Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-26
FINAL ROLL CALL
OF LEGISLATURE
ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE TAKEN
AT 1850 p. M.
16 SENATORS PRESENT
Gov. La Toilette Still in Executive
Chair-Board of Control I'm
changed and No Woman Member
Yet ppointed-Important Vetoes
at Eleventh Hour.

Sixteen senators chafed impatiently
for three hours last evening awaiting
a message from the governor which
rumor had credited with being the
executives resignation. It was also
expected that the tangle resulting
from the wording of the new board OF
control bill would be cleared up by the
appointment or re-appointment Of this
commission and the addition of wo-
man member But all these expecta-
tons amounted to naught. The gov
ernor did not resign, nor did he de-
clare his intentions relative to the
board of control. All that the senators
received for their devotion to duty
was a message that the executive ap-
prevail had been given to three bills.
Tickle rumor cannot be relied on in
politics any more than elsewhere and
some would say not quite so much
Whatever the truth of this, it is quite
certain that Lieutenant Governor Da-
wilson had naIf-formed idea that the
OH would be transferred to him last
evening. At o'clock he said that
the governor would probably forward
some communication regarding his res
ignation to the legislature before adj
journment. Coupled with the rumors
that were in the air all day, this Optim-
istic view of the lieutenant governor
seemed to clinch the belief that the
- no.
then something else of Importance.
This only increased the feverish antic-
ipation of the waiting solons and
hence there was visible show of vex-
alton VIII enthe message proved pro
sale.
For what have we been waiting?
exclaimed one senator as be- gazed
longingly at the clock with the minute
hand turned back a full half hour.
WAS there a dinner party?" queried
another discontentedly rather than in
quisitively, due perhaps TO the time
being long past his usual retiring
hour.
These and others were the express
sions but they fastened adjournment
sine die which was taken at l1:5O p.
m. by the clock with the turned back
minute hand and exactly 1910 a. m.
by standard time The lieutenant
governor made the usual speech of
thanks, saying:
Senators: The hour fixed by JOINT
resolution for the final adjournment OF
this legislature has arrived, but before
closing | wish to extend to you, one
and ali, my heartfelt thanks for the
uniform courtesy and kind treatment
that you have extended to me through
out the entire session. | also want to
thank the clerical force for the able
and generous manner in which they
have assisted me in the discharge OF
my duties. | wish to extend my
thanks to the representatives Of the
press for the able and impartial man
ner in which they have reported the
proceedings of this body.
Thanking you again for your kind
ness to me as presiding officer, now
declare the senate adjourned sine die"
Longest Session Ever Held.
The legislature convened January IL
and lasted 1852 days, making the ses-
sion of 1905 the longest in the history
of the state. More bills were intro
duceG than ever before, the total reach
ing the huge number of 1852 Of which
558 originated in the senate and 1914 in
the assembly. This, too, does not in
clude the substitutes which were in
Vulnerable. There were enacted $40
laws which sum exceeds the record or
two years ago by about Is acts. This
session has indeed been a long one but
the amount of legislative business re-
Quired, and thus warranted 1t. I'M
pOrtant provisions were made that
could hardly have been deferred an.
other two years. The reforms demand
ed by the people have either been Sc
cured or a step nearer such an end.
On the whole the legislature has per-
formed its duties we'll and its members
are justified in carrying home feeling
of contentment and self-satistaction.