Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-03-30

are also before the legislature.
Governor Going 10 Georgia.
The national capital and the south
is to be given an opportunity to see
and get acquainted with Wisconsin's
governor this week and next. The eN-
ecutiye is to be one Of subcommittee
sent by the capitol building cOmmk''
sion to inspect the quarries of Georgia
and to look at the public buildings at
Washington before the commission
goes ahead with the building OF Wis
cCnsin's new state house. There Is
quite a sentiment in the commission
and legislature for the use Of marble,
and the committee will see what GeOr-
gia has to offer in this line In the
party will be Governor Davidson,
Colonel M. Il. Villas, l.. +. Porter, Sec
rotary Of the commission; Senators }.
NJ Whitehead and e. E. Burns and
Assemblymen l.. III. Bancroft and a.
S. Baker. They expect to be away
week or more.
Governor DavidsOn's visit to Geor-
gia will be in a way Il sort of return
call to the visit made by the governor
of Georgia some two years ago, when
he and a distinguished and brilliant
party came up from the south to see
the university Of Wisconsin and the
state historical library Of which they
had heard 50 much.
Clever Auto Lobbyist.
The automobile people have had the
cleverest and perhaps most effective
lobbyist seen in Madison in many Il
day in the person of James F.DrOught,
an amiable and popular young lawyer
Of Milwaukee. Mr.. Drought, with two
expert drivers ana two magnificent
machines, spent the first week in Nadi-
son giving free rides to members Of
the legislature, newspaper men and
others interested. There are various
bills before the legislature for limiting
speed and otherwise regulating the
running of automobiles, one fixing the
rate as low as six miles an hour. Mr..
Drought does not talk legislation to
the members or seek directly TO infiu-
ence them.
He takes them out for a spin to
demonstrate what the various speeds,
six, ten, twenty, twenty-five, thirty
miles an hour, mean. Then his expert
drivers give demonstrations in control
Of the machine. showing how it can
be stopped in the distance Of it's own
length when running at twenty miles
an hour Occasionally when catching
up with some rapid pedestrian OF stiff
jOinted horse the machine is set at six
miles an hour and it is demonstrated
that the broken-dOwn horse actually
goes faster. Mr.. Drought says moth
ing but lets the lawmakers draw their
own conclusions.
The automobile people say that what
is needed and what they propose to
work for is a law that will catch the
reckless driver and continual law
breaker They are not prepared to say
what they think is the most effective
way Of suppresSing such, but suggest
ed that the taking away of their Ii
cense might be as good as anything.
The danger. they say. comes entirely
from the reckless driver and the man
who has no regard for the safety of
others
Revision of the Constitution.
The movement for a revision of the
constitution will receive powerful sup
port from automobile drivers as we'll
as farmers. and if the proposition car
ries this session it will undoubtedly be
because of the growing demand for
better roads. Every day petitions
come tumbling into the two houses de-
handing that the constitution be
amended SO as to permit of state aid
in road building. Two years ago an
attempt at revision was defeated, be-
cause of the ingrained conservatism on
the idea of tampering with cOnstitu-
tons in spite of the fact that the ark
has been outgrown in many respects.
The demand for better roads is so
strong, however, that for that reason
alone revision may prevail this session.
Negro and So ciaIist in Debate.
The spectacle of a negro and social
list engaged in spirited debate on the
floor of a Wisconsin legislature was
a unique incident Of last week. Such
elements are both new in a Wisconsin
legislative body, hence the interest
taken in this curious passage at arms.
Assemblyman BrOckhausen. one of the
Milwaukee socialist members had
resolution to memOrialiZe congress to
shut out coclie and MongOlian labor.
The resolution was favOrably reported
by the committee, but when it came
up for action AsSemblyman Palmer,
Milwaukee's colOred member. moved
that it be killed. Mr. BrOckhauSen de
Tended the resolution in a lengthy
speech, while Palmer contended that it
would be ill-advised now while we are
at such sensitive relations with the
Japanese.
Mr.. Palmer'S view prevailed and the
resolution was killed. Mr.. Palmer, by
the way, is rendering a good account
of his race. He obtained the use of
the assembly chamber one evening for
an address by a colored orator on the
race problem and himself introduced
him. He also spared himself the hui