Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-24
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:, Inc fame of Rev, Mr.. Hunsberger for
nT My pastor of the Grand Ayenua
TInoulst church of Milwaukee,, was
Ia, TO mind in the discussion of the
m gui 10 repeal the ive-day clause in the
irue marriage license bill. Charles Rar-
her OF Milwaukee spoke for the nresan+
IA ana recalled a time when he had
Called IN to perform a marriage for
nuhsoerger, who was officiating at
iuneral. He said that Hunsberger
n1ade $1,000 year out of the maria 90
business under old conditions. Rev Cal
Hoffman, president of the M;nister;a1 A.
soc soelation OF Green county, spoke for the
Dill. He said that it causes an evodua
Oh loving couples from the southern part
VI the state to Rockford and Freeport
SO that the ministers and the county
clerks lost their fees. But that was not
MS chief argument, he sand, for the law
undermined the sacredness of the insti-
tuition OF marriage in tempting young
people to run away to get Joined in the
molly bonds of wedlock instead of having
the knot tied at home. He intimated
that the county judges would not favor
the law because they got fees for grant
ing special dispensations for doing away
with the five-day limit
The directory of the Legislature has
mace Its appearance, giving the list of
Senators and members of the Assembly
and the committees of both houses, and
the postoffice address, district represent
ed, occupation and Madison address of
each one. Barney Eaton is put down as
a horticulturist and Henry Hagemeister,
who is large rotund brewer, is sched-
uled as an agriculturist He claims that
he has a farm in which he Is more in
terested than his brewery. Senators
Smith, Wylie and Wolff are farmers,
Senator Stevens an architect, and Sena-
tor Noble a physician. There are thir-
teen lawyers in the Senate and four lum-
bermen. In the Assembly Mr.. Eldridge
is a cheese dealer, Charles Evans
horseshoer, Edward Everett hotel pro-
prietor, Herman Heincke a meat dealer,
Henry HOLE wholesale liquor dealer,
Lawrence Ledvina a law student, Louis
Metzler, a bookkeeper, Chris N. Saugen
a teacher and farmer, Richard A. Far
rell a furniture dealer and undertaken,
and L. L. Thayer clergyman.
Whether the town where a man gets
drunk or the town where he gets arrest
ed ought to be obliged to pay the ex-
penses of prosecuting him is a weighty
question which the lawmakers Of the
judiciary committee are discussing. 1t
was decided that when a man was
found guilty the town where he got his
drink must pay, but when he is found
not guilty the town where he was ar
into this" said one member. eff the
drunkard has money he will be arrested
for violating a town or village ordinance
and the fine will go into the town treas
ury. If he is broke he will be arrested
on a State warrant and the expenses OF
his prosecution will be charged to the
county,"
About a score of the members Of the
Senate had some fun with the father OF
the cigarette bill the other night. Sen
ator Wright, who is addicted to the use
of the deadly little smokes, passed around
q box of them and every Senator IN the
chamber took one, lit it and then gath
cred around Mr.. Bird, explaining how
anxious they were to see his bill become
q law, "I'll get the vote of every one
of you." said the Senator, "even ii you
do indulge
"This talk about holding Sunday ses-
sions is all nonsense" said n Senator
glancing over the papers. There was
only one session held on the Sabbath day
in nv recollection. 1t was IN 1875 ana
was ordered because the Legislature hau
gotten behind in it's work. Ihere WASH
much accomplished, however. SUNDAY
sessions would raise a howl throughout
the length and breadth OF the State IL
attempted"
Assemblymen Page and Brockhausen
had discussion over the desirablHty OF
bovino the word graduated" in the joint
resolution providing for an income TAX.
Mr.. Page contends that the income tax
sbould he uniform, that IS that every
man should pay the same rate on ms IN
come as every other man. MI. BROCK
hanson. after the discussion, came to the
same conclusion.
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IF all the bills creating new otfices
which have been introduced should be-
come laws some provision would have to
bp made to import a few common ordl-
nary citizens into the State TO give tne
new officers someone to practice on
There has been considerable interest
manifested in the proposed law to estab
lish a tuberculosis sanitarium. The AS AS,
sembly passed resolution to have ooo
o oe Of the report of the special COM
mission printed and distributed
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The legislative reference nprarS ; IL "
voritable law factory these days LIBRA
r;an Mccarthy turned out twenty-slx
hills hills in one day this week and has ma
+or;al on his desk for hundred more
That Socialist measure providing that