Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-12
ASSEMBLY TAKES ACTION TO
PROD MADISON.
WADED MUD LONG ENOUGH
Lower House Adopts Amendment
With a Great Shout Requiring
Madpon to Pave Park Streets Be-
fore Capitol Appropriation Is
Available.
Madison, June 8.


The capitol building bill was ad-
vanced to third reading by the assem-
bly, by a vote of IS to 8, after an
amendment offered by Assemblyman
Andrew of Douglas county had been
adopted with shout. The amend
ment provided that:
mo portion of the money herein
appropriated for any of the herein
mentioned purposes shall be available
until the city of Madison shall have
paved the street and the corner in
tersectiono around the capitol park
with asphalt
Only one member, Mr.. F. Johnson,
voted against the amendment. He
said afterwards that he did not think
| it the proper thing to attempt to CO.
cree the city into doing anything. AS
semlbyman Andrew briefly supporting
his amendment said that there were
few members opposed to giving the
city of Madison the benefit of a large
and expensive new state capitol build
ing, but that the city ought to show
at least a slight willingness to render
some appreciation. He recalled that
for the last three sessions of the leg
islature the members have been
obliged to wade through the mud of
the capitol park streets and that al
days they (the streets) were in a dis
graceful condition. The amendment
found enthusiastic favor. When the
vote was taken on advancing the bill
Mr.. John Scott said that he was in
favor of the city being required to
pave the streets to the center on the
city side but that the state ought to
pave it's side. He therefore voted in
the negative, with Assemblymen F.
Johnson, Miller, Potter, Stevens, Sly
marek, Wehrwein and Westfahl.
Assemblyman Andrew desired to have
the rules suspended and the bill be
concurred in Immediately, but with
drew the motion upon the hearing If
objections.
| Speaker LenroOt requested that
members be slow in asking for the
passage of bills under suspension of
the rules, as there are no committee
hearings and the members ought TO
be given all the time possible for
consideration of measures.
insurance Tax Bill Killed.
The assembly killed the bill to lay
tax OF one per cent. on the cash val
lie OF the life insurance policies held
by people in Wisconsin. The final
vote was sc for the bill and 40 in OPP
position. Henry Johnson changed
his vote from aye to no, for the pur-
pose OF being able to make motion
for reconsideration Mr.. Cleary saw
the plan and Immediately moved re-
consideration, SO as to kill the bill be-
yond resurrection. Mr.. Dahl, the
chief advocate of the measure, de-
nounced this as unfair play and threat
ened to move a call of the house il
the memebr from Juneau insisted up
on his motion. The motion was in
| sisted upon and the call moved and
sustained, but was quickly raised and
the motion for reconsideration defeat
ed, 81 to 40.
The debate Of the measure occupied
the early part of the afternoon ses-
sion. Mr.. Hanson of Beloit made a
speech opposing the system proposed,
declaring that it would levee a tax
upon the Northwestern Mutual of Mil
waukee of over 100000 and would
perhaps ruin the Madison company,
The Wisconsin Life, or at least work
a hardship to it. Assemblyman Dahl
made light of this argument, saying
that the reason the tax would be so
large is that the reserves are SO great
and that the rate is small. The tax
commission was represented as being
not agreed at all in favor of the bill
although Mr.. Dahl said that one mem
Der of the commission had on some
occasion declared that he would vote
for it if he were a memebr of the leg
islature
Assemblyman Crowley opposed the