Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-05-16

dollars license was to parade on the
public highways with a gun on his
back. He declared, and in this he
was seconded by Senator Browne,
that the big Milwaukee hunting clubs
had monopolized the duck hunting
grounds of the Horizon marshes and
other places, and the common people
were not allowed to hunt at ALL
Senator Owen won a victory, caus-
ing the killing of bill TO increase
the penalties for violation of the fish
and game laws. The bill was fixed
up for passage by the adoption OF
various amendments and then Sen
ator Owen declared his opposition %
the principle involved, that of soak
ing unduly the violator of the fish
and game laws.
In the assembly the Dunn pocket
ballot received its perennial setback
when the lower house non-coneurred
in the Bird bill by vote of 20 to 10.
AssembIymen Bancroft and Colds
worthy made pleas in favor of the
bill, and Assemblyman Roycraft
spoke in favor of Inconvenience
Bancroft argued that the bill was
very limited in scope and simply pro-
vided that the county shall have auth
GRITTY to say whether it desired to use
the Dunn pocket ballot system or
not, just as they now nave the power
o vote in favor of or against the vot-
ing machine. Mr.. Roycraft said that
1t contained a worse feature than the
last bill which passed the legislature
That bill contained a referendum
clause, under which the people had
rejected the pocket ballot. The pres
ent measure provided for option on
the part of the counties, which meant
in effect that the owner of the patent
should be given the privilege of an.
pearing before all the country boards
in the state as lobbyist.
The woman suffrage bill also went
down to defeat So to IS. Assembly.
Hughes, author of the anti-tights bill.
urged passage on the ground that 1t
simply provided that the people be
given an opportunity to vote on the
question. Assemblyman Carpenter of
portage made a witty speech apropos
OF nothing in particular which he ar
rayed the single blessedness" aggre.
CATION in the legislature against the
sooer-minded benedicts The assem-.
Dly killed the Grassie resolution
which provided that the election for
united States senator in 1900 the
members of the legislature shall vote
for the candidate of the party who re,
ceives the majority of votes at the
primary throughout the state. and
not require each member TO vote for
the man who receives the nomination
in his district.
In spite of an unfayorable recon.
nenda,-on by the committee the
two Stewart resolutions, one calling
Tor an investigation of the lumber
trust in Wisconsin and the other me
morializing congress for the reduction
of the tariff on lumber, were adopted
in the assembly. The vote on tho
iirst one, after short debate showed
Us against indefinite postponemen.
and 43 in favor of killing. Both reso-
utions were then adopted, after the
second had been amended so as To
eliminate me federal investigation
feature. This step was urged by
Assemblyman Ingram on the grouno
that the federal government has al
ready undertaken such an inyestlga
ton. Assemblyman Cernahan again
came to the rescue with a timely
speech whie-- probably saved the res.
buttons from defeat. Assemblvman
Stout, speaking from the standpoint
o. lumberman, -enied that there
was any truth in any charges which
had been made. At the same time he
favored the resolution on the ground
mat 1t would mean a satisfactory win.
dlcation of the practices of the lum-
Der dealers. Assemblyman Ingram
Was OF the opinion that the inyesu.
CATION now being made by the federal
authorities was sufficient to satisfy
the requirements. The committee
on education reported favorably on
the $4,000 appropriation for univer-
sity extension work. Toe committee
on state departments reported for
passage the bnI to increase the ap-
preparation for the civil service com.
mission from $4,000 to $4,000. The
committee on state affairs reported
Tor concurrence the senate bill which
provides for $4,000 appropriation
for the Alaska Yukon exposition. The
same committee reported for passage
the drastic anti-cigaret bill making II
misdemeanor to smoke or exhibit
cigarets, wrappers, or paper or any
substitute therefor in any public
place. ne committee on elections
reported for passage two election
biiis, one to regulate the use of vos.
ing machines and providing that he
names of presidential electors NAV ne
omitted, and the other providing that
nomination papers may be DESTROYED