Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-14

Another bill came in from the com
mittee on transportation authorizing
cities to lay and maintain tracks upon
and along bridges and viaducts with
in such cities and to lease them to
street railway companies. Councils
are prohibited from granting exelus-
live franchises for the use of such
tracks to single street railway COM
pany or the use of such bridges and
viaducts.
] A rather spirited debate occurred
| in the assembly on the bill providing
for legal counsel for the committee
on banks and insurance and appro-
'priaung $4,000. The bill came back
from the committee with a recon-
mendation that the Roethe amend
ment reducing the appropriations 70
ling it to $1,000 be both rejected.
Chairman Scott asked for suspension
of the rules that these amendments
be non-concurred in and the bill re-
turned TO the senate with request
that the senate recede. Mr.. Anderson
argued against the unwisdom of tieing
the hands of the committee which
would be faced by the highest priced
counsel and experts. Mr.. Campbell
said ii was a reflection on the attor-
ney generals Office to go outside of
| il for legal counsel. Mr.. Bancroft
said If the custom was to obtain of
opening the state treasury to lawyers
he wanted to know so as to get in
on the game himself Mr.. Cleary
said it was bad to employ counsel ON
general propositions but the ques-
tons involved were extremely tech
meal Bancroft again came to the
attack He wasn't afraid of any in
surance attorneys and If the commit
tee was it could come to the house
and a hundred members would stand
behind them. Mr.. Estabrook said
while the state had spent large sums
of money in the insurance investi-
cation 1t was worth 1t to the people
in the Influence upon the insurance
companies and their policies. The
greatest band Of plunderers the
world has ever known was leagued
together in New York city in insur-
anoe work, but 1t has been broken up
and he was unwilling to risk losing
any OF the fruits of the victory mere
lily to save few dollars
Mr.. Roethe strongly opposed special
counsel and said he would continue
Ito do so. BY vote of rs to 10 the
amendments were non-concured in
and the bill returned to the senate
In discussing the proposal to
double legislators salaries Mr.. Stout
sreferred to the old days of passes,
and said that under present conditions
the salary OF members is not large
! enough. Mr.. Burke believed raise,
, would not improve the character OF
! the legislature. but would open the
door to professional politicians who
would seek the legislative seat, as a
means Of livelihood and not post
7 iiof honor II had been the experiences
OF cities that raised the salaries of
) aldermen that II did not improve the
lpersonnei Mr. Roethe believed per-
: qusites were prohibited now and
cuoNii pt Sti Athtt Oul VI lHt iSSVit-
ton Mr.. Bancroft raised laugh
by saying he probably had had more
experience with passes than most any
: other member He had thought
, them a good thing, but found he
could live without them. He was OPP
posed to changing the states organic
law so often and to raising salaries
and bankrupting the state even In
: these days of reform By a vote or
: So to 80 the resolution was adopted
Madison, March 9--The Donna
chowsld bill regulating the snlok
ing of cigarettes came up for
engrossment The author OF the
measure made an earnest plea in ia
yor of It's passage. A general discus
sion followed in which Messrs. Ban
croft Carpenter, Miller, Domachow-
ski. Elver and others took prominent
part. After an undue amount of psH
liamentary diminishing the patience
4 Of the assembly was exhausted and