Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12
Assembly Accepts 1t but the
Senate Thinks It Is
Radical.
BREWERS ARE MUCH WORRIED
Temperance Bills Get Generous
Support in the State
Legislature.
The Play of politics-Senate Dotted
with Aspirants for Election
Honors-No Adjourn
ment I'm Sight.

Madison. Wis, April 11.-This is a
railway week, and, indeed, the session
approaches its climate, Today the as
sembly is to vote on the railway rate
bill There were hopes that a bill
could be framed that would be ac-
ceptable to all sides, or that at least
would be moderate enough to get an
easy majority in the senate; but n
fight is inevitable The bill will pass
the assembly easy enough, but it is
predicted by some conservatives that
the requisite seventeen votes cannot be
secured Of the thirty-three In the SEN
ate a. I that no rate bill will be passed.
It viii be the first real lineup on an
administration measure. for this bill is
assumed to have Governor LaFollettes
approval; and the matter is far-reach-
Ing. 1t Is supposed TO involve Govern
or LaEollette's future action with ref
Cnce to going to the senate, and not a
few believe he will offer himself for
governor a fourth time, on the plat
form OF persistence, until he gets Il
majority in the senate as he has in the
assembly. II he declines 4 seat in the
senate this is believed by his followers
to be sufficient ammunition with
which TO oppo. . the cry of fourth
term"
Organizing the Railroad War.
Three thousand extra copies of the
bill have been printed and there has
been n ceaseless patter of petitions on
the subject Mr. Braddock, the Jack
son county assemblyman. who as chair
man Of the assembly committee has
managed the administration bill on
that side, IS a Yale man; one of his
home interests is the drainage Of an
enormous swamp Of 1900 acres.
Subs itute bills have been introduced,
and Kreutzer and Merton of the SEN
ate, who might be normally counted
on to vote for reasonable administra-
ton bill, have railway rate bills bear
ing their own names for which they
will demand consideration. But the
session. is so far advanced and the
proposition Of railway regulation is so
complicated that an authoritative
measure bearing administration ap-
prevail has a great momentum. 1t is
a vigorous measure, giving the COM
mission fuller powers than were real
ly expected when the debate started.
In short 1t IS n bin with teeth in IL.
and there is defiant talk Of putting
It up" TO the senate. with full respon-
sibility for it's defeat Should 1t be-
come a law, Of course the lawyers will
have their turn at it, and this is true
Of the cigarette bill and all far reach
ing measures They must y the
Famut Of that conservative T. sing
body, the supreme court.
Other Railway Propose
There are all kinds Of railway bills
In ali stages Of Advancement. The
railway representatives are suggesting
that 1t would be we'll to hang them up.
leaving to the proposed railway com
mission the putting in force Of the bet
terments and changes, as the COMMITS
sion would have the power to do.
Thus tie two cents n mile bin. which
Johnson, Of Oconto. little. but per
s.stent man. has urged for years The
railways insist that the Michigan law
on this point only applies to railway
companies which earn $1,000 mile on
passenger business.
One of the incidents Of the railway
furry is a published letter froan Sona-
ator Johnson, Of Racine, to con-
stitacnt II was melted by the pr1c-
tee Of petitions with the Inference by
some That these expressions Of opinion
are binding on a legislator. Senator
Johnson Is manufacturer. one of
those blunt, honest men who speaks
his mind He does not object to peti-
tons. although he thinks there. is too
much indscrimjnate signing of them,
as 70 detailed legislation and the petit
tons have to do with a partlMlar'biln,
that is, lie takes the ground that be-
yond expressing Of an op. lion,as 10 the
Gesirahiiitv of a railway com mission.
.he citizens at home can best leave to
their representatives. the working out
o.. details
& operations Under the, Harrow.
As an instance of the Joss Of an
tEor.ty of corporations In legislative
matters may be cited b1ysoh of thro,.
measures advanced IN the assembly ON
one day recently One provided that
as Shippers must pay a penalty for