Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-31
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

In the Senate Thursday a communi-
| cation was received from Arizona asking
| support, through i memorial to Congress-
| OF the omnibus statehood bill. A joint
| resolution was introduced providing fer
| the building of goed roads Senator
| Rogers, memorial to Congress urging leg
| 1slatlon to give greater power to the
| interstate commerce act was adopted
| after excluding reference to the Elllins
| and Wagner bills. Bills were introduced
| by Senator Hudnall to regulate the ope-
ration of warehouses for the storage of
| grain and issuing warehouse receipts,
and by Senator Randolph, providing for
the bulletinng of the time of arrival of
| passenger trains. The Assembly adopt
| ed joint resolution cutting off the in
| PRODUCTION of new business Feb. ID and
refused TO concur in joint resolution to
adjourn over till Monday evening, thus
announcing its intention not to become
responsible for long session.
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Two primary election bills were intro
| duced in the Legislature Friday by w.
| w. Andrew of South Superior, chairman
| of the committee on privileges and cleo
TONS and ]. A. Frear of St. Croiz, both
strong members of the La Toilette fac
| ton. Each of the proposed measures is
sweeping in its provisions, intending to
cause the nomination of all officers except
| school officials and judges by direct vote
at primary election The tax commits
sion has prepared and will submit an
| entirely new Inheritance measure. 1t
| will meet every objection raised by the
| Supreme Court in the Black case to the
| law enacted two years ago. Assembly
| man Cady offered bill that directly af-
| tectS every banker and every depositor
| in that it seeks to amend the laws relat-
ing to taxation by placing a tax upon
! safety deposits in proportion to the
| amount.
| a memorial was presented to the Sen
| ate at the session Monday evening seek
| ing to provide free text books in all of
| the common schools. 1t came from the
| central committee of the Western dis
| trict of the North American Gymnastic
| Union, having been adopted at meet
| ing of the committee in MenOmonee.
Mich. June l, 1902. An important
amendment touching the divorce laws
was presented in the Senate by Senator
| Merton. 1t provides that judgments of
divorce shall not be entered until one
| year after the findings are signed. They
are to be entered only upon an order of
| the court after he has examined the
| parties to ascertain whether they have
| lived together or by any act nullified the
| decree OF divorce. Senator North intro
duced a resolution authorizing county
| boards to appropriate a sum not exceed
| ing $4,000 for the building of nonu-
ments or buildings to commemorate the
deeds and memory of soldiers and sail
ors who served the nation in time of
war. Senator McGillivray presented Il
| bill providing punishment for polluting
| the waters of any lake or river in which
| trout spawn have been planted This
| extends to pollution i'll any form save by
| the discharge of sewers.
| The Assembly and Senate at noon
| Tuesday balloted separately for United
| States Senator. John G. Spooncr re-
ceived a majority of the votes in each
| house. Neall Brown of Wausau received
| the complimentary vote of the Demo
Gratis. The vote in the Assembly result
| ed: Spooner, 10; Brown. %, each receiv-
| ing the full vote of his party. -Four
members were absent. In the Senate
Spooner received 80 votes and Brown ).
United States Senator John G. Spoon
er, of Madison, was reelected by the
Wisconsin Legislature Wednesday, re-?
| ceiving the unanimous vote of the Re
publican members of the BODY. The
Democratic members, who constitute
one-fifth of the members of the Legisla-
| ture, voted for Neal Brown, of Wausau.
| Senator Spooner was presented to the
Legislature after his election and made
a speech of acceptance. A petition was
| introduced from the Ministerial Associa-
| ton of West Superior asking for Il re-
peal of the present marriage license law
or amending it so as to remove the five
day wait between the granting of the
license and the marriage. The object Of
the proposed legislation is to stop the
| present flow OF Wisconsin couples TO
Duluth and the Twin Cities, ami thus