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drops while the sergeant-at farms and his
assistants and the pages scurry around
setting cuspidors and waste paper bas-
kets and pals and tubs under the drip
ping streams to keep the moisture from
descending to the patcs of the Senators
farther below. Every storm is a good
argument for a new capitol and justice
Marshall might we'll recall the story of
the old Scotch parson who was trying
to induce his congregation to contribute
for new kirk. One rather close-isred
deacon offered to give pound, which
was much less than the parson believed
he ought to offer. Just then leak in
the roof above let through a copious
stream, splashing square on the deacons
head. make that five pun" he said,
whereat the minister in his ecstacy pray
ed aloud, Soak him again, good Lord,
soak him again."
State Treasurer Kempf took the pre-
caution to secure from Attorney General
Sturdevant an opinion as to what fund
the money received from the United
States government in part payment Of
the war claim should be placed The
Attorney General adheres to his former
OpAhIOA IldL IL OuSHt 10 80 lutO the gen
eral fund. The claim was for money
advanced at the outbreak of the Civil
War to equip the State troops, and this
money was borrowed from the trust
funds. Some attorneys claim that the
money received in payment of the claims
ought to be returned to these trust funds
Mr.. Kempf was rather harshly criticised
some months ago for allowing former
nc Of a 1o; 10 ;s,fa ba
general fund and at one time the treas
ury commissioners instructed him to
withdraw it and put it into the trust
funds, but later reconSdered their action
and allowed it to remain where it was
first placed.
The committee on claims has prepared
a schedule of the amounts requested in
the different bills now pending before the
Legislature and discovers that they
amount to 1878, 302 in excess of the
regular standing appropriations. This
does not include duplicate blls-where
two or more measures cover the same
appropriation the largest one only being
included in the schedule. The surplus OF
the last two years, as estimated by the
Secretary of State, is $1,S69, Ssh,
which would mean deficit, if all the
pending bills are enacted into law, Of
$2,O63, 1886, not taking into considera-
ton the amount the State received a
few days ago from the national govern
ment on war claims, $73S,O0O. This is
but an indication of the work in store
for the committee on claims in cutting
down appropriations to come within the
assets Of the State.
'There is no greater crime against the
State than holding religious REVEALS
said Supt. Gorst of the Mendoza hospital
for the insane to a party of legislators
recently. whenever there is stirring
religious revival in any part of the State
it is followed by veritable influx Of pa
TENTS sent to the asylums 1t is not al
ways safe to say these things openly be-
cause it is not always safe to tell the
truth, but that is the fact. Religious
mania is one of the most common forms
of insanity and together with over-in-
diligence in alcoholic drink and family
troubles. religious enthusiasm is the great
cause of sending persons to institutions
like this" ''That puts the church and
the saloon in the same category as far as
being feeders for your asylum is con-
cerned," remarked one of the lawmakers.
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There is a doubly curious relic in the
collection at the Grand Army headquar-
ters, which since the fire occupies store
OH one of the main streets of Madison.
It is a conical shell which was picked
up from the battlefield of Vicksburg in
1908, after having lain there for forty
years unexploded. 1t was brought to
Wisconsin and made part of the collec-
ton of Civil War relics in the capitol.
During the fire of year ago it eXplod-
ed. The pieces were picked up and wir-
ed together and it is now Il badly shat
tered double relic of the war and tho
fire. It was brought from Vicksburg
by J. w. Baldeck of Brant, Calumet
county.
Senator Bird was the only old soldier
in the Senate who spoke On the proposed
exemption law and he said that the SOL
diers didn't want it and didn't need it,
that they didn't go to war for the bene-
fits to be received therefrom, but because
they happened to be in the prime of life
when their country called them. He said
that they had been treated very gener-
ously by the national and State govern
ments.
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The committee on manufactures will
introduce the bill to appropriate a fund
for the Lewis and Clark exposition. Be-
cause a similar bill was killed few
weeks ago the new bill must differ some
what in its provisions from the old one
and the appropriation will therefore be
of Coz 000 CTR irhF instead of H1S-
900 and the uneNpended balance of the
st. Louis fair fund.
Speaker Lenroot threatens to station
an officer in the rear Of the Assembly
chamber unless the naughty boys in the
back row of seats don't keep better or
der. After all, the august members Of
the Legislature are little more or less
than grown-up school boys and they like
to whisper in school when the teacher