Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-06

will come Saturday, May 16, which,
allowing for the three days in which
the governor may consider bills, will
send the members home the preceding
Tuesday. The senate committees had
but 100 bills in the tin boxes on Fri
day last.
Is the Grow a Blessing.
Sometimes a small bill will perturb
the house or senate more than big
one An average man would not think
that a bill allowing counties to give
a bounty on crows and hen hawks
could make much trouble. But the
members are as shy of it as of Span
ish bomb. 1t is regarded as an anus
ing thing, especially by the city mem
bers, but those who have farmer con-
stituents know how incidents Of this
sort are discussed about the fireplace
| through the long winter. Word passed
about the farms that "Our member"
failed them on the crow bill, might
harm a politician more than if he had
surrendered 10 the corporations. The
bill is safely through the assembly,
and it is up to Senator Kreutzer OF
Wausau to lack" it through the SEN
ate, for his asSemblyman introduced it.
Kreutzer is a fine-lined, handsome lit
tie fellow, and when the letharg;c Mer-
ton told him the other day that the
crow is the famer's best friend, the
clever Wausau man was as upset as
if his honor had been impunged. Thus
we find some funny things to cheer us
during the tedium of routine.
Primary Elections.
There is 20 longer discussion of
primary elections. 1t is regarded as
dead.
Mr.. Barker of the assembly is a
vigorous staiwart. He is an eX-Meth-
odist minister and makes good deal
of fun. One Of his bills was a measure
to forbid treating" He claimed it
would do wonders to purify politics
and absurd as it is, he got % votes
for it.
The bill to compel uniform telephone
rates and thus prevent the Bell con-
Germ from cutting prices where there is
senate. 1t can never pass that body
The cigarette bills are at very
delicate point Senator Bird, a new
man, a lumberman from the Stephen
sons district, is making good fight
for his bill which proposes a $500 fee
for selling them Mr. Bird is a bust
ness man who puts the evils of the
''coffin nails on the plain basis of
common sense. The tobacco interests
are naturally afraid of such measure
and are quietly plugging against it.
Odds and Ends.
It is interesting to see how fractional
lines creep into measures that seem to
have no politics to them. Tom"
Fleming, long connected with the state
fair, has a bill which allows him to
redeem twenty acres of land adjoin-
ing the state fair grounds. He sold it
to the association and now wants to
buy it back. The fair management op-
pose the bill and the administration
members are generally with them
though he has fighting chance in the
assembly and believes the governor
will sign the bill.
Superiors Disappointment.
The senate stood it's ground II to 16
on the Superior grain inspection BILL
and that hustling community must
wait at least two years for what may
be just measure. One vote would
have changed the result as one vote
would have passed the resolution pro-
posing election of United States SEN
ators by the people. The two facts
are related ard perhaps some day this
incident will be told
Legislation is curious business. If
the people understood the untold value
TO them of good w-makers-fearleSs
honest, stable, intelligent-they would
send none other