Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-04-02

getner. Iney nave many things IN
common and their futu es may touch.
Regulating Freight Rate-.
There is another hearing on tie
freight rate bill this week. The d
valorem bill will have it's troubles in
the senate, but may get through. Th.j
one act would make the session not
able, but the freight rate bill c,n
never pass the uppe. house, and
though an administration bill will T SIS
the assembly with difficulty, if at ALL
There has been the greatest kind of
pressure imaginable being used on the
members of the lower house against
this measure The a-semblymen dare
not vote for it, even in Governo, La
Toilette does demand it. AS one La
Toilette man said:
''The shippers of the state seem to
be afraid to trust such a vast change
in the present system. They are afraid
that the passage of the bill will mean
a great loss to them in freight rates.
l do not see how the members can
support the measure, in view of this
strenuous opposition"
With the primary election bill out
of the way, things will move more
rapidly. The senate passed the bill
exempting credits; and this is another
bill as to which the governors friends
in the assembly are under sore pres
sure from their constituents. Every
fellow who has some money out on
mortgage is against it, and it is amaZ-
ing how many farmers and others
have loaned some money in this way.
Down east Il man who has saved $500
or $500 puts it in savings bank, but
with us often he gets an attorney to
put it out on mortgage. The fear, too,
that the taxation of mortgages raises
the rate of interest influences others.
It will be one of the prettiest fights in
the assembly when the proposition
comes up.
Routine Matters,
In the meanwhile there is rapid dis
pOsal IF routine business. The assem-
bly, calendar the other morning carried
Is bills, and nearly all were given ac-
ton, bunch Of % being killed" by
one wholesale motion.
The state board of health will have
a nice appropriation of $4,000 to work
with, if the senate agrees with the
assembly, and the fight against small
pox especially provided for. 1t seems
the northern counties have been un-
der heavy local expense for what is
really a state matter, for the disease
breeds in the lumber camps and the
cases stray to the southern part of the
state.
Cigarettes in Peril.
The cigarette bill has quietly crept
through the assembly. That body has
literally passed a bill forbidding the
making, sale or purchase of cigar
cites or the paper for them. If it be-
comes a law the coffin nails" will be
swept out of existence, If law can do
it. There will be a hard fight in the
bacco industry. All reform bills get
better treatment this year than US
ual. For instance, the assembly
passed a bill keeping saloons away
from no license towns. AS from the
committee, the limit was one mile but
quarter. Had there been vigorous
leadership, the original limit might
have been retained and it would be a
great help to those communities that
are struggling to get rid Of the curse
of the saloon.
The compulsory education bill comes
up this week in the assembly. Some
good work has been done for it and
it is a righteous measure, designed to
keep children in school certainly until
IA years, and for two years more I'M
less there is compulsion to toll.
Congressman Babcock Here.
Congressman Babcock has been in
town for a fortnight. He is born
national campaigns, as chairman of
the Congressional committee, makes
the Madison situation easy for
him. He has made his headquarters,
not at the large Park hotel, but at
one of the smaller houses and has
come in contact with many Of the
legislators. 1t is no secret that the
congressman DO not want their nomi-
nations under the direct vote plan and
it is Mr.. Babcock's mission from Wash
ington to prevent this. AS a matter
of fact, in the effort to get votes, the
man in office, whose names and SER
vices are familiar, would have a big
advantage. The system would seem to
be a blow at rotation.
Among the bills which have created
considerable feeling was the one to