Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-31

While the bill itself was one of trifiins
importance, the governor held it would
holidays for officials and he did not believe
, the state should change salaries fixed by
! local bodies. Another bill objected to was
54OA, which proposed to permit agents OF
unauthorized companies 10 write insurance
in the state. This, the governor said would
sanction underground insurance. The argu-
ment was that the authorized companies
were not numerous or strong enough to
cover all the insurance wanted in the large
cities The bill, the governor held, would
/ lead to fraud would give an unfair ad-
/ vantage to unauthorized companies and
would destroy all inducement to authorized
/ foreign companies to enter the state 1t
! fees from the companies and simply license
| agents. No. 1854, which provided for an
appeal to the circuit judge from the deci-
sion Of town boards in certain cases in the
matter of laying out highways, was OBJ
| iected TO by the governor on the ground that
! it took ont of the hands of residents OF a
town rights and privileges that belonged to
them and gave them to outsiders. The gov
! ernor also objected to COLA, which provided
that Milwaukee county furnish its sheriff
and undersherif with street car tickets.
After another sharp fight in the Assem-
bly, on the oath, the Milwaukee elective
! school board measure was cOncurred in by
a vote of GA to 26 and now goes to the GOV
ernOr for his approval After being de-
feated in the Assembly the opponents Of
the bin went down to the Senate and in
duced Senator Froemming to make a mo-
ton to recall the bill from the Assembly
in order to amend it so that the board Of
building new schools. Senator Rogers pro-
tested against such course, but Senator
Roehr favored it. The motion was lost.
Several appropriation bills were unfavor-
ably reported. being Nos 196A, to aid the
Butter Makers association; INA, for the
state experiment .di station; 1904, for the
Farmers association: Two other bills were
unfavorably reported, 1854, for the inspec-
ton of mines, and 633A, for uniform sys-
The Bletcher bills, 446A to appointments
by the commissioner OF insurance, and
447A increasing the salary Of the insurance
passed in the Assembly, the vote on the
latter being 50 to % Bills concurred in
were: Nos. 172S WrighN, to municipal
court of Lincoln county; POPS OIerton). ex-
in the matter of sidewalks; 5O7S, for a
hatchery at the Minocqua hatchery; 52GS,
state charitable and penal institutions. The
Assembly concurred In the Senate amend
ment to the Lenrott bill, 329A, relating to
actions brought for personal injuries occa-
stoned by the negligent omission of en-
ployers to guard or protect machinery or
appliances; also lola, for raising height of
1884, was passed. after Mr.. Clausen made
an Intellectual attempt to have it laid over.
The vote on passage was 60 to IS
Definite action was taken by the Assem-
u
legislation. Among the bills unfavorably
recommended was 50bS. making an appro-
priation of $500 for the purchase of the
Columbian shield designed by Alois Loehr
of Milwaukee, Messrs. Greenwood, Fridd
and Coftand dissented. The governors
vetoes of four bills were sustained. Bill
quality on gold and silver articles sold.
which was recalled from the governor, was
killed. new bill was introduced by the
committee on judiciary providing that grand
DISCHARGED by 10
judge and not go out of existence at the
end of terms of courts. Senate amendments
to three Assembly bills were concurred in.
420A, to constructing telephone, telegraph
and power lines; 425A (Strehlow) to state
graded schools, making them more uniform
When No. 775A, requiring a license for 81
and a bond for 5000 of persons collecting
birds eggs, animals, etc, for scientific pur-
poses, came up Mr.. Cleary wanted it killed
He was against the practice of robbine
birds nests and wanted Il stronger law
The bill was ordered engrossed, however,
by vote of q to 90.
Gov. La Toilette on the 18th sent a spe
cial message to both houses of the Legis-
lature scoring lobbyists and their practices
and urging the passage of a bill making it
unlawful for any paid legislative counsel
to try TO influence any member personally
or in any manner except by addressing COM
mitteeS.
The Assembly for a time on the 26th re-
fused to comply with the request of the
Senate and return the bill providing for
referendum on the question of capitol re-
moval. A little debate arose in the AS
sembly over 61OA (Bletcher), to repeal the
law of 1903 defining what papers can bid
for the public printing of Milwaukee, re-
curing them to have circulation of at least
per cent. of each presidential vote. By
a tie vote of 81 to 81 the bill was refused
engrossment The joint resolution to sub
NIT to the people the question of holding a
constitutional convention was reported for
adoption in the Assembly with Mr.. NorcrOSS
dissenting from the committee report
Among bills favorably reported were: 1854,
to ascertain the available water supply of
hatcheries; 724A, to taxation of telegraph
and telephone companies or any combina-
ton thereof; 722A, to manner of charging
point police for camp meetings; 361S, to
licenses of casualty insurance companies
By vote of 20 to s the. Assembly passed
joint resolution No. 80, proposing an amend
ment to the constitution increasing the
compensation Of members of the Legisa-
ture from $500 to $1,000. There was no de-
ton were: Messrs. Irvine, Miller, Regatz,
Roycraft, Sawyer, John Scott, Stevens,
Wehrwein. Bills passed were: ASA (com,
of street OF eeetre 1 raw ths
rights Of-way by county boards of super
visors; 569A committee ON education), de-
free high school districts in certain mat
ters; 756A committee on lumber and min
ing), relative to the building and maintain
ing of a dam across the. Fox river in the
finance, banks and insurance., relating to
building and loan associations; 7o2A, de
filming legal fences. Three bills were killed:
144A, 614A and 624A, making appropria tons
of $4,000 to university experiment station
for tobacco experiments, $4,000 to Wiscon-
sin Humane society, and of $500 to the
North Wisconsin Farmers association.
Thomas Johnson succeeded in saving his
bill appropriating $1,000 to the Wisconsin
Butter Makers association, which was or
dered engrOssed.
For two hours and quarter the Assembly
was under a call of the house on the even
ing of the 26th. 1t arose over the mortgage
taxation bill. With forty-two members alb,
sent the Assembly then adjourned with
the understanding that the call is to be
renewed on the 9th The sergeant at arms
sent te'egrams to all members absent with
out leave, ordering them to return to Madi-
son and to the chamber at once.
In the Assembly on the 9th Mr.. Ha-
garty's joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution giving the COVER
nor ten days in which to consider bills
was adopted. The bill appropriating 500, 900
for state tuberculosis sanitarium was passed
unanimously. Other bills passed We're: 15A
(Winch), to aid in advancing the cranberry
industry in Wisconsin and making an ap-
preparation of $4,000; 162A CMr. Irvine) to
appropriate sum of money to t. F. Conroy
by reason of damages sustained by him as