Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-27
.LEGISLAT WORK
Synopsis of the Proceedings OF
the Lawmakers at
Madison.
STATE NEWS OF IMPORTANCE
items OF General Interest Caught
from the Wires and Prepared
for Our Readers.

Madison, Wis, May 1.-THE state
assembly has Killed the Thayer bill,
providing for barring saloons from
residence districts. The assembly.
however adopted a substitute provid-
ing for a referendum. The senate made
the railroad rate bill a special order
for tomorrow, after Senator Stevens
had offered an amendment providing
for an elective instead of an appointive
commission.
The automobile bill, providing for
state registration and regulation of au-
tos was passed by the assembly with
out discussion. The assembly refused
to pass the Martin parole bill over the
governors veto. The Stevens bill re-
structing the powers of county judges
and the bill regulating the importation
of cattle, were killed The Theme
joint resolution providing for an
amendment to the constitution to pre-
vent foreigners from voting until they
have attained full citizenship was or
dered engrossed.
The senate had the longest calendar
of the session, but practically all of the
more important measures were post
poned.
Madison, Wis. May 1S.-The senate
passed the bill submitting to the peo-
pie the question of removing the state
capitol from Madison also bill pro
viding for lien on horses to pay for
shoeing same; a bill to prevent IN
authorized presentations of dramatic
and musical compositions; and a bill
to compel safeguards on corn-huskers
and shredders.
After an hour and a half Of skirmish-
ing during which the Kreutzer substi
tute for the Stout 300 foot saloon limit
hill was rejected, and during which
amendments were adopted and voted
down, the passage Of the bill was de
feated in the senate by q motion to adj
journ.
Bitter personalities, fractional poll
tics, and sharp parliamentary practices
characterized a long debate on mort
fight eliminated in a call Of the house.
the first one of the session, lasting half
an hour, when it was raised and q mo-
ton to adjourn prevailed The con-
test grew out Of an attempt on the
part of some of the administration
leaders to secure favorable action on
bill amending the. present mortgage
taxation law SO as to provide for the
taxation of mortgages in the district
in which the mortgaged property is To-
Gated. the mOrtgagOr being required to
pay the taxes under penalty of for
fixture of his equity
.s.Oe.
Madison Wis. May 10. = The SEN
ate has passed the administration rail
road measure by a unanimous vote, aft
er voting down several amendments
The bill in the main is as introduced,
and has also passed the assembly by
a large majority.
1t provides for an appOintive railway
commission Of three members, with a
salary of $4,000 each per year, with
power to prescribe 'just and equita-
ble' rates, charges and regulations; to
govern and regulate freight and pas
senger rates and switching and other
charges; to correct abuses and prevent
unjust determinations in railroad
rates.
After a spirited debate lasting two
and a half hours the assembly slightly
amended the state medical boards bill
to give the examiners the power to re-
woke the licenses of practitioners, and
then ordered it engrossed and read
third time
After considerable discussion the as
sembly reconsidered the vote by which
it refused to order the mortgage taxa
ti0n bill to engrosSment and then laid
it over until Tuesday The vote on re-
consideration was AZ to 43.
Among the bills passed were: To
provide the dairy and food commits
Sioner with second assistant, an as
Sistant chemist, and eight agents,
whose aggregate salaries amount to
S12,400; to divide the city Of Milwau-
kee into justice of the peace and con-
stable districts; to appropriate $4,000
for the compilation of the laws relat-
ing to villages and towns; to authorize
the state land commissioner to loan
$4,000 to the Appleton Light Infantry
association of Appleton, and to create
a state forestry board.
.SOs.
Madison, Wis, May 20-The senate
has reconsidered the bill for submit
ting to vote Of the people the PROPOSE
tion to remove the capitol from Madi-
son, and reconsidered a bill that had
previously been killed prohibiting lob
byists attempting to influence legisla-
tors anywhere except in committee
meetings.
There were roll calls upon practically
every measure upon which there oc-
cured any sort Of a contest, and it
took the senate until long after the
dinner hour to finish it swork. Ad-
iOurOmpOt VVoS tolxan until q O'Clock