Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-05-02

by MI Bell OF Racine relating to the
employment of children under is
years of age was laid over to Tuesday.
II is a sweeping bill and If possible,
no child under 16 can work for wages
in any occupation whatever.
| Temperance legislation triumphed
lin the assembly again when the
hill relating to the revocation of Ii
,censes by common councils was In
definitely postponed. speech was
made by Assemblyman j. f. Baker
against any change of the present
law. The bill provided that instead
when saloonkeeper has been found
guilty of violating the law matter
of discretion with the council, as was
provided in the original bill, sucn
discretion shall De placed with thu.
the court. Mr.. Baker pointed out
that such a step would involve the
judiciary in local saloon politics ana
would be a menace to the judiciary.
The bill was postponed indefinitely.
One of the important transportation
bills which has been hanging fire all
week was passed by vote of SO to o.
The feature of the bill, which has
been the subject of some dispute, is
railroad commission to require cor
poraGnns to furnish list OF stock
and bondholders. vigorous debate
ensued over the Elver bill to change
the place of filing and renewing chat
tel mortgages from the city and town
clerks to the registers OF deeds.
Messrs, Ledvina, Ingram and Glen
dissented from the majority report OF
the judiciary committee in favor of
passage, and Messrs. Sprague and
Hebron also argued against the
measure. Mr.. Durley spoke in IA
vor of the change. The bill was
killed Four more new bills came
into the assembly. The committee on
agriculture offered a bill to compel all
associations or societies receiving
state aid to make annual reports to
the secretary of state. The committees
on elections offered bill to destroy
all nomination papers within four
months after the election of which
they were filed. The committee on
cities offered bill providing that
outside of those offices which may be
made elective the municipality shalt
have the power to determine for IT.
self how the other officers may no
selected. The judiciary committee
introduced measure which provides
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elected for three years but for not
more than two terms.
Madison. April 27-Farmers and
fruit growers OF Wisconsin, are to
have the liberty of protecting them
selves against the depredations of
rabbits, the assembly refusing to al
low an anti-ferret bill to be advanced
without an amendment clearly per-
hitting the owner of and TO extermi.
nate the rabbit pests Mr. iagen
said he had suffered annually hum
dreds of dollars OF damages by reason
OF rabbits, and he said that the hor
ticulturists of the state were dam
aged annually thousands of dollars.
by the barking of trees and shrubs.
Mr. Ties related how an entire new
orchard which he tried to start had
been destroyed by state-protected rab,
bits.
The charge that many coroners are
grafters was made with determination
in the assembly when the bill to re-
peal the inquest law OF 1906 was up
for engrossment Mr.. Jackson
wanted to know why the re9ealing
measure was favored, as he thought
the law of 1905, requiring the APP
proval of the district attorney before
the coroner could hold an inquest,
was a good law and the change pro-
posed was in his opinion a letting
down Of the bars against any Justice
of the peace holding an inquest and
causing the county large and unneces-
'sary expense. Mr.. Mckenzie vigor-
ously opposed the bin, declaring that
the coroner OF his home county
Waukesha, was one Of the coroners
who pressed the measure, and that
they wanted 10 have power to call aud
hold nquests Unfortunately so as
to increase their fees. He declared
that the bill. which proposed return
to the old system. was an invitation
to grafters TO mulct the county. The
bill went back to the judiciary com.
mitlee The Bancroft bill eliminat-
ing the restriction that not more
than $4,000 may be recovered for dam
ages In case OF death by accident was
advanced. The Thompson resolution
for a legislative investigation OF the
liquor traffic. involving the definition
Of the saloon as the poor mans
club. was KILLED after the author had
explained that he thought that i'm
sufficient information was available at
present to enable intelligent dealing
with this great problem.
AT STEPHENSoN'S HOME.