Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-22

Illustration of the excellent men of
high standing which were selected
by appointment.
Senator Merton replied to Senator
F'rear to say that it was not fair to
compare the railroad commission
with the tax commission, because the
tax commission was appointed for
| limited time. He also said that. 1t
| was not fair to make a comparison
with the supreme court, several mem
bers of which had been first appoint
ed and afterWard elected. He insist
ed that a governor would of neces-
! sity be more careful in his appoint
ment to the supreme court because at
the next following election the ap-
pointment had to be confirmed by the
people or the man would be defeated
at the polls and thus the governors
appointments generally discred1ted.
Would Have Special Election.
Senator Munson served notice that
in case the amendment was adopted,
he would ask for time to prepare an
amendment providing for a special
election to be held within short
time.
Sanborn Proud of Bill.
Senator Sanborn said he was proud
of the bill because it represented the
best thought and patient work of the
railroad committee of the senate. 1t
had been carefully built up along the
| oil
tence being considered SO as to make
it fit that system. He thought it
| folly to inject an amendment for an
elective commission into a bill which
had been drawn for an appOint1ve
system of selection. To, do it might
set awry every sentence in the bill.
| If the elective system was to be
adopted then the bill should be sent
to the committee again and redraft-
ed so as to make it conform in all re-
spects to that system.
Amendment Lost.
The amendment was lost by vote
of % to 10, the roll call being as fol
lows:
For the Observation-Disclosures
Hagemeister, Merton, North, Ran
dolph, Roehr, Smith, Stevens, White
head, Wolff and Wright-10.
Against the amendment-Bea
Bird, Burns, Frear, Froemming, Hat
ten, Hudnall, Johnson, Kreutzer, Mar
tin McGillivray, Morris, Munson, No
BILE, Rogers, Rummel, Sanborn, Ston-
dali, Stout, Wilcox, Wylie-22.
Senator Wilcox explained his vote
by saying that while he was in favor
of an elective board, he would not
like to be the one to work harm to the
committee bill by trying to graft al
elective system onto a bill drawn
especially along the appointive lines,
therefore he would vote against the
amendment.
The Rumnrel amendment to make
the the con mission appointive- at
first and to hive each commissioners
successor selec ted by election was
voted down, to %. Those voting
for it were Senators Merton, North
Randolph, Rummel, Smith, Wolff and
Wright.
Faults of North Substitute.
Senator North then reintroduced
his substitute Senator Hudnall ex
planned what were some of the com
; mittee's objections to it. He said
: that it had been rejected because un
der it no commodity rates could be
granted by the commission, and that
it permitted railroads to reduce rates
without notice, thus making discrim
nations possible by temporary reduc
tions. The bill also did not give alb
solute immunity to shippers who
might testify before the commission
and give evidence which might in
criminate themselves. He said that
complete immunity was something
which the interstate commerce com
mission had been compelled to work
against for years. It was something
,, they had found to be essential.
North Bill Killed.
| The North substitute was killed b.
| a vote of 6 to 25, Senator Whitehead
: refraining from voting. The roll cal
was as follows:
, For North substitute Senators Mer
ton, North, Randolph, Smith, Wolf
and Wright.
; Against = Senators Beach, Bird
Burns, Frear, Froemming, Hagemeis
ter Hatten, Hudnall, Johnson, Kreut
ger, Martin, McGillIvray Morris, Nun
son, Noble, Rogers, Roehr, Rummel
Sanborn, Stevens, Stondall, Stout
Wilcox, Wipperman, Wylie-20.
Senator Whitehead then introduced
, several amendments, unanimous con
sent being given. Senator Hatten wa
inclined to take a recess until afte
supper and Senators Rogers an(
, Kreutzer spoke with approval on tina
proposal, but Senator Hudnall an
J nounced that all the amendments ha(
been proposed to the committee an(
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