Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-04-19


club meetings or went out visiting.
Duncan McGregor, of Platteville, for
mer president of the Platteville state
normal school, advocated the resolu-
ton.
To Settle Dietz Question.
Apparently believing that the legis-
lature hasn't enough trouble on it's
hands in trying to elect a United
States senator and disposing OF 700
or 500 pending bills before the warm
weather and plowing time arrives, the
Social Democrats introduced a Joint
resolution providing for joint Iegis-
lative committee to settle the alleged
insurrection that John f Dictz, Of
Cameron Dam fame, has been engaged
in during the last two or three years.
Assemblyman Frank Weber, of Mil
waukee, one of the Social Democrats,
introduced a resolution providing that
a committee consisting of two mem
bers of the senate, to be appointed by
the president of the senate, and three
members of the assembly, to be ap-
pointed by the speaker of the house,
be selected to investigate the matter
at once and report to this legislature.
Long Sheet Bill Dead.
The Barker hotel "long-Sheet" bill
was put beyond any possibility of
resurrection by the house when it re-
fused by vote of 81 to 65 to recon
slider the vote by which the measure
was killed last Friday. The vote to
reconsider was made by Assemblyman
E. A. Everett, of Eagle River, who led
the fight against the bill. Assembly
man T. H Miller made a plea for re-
consideration, but his words fell on
deaf ears.
The assembly passed four bills.
One by Mr.. Durley provides for the
licensing Of stationary engineers, one
by the committee on libraries au-
thorizes the state free library commits
sion to purchase certain supplies that
it needs and which are not kept by
the state superintendent of public
property, and two by the fish and
game committee permit the use of
dipnets for taking rough fish In
streams flowing into Lake Michigan
and prohibiting the taking of pike
weighing less than one pound, fiddler
catfish weighing less than one pound
and a half and black bass less than
ten inches in length.
Senate in Two Debates.
The senate April 16 INDUCED in two
debates that took up considerable
of the time of the morning session
The first occurred over the resolution
authorizing constitutional amend
ment permitting the state to make
appropriations for roads. It's passage
was strongly advocated by Senator
Browne, who urged it's necessity and
pointed out what had been done in
this movement by other states, citing
facts and statistics to demonstrate its
need in Wisconsin. The adoption of
the resolution was strongly opposed
by Senator Husting, of Dodge county,
who asserted that the adoption of the
constitutional amendment meant
change in the policy of this state en-
during for years which limited the
power Of the state in making appro-
priations. He believed that the ques-
ton of roads was one properly within
the Jurisdiction of the counties and to
give the state the power would lead
to gross abuses. In reply Senator
Browne cited the great number of pc.
titions presented at this session urg-
ing the adoption Of the resolution and
declared that the legislation was along
progressive lines. The resolution was
adopted by vote of 27 for and four
against, those voting in opposition be
ing Senators Husting, Smith, White
head and Smith.
A lively debate occurred over the
Thompson resolution authorizing an
investigation of the Waupaca Vet
erans' home, which Notwithstanding
the fact that it was passed by prac-
tically the unanimous vote of the as
sembly, was reported for indefinite
postponement by senate committee.