Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-05-02

taken up to eliminate alleged legal
| imperfections.
Mr. Elver quoted from the national
census the following statement of the
increase in idiotic population in the
years:
ieoV 1899. .........,. -.. 10, tSi
1860 ...,.. .....,...... ..lS,S3O
1870 ....... ......... ...24.527
| 1880 .......... ...76,S95
1890 ............. $500
1900 -. .......... 100000
| The figures disclose that while
the natural increase of population has
been but 80 per cent, the increase of
detectives is 1853 per cent. and are
rendered appalling by reason of the
i large number of hereditary feeble.
minded, and the undue promiscuous
procreation by incurables. Two in
curably insane women in New York
state, through feeble. minded offspring,
involved the state of New York in
Expenditures aggregating more than a
motion to support the offspring Of
these two women alone. In answer
to the charge of Assemblyman Peter
son that the bill should be Indefinitely
postponed because ii was cruel, in,
human, contrary to divine law and
unconstitutional Mr., Elver pointed
out that the operation provided for
did not entail any cruelty or injustice
since the only thing which the oper-
alton would accomplish would be to
procure sterility and would not, as is
popularity supposed, involve any physi-
cal mutilation. Mr.. Ledvina and Mr..
Carpenter led the fight in opposition.
Messrs. Estabrool and Norcross made
short speeches in favor of the bill on
account of the deplorable conditions
existing in the institutions for the
ffeeble-minded in the state
A committee recommended for pas
sage a bill which requires full
crew on every train, one brakeman
for each passenger coach. The COM
mittee on agriculture offered two bills
relating to the injection of medicines
to prevent tuberculosis. One pro
vides that cattle must be tested for
tuberculosis year before they are
sold for slaughter and feeding, nor
to calves under four months. The
other prescribes penalty of from
5000 to $3.50 for attempting to prevent
the proper action of any injection.
Imprisonment for one year or not
,,tx +. Il
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
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 u the civil service law.
provided that the total expense be
kept within $500
The proposition to hold constitu-
tional convention backed unitedly by
some others, providing for constitn--
tional convention, was made special.
order for next Thursday at 10 a. M.
Assemblyman Roycraft's plan to build
a biDder-twine plant in connection
i xtfff Mt M
wherein the convict may be employed
| In the manufacture of product so
largely used by the farmers of the
state, was approved yesterday by a
vote of the assembly almost unanf-
mously. The question cam. before
the house in the form of substitute
amendment by Assemblyman j. o
Thomas OF Racine and the vote WAS
81 to 2 for advancement The bill
provides that the state board of CON
troll be empowered, at a cost not cx
ceeding s125.000. to purchase, erect,
machinery and equipment for the
manufacture OF Irvine and to put the
plant in operation. A vigorous de-
bate was precipitated when the bin
requiring an affidavit that the con-
sideration stated in deed Is the
true one came up on motion to in
definitely postpone and a recommen-
dalton by the committee ON judiciary
Ito 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 yalorem tax law.
They pointed out that the practice OF
inserting nominal and fictitious con
siderations In deeds handicapped the
Investigations OF the tax commits.