The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-08

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coming two years; the Botch bill TO
provide against the adulteratlon OF
dairy products; the Frank Johnson Dill
relating to the use of false weights and
measures, and the Warner bill to pro-
vide fees for the state sealer OF weights
and measures.
The bill introduced by the joint COM
mittee on fish and game, to pay from
the hunting license fund the expenses
of the Wisconsin delegation to the in
terstate fish and game conference IN
Chicago. was referred to the commit
tee on claims.
The normal school appropriation
bills, including $242,000 for new site
and building in Milwaukee, Sllo,OOo
for a new building at Platteyllle, $751;
600 for a site and plans for the pro-
nosed La Crosse school, anw $1,000 for
heating plant at Whitewater, were
advanced.
Two lengthy and stirring debates
marked Wednesdays session of the
senate, resulting in defeat OF the bill
TO exempt from taxation the property
of veterans of the Civil war up to the
amount of $500, providing the old SOL
der be not worth more than S5,OOO
in property not exempted from taxa
ton and the other resulting in the
final concurrence in the Evans assem-
bly, bill to prohibit the sale, manutac-
ture, gift or importation into Wiscon-
sin of any cigarettes, cigarette papers,
tobacco or materials.
The exemption bill would have
passed had not Senator Hudnall
moved call of the house for the pur-
pose of getting the presence and the
vote of Senator North, thus preventing
the tie vote going to the lieutenant
governor for determination in favor
of the dill.
The anti-cigarette bill was the sub
iect of an attempt, said to have been
originated with the so-called tobacco
trust lobby, to get the bill referred to
the committee on state affairs for the
examination of the question of con-
stitutionality.
Senator Roehr, who a week ago Sc
cured the delay of the bill on his plea
for senatorial courtesy" because he
desired to offer an amendment that
he had in mind for the purpose OF
strengthening the bill when the meas
ure came up for final action, had no
amendment, and made long set
speech against the entire measure.
Senator Froemming announced that
he must change his vote to opposition
to the BILL for the reason that since
he had been home he found that his
constituents were opposed to the pro-
posed law. The final vote follows:
Against the Cigarette - Senators
Bird. Burns, Frear, Hudnall, Johnson,
Kreutzer, Martin McGillivray, Merlin,
Morris, Munson, Noble, Randolph,
Rogers, Rummel, Sanborn, Stevens,
Stondall, Stout, Wylie-21.
For the Cigarette-Senators Beach,
Eaton, Froemming, Hagemeister, Hat
ten, North, Roehr Smith. Whitehead,
Wipperman, Wolff, Wright-12.
The debate on the Frear veterans
exemption bill was preceded by an
amendment by Senator Frear reduc-
ing the amount of exemption from
$500 to $500, and the limit of property
of those to benefit under the law, from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Senator Hudnall made fOrceful
constitutional argument against the
| constitutional argument against the
bill, quoting freely from court decis-
| ions to show that like the peddler Ii
cense law that was undone by the SUI.
| preme court, the present bill, if car
| ried up, likewise would be determined
| unconstitutional and void. Senator
Hudnall recalled the constitutional
| provision that taxation must be uni
! form. He showed from court decis-
ions that the theory of classification
| must be on the basis of indigency, and
that in order to exempt old soldiers
from taxation they must be classified
as absolute paupers. He did not want
to do this himself and did not believe
the old soldiers themselves wanted it
done.
On account of the spring election
next week a joint resolution was in
troduced in the assembly to take re-
cess from FRIDAY TO April 10. AcCOn
was deferred day.
The assembly passed bill to make
lobbyists confine themselves to COM
mittee work and do no 'secret infiu-
encing" of members.
Two incidents of unusual interest
marked the session of the senate
Thursday The bill to exempt from
taxation the property of certain vet
Grams of the Civil war was finally and
forever killed by the defeat of the mo-
ton to reconsider, and the friends OF
the Milwaukee architects prevented
the reply of Cass Gilbert from being
printed in the senate journal, The
senate had some difficulty in agreeing
upon adjournment, but resolution
was finally framed and adopted to adj
journ after the Friday morning session
until next Wednesday evening, and to
| hold at Saturday session at the end OF
next week.
Senator Burns. as he announced on
| Wednesday, moved that the vote by