The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-06

option bill, which provides that the
majority of the voters in any district
shall have the power to prevent the
granting of saloon license In tnat
district.
Senator McGillivray is opposing
every step toward approval OF capltol
plans drawn by Architect Cass Gilbert
and favored by the capitol building
commission. An incident OF this cam
paign occurred in the senate Wednes-
| day morning, when the committee Dill
| to allow the commission to pay Tor
competitive plans was reached.
The legislature of two years ago ap-
propriated $4,000 for preparation OF
plans, and 100000 for the beginning OF
| the work of improving the building
| The capitol fire caused the commas
| sion to hold a competition for plans
for an entirely new capitol, and IN
this nrocess, Indebtedness OF several
| thousand dollars was Incurred, ltelllS
| being $4,000 for prizes for competing
| architects. Cass Gilbert won the nrst
prize of $4,000; Koch & Sons, OF Mil
waukee the second, $1,000, and Ferry
| & Glass of Milwaukee, third, Sl,ooo
! The attorney general ruled that the
| commission could not draw warrants
| for this money, and the law did nof
| provide for plans for an entirely new
| building. A bill therefor was intro
duced at the present session by the
Joint committee on capitol and GROUNDS
| to give $4,000 to the commission
Senator McGillivray sought to amend
the bill by making it explicit that the
| commission was not authorized 10
touch the larger appropriation OF
| 100000 until plans under which mon
ev was proposed to be spent were ap-
nroyed by the legislature. 1t was ex-
planned to him that the bill did not re-
fer at all to the larger approprlauon'
but merely to $4,000 appropriation
for plans. The proposition to amend
after some discussion on the floor, was
| laid over.
The senate passed the McGilliVray
measure to provide for the recording
| of notices and affidavits with county
clerks. and the Stondall bill to en-
courage attendance upon free hlgh
schools for pupils in districts having
no free high schools.
Open intimations that bribery hau
been employed to secure the recall OIL
the Thayer local option bill which was
nassed Yesterday created considerable
excitement in the assembly. After
lively discussion, during Wnlch the
Rev. Mr.. Thayer, author of the bill,
made the indirect charges OF bribery,
| tho hill was ordered recalled by a ma
! ioritv of one vote. The Warner Dill,
applying civil service laws for all de-
nartments of the state, was also pass
| ed.
Five assembly bills were concurred
| in among them the Johnson Dill 10 oe-
| fine terms drug" and flood" as USED
in articles of food and relating to adul-
teration: the Bletcher bill, revising the
statutes relating to the bond and do-
ties of the commissioner OF lnsur-
| ance: the assembly judiciary bill to
authorize towns and villages TO &C
cent donations for the care OF GENE
+erins and the assembly insurance
committee bill authorizing city and
village mutual fire insurance compa-
MES to accumulate contingent funds.
The Curtiss bill to prevent the man
ufacture and sale Of adulterated puck
, wheat flour was advanced after BENG
| amended en- motion of Senator WHITE
| head so as to permit the sale OF So
| called self-raising buckwheat flour
| when the article contains no dellterl-
| ous or adulterative ingredients.
| The corporations committee bill TO
annropriate $4,000 for a Wisconsin ex-
| hihit at the Lewis and Clark exposl-
| tion at Portland was on the calendar
for advancement and was referred 10
tho committee on claims. 1t is ex-
caedingly doubtful whether the bill
can he PASSED. The bill introduced by
the committee on agriculture, requlr-
ing all imported cattle to be subjected
| To a tuberculine test, was advanced 10
| third reading.
The brewery lobby won out after
long and acrimonious debate III lne
assembly on the Thayer bill, by vote
IF 40 TO SO. The vote by which the
measure was passed Tuesday was re-
| considered and the bill was referred
tn the committee on state affairs. The
motion to refer was by DR.. Powell OF
Fond du Lac, and instructed the com
mittee to draw up new bill, by which
the question whether saloons shall be
allowed in a residence district shall be
determined by residents of the district
! at a special election. The Thayer Dill
provided that by petition OF remon-
STRANGE against the granting OF a IL
cense the common council Of the city
could not give the saloon a permit.
The brewers declare they do not fear
| special elections.
The telephone discrimination bill,
directed against the Bell system and
| in the interests of the Independent
companies, was advanced to third
l reading. 1t provides that company
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