Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-05-11

grams to members. their constituents
urging them to defeat or modify the
Objectionable bill. The sergeant-at-
arms was repeatedly seen distributing
kilograms among the assemblymen.
Lengthy discussion was occasioned
by the bill to define free passes"
Mr.. LIE Roy and other newspaper mem
bers objected to the provision which
prohibits publishers who are members
of the legislature from taking pay for
advertising in the form of mileage
books. The bill was laid over.
The Turner bill to repeal the law re-
curing candidates for office to file
statements Of their campaign ex-
penses was killed and the bill intro
duced by the committee on privileges
end elections, to make mandatory the
prosecution of all who fail to comply
with the law was advanced to third
reading and engrossment.
Senator Randolph offered a resolu-
ton in the upper house closing COM
mittee hearings May and sending
all bills to the calendar May IL.
Madison, Wis, May 4.-The senate
by vote of ii to II advanced the
bill to submit TO vote OF the people
the question of whether the state
capitol shall be removed from Mad-
soa after January l, 1908. The bill to
allow Oshkosh to convey to the state
a prospective site was also advanced.
Other capitol removal bills, designat-
ing Hudson Grand Rapids, Milwaukee
and Belmount, were killed.
The assembly advanced the uniform
school text book bill by a vote of IS
to Sc, after a debate in which the
republican factiOnal strife was dragged
out, The bill to define free pass
and make the present anti-pass law
extend to public officials who may
have positions with the railroads was
advanced, by vote of 76 to Z.
Governor La Toilette vetoed the bill
to reduce the wage exemption from
garnishment from $50 to $50. He
based the action on multitudnous
protests from wage earners who had
written him to veto the bill
Madison, Wis. May 5.-The senate
killed the patent medicine label bill
without a roll call. Senator Stevens
offered some amendments which were
voted down and Senator Mobiles mo-
ton to lay over was also lost. The
senate was in the killing mood and
1t was agreed that all committee
hearings except before the commit
tees on claims ducation and assess
ment and collection of taxes should
close next week.
The veterinary examiners commits
sion bill was advanced.
The railroad rate commission bill
was agreed upon after an allnight
committee session early this morning
and was reported to the senate to-
night.
Madison, Wis, May S.-Legislative
interest centors around the question
Of how much fighting there will be
over the administration railroad rate
commission bill. The opposition has
succeeded in introducing a substitute
measure. proposing that an appeal
from the decisions Of the commission
shall act as a stay of proceedings,
rather than, as in the committee bill,
the decisions of the commission to go
into effect 20 days after PRONUNCIATION
unless restrained by an injunction.
The substitute, which was offered by
GnnntnI North q Ipn1nppnt alGn
vides that the members of the COM
mission shall be elected rather than
appointed. These provisions were
discussed by the committee in the
course of its deliberations extending
over three months, and were finally re-
jected in the interests of the plan to
make the commission strong. The
opposition declares there is reason
able hope for passing these amend
ments. but the administration side de-
cares that the fight practically ended
when the senate committee unani
mously reported the administration
bill as revised for passage.
Madison, Wis, May 9.-The tele-
phone connection bill, which has been
advocated by the Independent COM
panies ami vigorously opposed by the
so-called Bell trust, was defeated in
the assembly by a tie vote, the as.
sembly refusing to pass the bill The
vote was IS to So. Action followed a
long debate led for the bill by its
author, Assemblyman Ekern and
against it by Assemblyman Norcross.
The latter read a report from the rail.
road commission of South Carolina
opposed to such law as impractic-
able and unfair He also attacked
the constitutionality of the measure.
The second strenuous debate of the
day was on the street railway adval-
orem bill, resulting in an amendment
being adopted giving the state Is
instead of 20 per cent of the tax. This
amendment was opposed by Chairman
Dahl of the taxation committee and
favored by Assemblymen Lenroot
Andrew, Norcross and others. The