Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-16
WISCONSIN SOLOAS.
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Gov. La Toilette on Thursday morning
sent to the Assembly a veto of the bill
decreasing the punishment exemptions.
His reasons for Withholding his APP
prevail were that it removed protec-
ton from the working man which was
honestly his due. The Assembly post
poned consideration of the message. The
bill to create a school book commission
TO establish uniformity of text books in
the common schools of the State was or
dered engrosSed by a vote of 46 to 36, af-
ter a spirited debate in the Assembly. Mr..
Braddoek's anti-paSs bill came up again.
he having an amendment permitting Of
use of transportation by officials in the
discharge of their duties as the employees
of railroad companies. In reply to n
question from Mr.. Coffland. Mr. Brad
dock explained that competent authOri-
ties gave it as their opinion that news
paper men who were public officials could
not ride on mileage under the law The
vote on engrossment was I6 TO 4. In
the Senate the Frear life Insurance res
olution was adopted and the following
bills concurred in: 73A (BeedIel. pertain
ipg to printing of proceedings of associa-
tiG1s of trustees and superintendent Of
county asylums; 5SSA (McGregor), relat-
ing to teachers certificates.
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Gov. La Toilette has played his trump
card and won the game in the freight
rate commission contest. Thursday even
ing it was hinted about the capitol with
the persistence that indicated that it was
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would be a candidate for the head Of the
freight rate commission in the event the
Legislature passed bill providing for
an elective commission. This rumor ere
ated CONSERVATION among the railroad
representatives. After session lasting
until after / O'clock in the morning, the
railroad committee of the Senate decided
to bring in unanimous report for a
freight rate commission bin which is
practically the administration measure.
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Friday was Q red letter day in the
Senate, the calendaf being the largest
Of the Session to q : Sixty..tqy bills
/ appearing upon it, and new bill passed
under suspension of the RULES making
sixty-fye. The Assembly cleaned up its
Friday calendar on Thursday afternoon
and practically adjourned until Monday
evening, although the Speaker called the
House together Friday morning and a
motion to adjourn was carried, to keep
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The stalwarts % the Wisconsin Senate
have by no means given up their fight
against the La Toilette plan TO enact n
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rate commission. This was shown Mon
day night by the Introduction by Sena-
tor w. Q. North. Democrat who has
always lined up with the opponents of
the administration, Of a substitute for
the measure reported unanimously by the
committee on railroads after three
months elaboration The main differ
ences of the substitute from the commit
tee bill are the provisions that the decis-
ions of the commission shall be applied
and go into effect only if the railroads
make no protest and file no appeal. The
committee bill provides that the decis-
ions of the commission shall be applied
twenty days after the announcement
thereof. The substitute also provides
that the members of the commission shall
be elected rather than appointed. 1t rs
said to be possible that the elective fea-
ture will be incorporated into the bill as
it will be finally passed, which would
mean that Gov. La Toilette would not
so 20 the United States Senate, but re-
main in Wisconsin and become candi-
date for a place on the commission.
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The Senate on Tuesday concurred in
the Assembly bill providing that divorced
persons cannot marry until a year from
the date of the divorce, except that on
application of the party obtaining the
divorce judges may grant permission to
divorced persons to marry after sixty
days. The bill to compel one telephone
company to connect with the exchange
of a rival failed of final passage in the
Assembly.