Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-28
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There was 4 stirring debate in Che As
sembly Thursday morning over the An
drew recall bill. providing that upon Pc
tition of 40 per cent of the voters in any
ward, the Alderman can be compelled to.
run for office again. Speaker Lenroot
relinquished the chair to Joseph Nj. Crow
ley and took the floor in behalf of the
measure, while Pliny Norcross of James
vile led the debate against it. Mr..
Clearly offered an amendment providing
that petition signed by 80 per cent of
the voters should be necessary to compel
another election, and the bin and amend
ment went over until Friday The bin
providing that the common councils of
large cities can determine that there
shall be bat one Alderman from each
ward passed the Senate The scope of
the power invested in the Council is
limited in the bill by the precision that
the ordinance shall not take effect until
1t has been submitted to and approved by
a majority of the voters. The commit
tee reports included some very important
measures. The Thayer local district
option bill was recommended for pas
sage, with an amendment that the unit
of the districts shah be 1000 inhabit-
ants instead Of 100. The joint resolution
providing for an amendment to the con-
stitution 20 allow the union of the city
and county governments of Milwaukee
was recommended for indefinite postpone
ment. The bill to put the county under
the supervision of a board of trustees in
stead of under the county board of super
visors was advanced on the calendar and
will probably pass. Mr.. Hole spoke
against it and Mr.. Westphal for 1t. The
initiate and referendum measure intro
duced by the Socialists was reported
without recommendation and will be ar
gued out on the floor of the Assembly.
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The Assembly passed the Andrew re-
call bill by a vote of So to 81 after a
lively debate Friday morning. 1t was
amended so that it provides for the filing
of a petition signed by so per cent of
the voters instead of 40 per cent before
an Alderman can be compelled to defend
his position and run again for the office.
la the Senate. Senator Frear introduced
his bill providing for the supervision by
the State board of assessment of the is
suance of stock, bonds, liens and mort
cages by any railway company upon its
property within this State. 1t provides
that the State board of assessments shall
file reports with the Secretary of State
as to the value of all properties of rail
ways including their franchises and that
before the railway companies issue stock
or bonds they shall secure the permission
of the State board of assessment after
showing the contracts with the construc-
ton companies for the work for which
additional money is desired. The Senate
committee on education introduced a bill
to regulate loans to school districts The
anti-cigarette bill was advanced 10 third
reading by a vote of % to s, after the
first debate of this session. which called
for flights of oratory on the part of the
Senators.
About siXty-tve members answered to
roll call in the Assembly Monday after
noon. Among the bills reported for in
definite postponement was No. $40, by
Warner, requiring the Attorney General
to investigate reports of existence or
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such officer to engage assistance in pros
ecuting the same. Among bills favor
ably reported were Nos. 256, for NUM-
cipal court for Brown county: At A, to
punishment; 216 requiring filing of ped
igrees of stations with horse department
of the university college of agriculture
A new bill came in from the committee
on judiciary relating to motions for new
trials in criminal cases. The Senate held
lackadaisical session in the evening,
at which no quorum was present, but
by common consent the roll call was sus-
pended and the first few orders of bust
ness in the calendar We're gone through
The committee on town and county or
ganization reported favorably on the AS
sembly bill to take away parts of the
adjoining towns of Grover and Cleveland
in Taylor county and form the town of
Roosevelt. The anti-cigarette bill and
the Governors contingent fund measure
Were passed over and when the vote was
asked on minor insurance measure,
there was no response by the Senator's
President Davidson goOd-naturedly call
ed the Senators attention to the fact
that they were in session. Division was
called for and no opposition to the bill
materialized.
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An attempt was made in the Assem-
bly, Tuesday morning to abolish the bar
bers' board, but it failed by a vote of 60
TO %. Mr.. Curtin introduced a joint
resolution providing for the holding Of
sessions of the Legislature every year.
He is disguised at the delays of the Leg
islature in cleaning up the work before it
and says that a business man cannot
spare the time from his duties at home
ITO daily along the way the present Leg
islature is doing. He believes that by