Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04

HN u'>f.u>>ioh OF the automobile BIS
cas- brought ont good story on one of
The opponents Of stringent auto regu-
lathg bill. When he first bought his
machine and was trying it out. tl,e man
Who sold it to him was riding with him
EXPLAINING the tricks of the devil wagon.
The purchaser was ut the lever and in
the course of the ride came upon a few
cows IN the roadway. He became ex
cited and couldn't think of what TO do
hrSt. so he simply grabbed the levsr
tight and cried on, at the top Of his
voice. whoa, Whoa" The dealer seiz-
ed the lever and stopped the machine
just before it bumped into the nearest
bossy.
The church and the Socialists worked
hand in hand for the Sunday observance
laws. Each protested that they did NOT
belong to the other class. but they were
working IN the interests of the poor
down-trodden workingman. The Seveptl,
Day AdventistS took some pretty hard
rapS at the alleged pattuaIiStic meas.
ures and drove some of the advocates
of the bills To the statement that
cloSe- union of the church and state was
70 such STATE in this country that il
was only question of who must act as
the parent of the individual, the State
or the corporations.
The Assembly has acted favorably up-
on the request of the Milwaukee Alder
men to legalize the transfers of money
from the water fund to the general city
fund. This practice has been followed
for years and gave rise TO the famous
Rice case which tied up the city finances
almost completely a few years ago For
year or two no money was diverted
from the water fund. but the immense
profits of that department were too great
n temptation to the Aldermen who are
always on the still-hunt for money to
spend, and they lapsed back into yhe old
custom.
''When the new capitol is built" said
August Rebhan. there ought to he a lot
of Marshall barracks erected around il
for the accommodation of the people
who come ont here to appear before COM
mittees. This paying 81 day for a cot
in the hallway is getting to be tireSome."
one of the genial Madisouians. 'and
then we can make the old capitol over
into a hotel so that everybody who comes
here can get berth. That would settle
il all around"
The "Norskis'' are much in evidence in
the Legislature this winter. Besides hold
ing hanquets occa siOnally at which the
Governor and other prominent men arr
the itonored guests they turned the As
sembly chamber into singing school the
other night, at which the old war songs
of the Vikings were sung with resounding
vigor. Later the concert took on the
aspect of a patriotic concert. at which
American national songs were sung.
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Senator Johnston's challenge of the
Governors figures in regard to freight
rates in Iowa and Wisconsin seems to
have been lost sight Of Senators Frear.
Hatten and Johnston were appointed a
committee to investigate and find out
whether the Governors figures are cor
rect or not. Nothing has been done as
yet and Senator Frear says that he
doesn't see any occa sion for doing any
ii Ing as the point is not essential any
way.
Superintendent of Public Property
George Il. Bryant was requested by the
Senate to furnish dictionaries to the
members of the Judiciary committee.
After considerable delay !lc replied that
he understood that Superintendent of
Schools Cary had all the dictionaries in
the capitol and that certainly there were
none within reach of the superintendent
of public property.
Assemblyman Thayer--the clergyman
rather twitted the advocates of the
Sunday observance measure on the fact
that one of the paper mill owners at Ne
koosa had done a great deal in support
ing the Congregational church there. In
reply the Sunday observance brethren
secured a long petition urging the pas
sage of the bills signed by the members
of that church.
There is considerable apprehension ex.
pressed in regard TO the bill authorizing
certain persons TO build dams and reser-
vOirs at the headwaters of the Wiscon-
sin river to control the flow of water
both during the spring freshets and the
summer droughts Many people fear
that it is loaded and that n very valua-
BILE franchise is at stake which must not
be given away recklessly.
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In the course Of his arguments before
committee Chief Jansen advocated the
inc .f 81 e. .r
in Milwaukee from $500 to $500 This
would reduce the number Of saloons from
200 to / 200 he salt would bring
in an increased revenue (, che city.
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The Socialists voted for the Lewis and
Clark appropriation. There is no streak
of yellow in u.s." said Mr.. Brockhausen
I'VE are for the workingman aud want
to see the results Of his handicraft ex-
plotted to the world We voted for it
at first and we didn't change our minds"
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Since Senator Kreutzer's recent elabo-
rate argument against Government by
Commission" the subject has been re-
ferred to as the Kreutzer Sonata.
The notice given 10 the Socialists by
the newspapers is annoying to the mem
bers of the old parties. Some Of them
lave been expostulating at the spcce de
voted to the doings Of the new sect But
when chance is presented they never miss
the opportunity to stick it into the an
smiling cOterie Which ali reminds one
Of the story Of the farmer who found a
thistle in ono corner Of his ten-acre mea.
dow II made him so mad that he kicked
the thistle all over the lot. The next
spring there were thistles all over the
meadow.
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Supt Whitehead Of the Milwaukee
Humane Society appeared before the ju-
dietary committee to urge favorable con
sideration Of the bill 70 limit the load on
vehicles drawn by horses to two tons
for single horse vehicles and four tons
for double horse vehicles. The bill was
killed in the Assembly that morning, but
Mr.. Whitehead was allowed 70 have his
say just the same