Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05

to eight hours the labor on public
works in Milwaukee. Messrs. He'll
bron, Georgi and Durley dissented
Madison, May 24-The senate con
CURED in the Berner resolution
memorializing congress in favor of III
ternationaI peace. and concurred IN
the Ingram resolution in favor of the
Improvement of the upper Mississippi.
The Owen bill TO establish a state
waterways commission was referred 10
the committee on claims. The Ston-
dali bill To keep saloons three-fourths
/ OF mile away from the university
was advanced TO engrossment. The
bill to make sn annual appropriation
| Of 100000 for nine consecutive years
for the building of the new capitol
and providing for the raising of tn ,
money by taxation was ordered Ell
crossed. This establishes $4,000 600
as the ultimate aggregate cost of the
new statehouse.
The Hudnall retaliatory bill, to for
bid railroads from allowing the samp-
ling Of grain in transit to Superior,
was indefinitely postponed. The same
fate befell Senator owens bill to re-
quire railroads to operate on branch
lines the same trains on Sunday as
are operated on week days. The
Turner bill to permit the owner or
occupant OF land to take rabbits with
ferrets We're concurred in, also the
bill to limit the giving of passes to
state and local agricultural f.irs was
concurred in. Five assembly bills
were killed by inconvenience. incl IL
ing the Elyer bill to limit the hours of
street railway employees to ten hours
daya The bill to prohibit the smok-
ing of cigarettes in public places was
on the calendar for non-concurrer zee
but went to a committee.
After various amendments the Oh j
labor bill was ordered engrossed in
the assembly,. by a vote of 60 to 5. As
semblyman Kubasta, F. F. Mueller.
Norcross. Perry and Fred Smith were
the only ones who voted against IL !,
bill in its amended form. Three
amendments were adopted. One ex-
cepts office and errand boys and the
like from the operation of the law
which requires permits in all eases.
Another excerpts canning and picking
factories from that section of the law
which prohibits working after C
O'Clock at night; and a third requi 'es
children to be able to read and write
simple sentences. An amendment by
Asemblyman Turner to make the en-
tire law operative only in cities of the
first and second classes called forth
the most vigorous discussion Assem-
blyman Norcross speaking in favor
of the amendment. delivered an ct
tack on the entire bin. He contends
that this species of legislation tended
to inoulcate, instead of habits of thrift
and industry, only idleness in tine
younger generation. If child under
II cannot work it will ruin more chill
dren than are ruined in any other
way. He called upon the members Of
the legislature, ali of whom he be
lieved We're compelled to work when
they were young, to repudiate leglsll-
ton which will work to the detriment
of the youth of the land Messrs.
Brockhausen, Thompson and Weber
all social democrats, spoke in favor II
legislation along the line indicated.
Madison May 25-By the adoption
IAN amendment to the primary election
law, the assembly recognized that it
lis wholesome fer cites of the fourth
class to keep their municipal affairs
free from party politics The amend
ment provides that there be held no
primary elections in cities OF the
fourth class unless petitioned for by
% per cent Of the voters at least 60
days before the time of the primary
Among the bills passed or concur
red in was the Estabrook bill to pro
vide for the organization OF county
park commissions. Among new bills
sent to the desk were a number of
large importance. One would affect
many fraternal insurance orders. 1t
prov des that all fraternal orders
writing life insurance shall charge
the national fraternal congress NOR
tally tables, With an interest assump-
ton of per cent. Another would
make a new disposition of the fines
collected fer violations of tie fish
and game laws. One-third would go
to the informer and the remainder to
the county as reimbursement for
costs OF prosecutions under the fish
and game laws. Another fish and
game bill is apparently aimed at
Minnesota fishermen, who come over
into Wisconsin to get trout 1t pro-
vides that a license fee of $40 be
paid by trout fishermen in Barron
Buffalo. Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn,
PepiD. Polk ard Rusk counties. Two
new bills would permit owners of
100000 property or 70 to 30 persons
owning $4,000 or more property to
form mutual fire insurance companies.
Protection for farmers who fail vic
Tins to fraudulent dealers in seeds
an! nursery stock is hoped for in a
bill introduced by the committee on
agriculture. It requires nurserymen
to label the goods delivered. the la
bells to show the year and place
grown and the percentage Of purity.
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