Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-06-14
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
DOINGS OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITOL.
A Summary Account of the Work Ac-
complished During the Week by
Solons at Madison.
In the Senate.
TUESDAY,.

On the 4tl the Senate refused 10 COuCul
in these bills: Bancroft, relating TO the
block system for use by common carriers
engaged in interstate commerce; committee,
relating to the appointment of court com
missoners; committee, relating to the ming
of chattel mortgages. The Senate killed the
Durley bill authorizing common councils
concurred in the Roycraft joint resolution
relating to a national income tax. mo
ton to reconsider the vote by which the
Elver sterilization bill was refused t 41la,i
reading was voted down. The Senate tneh
suspended the rules and concurred IN nlne7
teen bills.
WEDNESDAY.
On the 9Th Senator Sanborn made an efo-
quent but Intellectual plea for the joint reso-
luton providing for a constitutional con
vention. When the roll was called on the
question of Inconvenience, the motloh
prevailed by a vote of 10 ayes to IL noes.
The Sheridan drive bill was reported Tor
indefinite postponement in the Senate. me
committee on claims reported for passage
the bill appropriating $14, 500 for the Wis
consin industrial school foT girls at Mil
waukee Senator Roehrs bill TO provide
public school teachers retirement tuna II. III
Milwaukee was ordered engrossed AFTER
the adoption Of the substitute amendmeni
limiting the fund to gifts and requests, ana
the voluntary contributions by teachers
themselves while permitting the school
board to add a sum not exceeding pes
cent. of the total school levy to the fund
THURSDAY.
On the 9th the appointment of Dr. DaV1d
Roberts as state veterinarian was taken up
in the Senate upon the report or the com
mittee on agriculture and was conhfmed'
The Senate refused concurrence In the AS
sembly amendment to the Whitehead OH
relating to terms of court in the SeYenth,
Eleventh, Twelfth, Fifteenth and Eight
zenith Judicial circuits and the Assembly
will have to ask for conference. Inc con-
currence in the fire marshal bill was recon,
sdered and long amendment was adopted
correcting the numbering and lettering OF
the section and the bill was reconcurred III.
The Assembly joint resolution authorizing
the state board of control to investigate the
methods of home finding societies was re-
ferred to the committee on Judiciary on mo-
ton Of Senator Fairch1ld. On the uniform
divorce law bill the roll call resulted IN a
tie vote, IA to IA, in the engrosSment OF
the bill and the lieutenant governor voted
aye. A debate among the lawyers took
place over the SanbOrn bill relating to gar
nishment. Senators Page and Marsh at
tackled the bill and on a call of the roll 1t
was refused representatives Il noes 10
Another debate ensued over the bill relat-
ing to charges to juries and after a strong
speech by Senator Owen it was refused en-
grossment-ayeS D, noes 22-Senat0rS SRA
seau, Browne, Morris, Sanborn and White
head voting for engrosSment. When the
Assembly bill relating to the closed season
for aquatic fowl came up for third reading
Mr., Husting again, submitted the spring
shooting amendment, which had been voted
down repeatedly. The roll call showed II
for and IA against the amendment and the
lieutenant governor voted with those IN the
negative.
FRIDAY.
On the 18th the Senate concurred in the
Estabrook bill providing for county park
commission in counties, of 10000 and
additional county judge in counties of at
least 100000 in regard to appointments, etc
The Senate took the first step looking
toward adjournment by adopting Senator
Wrights joint resolution shutting off the
Introduction of new bills from committees
or otherwise after June 10. Five new 6llls
:, frnr, tho S.isl Try
committee provides that any child. male or
female under the age of Is who shall be
convicted of criminal ofense may be sen
fenced to the industrial schools until the
rather than to state prison. An amendment
proposed by Senator Bird changed the reso-
luton from statement that the the Estate state
m nrel1 was adopted but tSe resolution failed
of passage on division, by vote of 8 to 3:
passed the bills it had ordered to engross-
ment, among them the Owen bill for the
creation of state waterways COMMISSION
to consist of commissioner at $1,000 a
year, to be appointed by the governor for a
term of three years.
SATURDAY.
Ten senator's were present at the session
of the Senate and Senator Brazeau was
df in TIVE new Ss
introduced, one requiring railroad COM
panies to furnish adequate telephone con-
nection with it's offices, buildings and
grounds which will compel companies, to
put in both telephones where there are two
companies.
Senator Bird introduced joint resolution
relating to the waterpowers of the state.
The Senate refused to recede from it's posi-
ton on the bill to regulate the partition
and distribution of estates, and appointed
Senator's Sanborn, Owen and Hudnall as
members of a conference committee.
In the Assembly.