Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07

concurred in the Sorenson bill, to
raise the salary of the Dane county
municipal court judge $500 and of
the cerk of that court 5000, in the
Stout bill for an expansive system
for numbering the statutes and in the
Estabrook bill to fix the time when
new laws shall go into effect.
Madison, March 1.-The senate got
down to business and ordered ten
bills to engrossment. At this rate
:, the session could be wound up in
about three more months. Among the
bills advanced were: Senator Birds
providing for advance in price of
state lands as they shall increase
in value. Senator Munsons, author
izing the placing of state records in
the historical library for safe keep
ing; Senator Morris, granting the fed.
eral government the right to use
state military reservation at Camp
Douglas; and Senator Fairchild. pro-
vidlng for the appointment of univer-
sity graduates with military expert
lence as brevet second lieutenants in
the state militia. Senator Wolff pre-
scented several petitions from citizens
lof Sheboygan county in favor of
spring shooting of ducks. A joint
resolution offered b. Senator Brown
was adopted, accepting for the state
the increase of $4,000 in the federal
appropriation to the Wisconsin uni
,versity agricultural experiment sta
ton. secured in the bill which the late
Congressman H. c. Adams had passed
at washington. This acceptance vas
a necessary formality. The commit.
tee on claims reported favorably the
bill to appropriate $4,000 to the in
surance and university investigators,
being 81 200 each to j. A. Frear, H.
L. Ekern, w. S. Braddock, G. f..
Beedle, B. S. Potter, Jacob Rummel
and j, e. Roehr of the insurance
committee, and $3.50 each to George
Wylie. Duncan McGregor. Fred Peter
son, Jr., and ]. S. Donald of the uni
versity committee.
In the assembly Mr.. lie Roy pre-
sided and cleverly steered the house
through a parliamentary labyrinth,
which lead off into the by-ways of
amendments, motions to indefinitely
postpone the main question and vari-
Gus other phases. 1t all ended by
the assembly refusing to adopt a rule
to hold morning sessions of half an
hour in order to expedite committee
operations. Speaker Ekern and Pro
lessor McGregor championed the rule
which had come up from the senate
and Judge Bancroft Mr. Elver Mr.
Sprague, Mr.. Kander and Mr.
Hughes were conspicuous in the oppo
sit,on Finally the senate propose
was negatived. Then the house viii
have sessions as in the past--in tn,
mornings just as long as 1t Wills. An
other interesting incident of tn,
session was the rejection of Mr. Esta
brooks bill appropriating $4,000 fol
a building for permanent museum
on the state fair grounds The meas
ure was adversely recommended We
its author made a valiant attempt tC
save it, dwelling upon the wisdom o.
I such an establishment at the fair ant
declaring that when $65 600 could he
urged for barnsa by the committee
he felt that $50 600 could fairly be
given for a cause of especial interest
and value to children; but Mr.. Har
ring argued that 1t was a time fol
economy. that state revenues must be
apportioned with discrimination and
the house fell into that view by Z
, vote strongly adverse to the bill. The
Thomas bill, fixing the limit Of home
stead exemption at $500; fhs Stou
bill extending the exemption from pol
. tax to Spanish war soldiers; ans
:. the Mueller bill, requiring the install
lation of fire-escapes on passenger
coaches, all were killed. Bills were
. passed-the Jackson bill relating {.
I, bounties for the killing of wild ami
. mails and Mr. Niillers which permits
local health boards to close schools
to prevent the spri<~i Of smallpox
The committee on state affairs re
, ported favorably bill increasing the
, and unfavorably the bill providing
for 36 hours of consecutive rest In
seven days OF work. The committed
on taxation reported against the bill
, exempting the property OF military
and patriotic societies from taxation