Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-02-02

troduced asking that the power of the
supervisors Of assessment be increas-
ed to enable them to force taxpayers
to show up their holdings.
Madison, Jan. 22.-In the legislature
a communication was received from
the Arizona legislature asking SUP
port, through a memorial to congress,
of the omnibus statehood bill. A joint
resolution on the death of Senator
DeWayne Stebbins, who died June
II, 1901, was introduced by Senator
McGillivray and laid over Senator
Rogers memorial to congress urging
legislation to give greater effective
ness to the interstate commerce act,
amended by excluding reference to the
Ell1ins and Wanger bills, was adopted
In the assembly the senate joint res
olutiou fixing Feb. 10 as the last day
for receiving new business was con-
Cured in. The speaker announced
the assembly members of the COAL in
vestigatiOn committee as Messrs. Dahl,
A. E. Smith, Britain, Westfah1, Henry
Johnson and Martin. The assembly
refused to concur in a joint resolution
offered in the senate that adjourn
ment be taken until Monday night.
Madison, Jan. 26.-The democratic
successor to the republican leader OF
the opposition of the last session to
the enactment of primary election
law, Senator Ernest Merton, who took
the place of A. M. Uong) Jones OF
Waukesha, introduced primary cleo
ton bill into the senate tonight, not
withstanding the fact that the last
democratic state platform declared
against the primary election primer
pie. Senator Merton is known to be
friend of the administration, at
least in regard to primary elections.
His bill contains some features of
those that have been introduced by
the administration members of the
has the precise voting system of the
Frear bill, in which there is provided
a separate ballot box as a receptacle
for the discarded tickets, thus pre-
serving the secrecy Of the vote. 1t
also provides for a state convention
to formulate the platform, a nOmina-
ton petition of per cent of the
party vote at the last preceding gen.
eral election, the nomination of Unit
ed States senators by primary cleo
ton. It further provides: mo per-
son shall be eligible to a renomina-
ton or reelection for the fourth sue
cessive term to any office nor until
after the expiration of an intervening
term of office after the third term,
and all persons, excepting sherfffs.
shall be eligible to second and third
terms the same as other officers, ex-
cepting in counties containing cities
of the first class"
In the lower house Assemblyman
DudgeOn was a busy member, intro
, ducing four of the ten bills that were
presented. Two relate to the adm1s-
Uorneys, one was to give back certain
sums of money paid ty number of
insurance companies to the state af-
ter there had been a change in the
law making the requirement, and the
fourth was introduced so that land
lord may legally rid himself of an OBJ
nOXious tenant convicted Of a misde
meanor under a citys ordinance.
Madison, Jan. 27.-The two houses
voted separately for United States
senator Spooner getting the total re-
publican vote. 103, and Neal Brown of
Wausau the democratic 26 There
were three absentees. Little else was
done. In the senate bills were in
troduced: By Senator Rogers, to
amend the laws relating to the licens-
ing of peddlers and by Senator Stout
relating to the certifcation Of teachers
of manual training and Of domestic
science. In the house a bill was in