Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-16
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE

Madison. May s. The senate com
mittee on capitol introduced a bill
providing for the extension Of the cap
ltOl park to Lake MOnona, including
six business and resident blocks Tie
present capitol commission is author
lied to acquire that property eithal
by purchase or by confiscation. The
money for the project is to be raised
by the issuance of mortgage certif-
Gates secured by trust deed or mort
gage upon me property acquired. The
certificates are to bear interest at not
more than per cent. The property
involved is worth about 100000.
Spring shooting bills caused a
spirited protest from friends of that
forbidden diversion, in the senate
and when the dust cleared away it
was found that two bills to allow
short season of general hunting in the
month of April had been killed. This
ends the possibility of spring shoot
ing. Senator Husting charged that
any man who tried to hunt now in
this state is a, trespasser or violato~
of the laws against firearms, and all
mat one could pronerly do for his
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 bin 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 p
the principle involved, that of soak
ing unduly the violator Of the fish
and game laws.
In the assembly the Dunn pocket
ballot received it's perennial et-bdck
when the lower mouse non-concurred
in the Bird bill by a vote of 20 to 10.
Assemblymen Bancroft and Colds
worthy made pleas. in favor of the
bin, and Assemblyman Roycraft
spoke in favor of inconvenience.
Bancroft argued that the bill was
very limited in scope and simply pro-
videG that the county shall have auth
Ority 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 voJ-
ing machine. Mr.. ROycraft said that
it contained a worse feature than thu
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 Inc owner of the patent
should be given the privilege of ap-
pearing before all the country boards
in the state as lobbyist.
The woman suffrage bill also went
down to defeat SO to So. Assembly-nan
Hughes, author of the anti-tights bill
urged passage on the ground that Ii
SAL1RlN EAOA 4dCO NLdS lAAS pOOEiI ~
given an opportunity 10 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
sober-minded benedicts. The assem-
bly, 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 10 vote Tor
the man who receives the nomination
in his district
In spite of an unfavorable recon-
menda,-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 The
first one. after a short debate showed
G3 against indefinite postponement
and 43 in favor of killing, Both reso-
buttons We're then adopted, after the
second had been amended so as to