Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-28
MADISON LETTER.
Few Bills as Yet.

getting to work and new members
cannot understand why it is so. Long
adjournment from Fridays to Tues
days seem to them incomprehensible.
Fut Madison is not displeased, for long
sessions bring people to patronize the
hotels. the restaurants and the stores
Many families in Madison take room
ers," including families of the best
standing The practice is for a fami-
~ to rent nice house, then by letting
few rooms, they get choice home
for themselves, and if they manage it
cleverly, the 'roomers" may pay all
rent,
OF course the senatorship fight de-
lays the progress Of business. and
there has not been the usual introduc-
ton Of new business. This week will
see the hearings on the bill to take the
official printing away from the seat
of government. but the proposal in
wolves so many things that the legisla-
tors are disposed to be chary of it.
The building Of the new capitol is
receiving limited attention as vet. The
plans are being inspected by the mem
hers and the sentiment seems to he to
do job for the next hundred years
when it is undertaken The complete
estimated outlay grows as the com
missioners and others figure on it, and
the talk is now of five. six OF even
more millions. When the legislature
gets round to it, the likelihood is that
the work will be left wholly to the
commissioners, who in turn must leave
it to the architects, for one look at the
plans which literally cover the walls
(they are valued at $4,000 set makes
one dizzy. You could count or your
fingers the men i'll this country who
know enough about state capitols to
build one
Work in the Committee Rooms.
The really hard part of legislators
life is the routine of the committee
room. The hearings are held in the
afternoons, often for many hours, and
while there may be some good speak
ing or witty sparring to brighten up
the hours. most of it is pure brain
work. This is especially true in the
judiciary committee, which is the larg-
est and most important. Senator
KruetseT heads this in the senate
There are twenty-seven standing COM
mittees in the senate. The members
smoke during the committee sessions
and put their feet up for comfort
Senator Barney Eaton of Milwaukee,
who is under indictment for bribery
In connection with the BARRIERS license
bill, asked for a leave of absence and
Is pressing for an immediate trial.
Conventions of State Significance.
Apart from the editors convention,
which occurs in Madison, Feb. l5-16,
when the citizens of Madison plan to
give dinner in the big university
armoTy to both editors and legislators,
there will be diversions of one sort
and another during the session.
'Housekeepers' Conference" at the
university will interest the women,
held in connection with the farmers
course at the agricultural school. The
first farmers course was held Feb
ruaTy, 1904 with l75 in attendance
coming from forty-two different coun-
ties. None of the farmers We're under
%, and several were over 20 years of
age. And now comes chance for the
women. At the same time when the
grOwn-up farmers are studying rota-
ton of crops, feeding and carcass
demonstrations, the wives and
daughters Of those in attendance Or
the famers' course, and all others in
terested, are invited to be present and
participate in the conference. The
program will include daily lectures
upon food by Miss Huntington. The
lectures will be accompanied by
demonstration work. in cooking. There
will also be lectures upon other sub
jects connected with household man
agement with opportunities for free
discussion. The subjects treated will
include: Food for health, the care OF
children, water supplies, ventilation,
the care of flowers, house furnishing.
marketing. Arrangements have been
made for excursions to various places
of interest. These will include
kindergarten, q hospital, the dairy de-
partment Of the college of agriculture,
and Chadbourne hall, where Miss
Grove has installed much modern ma
chinery for laundry work and cooking
All this suggests how ideas OF uni
versity training are broadening out,
and it will bring the big school nearer
the people, and necessary appropria-
tons will come easier.
The Dairymen's association meets in
Wausau this year-Feb $40. Profess
sor G. l.. Beach of Connecticut is one
Of the important speakers, Follow
Ye the Footsteps of the Cow" is one
of his topics. 1t is we'll known that
cows beaten path up hill is the
shortest way.
The State Horticultural society
meets in Madison Feb. 70. Frederic
Cranefield, the secretary, is very
energetic man, and this ancient So
ciety is taking on new life. There
will be exhibits of apples and other
f.,