Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-03-31
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The discussion of the automobile bills
has brought out good story on one of
the opponents of stringent auto regu-
lating BILL When he first bought his
machine and was trying it out, the man
who sold it to him was riding with him
explaining the tricks of the devil wagon.
The purchaser was at the lever and in
the course of the ride came upon a few
cows in the roadway. lie became ex-
cited and couldn't think OF what to do
first, so he simply grabbed the lever
tight and cried out at the top of his
voice, whoa, Whoa" The dealer seiz-
ed the lever and stopped the machine
just before it bumped into the nearest
bossy.
The church and the Socialists worked
hand in hand for the Sunday observance
laws. Each protested that they did not
belong to the other class, but they were
working i'll the interests of the poor
down-trodden workingman. The Seventh
Day AdventiSts took some pretty hard
raps at the alleged paternalistic meas
ures and drove some of the advocates
of the bills to the statement that
closer union of the church and state was
desirable and that conditions had come
to such a state in this country that it
was only a question of who must act as
the parent of the individual, the State
or the corporations.
The Assembly has acted favorably up
on the request of the Milwaukee Alder
men to legaliZe the transfers eff money
from the water fund to the general city
fund. This practice has been followed
for years and gave rise to the famous
Rice case which tied up the city finances
almost completely a few years ago. For
a year or two no money was diverted
from the water fund, but the immense
profits of that department We're too great
a temptation to the Aldermen who are
always on the stil-hunt for money to
spend and they lapsed back into tke old
custom.
"When the new capitol is built" said
August Rebhan. there ought to be lot
of Marshall barracks erected around it
for the accommodation of the people
who come out here to appear before COM
mittees. This paying 81 a day for cot
in the hallway is getting to be tiresome."
Let Milwaukee have the capitol" said
one of the genial Madisonans. "and
then we can make the old capitol over
into a hotel so that everybody who comes
here can get a berth. That would settle
it all around"
The "Norskis' are much in evidence in
the Legislature this winter. Besides hold
ing banquets occasionally at which the
Governor and other prominent men are
the honored guests, they turned the AS
sembly chamber into a singing school the
other night, at which the old war songs
of the Vikings were sung with resounding
vigOr Later the concert took on the
aspect of a patriotic concert, at which
American national songs were sung.
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Senator Johnston's challenge of the
Governors figures in regard to freight
rates in Iowa and Wisconsin seems to
have been lost sight of. Sena tors Frear,
Hatten and Johnston were appointed a
committee to investigate and find out
whether the Governors figures are cor
rect or not. Nothing has been done as
yet and Senator Frear says that he
doesn't see any occasion for doing any
thing as the point is not essential any
way.
Superintendent of Public Property
George e. Bryant was requested by the
Senate to furnish dictionaries to the
members of the judiciary committee.
After considerable delay he replied that
he understood that Superintendent of
Schools Cary had all the dictionaries in
the capitol and that certainly there were
wit nh Of
Of public property.
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Assemblyman Thayer-the clergyman
FATHER twitted the advocates of the
Sunday observance measure on the fact
that one of the paper mill owners at Ne
koosa had done Il great deal in support
ing the Congregational church there. In
reply the Sunday observance brethren
secured a long petition urging the pas
sage of the bills signed by the members
of that church.
There is considerable apprehension ex-
pressed in regard to the bill authorizing
certain persons to build dams and reser-
voirs at the headwaters Of the Wiscon-
sin river to control the flow of water
both during the spring freshets and the
summer droushts. Many people fear
that it is loaded and that a very valua-
bic franchise is at stake which must not
be given away recklessly.
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In the course of his arguments before
committee Chief Jansen advocated the
increasing of the license fees of saloons
in Milwaukee from 5000 to $500. This
would reduce the number of saloons from
LOO to 1,200, he said, and would bring
in an increased revenue to the city.
The Socialists voted for the Lewis and
Clark appropriation. "There is no streak
of yellow in u.s. said Mr.. Brockhausen.
I'VE are for the workingman and want
to see the results of his handicraft ex-
plotted to the world. We voted for it
at first and we didn't change our minds"