The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-06-17
What, the State
SolonS Are Doing

young widow, whoes husband was an
artist.
The attractive young "eligibles" OF
the assembly this morning disclaimed
responsibility for the defeat on Thurs
day of the bill to provide for the ap-
pointment of a woman as an additional
member of the state board of control,
and demonstrated their sincerely by
voting in favor of reconsideration,
which carried, 81 to SO, and the bill
was ccncurred in. Assemblyman
Cleary, who fathered the bachelors
tax bill, and who is engaged to Madi-
son telephone exchange operator, OPP
posed the bill.
The bill to consolidate the drainage
laws of the state was passed by a
vote of 48 to 18.
BY a vote of 46 to %, the 100000
appropriation bill for the state fair
was passed. This provoked the long
est debate of the day. Assemblyman
Andrer opposed the bill because only
four farmer members of the assembly
had voted for it on Thursday.
A pleasant incident was the presen-
tation by the assembly of rich leath-
err couch and chair to Speaker Len
root.
The senate amendments were con-
Cured in on the bill to increase the
force of the department of dairy and
food commissioner. BY a vote of 38
to 80 the Henry Johnson bill relating
to the standard rule for measuring
logs was passed. Another bill passed
requires the railroads to file with the
railroad commissioner a list of all per-
sons to whom free transportation has
been granted.
Among appropriation bills concurred
In was one for $1,000 for the aid of
the industrial school for girls, at Mil
waukee and another for the park at
the Dalles of the St. Croix river.
The senate Friday concurred in the
anti-lobby bill urged by Gov. La Fol"
leette prohibiting lobbyists from at
tempting to inf1uerce legislatures ex-
cept by appearance before committees
The senate also concurred in a bill pro-
viding for the election Of delegates to
national conventions by primary cleo
tions.
BY vote Of 10 to the senate Sat
urday refused to order to third read
ing the Frear bill to limit the issue Of
stocks and bonds of railroad corpora
tons on property in Wisconsin.
Senator Frear made strong effort
to secure favorable action. The OPP
position was led by Senators White
head and Roehr, who based their posi-
ton on the claim that the newly Gre
ated railroad commission has powers
sufficient along this line; that the pro-
posed law is impracticable of execu-
ton; that the state tax commission is
already overloaded with work, and
that it is not proper and wise, il in
deed it is possible, for the State Of
Wisconsin to exercise authority over
the issue of securities with which
railroads propose to build new lines or
branches in distant states.
Senator Frears address was lengthy
and vigorous. He recited many Incl
dents Of watering stocks, loading
properties with additional fixed
charges for which no return had been
made to the companies, but upon
which the companies had a right in
law to demand that rates be high
enough to pay adequate income. He
told of how millions and millions Of
stocks and bonds were issued at par,
when they were worth at least twice
that price on the market. 1t was sub
stantially gratuitous distribution of
income bearing securities among rich
officers and stockholders of corpora
lions.
Considerable discussion was occa-
stoned by the committee on educa-
tons substitute to the bill providing
for the appointment of an inspector
of rural schools at salary of $4,000
a year and expenses. 1t was made q
matter of ridicule that the bill pro.
posed to send out one man to inspect
the seven thousand rural schools Of
the state. The committee substitute
to this original bill provided that
each of the seven normal schools
send out man for twenty to thirty
days each year to do the work Of in
spection provided for in the bill. The
substitute was defeated by vote of
Is to 10, and then the original bill
was killed.
The joint resolution adopted by the
assembly providing for referendum
of the question calling a constitution
al convention, was killed by the SEN
ate, after Senator Frear had described
the present constitution as a piece Of
crazy patchwork, and referred to the
provisions in some states for a con-
stitutional amendment at intervals Of
every twenty years.
The senate advanced the bill to re.
quire mutual life insurance companies
to divide SURPRISES with policyholders
not less frequently than once in FIVE
years.
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