Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-19
WISCONSIN. LAW MAKERS


d yorce. Senator Lockney made a Wig
orus speech against the -anDorn bill
to provide for divorce laws uniform
with those of other states. He wanted
the bill killed. arguing that Wiscon
sin has now a good system of divorce
laws and there vas no necessity foI
such radical changes as proposed III
the bill. Senator Sanborn spoke in
favor OF the bill showing how it would
protect society would prevent ques-
tionable status of innocent children
and would clear up many unwhoiescme
features of the present divorce laws.
The vote on advancing the bill was a
| tie and Leutenahts Governor Conner
was called upon to vote, which he did
in favor of the bill and it was ordered
to engrossment. The senate concurref
| in the assembly resolution to authorize
the state board of control to investi-
gate the methods of home finding so
cieties The bill to require attorneys
| to prepare charges TO juries in trials
was killed by a vote Of % to 8. after
opposing arguments by Senator Marsh
and Owen. Senator Husting made an
attempt to insert spring shooting
clause in a fish and game bill. but
failed on a tie vote and the adverse
opinion of President Conner The
Sheridan drive bill was indefinitely
postponed.
The social democrats. through the
committee on manufacturers and labor
announced their intention of sharing
in the appropriations made TO various
miscellaneous organizations and ass9-
Citations throughout the state, when
the committee offered a bill to appro-
| pirate 81 900 to the Wisconsin feder-
alton Of labor. II is believed by me
of the members that the labor orga..
;1Itions are entitled to state appro
! priat!ons just as much as the butter
ard cheese associations, the fremen's
association. and other organizations
with similar purposes. By the close
vote of ~ to 80 Assemblyman Aims
worth's bill for county uniformity in
school text books was advanced alter
a spirited debate Assemhlyman AIMS
worth made a speech in favor of L :
bill in the course of which he made
some sweeping charges against the
book companies The bill provides
for n county board of education COM
posed Of the county superintendent
and four teachers to be appointed by
the county board. clothed with author
~ r. ,raf-s rnp+rantr FOR onhcoI hc.olrS
for the county for five years Messr
Cleary and Peterson argued against
the measure, saying that it would be
no more difficult for the book trust to
manipulate the boards OF education
which will let contracts for an entire
county than it would be to manipulate
the authorities under the present ar
rangement. The assembly. without
debate, passed the prohibitory tstric-
bill by vote or 50 to 80. prohibiting
the granting of all licenses within
three-QuaTters of a mile of the uniye :
sity after June 30 1903.
The committee on legislative expen-
ditures and employees offered bill
which provides for an increase in the
salaries of legislative employees. rhe
chief clerks salary is raised from $500
to 81 900 and the sergeant-aC-arnts
salary is raised from $500 to 500
The committee on fish and game in
troduceG a bill to create the Office OF
deputy game warden. at a salary oil
$500. The term of Office is two years
and the warden is to be appointed by
the governor The committee on leg
islatve expenditures and employe,
reported for concurrence the senate
bill to appropriate S10200 to the legis
latiye insurance investigating com
! mittee appointed at the last session
. Twelve hundred dollars each is ap
; proprlated to Secretary Of Stat
F'rear, Speaker Ekern. w. S. Brad
dock, Insurance Commissioner Beedle
) AssemblyIran B, S. Potter. Senator
Rummel and Senator RJahr Fou
} hundred and fifty dollars Zach is ap
propriated 70 George Wylie. Assembly
man Duncan McGregor, Assemblyna,
Fred Peterson, Jr.. and John s. Don
aid
{ The committee ON elections offeret
another amendment to the primar!
law which aims at eliminating III,
undue advantage incident to a candi
, date getting his name first on the Il
lot It provides for rotation of tn,
) names of all candidates who hav,
+ filed nomination papers with the sec
t rotary of the state. X provides tina
each assembly district in the stat,
shall be numbered from one to 100
4 beginning With the one with The larg
est population and working down L
the smallest. In the first district h
names shall be arranged alphabetical
. ~. On the bellots in the second dis
trict the first name is placed at tn,
bottom. the third likewise and so OF
down to the last district The com
, mittee on state affairs reported 70
). death the bill to prohibit minors
from frequeut!ng saloons.
= aiadiSou. Wis, June BY a vote
j. OF II to 10 the assembly passed tht
y public utilities regulation bill, placin.
such utilities under control of IL,
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