Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-03-28
Ordered to Enorossment.

| cLduSeS the rill6 OF eNIueuCe III pitSt,
cutting liquor dealers for selling to
minors. 1t is made an offense pun
ishable by fine of from 81 TO s1o fCr
any minor over Is to solicit a drink
| from a saloon keeper This law IS
not tC interfere however. with such
minors giving testimony against sa-
loon keepers for selling, and sUch
evidence. is not to be used against
themselves except for perjury.
! The Estabrook bill granting the
power to boards to provide for lee
lures in and out of the school build
iEgs was also ordered to engross-
ment
The Schauer bill which gives the
state superintendent more power to
prevent the employment of inefficient
teachers was acted upon in a similar
manner
Democrats FiIibuster.
! Filibustering tactics were emplo%ef
by the minority but without avail
when the Cleary bill came up fo1 pas
sage. 1t provides for more strin-
CERT penalties for trespassers on the
capitoi grounds. AsSemblyman ElVer
opposed the change in the prese
| law, cOntending that the advocates OF
! the bill were pushing the matter to
ridiculous extremes. He offered ID
amendment which would make the re-
quireinents less stringent and would
not give to the capitol police such
large powers as those contemplated
in the bill. Anybody who walks 2n
the grass may be arrested and put in
to Jail, according to the bill. and may
he subjected to fine of $500 or tw2
months in Jail
Nj. Cleary pointed out that the re-
quirements were necessary if the
grounds should be properly kept, and
did not wish to have the measure
treated in any spirit of levity. Il
concerned the appearance of public
property ard should be given proper
consideration.
! The amendment was voted down
and Mr. Elver, still fighting valiantly
Immediately moved to indefinitely
pOstpoT es the bill. The motion was
lost He then moved to rerefer the
measure to the judiciary committee
which was also lost Then he urged
laying over the bill until April Y. On
all these motions the vote was large
ly party vote, the members on both
sides joining enthusiastically in the
fray between the two young legislat
H1lr
Mr.. Elver gave notice that he would
move a reconsideration.
Cernahan Saves His Bill.
Mr.. Cernahan, democrat, saved a
measure o. his from being killed by a
neat little speech, in spite of IN al
verso recommendation from the COM
! n2:4te@ on taxation. The bill relates
to the gathering of farm statistics by
assessors, and provides for a repeal
of that section of the law. Mr.
Cernahan set forth the demand for
! the measure and appealed to the
farmers in the assembly. He de-
clared that he did not like to have
his b II killed by a committee with
such a cold ard cheerless title as TIE
committee on taxation and urged
that at least it should "be sacrificed
on the altar of its friends" ard
moved to rerefer to the committee on
agriculture The motion was car
red unanimously.
Resolution of Sympathy.
On motion of Asemblyman Nye,
resolutions of sympathy were adopted
by a rising vote of the assembly for
Assemblyman A. w. Durley of Super
ior, whose wife died recently.
The committee on education recon-
mended bill SOFA for passage. The
bill provides that subscriptions to ed
vocational journals may be made to
any of three designated by the state
superintendent of instruction. At
present the state pays for large
number of subscriptions to the Wis
consin Journal of Education.
Neither of the two bills which were
to be ordered to a third reading in
the assembly got that far At the re
quest of Assemblyman Potter the bill
which makes it prima facie evidence
of having violated the law in dry
towns to have in ones possession a
United States government license,
was re-referred to the committee on
state affairs. The committee had
amended the bill: SO as to limit that
possession to the time when the vio-
lation is alleged to have taken place.
Four bills were passed in the as
sembly in addition to the Cleary
measure The bill reducing the num-
Der of deer that one hunter may take
from two to one passed. The Bah
cock milk test bill passed without
opposition after a slight amendment
had been made to exclude from the
operation of the law such establish
ments as ought not properly to come
under the head of creameries.
Conference on Railroad Situation.