Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09

. was 1ueSudy. 1Oudy tuC DlAl NesniO
! back the senate refusing to recedey
and ex-Speaker Ray made motion
that the house insist upon its posi-
ton and it prevailed, Then a COM
mittee of conference was asked,
free sprinkling of noes" coming from
the democratic side. Thus the dead
lock is in force No material re-
cession is at all likely from the stall
wart branch. The indications point
to a complete failure of any really
effective primary legislation during
the current session. When the
matter reached the senate a resolu-
ton offered by Senator Whitehead,
that the senate adhere to its amend
ment," was adopted. The vote was
10 to IA, as follows:
For adherence-Senators Beach,,
Bird, Eaton, Gaveney, Green, Hage-
meister, Johnson, Kreutzer, McDon-
ough, Morse Mosher, North, O'Neil,
Randolph, Riordan, Roehr, Rogers,
Whitehead, Willy-19.
ADMINISTRATORS Burns, Hatten,
Hudnall, Martin, McGillivray, Merton
Miller, Munson, Reukema Sarau,
Stout Wipperman, Wolff, Wylie-14.
A bill of large Importance to teach
ers was one which was advanced to
third reading in the assembly. It's
purpose is to relieve those of the
primary grade from passing the
frequent examinations that have
been in vogue.
Assemblyman Crowley blocked the
attempt of the street railway liz
terests to get possession of the bill
requiring toilet rooms in interurbaIs
cars. He introduced the measure,
passed it through the assembly and
the senate concurred, but, having a
change of heart, asked for its return,
but Mr.. Crowley persuaded the as
I sembly not to acquiesce.
Madison, April 2.-Precedent was.
abandoned in the senate when Lieu
tenant Governor Davidson was fore
stalled from exercising his appointive
power in naming the members of the.
senate committee on conference on
! the primary election bill. The majority
succeeded over the protests of the
| minority in naming Senators White
head, Beach and Morse as the senate
conferees. A motion to give the mem
bers who favor the enactment of
primary election measure one repre-
sentative on the committee was lost
The speaker of the assembly ap-
pointed Messrs. Andrew Frear and
lie Roy as house members of the con-
ference committee. All are ardent La
Toilette men. The senate members
are towering stalwarts-and any
agreement seems as remote as ever.
A desultory debate and variety of mo-
lions eventuated in the assembly coll
curing in the senate resolution for an
adjournment to April 10 at p. M
This long lapse allowed for the presl-
dents visit to the capitol and for the.
spring election. The governors veto
OF Senator Merton's bill increasing the
daily pay of the stenographer reporter
of the Waukesha municipal court from
S. to $40 was sustained Mr.. Dahl
made motion that the rules be sus-
pended for the passage of the bill pro-
viding means for the running ex-
penses of the charitable, penal and
reformatory institutions. The bill
had been to the charitable committee.
and the claims committee had cut it
down $4,000 to $99S,O00. This sum
was wholly for current expenses dur
ing the next two years-not for con-
structional work. But the house de-
cided to let the bill follow the usual
course and action was therefore defer
red. Senate bill No. 35, permitting
city and village mutual fire insurance
companies to do business anywhere in
the state, was ordered to third read
ing despite the report of the insurance.
committee for non-concurrence. Mr..
Gilman championed the measure, ex-
planning that its only purpose " as to
extend the scope of the operations of
companies whose merit was undeni-
able He was heartily in favor of the
principle of mutual insurance. The
township companies saved annually
thousands of dollars to the people Of
Wisconsin and, what is also import
ant, h6tp lHS LOhCy III thC ototC>
while all that is paid the old-time COM
panies goes out of the state, except
merely the losses returned. These To-
cal companies have no officers at
great salaries and no enormous sur
pluses. The rates, he understood,
were about one-half less than in the
old-line companies. Last year the
premiums paid to old-line fire com
panies by Wisconsin patrons was
S6.175,333 while the losses paid were
only S2,099, 000-onethird, so to speak
During the same time the home mus-
ual companies wrote S22,S75,300 OF in
surance while the premiums and as
sessments only aggregated S1O2,7ZV
the losses paid being $4,000. a favor
able report was made by the state af-
fairs committee on the senate favor
of Feb. IL, Iincolns birthday, being
made a legal holiday. The committee
on public lands introduced bill pro-
yiding for the creation of a state
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