cannot be gained. Mr.. Frear of Hud
measure and Mr.. Wallrich Of Shawano
the opponent, while ex-Speaker Ray of
La Crosse offered an amendment
exempting United States senators and
state officers from the operation of the
act. Mr.. Thompson of Dane wanted
the primaries held earlier than in
September and Mr.. COffiand, demo
crat of Richland, proposed that state
and county conventions to adopt plat
forms be provided; but every amend.
ment was voted down heavily and
even a motion to postpone considera-
ton for week failed, 81 to SO. The
bill went to a third reading, 76 to 20,
the minority embracing eleven demo-
Gratis and nine republicans as follows
Messrs Barker, Bartzen, Benson, Car
berry, Coff1and, Evans E. w, Hanni-
fin, Hartung, Kern, MOldenhauer, Os-
born, Price, Reynolds, Rupp, Slade,
Smith, G. H, Thompson, TimIin, Wall
rich and Willott. The debate lasted
several hours. Some other business
was also done. Charles Barker, a
Milwaukee member, offered a meas
ure fixing maximum phone rates. A
telegraph bill, the like of which has
been presented during other sessions,
from Wood. 1t permits damages to
be awarded for mental anguish due to
neglect in the delivery of telegraph
messages. Franklin Johnson of Bara-
boo presented an important bill which
authorizes spring liquor license cleo
tons by wards on petition Of 10 per
cent Of the voters for governor at the
last preceding election. Numerous
other bills, some of considerable mo-
ment. also came in, as follows. By
Mr.. farrell, forbidding the sale of
liquor within one mile of state i'll
sane hospitals and making the penalty
for selling liquor to minors and drunk
ards Imprisonment of not to exceed 80
days for the first Offense and not to
exceed six months for the later ones;
by Mr.. Babcock, increasing the ap-
preparation to the Shiloh monument
commission from $4,000 to $4,000
and permitting other than Wisconsin
granite to be used; by Mr.. DudgeOn,
permitting members of soldiers re-
lief commissions to give bonds in
dividually, instead Of the commission
giving one collectively; by Mr.. Loebs.
relating to the incorporation Of local
mutual fire insurance companies and
providing that the number of persons
forming such companies be increased
from % to $50 with insurable property
raised from $4,000 to S150,000; by Mr.
Coffiand, providing that the state game
warden may appoint only one special
game warden for each congressional
district, instead of two as now, permit
ting boys under IA to hunt as they
please at any time, only respecting the
law relating to aquatic fowl, and alter
ing the game laws in several other
particulars. The assembly committee
on cities made favorable report on
the house bill empowering common
councils to vote salaries to mayors,
but fixing the maximum sums at $1,000
in cities of the second class 100000 to-
10000 population), $1,000 in cities of
the third class 10000 to 10000 pop.)
and $500 in all smaller cities. The
sente took up the consideration of