Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-05

nall, johnson, Kreutzer, Noble, North,
Rogers, Roehr, Stevens, Stondall,
Stout, Whitehead, Wilcox, Wipperman
is.
For one wing-Bird, Burns, Frear,
Froemming, Martin, McGillivray, Nor
ris, Randolph, Rummel, Smith, Wolff,
Wright, Wylie- 13.
Cut in Amount Killed.
The third amendment proposed by
the committee on claims was also
voted down, by vote of 13 to Is, the
senate lining up the same as on the
second amendment. The third amend
ment proposed that the appropriation
be reduced $4,000.
Passed Under Suspension.
There was an atmosphere of great
relief in the senate chamber and even
greater relief when Senator Whitehead
arose and moved that the bill be final
ly disposed of by suspending the rules
and placing it upon it's final passage.
This was agreed to, Senator Burns re-
marking that he was about to make the
motion himself The bill was then
passed under suspension of the rules,
only Senator Randolph voting in the
negative when the roll was called.
Counting the paired opposing vote of
Senator :Hagemeister, this would make
two votes in the opposition to a new
capitol.
Corporations in Politics.
After the senate had disposed of the
capitol question the Frear bill to pro-
hibit the making Of contributions by
corporations to politics was taken up.
An amendment by Senator KreutzeT,
eliminating the provision to divide the
fine with the complaining witness, was
agreed to and the bill advanced to
third reading and engrossment by
vote of 10 to IL, as follows:
Against corporation contributions in
politics Frear, Hatten, Hud-
nall, Kreutzer, Martin, McGillivray,
Morris, Munson, Noble, Randolph,
Rogers, Rummel, Sanbon, Stondaii,
Stout, Wilcox, Wipperman, Wylie-19.
For free use of corporation money in
politics-Beach, Bird, Froemming,
Johnson, North, Roehr, Smith, Stevens,
Whitehead, Wolff, Wright--11.
McGillivray's Forceful Speech.
The final adjustment of the capital
question is a source of satisfaction to
all the senators and particularly to
Senator McGillivray, who believes con-
fidently that had he not made a fight
the expensive Cass Gilbert plan would
have been saddled upon the state.
Other senators deny that there ever
was any danger of $10,000,000 plan
beng adopted. The Set speech OF the
DEBATE yesterday was by Senator Nc
He praised the work of the
present legislature and said that one
Of it's most important pieces of work
would be the capitol building law. He
spoke earnestly for the harmonizing of
all business interests. After review
ing the present capitol commission
and reciting the need for more state
house room, he continued:
Build Part at Time.
'.To my mind there are but two
courses to pursue. One is to tear
down the present capitol and build en-
tirely new. The other course IS to re-
buil0 this building a section at a time
from a plan to which we can add a
new section at time when needed.
On these two points | desire your
close attention. On the first PROPOSE
ton as to a~large new capitol, | feel
that all those, who were friendly to il
have come tG the conclusion that the
people of the state do not want to tax
for that purpose at this
time. So the contest has narrowed
down to the second proposition to re-
build the present building. The north
wing AMI it's connection with the dome
are in no way damaged and will last
for many years. The south wing is
now in good condition and with proper
finish will be all the state needs for
way injured and is substantial and
COOL looking, in fact it is one Of the
most beautiful domes in the United
States. The connecting section be
tween the dome and the south wing is
on one side from the water
table up and on the other side from
the plate up. This will have TO be re-
paired The steps leading to both
wings should be rebuilt.
Let us go little further and see
what CAN be done with the building
by spending a small amount of money.
By remodeling the north wing and
making the floors the same as the
south wing we can provide ample and
rooms for the supreme
court and the law AMI reference Ii
braries for the next fifty years at an
expense of about $4,000.
"The dome, l think all will agree,