Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30
BILL TO DIsFRANCHIsE THEM is
PRACTICALLY DEFEATED.
A STIR IN THE UPPER HOUSE
Question Of Qualification Of State
Veterinarian Starts a Talkfest-
Measure to Increase Pay of Court
Reporters Is KtIIed-Friends Of
Brer Rabbit Gain q Point.
Mad son, May 20.

After passing the Bancroft bill Mon
day without much opposition, only
five members voting in the negati e,
the assembly yesterday reconsidered its
vote and refrained from killing the.
bin then and there merely because Mr..
Bancroft was absent. The motion to
indefinitely postpone WIS laid over IN
til next week to give the author OF the
bill another chance to present some
arguments.
Contrary to the situation prevailing
Monday, when very. little was said
against the bill which carried convic
ton to the members of the assembly
half a dozen members strenuously at
tackled the measure from various
standyoints. AsscmbIymen Keup and
Jackson argued that the present law
is even mere comprehensive and effec-
tive as regards illegal voting than the.
bill under discussion, and that if the
amendment to the statutes were
passed the law would be material
Iy weakened in spite Of the fact that
M Bancroft tried to convince the leg
islatura that he was strengthening it.
Assemblyman Sprague took the
floor against the bill, because, he de
Clared, the enactment Uf legislation al
fecting the qualifications Of voters
always has such far-reaching results
that continual changes lead ultimate
Iy to great confusion as to what the
law really is. Assemblyman Baker,
the university student in the legiSla-
ture, opposed the bill both on princt
pie and as a matter Of eXpedienCy.
He OBJECTED to singing out CONNER
ciaI travellers ard students and enact
ing a law which seems 10 be directly
aimed at those two classes, and he
also objected bee use the present law
seems stronger on the whole than the
proposed measure.
Ledyina and Mains fought hard to
save the bill from defeat, and request
ed that action be deferred until Il
time when the author could be pres
ent. When the motion to reconsider
was made by Mr. Keup, Ledvina moved
to postpone consideration until next
week. The assembly refused ana
Keup then moved to indefinitely post
pOne the bill Mains charged unfair
ness in the procedure and pointed out
that if the friends of the bill had
moved to reconsider yesterday they
could have buried the opposition with
out a struggle by defeating the motion
at that time. MI Keup retorted that
he believed delay would serve merely
to strengthen the opposition and was
perfectly willing that the motion to
indefinitely postpone should lie over
until next week. The assembly 50
voted.
A stir was occasioned when the
senate bin relating to the Qualifica-
tiCns and Office OF state veterinarian
came up with a report of non-conC. T.
renee in the assembly amendment by
the senate MI Hlger declared vehe-
mently that the Jaw originally drawn
was too stringent and entire prohib
tied the veterinarians connection with
a private business engaged in the
sale Of proprietary medicines The
assembly amendment eon,nvba+ nodi-
fie3 that section. and Hagor contend
ed that the action of Tho senate W.
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