Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
Legislature Will Probably
Not Adjourn Before
the 18th.
- 1E4
INSURANCE BILLS CONSIDERED
Nearly a Dozen Measures Were on
the Assembly Calendar
Last Week. so.
S'ihglng RebUke TO the Members of
the Third HOuse'-No Pension
- Tor Former Governor Tay-
-T-s4 lOr-NOtes, -a<zlEa

Madison. Wis. July 2.-AItbou
the legislature expected TO adm,
saturday nearly the whole we
vas spent on insurance meaSur
7inled 70 curb the evils of life ire,
seee companies. as aired in tba !
VeStIgation of the Armstrong cor,,ni
. New York and the Iegis!ati,
investigation of the Wisconsin con
p'Hies. 1t now looks as thong,
ouid be the 18th before an adiourr
eiil can be secured, as most of IN
ioeFS nave gone home 70 spend tb
Fourth, expecting 70 rnturn -, ~.
for work. " 'urn oy july
- "early dozen insurance bills wer,
81, inc assembly calendar last weet
~ ~. ! took the personal explanation
~ sneaker Ekern to almost every
~ bef0re it.was passed. When
DIS catiie iipNin the senate Fri
80, me measures Ewere so technical
-, uhder the threat sc the life insur-
companies that IL the measures
So passed. they WOtHd withdraw
80" tne state, the seNlts resolved IL
- .ntO committee and spent the
listening to- argnm eRts by John
snro oiih' OF Nediso.., and toSmer In
SgLance Commissioner Fr1cr<e on the
the insurance corporations
= Speaker H. l.. Ekern FOR tbs, pas
sage of the measures. whiclh he. claims
are designed for the protection. OF th,'
policyholders.
The main fight is made by the
Northwestern Life Insurance company
of Milwaukee. One of the bills CON
sidered provides for a tax on the
serve, while the Northwestern is. at
tempting to have passed a bill to 'tax
them . per cent. on the premiums L
the bill as favored by the insurance
vompanfes were passed, it would pIac
SiCaiIy exempt them from taxation
and cut down the revenues of the
state annually 100000. The other
bill objected to by the insurance COM
Oanies requires them to furnish an
nuaIIv a statement Of individual ac-
counts to the policyhOlders. as to iht
amount paid and for expenses and re-
serve. This measure the insurance
companies claim is an unnecessary ex-
pense The bills have already passed
the assembly and the senate will send
them back in amended form when the
session reOpens the Iatter part of the
week. wisconsin has already spent
$4,000 for the insurance Investigation.
lobbyists Are Hit.
Although Wisconsin has upon the
statute books a stringent anti-lobby
law, the members of the 'third house"
were becoming so bold in taking the
seats of the members and debating
resolutions for the defeat of Iegisla-
ton, that Assemblyman Duncan Me
GregOr presented resolution to the
legislature last week, compelling them
to remain on either side of the room
and TO keep away from the memle rS'
desks during the sessions of the leg.
fslature. This was a stinging rehulc
TC the lobbyists and no less than Ial
dozen were dragged from the foo
within half an hour after the rPSOlV
ton was adopted. 1t was PXplaine}
that when measures were being rusrel
through under a suspension of tn
rules it was unwiSe to have these men
about them for fear some good bill
would be sighted or some bad one
passed.
The legislature has passed child
labor law. which vas sent to the gov
eTnor for signature Friday. This
measure keeps children under rs We
out of places where the OCCUPATIONS
named are hazardous or where liquors
are being made or sold. 1t limits h
number of hours of work each week t.
ffty-five which figures bring one hour
a week more than the nine hour day.
This extra hour was added so as To
work q child ten hours a day but no
more. but in that case the child is to
have Saturday afternoon off.
No Pension for Taylor.
Several days ago a bill was into
duced in the legislature to give an an
nual pension OF $500 10 former Gov
ernor william r. Taylor. who is now
in the GiShOlt home for the aged, a
semi charitable institution near NAL
son. Governor Taylor served in 1S73
- and won distinction for starting Il
light for the regulation of railroads. IT
was during his administration that tn
famous Potter law was passed to coz
srOl railroads. II was repealed 10y :
following legislature. At the time n
was elected the granger movement
was at its crest and he went in on the
wave After he left the governors
chair misfortuneS followed him In
business until two years ago. PENN
less, he went TO the home
At this session of the legislature. he
being 81 years of age. his friends
sought to get him a pension but the
bill was defeated I'm the assembly on