Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-10
WISCONSIN SOLONS.


Architect Cass Gilbert of st. Paul won
the competition for preparation of plans
for the new capitol building and will be
chosen to supervise the work of construc-
ton, which will begin during the coming
season. The plans are said to resemble
in many respects those of the new Mime
sofa state house 1t is estimated that it
can be completed for about $5,0000O0,
but many believe that the plans cannot
be executed for less than $SOO0,000 to
$1OO0O,O0O. The style of the accepted
plans is known as romantic. The report
of the commission was presented to the
Legislature Tuesday night. The first
prize is $4,000, second 81 500 and third
is 81 900. The construction will occupy
term of eight or ten years, the first
parts to be built being those Of the old
building destroyed by fire a year ago. A
bill introduced into the Assembly Tues
day would repeal the Wisconsin marriage
law, requiring a wait of five days after
securing a marriage license before the
ceremony can be performed.
The Social Democratic colony in the
Assembly had their first brush on the
floor Wednesday morning. When the
joint resolution introduced Tuesday by
MIR. Brockhausen came up for discussion,
Mr.. Warner asked that it be laid over
until it could be ascertained whether 1t
was true or not that the child labor law
was being violated by the employment or
pages in the Assembly who were under
IA years of age. Mr.. Donald moved that
it be referred to the committee on judi
ciary. Mr.. Brockhausen made his maid
en- speech, maintaining that the State
ought to observe it's own laws before eX-
pecting any other to observe them and
asked for the immediate passage of the
resolution. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on judiciary, however. Assembly
man Chandler introduced a measure to
regulate the operation of corn shredders,
providing that the operator shall stand
six and one-half feet from the swapping
rollers, and authorizing the labor COM
missioner to enforce the law. In the
Senate Mr.. McGillivray submitted a
measure to provide for a State tax for
building good roads. Senator Frear Il
bill to punish those guilty of illegal vot-
ing by Imprisonment of from one year
to three years or fine of not to exceed
$500; Senator Wylie a bill providing that
the system of registration of pedigreed
animals adopted by the national Depart
ment of Agriculture shall be recognized
by this State and providing for the pun
ishment for the persons who sell animals
registered by any other system, claim
ing that they are pedigreed stock.
Gov. La Toilette caused bill to be
introduced in the Assembly Thursday to
establish 4 sweeping system of civil SER
vice covering all the positions in the
State service for which a competitive ex-
animation is applicable. The bill is Il
volume of 5000 words and is said by
many to involve system so cumbersome
and expensive as to have no chance of
passage in it's present form. There is
much civil service reform sentiment in
the Legislature, however, and doubtless
q milder measure will be formulated and
may be passed. The radical measure
was introduced by Assemblyman Warner
of Madison, Gov. La Follette's leader on
the floor. 1t establishes a commission
of three, appointed by the Governor. The
Senate passed by unanimous vote the bill
to amend the statute of limitation and al
low the State to sue the railroads for
the period of the last six years for ST.
100000 taxes which Gov. La Toilette
claims is due the State.
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In the Assembly Friday morning, Mr..
Warner introduced a measure instructing
the Attorney General to proceed against
all trusts, combinations and monopolies
under the common law. This bill is to
carry out the theory of d. K. Tenney
of Madison, who believes that the COM
mon law can reach all trust cases and
break up unlawful combinations. There
fore the measure provides that the Wis
consin Attorney General test what can
be done under the common law in regu-
lating trusts operating in this State. A
bill which it is claimed was drawn with
an idea of taking the Wisconsin Nation
al Guard out of politics is another civil
service measure which has been pre-
scented to this Legislature. The bill makes
the offices of adjutant general, quarter
master general assistant adjutant gen
eral. assistant general inspector of small
arms practice, and in fact all staff posi-
tions in the Wisconsin national guard
life positions, retirement not to take eff
feet except for cause until these officers
arrive at the age of Ga years. In the
Senate Mr.. Hudnam introduced a bill
practically the same as the Superior
grain bill of two years ago. 1t
provides for the appointment of one in
spector from Dakota, one from New
York and one from Wisconsin, to inspect
all grain at the port of Superior, the idea
being to give grain Wisconsin rating
instead of a Minnesota rating, as at pres
ent. The measure was bitterly opposed
two years ago and defeated.
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