Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-15
tXPECT COMPROMISE
RUMOR AS TO RAILWAY RATE
COMMISSIONS ACTION.
FAVORS 2l-o CENT FARE
Belief Is That Ruling Making Two
Certs Maximum Charge Could
Not Be S"stained-Roads
to Make Concessions.


mmission may not be able to deter
inc that two cent fare on Wiscon-
! roads shall be the maximum
cbar"e made, it may, and by some it
is claimed WIZ reoort favorable to the
making of cent per mile rate.
L IS known that the commission has
noade every effort to find favorably to
two cent rate, but it is unable to do
so. At least, after months of search
i"g investigation fully covering every
'aee of the question, the commission
IS been unable to report its findings.
lis leads to the assumption on the
rt Of the members that two cent
fare can not be riehtfully instituted
because if made, the passenger earn
ings would be so dancerouslv near, or
even less than the point where the
companies would have case in court,
that the ccmmis ss'cQ believes that such
a rate could not be sustained
Taking this view of the case, that
two cent fare order by the commission
can not be sustained, it is believed
that a 215 cent fare will be ordered,
and the finding Of the commission thus
be placed upon sac ground. although
it is in the nature of a compromise.
It is also stated that the commission.
should an order of this nature be
adopted, will demand certain other
concessions and privileges not now
granted by the railways and which
concerns various forms of milea@e.
What these are in detail can not be
stated, but it is said that they relate
to commutation tickets and cheaDer
modes of transportation which the
commission is endeavoring to preserve
to the users and which if a two cent
fare was promulgated would be taken
away by the companies.
No Special Counsel Hearing.
The Bancroft resolution calling on
the governor for in nformation regarding
the names and compensation of the
lawyers who have served the state as
special counsel during the last four
years and who are now serving in that
capacity was, at the authors request,
referred to the judiciary committee.
When he introduced it, Mr. Bancroft
tried to have it considered under sus-
pension of the rules, but Assemblyman
George F. Grassie of Milwaukee and
! Asemblyman Timothy Burke of Green
Bay opposed the motion and it failed.
Notice to Veterans.
Capt c. H. Russell, pension agent
in the adjutant generals Office, calls
the attention of all soldiers and sailors
who are entitled to pensions, to the
fact that under TIE McCumber law,
it is the duty as we'll as the pleas
ure of the department to be of all pos
sible assistance to soldiers in securing
pensions There is no charge for this
work, and claims tfat are filed through
the state departments are given pref
erence as we'll as being made accurate
and complete before they are filed.
Delegation Opposes New County.
A delegation composed of Egbert
Wyman. Almon Smith. H. H. Andrews,
and NJ D. Kieth, from Forest county,
is in the city in opposition to the
scheme proposing to create the new
county of Stephenson. They are inter
viewing members of the assembly who
come from that section of the state in
an endeavor to ascertain what the rea
sons are for the nroposed plan.
School Book Law Postponed.
The assembly committee on educa
ton decided to report for indefinite
postponement the Bancroft bills to
repeal the law authorizing district
schools to purchase free text books
for pupils and to empower them to
supply books to INDECENT pupils. AS
semblyman l.. H. Bancroft made an
argument in favor of the bills. but it
did not convince the committee that
they should be passed
Money for State Fair Grounds.
The Harring bill appropriating S67,-
500 for improvements at the State
fair grounds in Milwaukee will be fav-
orably reported by the assembly state
fair committee in a day or two. The
bill will have to go to the committee
on claims before it is passed.
Act on Deeper Channel.
Deepening of the channel of the
Mississippi river so as to allow large
freighters to ply from st. Paul to the
gulf of Mexico is greatly desired by
the members of the legislature from
the western part of the state. In
order to hasten this Improvement and
call the attention Of the Wisconsin
congressional delegation to the i'm
portance If it, c. A Ingram of the
3uffalo-Pepin county district introduc-
ed joint resolution on the subject 1t
will be called up in a day or two
Aimed at "YeI Newspapers.
The publicatiC- the details of the
Thaw murder trial now in progress in
New York city has prompted Assemb-
iyman H. E. R1ehe of Grant county
% introduce bin prohibiting any
newspaper, n7a ne or other period
al from pub ~ obscene or i'm
noral details c : or immoral act,
any part CT the testimony in any
-oceeding or ia, which is of an OBJ
Gene and immoral character The
lill also prohibits any person from
selling or distributing any newspaper
or other publication containing any
uch matter The oenalty is a fine
If from s25 to So; or Imprisonment
/, from 20 to 80 days in Jail