Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-17
WEDNESDAY

On the Sth in the Assembly the Demo
Gratis succeeded i'll saving the resolution in
troduced by Mr.. Stewart providing for the
investigation by the state of the alleged
lumber trust in this state Another rcSOlu-
ton asks that Congress remove the lumber
tariff Six new bills came i'll and sixty were
reported out by committees. Among those
reported for passage were the Elyer bill to
prevent the spread OF idiocy The commit
tee on state affairs reported for concur
renee the Senate bill making an apprOpria-
ton of $4,000 for a state exhibit at the
Yukon exposition in 1909. 1t also reported
favorably on the bill to prohibit cigarette
smoking in public places. The bill to abol-
ish the office of county supervisor of as
sessment was adversely reported. Mr..
Kuckuk introduced a joint resolution pro
viding for final adjournment of the Legis-
lature May % Action was deferred. The
Bell bill No. 711A, to submit to the voters
the question of female suffrage was killed
by a vote of SO to 30. The Dunn pocket
ballot bill, No. 963, came up from a pre-
viOuS calendar with an adverse report. The
bill was non-cOncurred in by vote of 10
to 10, those voting to save the bill being:
Alldredge, Bancroft, Berner, BrOCkhausen,
Cernahan, Clausen, Everett, Georgi, Colds
worthy, Hughes, Jackson, Kimball, Mains,
Norris, ONeil Pickart, Roethe, Stewart,
Thompson and Weber.
THURSDAY
On the 9th the big bill of this session of
the Legislature made its appearance in the
Assembly and Senate. 1t is the committee
substitute for the LIE Roy public utility bill.
The bill provides for state control in that
the railroad commission is to fix the stand
ards of service, valuation, yates and prices
and for local or municipal control III that
the common councils are to select such
standards as they want, which standards
to be guaranteed by the state. The
local authorities are to hav" supervision of
extensions and of all details of operation.
The bill applies to telephone, water, heat,
light and power companies, but not to tele-
graph companies. The Democratic minority
In the Assembly made heroic but futile
attempt to save the joint resolution calling
for an investigation OF the financial affairs
of the state beginning with the close of the
last term of George w Peck as governor
and ending with the fiscal year 1906. The
Social Democrats introduced In the Assem-
eminent in cities. 1t provides for the
cOdificatiou of laws. The ClauSen bill pro-
vidng for the removal Of the dam across
Long Lake river in Burnett county as
nuisance provoked q spirited debate among
the Democratic members. 1t was refused
engr0ssment
On the 10th the Assembly advanced the
bill prohibiting the smoking of cigarettes
by adults and boys in public places. The
committee on claims reported for passage
the bill to increase the salary of the attOr
ney general to $1,000 Two new bills came
in, one giving village boards power to re-
ceive or take property for recreation pur-
pose and one requiring agents writing &C
cident or casualty insurance to take out
licenses The committee on cities reported
in for passage the bill authorizing the city
of Milwaukee to abolish it's present board
of public works and substitute one com
missioner who shall appoint superintend-
ents of the several departments. An incl
dent was the calling by the speaker of Mr..
Ingram to the chair and n visit to the cham
Der by the pupils of the Deforest high
school Each was marked by hearty APP
plause The EstabroOk bill authorizing
cities and villages to remove ashes and gar
bage. after being buffeted back and forth
between the two houses many times, was
reported for passage. The Grassie joint
resolution seeking to bind the members OF
the next Legislature to support for United
States senator the candidate receiving the
highest number of votes, was killed with
out debate The Nye bill providing for
arranging the places of candidates on the
primary election ballot by lot was report
ed for passage.
SATURDAY.
On the nth the Assembly refused to come
to the aid Of the lumbermen of the state
who find trouble in securing men to work
in the woods They have suffered by pay.
ing railroad fares for prospective employees
only to find the men leaving them to work
for a rival camp or go into some other en-
rlovmen+ Mr.. Stout Of Price and Taylor
county had introduced bill to compel
workingmen who accept railroad fare to the
lumber camps to work at least until they
have earned the amount paid for their fare.
Among the bills reported for passage were
No S97, requiring the tuberculln test OF
cattle before sale and No. 449S. prohibiting
the advertising of certain diseases. Among
the bills sent to engrossment were the Dur
ley bill, requiring that copies of contracts
for labor be filed with the commissioner Of
labor be filed with the commissioner Of
labor and statistics and the Miller anti
treating bill No. 257, specifying for what
purposes candidates can spend money and
what amounts Also the bill creating q
board of veterinary examiners. Three bills
from the comm ttee on fish and game came
in. One prohibits the running Of deer by
dogs and declares that practice Il nuisance.
Another gives game wardenS larger powers
in searching and seizing goods, search war