Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-14

The freight rate commission bill was
on the calendar of the Assembly Thurs
day morning. but consideration of it was
laid over until the next Tuesday when ii
will be a special order of business for
10 o'clock. The Assembly advanced to
third reading three bills without discus
sion. One of them provides for a uni
form car service and delayagc charges.
compelling the roads to pay the shippers
for delay in furnishing cars. just the
shippers have to pay the roads for delay
IN loading or unloading the cars fur
nished them. The second bill provides
that all railroad property not actually
used for traffic or transportation pur-
poses shall be taxed locally. This in
cludes dock property, warehouses; eleva
tors and Office buildings which hitherto
have escaped taxation except from the
license fees paid by the roads. The third
bill defines the duty of railroads in the
transportation of live stock making them
run such trains at a certain speed and
providing that the stock shall be fed and
watered at certain periods. The Senate
resolution for the immediate return Of
the Alabama battle flag was concurred
in without opposition. The Stondall res
olution to accept the invitation of the
Minnesota Legislature to go to st. Pail
and see the capitol was killed by vote
of 80 to 54 The Scott resolution to
place the Wisconsin war claims moneys
back in the funds from which taken was
killed. The case of State Senator Bar
ney Eaton, recently acquitted of the
charge of receiving 500 fer his vote, is
now Squarely before the Senate and 1t IS
probable that thorough investigation
will be made, not only into Senator
Eaton's own record and his statement
that most of the business of legislative
committee is done i'll saloons and over
wine suppers but into the doings of GER
tain other legislators. Senator Eaton
read long statement to the Senate in
which he said he had proved his limo
cence, was returning to his seat in hui
mility and that he believed it now time
to allow him the privilege of taking up
his duties where he had laid them down.
Senator Frear then introduced resolu-
ton calling for a complete investigation
of the sworn statements made by Sena-
tor Eaton during his trial. Both the
statement and the resolution were laid
over until the next Tuesday.
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The Assembly Friday morning refused
to abolish the office of supervisors of
assessment by vote of 81 to ~ after a
debate lasting over an hour. The bill
making debts for monuments and grave
stones a lien on such property was pass
ed after another sharp debate. The bill
to release the county of Lafayette from
paying an inheritance tax of about ST.
900 on a bequest of $125, 600 for court
house to be erected at Darlington by a
vote of Sc to % without debate. The
bill decreasing the amount of exemption
of wages of working men from $50 to
$50 which was recommended for passage
have to again pass through hot fire OF
opposition before it is again advanced.
The bill to memorable Congress in favor
of improvements on the upper Mississip-
nj River was recommended for indefinite
0ostponement as was the bill to put a
stoD to the use of automatic guns by
sportsmen.
At the request of a national organlza-
tion of women which has had similar
measures introduced in numerous State
Legislatures. this winter Senator White
head Saturday morning introduced a
Joint resolution in the Senate memorial