Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-06
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The capitol police force is endeavoring
to ascertain the identity of thieves who
are causing havoc about the building.
| Complaints have been coming in concern
| Ing the mysterious disappearance of ar
ticles from different rooms and one day
typewriter and half a dozen law books,
that had been loaned from the State law
| library, were stolen from the Senate jul
dietary room. The typewriter was the
property of the committee clerk. 1t was
the second one that had disappeared dur
ing the session. While the State super
intendent has been very chary in deal
ing out the supplies, the members seem
ingly had not the slightest difficulty in
filling their plumber boxes. In fact, some
Of them were unable to get all of the
stuff they had accumulated in the regular
plumber boxes and some secured empty
soap and cracker boxes and filled them.
EsIn consequence there was nothing of a
movable nature left in or about the As
sembly or Senate chamber excepting the
desks, chairs and some of the cuspidors.
Some of the latter disappeared. One
member is reported to have moved his
chair out preparatory to shipment. In
teresting and somewhat pertinent was
the remark made by one of the capitol
workmen to another as he watched a line
Of plumber boxes passing out. WELL"
said he with a sigh as he looked up,
they've left the dome anyway"
1t is an interesting fact that former
Speaker Ray, who was the Stalwart can
didate for Speaker against Mr.. Lenroot.
saved for the administration three of
the most important measures. One was
the primary bill. Another was the mort
gage tax measure and the third was the
bill increasing the power of the railroad
commissioner to examine into the ques-
ton of the giving of rebates by the rail
roads, Mr.. Ray saved the mortgage tax
bill by persisting in a demand for call
of the House, although there were cries
of "No' from all parts of the House.
But for that call it would have been i'm
possible to secure the attendance of sixty
mem bers, the number necessary to vote
on the bill in order to secure it, legal
enactment. In fact, Speaker Lenroot
had stated that all that could be done
was to take vive voca vote and let the
journal show it and let the courts decide
the legality of the enactment. Sixty
members were necessary to vote on the
rebate bill. That measure could not have
been enacted into a law but for the call
of the House. 1t is understood that Sen
ator Gaveney does not desire to return
to the Senate and in that event it IS
probable that Mr. Ray will be his sue
cessOr.
There were larger number of young
men in the Legislature than ever before
and with few exceptions the young men
have been the most active. Some there
were who could not resist the temptation
to talk upon every question and that IS
all they did-just talk. Perhaps one OF
the most forcble and certainly the most
incisive of the members Of the lower
house in debate is Assemblyman Cow
ling of Oshkosh. He was perhaps the
most ''ready" debater in the Assembly,
and excepting on one occasion, his re-
marks were extempOraneous The single
exception was during the debate on the
freight commission measure. He spoke
against that bill and his address was
easily the most logical and forceful OF
those presented in opposition. With Mr..
Frear, Mr.. Cowling ranked easily as the
foremost in debate of the new members.
After it had killed spring shooting the
Senate proceeded to reinstate it, the only
difference being that the open season be-
ing made earlier, running from April 10
to April 25 in place Of in May. The re-
suit was due to the pleading Of the farm
er members. Some of the older members
who never attempted lobbying of any
kind made the rounds of the Senate
chamber talking in a sincere, earnest
way of the longings of the farmer boy
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and going forth to shoot ducks in the
springtime. They were eloquent in their
simplicity and they won to their sup
port Senators whose services could not
have been enlisted in any other way.
The Assembly members of the special
committee charged with Geyislng ways
and means to provide suitable quarters
for the Supreme Court carried their
point and there will be no new capitol
building. In carrying their point, how
ever, the Assembly members were oblg-
ed to accede to the demand Of the Senate
members that the commission charged
with deciding on the plan of remodellng
the old building shall have the power to
nut the plans into execution without the
necessity of reporting to the Legislature
The repairs on the building will not ex-
coed 100000. OF this amount $4,000
is to be raised by taxation this year and
$4,000 next year
The Senate adjourned without taking
action on 1904, Mr.. Bankers bill requir-
ing the insurance commissioner to pay
all fees received by him into the State
Treasury The Assembly declined to
concur in the bill increasing the salary
of the insurance commissioner and his
employees and that fact led to the refusal
of the Senate to act on the bill to take
away Commissioner Hosts fees. The bill
increasing the salaries would have taken
about ST 900 out of the State Treasury
while the bill requiring him to surrender
the fees would have put about the same
amount into the States strong box.
The primary election bill has been sign
cd by Gov La Toilette.