Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-04-17


las to the United States and for the
appointment of brevet second Iieuten-
ants in the national guard from the
university regimental officers were
concured in. Six bills were killed,
among them two socialistic measures
introduced by Mr.. Alldr:ige. aimed to
protect union men iE their efforts to
prevent men from taking the places
of strikers or discharged workmen,
and to protect unions from liability for
injuring business and property x
Madison, April 9.-In the senate
the Lockney bill, relating to the man
ner of choosing city officers, was
killed. Three bills were ordered to
engrossment, including the Kander
Milwaukee lib ~ bill, the Everett
bill to legalize the organization and
to fix the boundaries of certain towns.
and the Burke bin relating to town
boards.
Governor Davidson's first veto. that
on the Elkhorn cemetery bill, was re-
jected by the assembly by unanimous
vote SO to D. Mr. Sprague, the
uthor of the bill. delivered a half
hours speech in favor of passing the
Gill over the veto. and no remarks
we're made against the proposition.
The governors theory was that it was
measure comforting special rights
on a city. The measure is of little
Importance except local. Engross-
ment was secured of the residence
district option bill,-which is more
than could be secured two years ago
when the memorable Thayer bin was
debated-and then was an all-day de-
bate on the Gothenberg dispensary
OIL The consideration of the bill
was characterized by the best debate
Of the session, and the assembly final
" refused to, order the bill to en-
grossment, SIS to 49, The debate
lasted over two hours in the mornu-
aud occupied all the afternoon SEES
sion 4 stubborn fight was put up
by both sides.
The bill authorized the turning over
of all the licenses in a community to
a private corporation organized for
that purpose, after the people IN the
community had voted in favor of such
ia proposition The proponents of the
measure argued that intemperance
and many other evils OF the liquor
traffic would be eliminated by this
system because the element of private
profit would be eliminated from the
traffic, The violation of the law at
the present time, that is tie selling
to minors and to intoxicated persons,
came. they claimed as a direct result
of the personal interest of the men
behind the counter. BY eliminating
this element they believed these and
other evils would be cured. Mr. Pot
ter and Mr. FLYER. democrats. and Mr.
George and Mr. Harring, republicans,
spoke chiefly against the bill and Mr.
Mains, its author, Mr. Ekern, Mr.. Nor
cross and Mr.. Ainsworth for it Mr..
Norcross was for any plan that might
tend to minimize drinking while Mr..
Ekern platted himself with great
vigor on the rock of temperance re.
form. It was pointed out as the
special merit of the Gothenberg sys-
tenn that no premium was placed on
barkeepers to make sales,-that thus
the prohibition against the sale to
drunkards ami minors was better OBJ
served.
The vote on the question of order
ing to engrossment stood as follows
Ayes-Ainsworth Anderson, A, s.
Baker, Cahoon, Coolidge, Ingram, II
vine. Jones, Kay. Keppel. Keup, Kim
bail, Kuckuk. Mains, McGregor, Nc
Kenzie, Morris. Norcross, Nye, Glen,
.ONef, J. 9. Peterson, Roethe, Roy
craft, G. e. Scott, Fred Smith, Soren-
son. Sprague, Stout, T. NJ. Thomas.
Ties, Turner Ekern--33.
Noes-Alldridge Bauer, Berg, Bell,
Berner, Bichler, Brockhausen, Burke
Campbell, Carpenter, Cernahan,
Cleary, Domachowski. Douglas. Dur
ley, Elver, Estabrook. Everett, Georgi
Goldsworthy, Grassie, Hagen, Harrass,
Harring, Hebron, Hughes, Kander,
Kindlin, Kubasta. Ledvina, lie Roy,
Luy, Marquardt, McGee, L. II. Miller,
Nelson, Neitzel, Palmer, Perry, Fred
Peterson, Piekart, Potter, Reynolds,
Rollmann, Schauer, Nicholas Schmidt,
Simon Smith, Soper, Stewart, ]. o.
Thomas, Thompson Weber, Wehr-
vein, Wellensgard-55.
Thus the bill was killed.
Mr.. Harrass' bill, prescribing penal
ties of from $40 to 500 for interfering
with the employment of members Of
the Wisconsin national guard, was or
dered to engrossment. The bill was
prompted by the pernicious activity
Of radical labor agitators in interfer-
ing with the relations of employers
and employees when the latter hap
pened to be affiliated with the state