Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-02


other prescribes a penalty of from
5000 to $3.50 for attempting to prevent
the proper action of any injection.
| Imprisonment for one year or not
less than six months is an alternative
The Disch bill to permit cities to
appropriate $50 for the observance of
memorial day was passed.
Madison, April 26.-The Wisconsin
Legislature is not disposed toward
! socialism. The FrOemming joint
resolution to provide a system of
state fire insurance was killed with
out debate in the senate today A
remarkable bill was introduced by a
committee 1t provides for the en-
! plOyment of a number of extra as
! sistants by the bureau Of labor and
! industrial statistics but wholly with
out reference to the civil service law,
provided that the total expense be
, kept within $4,000
The proposition to hold a cOnst1tu-
tional convention, backed unitedly by
some others, providing for a cOnstItn-
tiOnal convention, was made a special
order for next Thursday at 10 a. m.
IAssembIyman Roycraft's plan to build
! binder-tWine plant in connection
with the state prison at Waupun,
wherein the convict may be employed
! in the manufacture of a product so
largely used by the farmers of the
state, was approved yesterday by a
vote of the assembly almost unan1-
mOusly The question came before
the house in the form of a substitute
amendment by Assemblyman J. o.
Thomas of Racine and the vote WAS
81 to for advancement. The bill
provides that the state board of con-
troll be empowered, at a cost not ex~
ceeding $4,000, to purchase, erect,
and maintain the necessary buildings,
machinery and equipment for the
manufacture of Irvine and to put the
plant in operation. A vigorous de-
bate was precipitated when the bin
recurring an affidavit that the con-
sideration stated in a deed is the
true one came up on a motion to in
definitely postpone and a recommen-
datiOn by the committee on judiciary
to the same effect. Mr. Ingram.
chairman of the committee, dissented
from the report and waged a fight
in behalf of the measure. Messrs.
T. NJ Thomas, Hebron and Kander
opposed the bill The supporters or
the measure pointed out that the bill
was designed to assist the state tax
commission in arriving at the true
ratio Of assessed to real value Of
property so as to use this ratio in the
assessment of railroad property under
the term of the ad valorem tax law.
They pointed out that the practice Of
inserting nominal and fictitious con
siderations in deeds handicapped the
investigations of the tax commits
sion and deprived them of the op-
portunity Of using the bulk Of the
sales of real estate in Wisconsin as a
criterion to determine the desired
ratio The vote on the motion to
indefinitely postpone stood 43 to 80
for indefinite postponement. A bill
by Mr. Bell of Racine relating to the
employment of children under is
years OF age was laid over to Tuesday.
1t is a sweeping bill and, if PJssibie,
no child under Is can work for wages
in any occupation whatever.
Temperance legislation triumphed
in the assembly again when the
bill relating to the revocation of Ii
censes by common councils was IN
definitely postponed. A speech WAS
made by Assemblyman ]. f. Baker
against any change of the present
law. The bill provided that instead
uf making the revocation Of license
when a saIoonkeeper has been found
guilty Of violating the law matter
OF discretion with the council, as was
provided in the original bill, SUCH
discretion shall be placed with the
the court Mr.. Baker pointed out
that such a step would involve the
judiciary in local saloon politics ana
would be a menace to the judiciary.
The bill was postponed indefinitely.
One of the important transportation
bills which has been hanging fire all
week was passed by vote of SO to u.
The feature of the bill, which has
been the subject CT some dispute, Is
the one relating to the power of the
railroad commission to require cor
porations to furnish a list of stock
and bondholders. A vigorous debate
ensued over the EIver bill to change i
= oh
tel mortgages from the city and town
clerks TO the registers of deeds
Messrs. Ledvina, Ingram and Glen
dissented from the majority report OF
the judiciary committee in favor of
passage, and Messrs. Sprague and
Hebron also argued against the
measure. Mr.. Durley spoke in IA