Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-07-18

and urged for an Interior purpose
saying that it had the same effect
as the amendment proposed to the
anti-paralleling law passed short
time ago. If the bill had gone into
effect, condemnation proceedings as
Wen as every other kind of proceed
ings in progress when the law was
enacted would have gone on without
being affected by the new statute
relating to parallel roads. The senate
bin requiring the installation of both
telephones in railway stations in
towns where there are two lines was
concurred in by the assembly.
The senate bill to amend the .pri-
mary election law and provide for
the rotation of names of candidates
was concurred in by the assembly.
The Mains joint resolution to call for
an investigation by the tax commits
sion into the different systems of
taxing life insurance companies was
adopted. The commission is required
to report to the next legislature. The
assembly enjoyed itself, with Mr..
Reynolds in the chair and the anti
tights and livery stable protection
bills under discussion. Facetious
speeches We're INDUCED in, marvellous
parliamentary tactics were exercised
and incidentally the Hughes anti
tights bill was killed and the livery
stable measure was returned to Mr.,
Grassie. The Milwaukee meat mar
ket bill went through after some Oh.
lection was raised to it by Assembly
man Ingram. Messrs. Hebron. Georgi
Estabrook and Burke argued for the
bill which gives to Milwaukee the
right to license meat markets.
Madison, July 10.-Notwithstandin
the investigation of the passenger fare
question by the railroad commission
resulting in the decision to reduce the
maximum rate from three to two and
one-half cents a mile, with the two
cent rate voluntarily given by compan
les on the 500-mile family mileage book
plan, both houses of the Legislature
have voted in favor of a reduction
ito two cents mile. The senate
amended and concurred in bill 15a, by
Mr.. Turner, and if the assembly ac
cepts the amendment, then Wiscop
sin will join the other states which
have by legislative act decreed two
cent rate. Incidentally such action
places the stamp of disapproval on the
conclusion of the rate commission thai
the Wisconsin passenger traffic will
not make profit at a rate of two
cents mile. The vote on the Turner
bill was as follows:
For two-cent rate-Senators Bra
zeau, Browne, Burns, Froemming
Hardwood. Husting, Morris, Munson
Owen, Randolph, Roehr, Rumnel
Smith, Wright-14.
To sustain railroad commission
, Senators Sarker, Bird, Brazeau Fair
child, Fridd, Lockney, Martin, San
born, Stondall, Stout. Wilcox-1.
The announcement of the Western
Passenger association that the 2-cen
fare would be put in effect between
! Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota and tn,
IL 12-cent fare between Wisconsin
and those states caused the senate t,
| take action.
| Bill coca, relating to the taxation o
banks, was killed in the assembly be
cause through a slight mistake on thu
part of the upper house the bill woul,
have gene by default anyway. TIL,
| inheritance tax law, which according
to a senate amendment leaves the col
lection Of this tax in the hands of the
secretary of state, was concurred II
by the assembly in its amended form
The assembly by vote of Al to /.
voted to pass over the governors veto
the Estabrook bill relating to the lay
ing of sidewalks in villages. Mr.. Es
tabrook stated that the governor was
laboring under Misrepresentation
Two insurance bills as amended
came back into the assembly. The
house then conSurred in the senate
amendments to 697a.. providing fol
the election of directors to life insur
ance by cumulative voting, prohibit
ing proxy voting and also compelling
the companies to furnish printed lists
of policyholders.
Madison, July ia scrimmage
over the Turner two-cent fare bill
resulted in the final passage of the
measure beyond possibility of recon
sideration. 1t is not believed that
the governor will veto the bill.
A sharp debate followed the presen
tation OF joint resolution from the
assembly giving to Assemblymar
Thomas Stewart the authority to in
troduce resolution calling for an in
vestigation of the lumber business II
Wisconsin, the resolution to provide
for an appropriation sufficient to pay