Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-05

kinds. Bills Killed We're: Strong s,
TO enable cities TO pay salaries to
their mayors; Peterson's, making the
abandonment Of wife or child a crime,
and Ekern's, to make the require
nen1s for a guardians bond, regard
ing sureties unifor.n with the require
ments OF administrators and execu-
tors bonds a bill. was passed to
prohibit the use Of the public high
way for camping purposes. Another
discussion occurred over the Strong
sanity no defense in life insurance
suits, but on Mr.. Cady's motion it was
sent back to the insurance committee.
Gov. LaFollette reported a record of
IL pardons and paroles issued by him
during the last two years.
Madison, Feb. 26.-The state COM
mission submitted to the senate a
supplemental report. to that submit
ted at the opening of the legislature.
Its most important feature is the rec
ommendation that a law of general
application be enacted which shall
prescribe uniform system of NUM-
cipal accounting for all cities of the
state outside of Milwaukee. The
committee on education introduced
Dill relating to the instruction of deaf
mutes in cities and villages and pro.
vldlng for the organization of schools
for these children. The committee on
railroads favorably reported the bin
OF Senator Randolph to require rail
roads to bulletin whether trains are
on time or late in all stations having
telegraph Offices. When the bill re-
lating TO appropriations by county
boards for the erection of soldiers
and sailors monuments came up for
third reading, Senator Hatten observ-
ed that the referendum clause of the
statutes in this regard was omitted
by the bill and asked for an explana-
ton. Senator Burns chairman. said
that the committee had determined
mat when county boards were patri
QUO enough to appropriate money for
these purposes it was unnecessary
ana undesirable that the county
should be put to the expense of hold
ing a ratification election. Again the
Wisconsin assembly negatives the
proposition to vote a bonus to beet
sugar factories, even though il be
merely in the nature of exempting
their property from taxation. Two
years ago the question was decided
adversely and today the vote on II
was 56 to 81. Only two democrats
voted for the bill-Arneman of Nee
nah and Martin of Green Bay. The
measure was introduced by Mr..
Ainsworth of Waukesha county.
Those voting for it were: Messrs
Alnsworth, Armenian, Barker. Bart
lett, Bradford, Carpenter, Cosgrove.
Douglas, Dudgeon, Finnegan, Gilman,
Hartung, Hodgins, Irvine, Johnson.
f., Johnston, Karel, Lang. Lane, Mar
TIN, Morris, Osborn, Reynolds. Slider.
Slhalley, Smoker, Smith, A. E.. Stew
ems, Strong, farrell, Thiessenhusep
Thompson, Valentine, Wallrich. White
and Willott. The assembly adoptee
FdIlous amendments to the artomo-
bile bill, but Mr.. Cady expressed the
conviction that the bill, instead of
regulating motors, really exempted
them from all local regulations after
they had been given certificates by
the secretary of state at SIS each. On
Mr.. Roots motion the measure was
referred to the judiciary committee.
The following house bills were
passed: Gilman's, requiring railroad
and corporations operat-
ing street railroads to report acct
dents; and Douglas, requiring that
western horses coming into the state
must bear a certificate of freedom
from infectious ills. The following
bills were killed: Kehrein's, to en-,
courage the acquisition of homes by
persons of moderate means, by ex-
empting them from taxation; Rupps. ,
requiring county boards to furnish Of
fees for district attorneys, and Rupps |
for the punishment of paupers for
running away from poorhouses.