The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-04-15

Smith bill to cut out from the perqul-
sites of the official state paper, the S.
| 900 publication of insurance state
| ments was advanced to third reading.
Bills reported from. committee on
| finance, banks and insurance were. adj
vanced, being measures to prevent dis
| elimination in fire insurance contracts
and requiring frequent distributions OF
mutual life insurance companies
| The senate did little work. The NO
| BILE resolution for senatorial commit
tee to investigate and report upon the
question of revising the general char
ter law so that cities now operating
under special charters might come un-
der a general act, was laid over. Sen
ator Rogers secured delay in the adj
svancementi of the Stout bill to forbid
the presence of a saloon within 3O0
i.feet Of any school. Delay was also the
Iforderi On the assembly bill for the cut
ting down of wage exemptions from
| garnishment.
! Movements,fto call upon national
congress to abolish polygamy and the
! political power of the Mormon church
was fnauglrated Saturday in the in
i PRODUCTION by' Senator Whitehead OF a
! Joint resolution reciting the evils OF
/ Mormonism and memorialiZing con-
/ gress to pass radical legislation. Sen
ator Whitehead: is president OF, the
Young Mems Christian association
and is prominent in the Congregation
al church His resolution is as fol
i lows: II
4 Whereas, the disclosures made be-
fore the committee on privileges and
elections of the United States senate
regarding the methods and practices
of the Mormon church, show that this
I organization is violating, through its
i leaders, the laws of the land, and that
it is a reasonable organization, owing
to it's highest allegiance to its own or
ganization, and,
whereas, the disclosures coming
out almost daily in Utah prove that
the leaders of this church are becom
| ing more anu ulOle InloII0l ant otio 10 "
Y defying, and, -
H.. t'Whereas, this Mormon institution
has been blot and stain upon the
good name of the United States fol-
more than fifty years,
Therefore, Resolved by the senate
the assembly concurring, that we call
upon the national congress to pass
such remedial legislation as shall put
a stop to polygamy and polygamous
living and the political control by the
Mormon hierarchy, and that we re
Quest the United States senators from
the State of Wisconsin to vote to re
fuse Reed Smoot, an apostle of this
church and one of it's highest officers
the right to continue as senator OF
the United States.
l. The resolution was received with
general favorable comment, and there
is no sign as yet OF any opposition.
/ Senator Randolph made spirited
speech. demonstrating with those sen
Il ators who voted to hold Saturday SEES
i sions. and who, after assisting to carry
4 that motion, absented themselves
from the senate.
The committee on capitol and
grounds introduced new bill to cover
the point raised by the attorney gen
eral and to allow the competing archi
tects the prizes awarded for the draw
ing of plans in the capitol competition
The legislature two years ago appro
priated 100000 for construction an6
$4,000 for plans for the purpose OF
providing room. for the state supreme
court and the law library. The CAPT
stol fire interposed the necessity Of al
tering. the program, to the extent that
competition for preparation of plans
for the new capitol was held, prizes
j for which amounting to $4,000, s1,50C
and $1,000, were offered.
When the committee came to draw
| warrants for the payment Of the prizes
the state treasurer asked for an of
fetal opinion from the attorney gener
al as to whether the law was ample
1 to allow the committee to draw the
, warrants.
The attorney general held that the
law was mot broad and inclusive
: enough to cover the changed condi
tions brought about by the fire, ant
the new bill offered by the committee
on capitol and grounds is intended tc
cover the point.
The assembly concurred in the Mer
ton bill to aprohibit the. presence .o
girls in saloon dance halls. The bill
. is particularly aimed at resorts in Mil
waukee. The bill for the regulation
and control of fraternal insurance or
ders, over which a long and strenuous
controversy has been waged, was re
ported for indefinite postponement.s
On Nov 26 last Mrs. August Nau
mer. Miss Ada Stoll and Carl Yoss