Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-01
WISCONSIN LAW MAKERS

Madison, April 19-Most of the
time of the senate was occupied with
debate on the medical advertising bill,
which was finally amended by its
author, Senator Loekney, and adj
vanced to third reading. 1t is an
outrageous harsh measure in its bear
ing on editors. The bin had been
changed in the committee on public
health and sanitation so as TO forbid
the publication OF Objectionable medi-
cal advertisements but so as not to
provide for punishment of the news
paper and other publishers whose
papers might contain such matter. AS
amended by the committee the bill
was made to apply TO the one who III
serted the advertisement rather than
to the publisher.
Senator Lockney. assisted by Sen
ators Hudnall and Noble. maintained
that unless publishers be reached by
the law it would be impossible to
reach the advertisements of the bad
practitioners and medical Institutes
outside of Wisconsin. and Senator
Lockney, for this purpose, offered an
amendment to place into the bill a
provision fixing liability on publish
ers. Senator Roehr moved to lay
the amendment on the table, which
motion, prevailing, would have killed
both the amendment and the bill.
Later he withdrew his motion, as he
did not care to kill the bill, intend
ing only 10 secure a vote on the
I,ockney amendment The amend
ment prevailed by The following vote:
TIC make publishers liable-Senators
Bird, Brazeau, Browne, Burns, Fair
child, Fridd, Hazelwood Hudnall.
Lockney, Martin, Morris, Noble
Pearson, RummeI, Sanborn, Stout,
Whitehead Wilcox--1S.
Administrations Barker, Bishop.
Froemming, Husting. Marsh Munson.
Page, Roehr, Wolf. Wright-1V.
Senator Fairchild then offered an
amendment which would have the
effect Of making it question for the
jury to decide whether an objection
able advertisement was improper or
contrary to public morals, but it was
defeated.
Four new bills were introduced by
various committees as follows: To
punish the depositing OF lead nickels
or other substitutes for money IN
telephone boxes or to otherwise de-
fraud a telephone company. The
penalty is a year in jail or $500 fine.
appropriating $4,000 a year to the
Light Horse Squadron Armory asso-
citation of Milwaukee; and prescrib-
ing that the penalty for second offensr
violation of the game laws shall BE-
double the ordinary penalty and for
third offense shall be the maximum
penalty. Governor Davidson's first and
only veto Of the present session (of
the Elkhorn cemetery bib becomes a
law through the action of both houses
in passing the bill over the veto
Wisconsin socialists are in favor
Of the mail-order houses and the
throttling Of the country merchant,
but the assembly is decidedly of an
other view When the joint resolu-
ton memorializing congress to estab-
lish a parcels post, introduced by
Carl D. Thompson, Milwaukee social
list, came up in the lower house it
was indefinitely postponed by vote
of so to %. George E. Scott a mer-
chant of Barron. made brief argu-
ment in opposition. contending that
lit would further the interests OF the
| large corporations doing mail-order
business at the expense OF the small
store-keepers That was enough; but
Assemblyman Alldridge, social demo
crat from Milwaukee, made an extend
led argument in favor of the resolu-
ton. Yet oratory was of no avail, and
when the vote was taken an over
wnelming majority was recorded
against the proposition.
| Friday the automobile bill came
up for engrossment and Mr.. Turner,
chairman of the committee on state
affairs. anticipating strong hostile
movement. Immediately asked to lay
the measure over until Wednesday
| so that members could acquaint
| themselves with it more thoroughly
1.-The vote showed AZ for postponement
and SO against. The latter vote
represents those who are in favor of
killing the bill Immediately. Some
who voted for postr onement are also
in favor of slaughter. and there is
every indication that the bill will
meet with defeat when Il again comes
up. The bill is hard. 1t limits the
speed 60 10 miles within city or viii
lage limits and 20 outside. Drastic
and Objectionable are the penalties
prescribed for a violation of the sec
tion which requires the stopping of
car when it meets a horse whose
| driver raises a warning hand The
maximum penalty for this offense is
six months in Jail After shutdown
no car may run at a speed 10 exceed
ten miles an hour even outside city
limits, two lights in front are re-
| CURED and one behind and four-inch