Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-28
FINAL ROLL CALL
Of LEGISLATURE
ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE TAKEN
AT 1850 p. Nj.
16 SENATORS PRESENT
Gov. La Toilette Still in Executive
Cardboard of Control I'm
changed and No Woman Member
Yet App. nted-Important Vetoes
at Eleventh Hour.

Sixteen senators chafed impatiently
for three hours last evening awaiting
a message from the governor which
rumoi had credited with being the
executives resignation 1t vas also
from the wording of the new board Of
control bill would b. cleared up by the
appointment or re-app 0iItment of this
commission and the addition Of wo-
man member Put all these eXpecta-
tons amounted TO naught. The gov
ernor did not resign, nor did he de-
clare his intentions relative to the
board of control All that the senator's
received for their devotion to duty
was a message that the executive APP
prevail had been Given 10 three bills.
Tickle rumor cannot be relied on in
politics any more than elsewhere and
some would say not quite SO much.
Whatever the truth of this, it is quite
certain that Lieutenant Governor Da-
wilson had hdlffOrmeI idea that the
tog9 would be transferred 10 him last
evening. At 3 o'clock he said that
The governor would probably forward
some communication regarding his res
isuatiOn to the legislature before adj
journment. Coupled with the rumors
that were in the air all day. this optim-
istic view of the lieutenant governor
seemed to clinch the belief that the
resignation was at hand. If not that,
then something else Of importance.
This only increased the feverish antic-
ipation of the waiting solons and
hence there was & visible show of vex-
alton VIII enthe message proved pro
sale
For what have we been willing
exclaimed one senator as - gazed
longiusly at the clock with the minute
hand turned back a full half hoCr
Was there a dinner party?" queried
another iiscontentedly rather than in
quisitiveIy. due perhaps 10 the time
being long past his usual retiring
hour.
These end others were he express
sions but they Mastered adjournment
sine die which was taken at 1850 p.
IN. by the clock with the turned back
minute hand and exactly LILO a. n.
by standard time. The lieutenant
governor made the usual speech of
thanks, aging:
Senators: The hour fixed by Jolnt
resolution for the final adjournment OF
this legislature has arrived, but before
closing wish to extend to you, one
ana all. my heartfelt thanks for the
! uniform courtesy and kind treatment
that yUu have extended to me through
out the entire session. / also want TO
thank the clerical force for the able
and generous manner in which they
have as' ted me in the discharge OF
lmy duties. wish to extend m,
thanks to the Representatives OF the
press for the able and impartial man
uer N which they have reported the
proceedings of this body.
Thanking you again for your kind
ness to me as presiding officer, now
declare the senate adjourned sine die
Longest Session Ever Held.
The legislature convened January IL
and / 7ted 1862 days, making the ses-
sion OF 1905 the longest in the history
of the state More bills were intro
duced than ever before the total reach
ing the huge number of 1852 of which
55S originated in the senate and 1874 in
the assembly This. too, does not in
clude the substitutes which were in
Vulnerable. There were enacted $50
laws which sum exceeds the record OF
TWO years ago by about IS acts. This
session has indeed been a long one bur
the amount of legislative business re-
quired and thus warranted it. I'M
portaut provisions were made that
could hardly have been deferred an.
other two years. The reforms demand
ed by the people have either been So
cured or a step nearer such an end.
On the whole the legislature has per-
J formed its dnties well and its members
are justified in carrying home a feeling
of contentment and selfsatisfaction.
Appoints New Member.
A communication was received al
the evening session from the governor
appointing Or. Z. :. Hayes OF Eau
Claire as a member Of the state boaro
of health and vital statistics to sue
coed Mr. Souter. His term viii eX
pire Jho first Monday in February
1912 Mir. Hayes is scu-in-law OF o.
H. Ingram. who is member of the
newly created state capital commits
sion. His reputation as a paysiciaa
extends beyond his own state. due in
part to the medical treatises which h.
has contributed from tiLe 10 time ana
also. by reason of his being frequently
called into consultation ON serious
cases. The appointment was con,
ftrmed under Il suspension of the rules
and wi,hour a quorum being present.
The governor vetoed 545 :, a bill
empowerns the boards OF supervisors
OF one or more towns and therepresen.
tatives of a village board of trustees
or OF the council of a city, TO authorize
the free Msu school board OF a joins
free high soaC di>iriot TO borrow
money from tie state funds or else.
where for the purpose of erecting
school buildings or additions thereto.
In explaining his veto the governor
said; The purpose OF this bill is
terseiy stated in its title. There is no