Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-19
SoIons Finally Conclude Work at I:I5
This Morning
State Board Of Control May Be Wholly
Recognized
Closing Scenes Marked by Singing, and
Clocks Turned Back
Madison. June Is.

Madison, June IS.
Final adjournment OF the legisla-
ture will occur about next Tuesday
probably, though the period of actual
legislative procedure terminated
soon after / O'Clock this morning. Sen
ate and assembly clocks had been
stopped for more than an hour before,
and their dials accordingly showed the
hour to be only 11:45. At the present
time some so to 100 bills are in proc
ess Of enrolment a phenomenally
great congestion on the last day for
the consideration of business. These
must all be duly printed, proofread
and compared, go to the governor, re
ceiye his consideration and be then
reported back to the legislators,
small number Of whom will remain
formally to receive messages from the
executive
The concluding scenes were marked
by mirth, music and amiability, tao
tional differences being forgotten and
the members joining in singing sacred
and patriotic hymns Soon after
o'clock the final scene occurred. The
assembly then adopted a resolution
providing for the cessation Of business
"at midnight of this 14th day of June,
and little Edward Whitney, the speak
er's page, carried it to the waiting sen
ate, announcing with correctness and
dignity:
"Mr President: | am directed by
the assembly to convey to the senate
this message in writing
Then he hurried forward ana deliv-
cred it to Lieutenant Governor David
son, while the senators called out cor
daily their compliments to the boy
for the manly mein with which he had
carried off the part. One senator sol
EMMY extended his hand in greeting
as the page retreated; then the motion
was put, the resolution concurred in
at an end The house, too, adj
journed as soon as the report of the
senate's action was received. Just
before the senate adjourned several
bills were killed after the mere recital
OF their numbers. They had been pig
eon-holded, pocketed or lost in the
shuttle somewhere, but the record of
their Introduction disclosed their eX.
istence. None seemed to be of spe-
cial Importance and some related to
subjects covered by other measures.
Board Of Control Situation.
After the session was over it was
reported credibly that the bill requir-
ing one member of the board Of con
troll to be a woman is SO worded that
IL permits a complete reorganization
of that body-that, in fact, it has
the .prodical erect of wholly abolish
inc the board Just what advantage
the governor may take of the circum-
stance is of course not known. 1t is
said. however that the Madison mem
Der, Prof Allan D. Conover, is likely
to be a member of the new board, if
one is created.
Last Strenuous Hours.
All through the afternoon and night
bills were corrected and sent back and
forth between the two houses for con-
currence in corrected form.
Many resolutions of a humorous
character were read in the assembly
but as they were all horse play none
of them was adopted. sample was
one declaring Assemblyman Henry
Johnson the uncrowned king of Nor
way and appropriating from the hunt
ing license fund enough money to pay
the expenses of his voyage to Christ
iania Norway.
The senate late at night concurred
in bill introduced by Assemblyman
Braddock and passed by the assembly