Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-07
WORK
Synopsis Of the Proceedings oil
the Lawmakers at
Madison.
STATE NEWS OF IMPORTANCE
Items of General Interest Caught
from the Wires and Prepared
for Our Readers.

Madison, Wis, June LATTER one of
the sharpest and bitterest fights of the
session, one that has been attended by
long debates. calls Of the house and
other unusual and stirring features.
the lower house Of the legislature late
at night passed the Dahl mortgage tax
alton bill. The vote was 45 to 30, but
that really did not show the full
strength of the opposition. There
were six pairs.
Senator Whitehead's plan to dis
pense with the calender and devote the
day to committee work proved a verit-
able cleaning up in long deferred legis-
lation. Many ''woodchuck" so-called
was forced out into the open and for
the next few days the calender Of both
houses will be overloaded with meas
ures marked for passage or slaughter
The occasion offered an abundant op-
portunity for eleventh hour trading
and In some instances for play of poll
tics such as has rarely been seen in
legislative annals.
Madison, Wis, June 2.-The assem-.
bly, unanimously concurred in the sem
ate railroad rate bill Governor La
Toilette vetoed the bill to lend trust
moneys for the building of arsenals
and other buildings. The governor sent
a special message to the senate urging
the passage Of bill to compel railroad
companies to present their books as
evidence in suits to recover back taxes.
The governor intimated he might call
special session if the legislature did
not pass the measure.
In message to the assembly the
governor recommended the favorable
considera ton Of letter received from
Governor John A. Johnson Of Mime
sofa favoring bill for the creation
Of a public park on the Brule river, in
Douglas county. The letter said that
Frederick Weyerhaeuser would donate
5000 acres of land for such a park.
The bill to determine the license fees
to be paid by life insurance companies
doing business In tie state was ad.
vanced. The bill proposes tax upon
the net value Of all policies in force,
being tendency, as Mr.. Dahl ex-
planned, towards taxation on an adj
valorem basis.
Under suspension Of the rules after
full and free discussion of the en-
tire subject, the senate in the after
noon passed the bill Of the committee
on capitol and grounds authorizing pre-
liminary expenditures aggregating
$658,0OO for new capitol building.
Madison, Wis, June 3.-The assem-
bly, adopted a resolution for a con-
stitutional convention and passed bill
taxing telegraph and telephone COM
panies on an ad valorem basis. The
senate killed a bill to establish the
Gutenberg liquor system in this state
and, following a suggestion of the
governors message Of the previous
day, concurred In a bill making it
mandatory to product books In court
for use in tax cases. A bill apropria-
ting $6500O0 for new capitol build
ing at Madison, passed the senate.
Senator Sanborn's bill, which to
some extent cuts down the perquisites
of the county printers, was advanced.
The bill provides that hereafter on all
tax deed notices of over 1000 descrip-
tions the fee shall be Is cents per de-
scription for the treasurer's list and
20 cents per description for the clerks
list. Upon lists Of 1000 descriptions
or less the price remains the same.
The assembly held two long ses-
sions. in which it disposed of over
seventy bills and resolutions. During
the discussion on the joint resolution
providing for convention for a re-
vision Of the constitution Mr.. Norcross
of GAINESVILLE paid tribute to the pub
lie services of A. r. Hall of Knapp,
who died later in the day, saying that
he deeply regretted that the man who
was most instrumental in securing
the adoption of the anti-pass amend
ment was lying dangerously i'll at his
home.
Among the bills ordered engrossed
were: To put the clerk Of the supreme
court on a salary of $1,000 instead Of
allowing him to retain the fees of the
once; to provide FOR the addition OF
woman member to the stat to board
Of control, vote SO to 81; to provide
that any dictionary recommended by
state commission may be used in
public schools.
Hurt by Boiler Explosion.
Barron, Wis, June 1.-The boiler in
the Barron Heading and Shaving mill