Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-04-13

requiring toilet rooms in interurbi
cars. He introduced the measW
passed it through the assembly a;
the senate cOncurred, but, having
change of heart, asked for its retu
but Mr.. Crowley persuaded the
sembly not to acquiesce.
Madison, April 2.-Precedent "
abandoned in the senate when Lie
tenant Governor Davidson was 70.
stalled from exercising his appoint
power in naming the members Of [
senate committee on conference
the primary election bill. The MAORI
succeeded over the protests Of
minority in naming Senators Viii
head, Beach and Morse as the sens
conferees. A motion TO give the me
bers who favor the enactment OF
primary election measure one rep
sentative on the committee was 10
The speaker Of the assembly
pointed Messrs. Andrew Frear a
lie Roy as house members of the &C
ference. committee. All are ardent
Toilette men. The senat membe
are towering stalwarts--and
agreement seems as remote as ev'
A desultory debate and variety of II
tons eventuated in the assembly CO
curing in the senate resolution for
adjournment to April Is at 2 p. }
This long lapse allowed for the pre-
dents visit to the capitol and for Il
spring election. The governors We
of Senator Merton's bill increasing Il
daily pay OF the stenographer report
of the Waukesha municipal court fro
So to $40 was sustained. Mr.. Da
made a motion that the rules be su
pended for the passage Of the bill pr
viding means for the running 2
penses of the charitable, penal ar
reformatory institutions. The bi
had been to the charitable committe
and the claims committee had cut
down $4,000 to S99S,OOO This SUI
was wholly for current expenses du
ing the next two years-not for COZ
structionai work. But the house do
cided to let the bill follow the usus
course and action was therefore defer
red. Senate bill No. 50, permittini
city and village mutual fire insuranc'
companies to do business anywhere il
the state. was ordered to third read
ing despite the report Of the insurance
committee for inconvenience. Nj
Gilman championed the measure, eX
planning that its only purpose was t.
extend the scope of the operations 0
companies whose merit was undeni
able. He was heartily in favor Of tht
principle of mutual insurance. Th'
township companies saved annual.
thousands Of dollars 10 the people o
Wisconsin and, what is also import
ant. keep all the money IN the state
while all that is paid the Cld-time com
panies goes out Of the state, eXcep
merely the losses returned. These 10
cal companies have no officers a
great salaries and no enormous sur
pIuses. The rates, he understood
were about one-half less than in the
oId-line companies. Last year th'
premiums paid to Old-line fire com
panies by Wisconsin patrons wa
.s6175,SS3 while the losses paid wer
only s2.O99, OO0-onethird, so to speak
During the same time the home NUT
ual companies wrote S22,S75,SOO OF in
surance while the premiums and as
sessments only aggregated s1O2,72'
the losses paid being $4,000. A favor
able report was made by the state al
fairs committee on the senate favo
of Feb. II, LincOln's birthday, bein!
made a legal holiday. The COMMITTEES
on public lands introduced bill pro
viding for the creation Of a state
forestry commission and for the sal'
of state lands. The judiciary com
mittee introduced a bill increasing th'
limit of damages recoverable for dealt
by accident from $4,000 to 10000