The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-01

ness.
The assembly passed a bill looking
toward a complete history of the Wis
consin soldiers in the Civil war. 1t is
proposed that the legislature adjourn
on Friday, April 81, and a resolution
was introduced SO providing. 1t will
be debated on Friday.
Opinion is gaining here that Gov.
La Toilette will decline election to the
United States senate in order to re-
main here to fight out the factional
battle. 1t is suggested that he will
run for fourth term as governor.
The assembly killed the bill prohib-
iting the exhibition of snakes or of
human monstrOsities.
The senate Thursday morning heard
the merits of the Dunn pocket ballot
system and it's advantages over the
present sheet ballot. Senator Martin,
chairman Of the senate committee on
privileges and elections, by which the
bill to adopt the Dunn system had
been favorably reported, explained the
scheme in detail. It consists of a
large envelope provided with small
pockets for the reception Of little vote
tickets. 1t is said to be somewhat
complicated and several times more
expressive than the present system,
oil nd CO.. n
friends of the bill claim otherwise.
The bill went back to committee.
The senate went through the long
est calendar of the session and trans
acted much business, although the day
was devoted to incidents Of large in
terest. The McGillivray joint resolu-
ton for state al for road building was
on the calendar for amendment and
passage, but was laid over and was
made a special order for next Tues
day evening. The resolution would
submit to the people proposition for
constitutional amendment to allow the
state to give aid for the construction
of highways.
The assembly went on record as IA
voring the repeal Of the vessel taxa
ton law of 1901, by advancing a bill
to engrossment If the bill fathered
| by assemblyman Henry Johnson be-
comes a law, all ships, boats, vessels,
and their appurtenances, belonging to
| inhabitants of the state, whether at
home or abroad, will be taxed as per-
sOnal property.
The temperance people secured a
victory by the advancement of their
measure, which provides in substance
that the majority of the qualified cleo
tors of any residence district, by peti-
ton of remonstrance, may prevent the
granting of licenses for the sale of in
toxicating liquors therein. An amend
ment, offered by Mr.. Ekern, and which
provides that the act shall be no bar
| to saloons on the property Of a brew
| cry, licensed under the law of the
United States, and manufacturing at
least 500 barrels year, was adopted
| The vote on the amendment was 40
| to 43.
The measure of Senator Sanborn
| providing that any number of resi-
| dents of the state, not less than TWEEN
| ty-five, who collectively shall own
plate glass of not less than $1,000 in
| value, may become incorporated fol
| the purpose of mutually insuring each
other and such other persons as may
| become members of the corporation
against loss or damage by the break
age of plate glass by accident, or loss
or damage to the same by tornado, cy
clone or hurricane. was concurred in
! Mr.. Aldridges Social Democratic
measure declaring all existing exclu,
sive franchises owned by private per
sons and corporations, null and void
! and giving the owner of such property
! two years to dispose of their interests
| was killed The Perry bill, forbiddine
county judges from giving advice tc
| litigants, met the same sad fate. A
similar bill has been favorably report
| ed to the senate. Other bills killed
were the Bohri measure, enabling
| towns and cities to enter the territory
of adjacent towns and acquire lands
| for highways, and the one by Mr.
| Smoker, relating to notice before &C
ton is brought.
A resolution was offered by Mr.
/ John Scott, which directs the commit
tee on ways and means to formulate a
bill as to the disposition of the $1,000,
900 recovered from the general gov
eminent, by virtue of the Badger wal
claim. The measure to create the Of
fee of public examiner and prescrib
ing his duties was favorably reported
Inconvenience was administered
by the senate Friday to two bills
which had been passed by the assem-
bly,. These were the Metzler bill tc
require old line stock life insurance
companies to mutualize by gradually
redeeming their capital stock, and
! the Warner bill to change the Wis
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