Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-13
Hatton Heads Railroads=-Frear ar
Wipperman, Merton, Hud=
nall, MunsOn==Stalwarts Kindly
Treated.
Minority Kindly Treated.


Minority Kindly Treated.
But, though the administration
men have majority on all the COM
mittees. there was no disposition to
be discOurteOus to the minority. The
StalwartS are given chajrmanshipS of
six important committees Senator
KreutZer is made chairman of the
committee on judiciary, position
which he held two years ago: Roehr
is chairman of the committee on
banks and insurance. 4 place he has
held for two sessions; Beach is chair
man OF corporations: Bird is chairman
OF forestry and luGber: Rogers of
public lands: Hagen1eisJer of charlt-
able and penal institutions and
Johnson of the joint committee on
rules. This indicates the fairness
with which the administration men
treated the minority.
For Important Party Measures.
Administration senators are given
the chairmanShlp of The committees
before which the most important of
state platform measures are TO come.
Senator HattOn is chairman of the
committee on railroads. Hudnau is
chairman of the committee on as
seSsment and collection of taxes.
Senator Martin on privileges and
elections. Burns of committee on
claims and Muns2n of state affairs.
Senator Merton, a Democrat, is
chairman Of the committee on en-
rolled bills, and is also member of
the committee on corporations and
privileges and elections. Rummea,
Social Democrat, is chairman of the
committee on manufactures and
labor
The resolutions naming the com-
mittee were adopted at O'Clock this
afternoon. Then the senate adjourned
until 9 O'Clock tomorrow morning..
when the governor will read his
message to the senate and assembly
in iOint session.
The resolution naming the Com
mittee of the senate, which was
adopted without a dissenting vote,
recommended also joint committees
on capitol.
A joint committee on the capitol
and grounds composed of Stout.
Whitehead, Merton.
A committee of three senators to
assist the superintendent of public
in arranging for the assign
ment of committee rooms, composed
of Beach, chairman, Burns, Noble.
The committee made no nomi-
nation for membership of the
committee OF bills on third reading.
They recommended that the judiciary
committee confer with the judiciary
cOmmmittee of the assembly to see
whether or not some permanent pro-
vision for a proper revi sion of bills
cannot be made by joint arrange
ment between the two houses.
All these recommendations were
adopted with the committee assign
mentS given above.
Railroad Committee.
The railroad committee of the
senate is considered the most impor-
tant of all the committees of the
legislature, and its personnel makes
of it one of the strongest committees
thai has served in any legislature in
the history of the state. Six of the
nine members are administration
men. Five are lawyers, the chairman,
Senator Hatton, is manufacturer
and big shipper; the others are
experienced in legislation. Senator
J. A. Frear, of Hudson, who as a
member of the same committee in the
assembly two years ago made notable
reputation as student of the rate
question, is the second member of the
committee. Mr.. Frear is one of the
five lawyers, the other four being
Senators George B. Hudnall of
Superior, Fl. G. Wipperman of Grand
Rapids, Thomas Norris of La Crosse,
and Ernest Merton of Waukesha.
The other three members are O. 6.
Munson of Viroqua, z. z. Beach of
Whitewater and 0. W. Johnson of
Racine.
Whitehead Declines Chairmanship.
Senator Whitehead might have
been chairman of the committee on
assessment and collection of taxes.
| but he refused il because he could not
dictate who should be the other
members. AS it is, he has no chair
manship at all. though he has d
place on that committee and several
other important oDes. There is
no disposition on the part Of the
staIwarts, SO far as it is learned to-
night. to criticiSe the action of the
committee which named the