Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-21
WISCONSIN SOLONS.


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The police and fremen of Milwaukee
have won their long fight and hereafter
none of them will be discharged save
after trial by the fire and police board
The bill was recommended by the COM
mittees on cities for indefinite postpone
ment, but the Assembly overturned the
scheme, and, by close vote, ordered the
bill engrossed Wednesday morning The
new bill prohibits the chief of police and
the ire department chief from discharg-
ing any of their men. They may prefer
charges, but the men have the right of
defense before the fire and police board.
For the second time the Assembly re-
fused to allow money to be appropriated
for Wisconsin exhibit at the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Portland. The vote
was close. Giant frecrackers will disap-
pear with cigarettes in Wisconsin. The
Senate passed a bill limiting their size to
five inches in length by seven-eights of
an inch in diameter. Originally the bill
limited the size to two inches in length
and three-eighths of an inch in diameter.
but after short contest the father of
the bill agreed to an amendment.
Cigarette smoking will cease in Wis
consin July 1. Gov. La Toilette signed
Thursday the most stringent law against
the paper pipes" that has been enacted
by any State. The penalties range from
a fine of S. to fine of $500 and six
months Imprisonment, and as an aid in
the enforcement of the law half the
money collected in fines goes to inform
ants. The Senate concurred in the AS
sembly bills prohibiting the sale of giant
tirecrackers, recognizing consumption az
an infectious disease and providing for
quarantine, creating 4 board of forestry
and fire wardens and cutting exemptions
of wages from $50 to $50 except for nee
essities. All now go to the Governor.
The Assembly tax committee voted to re-
port favorably the bill to tax each bach
elor $40 year. Nearly every bachelor
in the Legislature argued against the
measure.
1.-THE Assembly acted favorably Friday
morning on bill to prohibit spring
shooting Mr.. Brockhausen. Social Dem
ocrat, in minority report of the commit
tee on manufactures, made strong plea
for old-age pensions. In the Senate
bill was introduced and recommended by
the committee on education to purchase
a replica in bronze of the columbian
shield designed by Alloys Locher, to be
placed in the rotunda of the capitol. The
Senate adjourned without finishing it's
calendar in order to give the judiciary
committee opportunity to consider the
Eaton case The Assembly ordered to
engrossment the bill doing away with the
aft to ming a
license providing the parents of the bride
are to be present at the ceremony. The
bill to prohibit the presence of young
girls at saloon dances was finally passed.
The Cleary bachelor bill was fayorably
reported. with an amendment making the
tax on bachelors $40 After some pleas
antries the bill was made special order
for 100 o'clock the next Wednesday
evening. The bill limiting exemptions
from garnishment, including reduction
of wage exemption from $50 to $50,
passed the Senate A slight amendment
will have to be concurred in by the As
sembly before it goes to the Governor.
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The Assembly Tuesday. without de-
bate, passed the railroad rate bill and adj
vanced the civil service bill and the Thay-
er local option bill to third reading.
The assembly also concurred in the Sen
ate amendments to the Turner anti-glanT
firecracker bill, which now goes to the
Governor. The Brockhausen resolution
favoring an old age pension fund was
killed without debate Without word
of debate the railroad rate bill was pass
ed by a vote of IS to y, those voting
against it being Baker, Brooks, Ever
EFT, Hansen. Frank Johnson, Miller, Nor
cross. Page, Rack, Ramsey, Reynolds,
and Szeymarek. The Assembly also CON
Cured in the Senate bill prohibiting
spring shooting. A bill was introduced
in the Senate by the Committee on Agrl-
culture, providing that cattle brought into
the State must be accompanied by GER
tifcate of inspection and must have been
subject to the tuberculine test within SIX
months. The penalty provided for the
railroad company shipping the cattle was
of not less than $50 nor more than S2OC
car. with the same penalty for ship
per. The Committee on Federal Rela-
tions introduced bill increasing the IL
cense fee for telephone companies TO
ner cent of the gross receipts Of the com
nonies doing more than 100000 business
annually. instead of 3 per cent as at
present.
Bills Passed Assembly.
| 237A (Smelker), amending certain law
| relating TO real estate