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

| Petitions in favor OF a law compelling
| the granting of one rest day in seven were
received in the Senate on the Oath from
the federation of churches, representing
i 10000 members, and the Wisconsin Con
gregational society, representing 10000
members Senator Froemmings bill en-
! towering cities of the first class to vacate
! Streets alleys, etc, was advanced to en-
! grossment and third reading and the follow
/ ing were Indefinitely postponed: Relating
to catching fish with set line in Lake Puck
! away and Fox river in Green Lake county {;
! relating to trusts and combinations: relat-
| ing to the terms of court in the Eleventh
judicial circuit; relating to hunting licenses:
sippi river and to fishing in Lake Pepn.
| The following Senate bills were passed
without debate, Relating to, the regulation
paca county; relating to immoral, dishonor-
| able or unprofessional conduct on the part
! of physicians; relating to fishing in Lakes
! st. Croix and Pepin and the Mississippi
| river. The following were concurred in:
Relating to monuments on. plats; relating
| to district court for Milwaukee county, pro
vidng for appeal within ten days; to pro-
vide for the manner Of filing proofs of pub
LEGATION of ordinances in cities of the first
class, the. foreman and publishers to fill
affidavit of publication; relating to erection
of land marks relating to the payment of
fees and expenses in proceedings to de:
| termine sanity. A new bill was introduced
by the committee on state affairs. amend
ing a dam bill passed in 1871, relating to
the contraction of flush dam at the out
| let of Rush lake, Winnebago county.
THURSDAY
In the Senate the committee on trans
/ pOrtation introduced two new bills on the
25th, one repeating the act authorizing the
! building and maintenance of a dam across
! the Spruce river in Douglas county and the
other repeating the act authorizing dams
across the Moose and st. Croix rivers. The
! committee on judiciary INTRODUCED bills
| amending the statutes relating to bills of
ions 10 fn tinIO
religious and denOminational societies, con-
gregations, squads, etc, and also a bill en-
towering county boards to fix the salary
| and number of clerks of circuia courts.
| The committee on fish and game reported
for indefinite postponement the bills restor-
| ing spring shooting of aquatic fowl. The
| committee on cities and villages reported Il
| bill authorizing cities of the first class to
build and maintain municipal ice plants for
indefinite postDonement and the Assembly
| bill on the same subject for non-concur-
renee. 1t also reported for indefinite post
ponement the bill authorizing cities of the
! first class to dredge and improve harbors
| and issue bonds therefor and the bill Strik-
ing out the word "eXclusive" from the Mil
waukee Gas Light company's charter. The
| Rummel joint resolution for an amendment
| to the constitution repeating the debt limit
| in order to permit state ownership of tele-
| phone systems was Indefinitely postponed
| and the Bancroft resolution relating to re
| Quirements for admission to the state uni
! versity, aimed to secure a purely English
| course, was non-concurred in. The Senate
| cOncurred IN the BfOCknauSen resolution
memorializing Congress in regard to child
| labor. After a spirited debate the Brazeau
bill comforting upon corporations and mu-
inequalities furnishing electric light and
! power to their people by wafer power the
i right to overflow lands was laid upon
motion of Senator Randolph. The Ledvina
bill relating to police and fire commission
erS in cities of the second and third class
was cOncurred in under suspension of the
rules and Immediately messaged to the AS
sembly.
| FRIDAY
The Senate on the Goth voted that when
it adjourned it be until Monday evening at
8 O'Clock. A resolution for Saturday SEES
| Sions every other week was laid over. Five
new bills were introduced by committees
relating to the state board Of health, chang
| ing time for meetings and making members
eligible for more than two years; relating
to the standard fire insurance policy; revis-
ing section 1772 of the statutes by giving
water power owners the right to pro rata
interest in reservoir companies; providing
for the employment of extra assistants by
the bureau Of labor and industrial statis-
ties, and without reference to the civil
pense be kept within $2500 Senator Frozen
mings joint resolution relating to state fire
insurance was indefinitely postponed, as
were the following: Relating to powers of
council to inspect and regulate stationary
engines and boilers and to license station
airy engineers; relating to schools; relating
! to the police and fire commission in cities
| of the second and third class; relating to
| justices of the peace in towns; relating to
! the payment of fees on appeals from JUS
| tice courts; relating to daily newspapers
| published in counties and in cities OF the
| first, second, third and fourth class. and
defining legal newspaper. The following
were passed or concurred in: Relating to
| letters of attorney; relating to intercourse
with an insane female; relating to the dis
tribution and partition OF estates; to au-
| thorize the Wausau Lumber company to
| erect and maintain bOoms, etc, on the Big
Rib river; to authorize the Wausau Lumber
| company to erect and maintain flooding
| river:
| boundaries of Langlade county.
MONDAY
| The Milwaukee municipal ice house bill
| was given another chance, when action on
| recommendation for non-concurrence was
! postponed in the Senate on the 10Th. The
| Weber bill providing additional safeguards
| for the protection of workmen employed in
| dangerous occupations was concurred in.
| Among the bills advanced to third reading
were Roehr's bill providing for more ASSIST
| ants for the county clerk of Milwaukec.
| ROehr's Milwaukee Speedway bill, Marsh
bill prohibiting reconsideration of claim
once disallowed by county boards, common
| councils or town or village boards, and
Fairchild's bill relating to increase OF n the
| bond of the treasurer of Milwaukee county
! Nine bills were killed. including that or
| Senator ROehr to amend the act incorporat-
| ing the Milwaukee Gas Light company, with
| an exclusive charter. and also Senator
| Froemmings authorizing Milwaukee to Is
| sue bonds for harbor dredging and improve
ment Two spring shooting bills were on
| the calendar for killing, but were Iald over
TUESDAY.
! The Senate on April 30 passed consntu-
| tional amendment resolution which provides
| that present circuit courts district lines
| shall be abolished and that the state shall
be divided into four circuit court districts
! with from three to four judges to a circuit
| There were only two dissenting votes
against the resolution, those of Senators
! Hagemeister and Wolff.
BY shrewd parliamentary generalship AS
| semblyman Aldridge, Socialist, on April 30
saved the joint resolution relating to call
ing constitutional convention to amend
| the United States constitution. Without
word of debate it was refused engrossment.
Mr. Aldridge called for a division of the
! house and seeing sixteen members arise,
| although most of them reluctantly, he de-
| manded a roll call The roll resulted in the
! advancement of the resolution by vote of
| Al to 40.
Mr. Brockhausen. Social Democrat. made
| speech in favor of his resolution provid-
ing for the election Of federal judges by
| hi ATNypils NfD