Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-12-18
SIX SENATORS OPPOSED
Beach, Hagemeister. johnson, White
head, Wolf and Wright Recorded
in the Negative-Measure Pro-
vides a Powerful Joint Committee
of Senators and Assemblymen.
Madison, Dec. Is.

of Is to 6. Senator KreutZer was
absent, but was opposed to the reso-
luton in the afternoon, having
signed and filed pair to that effect
with Senator lStondall. The pair
was dissolved after the defeat of the
Roehr substitute and Senator Kreutz-
ers name was placed in the record
as absent. The senators who voted
against the life insurance investiga-
ton resolution were Beach, Hage-
meister, Johnson, Whitehead, Wolf
and Wright.
| BY vote of IA to 16 the senate re-
| fused to substitute the Roehr resolu-
ton for the Sanborn resolution pro-
! yiding for all investigation OF life in
| surance companies operating in Wis
consin. Senator Sanborn proposed
to increase the present senate inves-
| tigation committee Senators Frear,
Roehr and Rummel-by the addition
of four assemblymen, and to give
them large powers for the work.
Senator Roehr proposed that the
present senate committee do the
work without assistance of assem-
| blymen. In his resolution also Il
question arose as to the payment of
the expenses of the investigation.
| A lengthy debate was had on the
substitute, Senator Roehr maintain
ing that the old senate committee
would be as efficient as though d
bunch of members of the lower house
were added He said that the pres
ent law was ample. Senator San
born, opposing the substitute, de-
clared that the state should strike
from the shoulder, dig into these mys-
teries and evils deeply, so that the
remedy would be the more sure,
founded upon more certain and COM
plete information. He was for no
investigation at all rather than have
mere sham and a farce Of white
wash.
Senator Merton said the time was
coming for great changes with re-
spect to the public regulation of life
insurance, hut he was Satisfied thai
the committee named at the last reg
ular session would give abundant sat-
isfaction. Senator Hudnal quoted
the law to show that Senator Roehr
was mistaken in his statement that
the present law conferred ample pow
ers upon the committee and the at
torney general. Senator Frear spoke
briefly along the same lines as Sen.
ator Sanborn, urging that the legisla-
ture go about this business, as though
il meant something, provide the COM
mittee with ample powers and facil-
tiles, make it large enough to do the
work thoroughly and make an effec
tive job of it or not try it. at ALL It
was suggested that perhaps the
Northwestern Life Insurance COM
proposition and Senator Roehr said
he had no information from the COM
pany to indicate that it was at all op-
posed to an investigation however
searching.
The vote by which the Roehr sub
stitute was killed is as follows:
For Roehr Senators
Beach, Bird, Froemming, Hagemeis-
ter, Johnson, McGillivray, North, Rog-
ers, ROehr, Smith, Whitehead, WHIP
perman, Wolf, Wright-14
ADMINISTRATORS Burns, Frear,
Hatten, Hudnall, Martin, Merton,
Morris, Munson, Noble, Randolph,
Rummel, Sanborn, Stevens, Stout,
| Wilcox, Wright-16.
Senator Kreutzer for the substitute,
was paired with Senator Stondall,
against it. When the Roehr amend
ment was defeated, Senator Roehr
said that he thought there would now
be no opposition to the Sanborn res
olutiOn, and if the vote thereon was
taken in the absence of Senator
Kreutzer, that member would be
placed in wrong light on the record
as opposed to the measure. So a
recess was taken to give time for
Senator Kreutzer to get back.
Damn Ballot Saved.
| The senate refused to concur in the
Potter bill to repeal the Dunn pocket
ballot law, by {; vote of 10 to %. as
! follows:
! For repeal-Senators Burns, Hat
| ten, Merton, Munson, North, Rogers,
Roehr, Smith Stondall, Whitehead
10.
ADMINISTRATORS Beach, Bird,
Frear, Froemming, Hagemeister,
Hudnall, Johnson, Kreutzer, Martin
| McGillivray, Morris, Noble, Randolph
Rummel Sanborn, Stevens, Stout
Wilcox. Wipperman, Wolf, Wright
Wyle-22.