Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-03
In the Assembly.
WEDNESDAY

oath killed the automobile bill by Il decisive
vote. The Social Democrats won VICTORY
by having sent to engrossment the Th0mp-
son bill which permits the majority OF the
Milwaukee council to issue bonds on the
majority vote Of the people IL The f
ments 313 to forfetures; 323. TO prevent
fraud in drilling for ore; 34l, requiring the
keeping of records of mining operations,
400 TO the representation of cities in county
boards; 40, to burglary; 4aS, to money
known as the war claim; 539 to forfeit
ures or corpulent franchises; o64, to EN-
ployment of women and children; o9', 10
sale of property held under agreement such
as on installment; COS. to railroad ohcers;
632, to discrimination i'll telephone Fehtals'
644 to publication of obscene matter; IO4'
to public utility corporations; 100, TO CON
duct of poor persons in courts; IT., TO mems
upon horses for shoeing and doctorlng: So
to eligibility to county treasurer ana his
deputy. -
Thirteen new bills came into the Assem-
bly, on the 25th and forty-four bills and one
Joint resolution were reported out by com
mittees The committee on agriculture IN
troduced three bills. One provides a pen
atty for attempting to prevent reaction III
cattle to be tested for tuberculosis one year
before being offered for sale and third
mades an appropriation OF $436 TO cover 10, ia a
deficit. Six bills were introduced by the
committee on judiciary. They provide, that
district attorneys shall prosecute all bas-
tardy cases unless they deem evidence N
trates to put prisoners on probation; legal
izng acts of cities in spending money for
railroads and factory sites 4uf deaT
taking dispositions; authorizing. notaries to
give bonds by surety companies bill
came in increasing the salary of the ste
nographer of the civil service commission
from 1920 to $40 and increasing the appro-
priation for the commission from $4,000 to
new bill authorizing the division of eleven
districts having over 800 votes and ON petit
ton of fifty electors. A new b1ll REQUIRES
above $500 must be let by village boards;
The committee ON transportation reported
for death three bills, providing for liability
of telephones in cities and guarding health
of sleeping car occupants No: 43s, requir-
ing full crews on trains was faHorap DGpo re-
ed eleven bills for passage and thirteen Tor
postponement. Among those adversely re-
ported was the Bancroft bill No. $780, hold
ing railway officials guilty of murder in the
second degree in case Of death in avo1dable
accidents, and No. 143A, permitting hus-
another, when not objected to- The ;fhomp-
son joint resolution providing for the ap-
pointment of Legislative committee to in
vestigate and report some system of state
ownership and regulation of the liquor
traffic was reported for indefinite postpone,
ment. Coming to, Wednesdays unfinished
of No. S93A, advanced, which requires that
state factory officials collect the wages, OF
minors withheld by, employers III The b bin II
was sent to the judiciary committee. Blll
No. $40 was amended and then passed. Ten
other bills of minor Importance were passed
or concurred in. The Martin bill No; 79S.
authorizing the board of control with the
consent of the governor to parole penlten-
tiary prisoners who have served half their
terms was advanced to third reading: The
bill to sterilize imbecles was referred
FRIDAY.
The Assembly on the goth Engaged in
numerous arguments but went far i'll clear.
ing up it's back calendar and disposing OF
many of the bills scheduled for considera,
ton. The Thomas bill providing that all
conveyances of real estate shall state the
exact consideration involved was killed.
The bill to provide for the manufacture OF
binder Irvine at the state prison at Wau-
pun was ordered to engrossment. The AS
sembly by unanimous vote adopted reSo-
luton protesting against Memorial day as
the time for holding the Wisconsin Syracuse
regatta. A communication from Mrs. Mabel
Davidson-Inbusch dated at Los Angeles,
wedding gift sent her by the Assembly was
read. A letter was read from the state
bers to, witness post-mortem demonstration
for tuberculosis at the university farm
April %. Four new bills were introduced
They provide: For an annual report by
every association receiving state aid For
term of office of jury commissioners; For
method of choosing city officers. For de-
reported for indefinite postponement the
Roethe joint resolution h[nroyidn3gg for for the he
and 1888, amending the primary election
law, were adversely reported, while No. 3e7
on the same f%btsct wa
so as to require that all chattel mortgages
be filed with the, register, of deeds instead
of with town. village and city clerks, was
killed. The Roycroft joint resolution me
morialzing Congress to amend the constitl
ton SO as to prohibit polygamy and the
ROethe joint resolution for amending the
state constitution to permit the
election of sherffs were killed The AS
sembly killed the Marquardt bill No. 453,
steady of obligatory, as now. to revoke
liquor licenses of violators. Other bills on
Thursdays calendar killed are: No. 49S
to counsel of INDECENT defendants in Grim
inal actions; so, to conveyances; 62O to
legalize acts of Dane county board 703
to on rp haE dtc SS to ana
peddlers; 1O4, to verdicts in justice courts;
IA. to appeals from justice court; 324, to
cases in justice courts: 381. to the second
municipal court for Lincoln county: 420,
to assault and theft, being armed; 431, to
reassessment, etc.
With only sixty members present, the
Assembly held three hours, session at
commission for the determination of the
Canadian thistle and appropriates an I'M
limited sum of money for that purpose, was
adopted by vote of As to 10. Other bills
passed by the Assembly were: Authorizing
of the WATERFOWL intercounty fair. Au-
thorizing the dairy and food commissioner
to delegate his assistant chemists to aid in
the work of farmers institutes and appro-
priating $1,000 annually for that purpose
Giving county boards power to purchas"
lands for the purpose of holding agricul-
tural fairs to the amount of $4,000. Reat-
ing, to liability of railroad companies for i'll
juries sustained by employees, so-called com
parative negligence bill and submitting to
the jury the question Of comparative negli-
gerce. Regulating the sanitary conditions
of bakeries and confectionery establish
ments. The joint resolution introduced by
T. II. Miller, relating to the calling of a
convention to revise the constitution of the
state, was made n special order for Thurs
day morning, May ,. The Bell bill,
which relates to the employment of chill
dren in mercantile establishments,
postponed until Tuesday.
SATURDAY.
The Assembly in a listless Saturday SEES
sion on the 9th considered a proposition
submitted by the League of Wisconsin Mu-