Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-03
MAY PAY LAWYERS
IN FACT|ONlL SUIT
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
FAVORABLE.
MONEY ALSO FOR ROEHR
Proposition to Reimburse Milwaukee
Senator for Work in Legal Contest
With Equitable company-Sev
Senators Dissent From Report on
Both Bills.
Madison. April IS.

The senate committee on judiciary
reported yesterday in favor of passing
the bill to reimburse R. NJ. Bashford
and John Barnes for their work as at
torneys for Secretary of State Houser
in the action brought against him by
S, A. Cook and others TO determine
the republican state ticket of 1904.
The bill calls for an appropriation of
81 500 for each of the attorneys. The
committee also reported new bill, as
committee measure, providing for
an appropriation Of $4,000 to Senator
Roehr to pay him for acting as the at
torney for Insurance Commissioner
to compel division of the surplus
with the policy holders not less fire.
quently than once in five years. With
these reports was the record of the
dissent of Senators Whitehead, Kreut-
ger, Wilcox and Wipperman. Senator
North addressed the senate and re-
quested that his dissent be + corded,
he being absent from the committee
meeting when the bill was acted upon.
He also desired to communicate to the
senate the fact that Senator Merton
was also of dissenting opinion. Sena-
tor McGillivray was in the chair and
ne announced that if there were no OBJ
iections the request of Senator North
would be granted No objections We're
heard, but Senator Munson suggested
the improperly of a senator being re-
corded on a committee report when
he was absent at the time the matter
was acted upon. He said that he did
not desire to oppose the request OF
Senator North, but he with much con-
yiction declared that it was uuparlia-
mentary for a member under ldefinite
leave Of absence, as is Senator Mer-
ton, to be recorded as voting. Senator
MeGiliivray thereupon said that the
only way he could settle the matter
was to put it to a vote and interpret
ing the request of Senator North as a
formal motion, he called for a vote
and no opposing voice was heard.
The senate concurred in three as
sembly bills. including the Curtiss
measure to prohibit the manufacture
ard sale of adulterated buckwheat
-four but allowing the exception of GER
tain kinds of so-called self-rising flour,
also the Thomas measure relating to
FISH and game laws. and the Storm
bill revising the duties of the dairy
and sood commissioner.
II was a great day for laying over
and rereferring bills, this being done
to 10 measures, including the several
bills proposing to remove the capitol
from Madison. Senator Rogers secured
a weeks delay of a number of public
health and sanitation bills that are
arousing great opposition by newspa-
per men and many other people.
Five bills We're indefinitely post
poned. including North's. to regulate
telephone companies ami event
discrimination in charges; Frozen,
ming's by request. No. 28S, proposing
changes in the relations and powers
If the school board and common
council Of Milwaukee: Stout's, provid-
ing for the establishment and main
tenance of county schools of agricul-
ture and domestic science: Wright's by
request, to encourage racing and rae
ing organizations. and the bill from
the committee on manufactures and
labor authorizing cities of the second
third and fourth class to cause the re-
moval without delay of tanks contain
ing petroleum from within the city
limits