The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20

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vote for his successor. The governor
proposes that the contribution of cam
paign funds by corporations be stopped
by law. He also wants Il prOhib-
ton on the personal influencing of leg
islators by individuals, leaving all such
work to the committee room in public
addresses.
The United States Senatorship.
AS to the sanatorships, there !. arc
four avowed can4i1ates. in Judge
Webb. Congressman Esch and Con
gresham, Cooper and Senator Quarles.
with headquarters, all here or to be
here to look after their interests. The
lawmakers of the Lacrosse district
meet in conference to forward MI.
Esch's cause Mr. Stephenson is not
an active candidate. but members
from his district say frankly that con
ditions may shape his way. The Webb
movement is in the hands of Senators
Sanborn. Wipperman. Hatten and
Hudnall. and Of course. it is a power
full quartette 1t is expected that
Senator Quarlcs will make the strong
est showing on the first vote. after
which no one cares to prophecy what
will happen While there are some
members who frankly say they want
to put LaFOllette into the senate now.
and influential men as r. NJ. Bashford
arc so expressing themselves in the
press. the governors own attitude is
ic ttny h iIslN
time alone can clear up.
Committees TO Do the Work.
The senate committeeships were
distributed to pretty general satisfac-
ton, delicate lines of fractional stress
being avoided The idea that either
faction would get all the chairman
ships and ride rough-shOd over til"
other proved to be UnWAirantet. tn"
fact being that the alignment is SO
close that no unreasonable PROPOSE
would carry. Men generally speaking
wish to do the fair and right thing
and those who handle them best be-
lieve in this maxim ard never forget
it. The governor was busy with his
message for days, working at his
house: and MessrS. ChynOWPth, Con
nor. Howser and LenrOot, are rec
ogniZed as lieuterants of The COY,
.ernOr who 0 things. About tn"
only legislature event of the first week
was !; resolution by Senator McGjl
livray, indorsing President Roosevelt
in his efforts to strengthen the inter
state con1mnrcn commission
A New State House.
The question of a new capitol has
mot received much attention as yet.
owing to the dominance Of other ques-
tons In large room in the present
capitol are three sets Of plans for
new building, and one who has never
seen such drawings has no idea of
their magnifcence. Each set is valued
ut about $4,000. Two of them propose
a building much like a conventional
capitol-the huge dome and a sym
metrcal building at its base. The es-
timated cost of these is $2,5O0OO0.
The other is less conventional with
dome, to be sure, but with the build
ings spreading into wings in fact
more of plant as shown by the es
timated cOst-sOme $5,00O0OO. The
new capitol at st. Paul is already
proving itself too small. which will
be warning to Wisconsin. What
ever building is put up, it must go in
sections that is, part Of the old one
must be left to do the business Of the
state in while erection of the new is
going forward. The splendor of the
thing will occur to one when he re-
fleets that at least one Of the new ones
would cover twice the present area.
Fortunately Capitol park is thirteen
acres in extent and there is room for
it. with gOodly park area for pic
nckers on the edges. The commission
assigned originally to provide quarters
for the supreme court and law library,
anM later confronted by the fact of
the fire, is unanimous that new cap
itol should be built. Now and then
someone says that a private corpora
tion could get along nicely with the
old One-which in outline is certai nly
lovely old pile: but Wisconsin is feel
ing it's oats, is prosperous and looks to
big destiny-the idea of worthy
state building has certainly seized the
Madison mind ard no doubt the legiS-
lature. presumab bly, this one, will do
the business. The appropria tons,
coming from 100000 people and Gov
erning period of years come easily
Married Men Approve.
There is talk Of a bill to tax bach
elors, Il proposition which may create
SMILE but is said to have good
economic foundation. Here are these
old fellows with no one to look out for
but themselves. enjoying the protec-
ton and benefits of great state but
providing no children to do it's work.
and defend it. and missing the burdens
Of head of the family. There are
not many ba chelors. so put 'em to the
rack It lis not often one meets an
man of so. The rule of life
Is matrfmony. Some keep out of 1t
until they are 80. few until they are
40, and nearly all the rest get under
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