The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-03-16
AT STATE CAPITAL

Madison, II w lille not MANY bills
of large Importance got through
o0th houses last week great progress
was mat!e IN the ,lpgi> lature. A
sgreat may bills were reported rom
committees and several received
final action.
The Hudnall bill creating sta te
grain and war, house commission o.
Wisconsin was passed, and Su-
perior's long cherished desire seems
now certain of consummation.
The Henry Johnson bill giving the
state board OF assessment power to
list, ass .s5 and rlx prop .rty IN tie
state that has escaped it during the
last shree precee ling years was
passed.
The first Of the two cents mile
railroad passenger bills introduced
in the legisla lure this session w: S
sput through the lower be s.. The
all was introduced by Assembly,
wnan Henry Johnson. of Gen o, who
has been advocating a two cent fare
since he became a member of the
Legislature four years ago, The
~measure is simple in its provisions
~@sf1d IS iatended to effect only the big
Companies of the stat' 1t MI kes it
-Ss7iawful for any road whose gross
earnings are So, 500 or more mile a
es to charge more than two cent
4 nile for the transportation OF
passengers.
One of the important bills sent Il
en1rossment by the senate was that
) ofSSeBafor Noble relating to the sale
efe foods con tanning chemical preser
pationes The bill is specific IN is
nature as to the preservative tina
may De used lawfully, and i'm toses
Spenalties, from $25 to 500, and from
thirty to sixty Gays for the use OF
Illegal preservativeS.
The bill appropriating $25, 600 for
state exhibit at the Portland tx
position passed both houses and VIII
doubtless receive the governor
-oignaturr.
The anti-cigarette bill which was
defeated in the senate two years ago,
passed the assembly with one dis
senting vote aud this week will I'm
doubleday 90 through the Senate
It is sweeping and absolute in its
provisions.
The social democrats are having
hard Shedding, and two of their s.
hour day bills wereA ruthlessly
turned down by the assembly One
sought to prohibit employers MAX
my their men work over eight hours,
aud the others permitted cities, f
5hey chose, to fix an 0.hour day for
municipal work. But while the
assembly turned down these semi.
SociaHstlc measures, it endorsed d
resolution for amending the consti.
Z, tuition SO as to permit the legislature
TO FIX a~graduated income tax, which
some of the opposition denounced as
sOciallstic.
Last week believers in railroad
regulation of rates had their inning
and several speakers Of power APP
.Deared b fore the committee. among
them F., p Bacon and F. Fl. Magde-
eourg of Milwaukee; T. c. Richmond
and F. w. Hall, of Madison, and W.
D. Conner, of Marshield chairman
:?f 'th@ state republican central com
aaittee Tt will probably be We ks
q before the dill in it's final form will
be passed by either house. This
week there was big he airing on the
administration civil service bill.
. Esigh officers of national civil service
Leagues appeared and argued for the
l. Gill 4 new idea was sprung by
~4seUator Frear last week by The in
@Groduction of a resolution providing
Ter an examination into the fees . :
ity~of state life insurance A c M
mite was appointed which will T..
sort for the next legislature
The visit of w. j. Bryan was me