Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-25
Madison, April "a

Madison, April "A.
A protracted discussion Of the mer-
it's and efficacy Of vaccination as a
preventive of smallpox, and inciden-
tally criticism Of the secretary Of h
state boaru of health for an ultimatum
that if the legislature did not provide
the laws desired by the board no more
efforts would be made for the confine-
ment and eradication Of smallpox, took
much of the time Of the senate this
morning. and the bill under discussion,
that Of r. II. Miller for practical COM
pulsOry vaccination, was laid over for
amendment Senator Marsh was %
posed to the bill for the reason, as he
stated, that the state ought not to
compel people to submit to a surgical
operation or specific treatment when
III ~ had conscientious Or other rea-
sons for opposing it. He said also
that this would keep children out Of
school unnecessarily, would Interfere
with the enforcement of the cOmpul-
sorry education law and would result
in the closing Of schools for long pc
RODS in cities comprised in one school
district even when there was no cpl
demic Of smallpox, but only one case
in the city. Senators Noble and
Froemming favored the bill, demand
ing that the few people who do cot
believe in vaccination ought to be
stopped from interfering with the eff
forts Of the state board of health in
the eradication Of smallpox.
Insurance Bills Advanced.
Ten bills were on the senate calen-
dar for advancement to engrossment
and third reading affecting the bust
ness Of life insurance, all results Of
the legislative investigation were II
trCduced by Senator ROehr These
measures were in the main uncontrO-
Ve"ted and were reported by the
banks and insurance committee with
out difference of opinion, as explained
by Senator Marsh. Senator airchild
exhibited q dislike or at least a lack
of fun understanding as to the bill
to forbid one company from writing
participating and participating
business, and Senator Roehr took oc-
CasiOn to explain that the nOn-particl-
pating business often proved unnrofit-
able and such policies were carried at
the expense of the participating bust
ness. The bill was ordered to en-
grossment. Senator Fairchild offered
Il substitute amendment to the bill %
require life insurance companies to
report TO the commissioner of fnsur-
ance all contributions made for pOliti-
cal purposes lie would prohibit such
EXPENSES altogether. The bill AMI
substitute were laid over to allow time
for consideration by members. The
bill to forbid discrimination was also
laid over but the others on life inaur-
ance were advanced
Exhibit Finds Favor.
ENDORSEMENT was ordered on the
bill to appropriate $4,000 for a Wis
cOnsin exhibit at the AIaskl-YOukOn-
Pacific exposition, but an amendments
was adopted reducing the proposed ap-
preparation to 5000
Senator Owens bill to relieve the
secretary of state from the burden Of
personally signing the multitudinous
warrants ON the state treasury was
advanced
Without opposition tie BraZCau bill
to lay down an absolute and drastic
definition of what constitutes the prac-
tice of medicine was advanced to eli
grossment
One bill was killed, that of Senator
RmmeI, relating to the public health
in Milwaukee,
Tie memorial to congress intro
duCed in the assembly by John Scott
asking congress to make the neces-
sary appropriation for = survey for q
ship canal from Lake Michigan to the
Mississippi river by the way of Pert
age. was concurred in.
Anti-Fee Bill Opposed.
The Ledvina bill to abolish the col
lection Of tuition fees in the law
school at the university was on he
calendar fer concurrence. but on mo
ton of Senator Brazeau was laid over
for q week. Opposition has developed
on the ground that the young lawyers
ought to be taxed a trife at least for
the large advantages they get.
The Turner legal fence bill VAS
"oncurred in after an amendment
Senator Smith, to allow the wires 10
be four instead of three inches from
the ground and 10 otherwise chance
the bill in the interests of woven wire
fencing. was adopted Three Milwau-
ken bills were cCuCurrPd in the hill