Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-05
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The novel scheme of advertising tho
two millions of acres of farm land await
ing settlers IN northern Wisconsin by
sending out the advertising car Grass
land has proven a magnificent success
and many families who have made homes
in the northernmost tier of counties have
been induced to do so because their at
tention was called to the opportunities
by the visit of Grassland to their former
home towns. So successful has it been
that the Northern Wisconsin Farmers
Association, maintained as it is by con-
tributions of 81 each from its members,
are planning larger and better exhibit
car for next years campaign. The ASSOC
citation is the largest organization of its
kind in the world and besides advertising
the resources of Wisconsin widely, has
also unified the people at home and given
their energies a concerted movement
which has brought about results. The
association has interested the Legislature
IN the establishment of experimental
farms in the northern counties and in
regard to better country roads. A bill
has been passed this winter authorizing
counties to vote appropriations to such
organizations for the purpose of inducing
immigration.
In their fights of oratory over the
Cleary bachelor bill some of the young
Assemblymen sadly maligned Messrs.
Hagerty and Theme, referring to them
as belonging to the class of bandits,
guerillas and barnacles upon society,"
Mr.. Theme has a wife and two lovely
children, although Mr.. lie Roy said that
he was willing to give trading stamps to
any girl who would have him. And Mr..
Hagerty's wife was sitting directly be-
hind him when he was referred to as the
nestor of the bachelors in the House.
Its time | came down to visit you,"
she said to him, 'if you have been pos
ing as a bachelor all this session" To
smoothe the ruffled feelings of the two
mallgned benedicts it is suggested that
Messrs. LIE Roy and Carpenter be called
before the bar of the House and COM
PEELED to humbly apologize to Messrs.
Theme and Hagerty.
The committee on privileges and cleo
tions is considering a bill to reduce the
size of the ballots about one-half by cut
ting down the size of the rectangles in
which the names of the candidates are
printed and leaving out the square in.
side the rectangle for the marking of the
ballot. The law provides that the cross
mark need not necessarily be made in
side the square and so the necessity for
having it on the ballot at all is not pat
ent. The committee will not report fav-
orably on the bill changing the ballot
so that it will prevent voting a straight
party ticket by making one crossmark
at the top OF the party column. Gov.
La Toilette recommended such a law in
his message, but the committee feels that
there have been too many changes ne
ballot laws.
They are telling good story on Lieut..
Gov. Davidson, which only goes to show
to what distances the discussion of Wis
consin politics has gone. A Norwegian
comedian who was touring this country
recently called upon the Lieutenant Gov
ernor, presenting letter from Mr..
Davldsons cousin, who is an actor in
the old country. Naturally they talked
on Wisconsin politics. A few weeks
later one Of the most prominent papers
of Norway contained character sketch
of Mr.. Davidson and an interview with
him on the political situation in this
State, all written in the light humorous
style of the comedian.
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A citizen from Michigan, speaking to
the joint committee on forestry and lum-
Der on the Brule river bill, observed that
he was at a disadvantage because he
was a nonresident of the State. 81 sup
pose that if | were the president of the
First National Bank of Milwaukee and
came here advocating a bill, l would
have much more weight with the COM
mittee," he said The members looked
at him to see if he was joking, but he
was perfectly serious. "Not now, you
wouldn't" whispered one of the commit
tee. The stranger hadn't considered that
| the president of the First National Bank
| of Milwaukee was discredited just now.
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Under the present State laws the au-
thorties are empowered to seize the
| liquor from a dealer whose license is
revoked for violations of the law, but
| they cannot destroy it. There have been
instances, it was said before the commit
| tee, in which liquor has been seized and
| the authorities were not empowered to
| sell it, give it away or destroy it and
were afraid to drink it. A bill has been
| IcCOluLIei1ucu 1OE passage authorizing
them to destroy the stuff.
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One of the most sweeping bills intro
duced this winter was recommended for
passage in the Senate recently without
any great blare of trumpets. 1t pro-
vides for the adoption of the so-called
Gutenberg system of regulating the
liquor traffic, authorizing each city to
grant a monopoly of the business to a
corporation organized according to rules
| and regulations laid down by the City
| Council.
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1t seems rather queer that when two
candidates for office get into a wrange
| over which one is rightly entitled to the
place they are after that the State is
called upon to pay their expenses in
fighting it out before the Legislature.