Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-05
WEDNESDAY,


On the 26th NJ ] Cleary of In Favette
county made a singing speech in the AS
Sembly seriously impUgning the motives of
Speaker Ekern in regard to the insurance
bills. 1t was during the consideration of
the bill to prevent voting by proxy at the
annual election of trustees of mutual in
SurancC companies. Mr.. Cleary is 4 mem
Der of the committee on insurance which
unanimously recommended n substitutes hill
allowing proxy voting. but preventing any
officer or agent of the company from par
forwarding Of proxies. Speaker Ekern re-
linQuished the chair TO Mr.. lie Roy and
from the floor made Il long speech in favor
Of his own bill in preference to the com
mitteeS substitute. BY vote of IS to rs
the Assembly committee hill was sustained.
Speaker Ekern'S proposition being turned
down. The bill was then passed.
The Assembly Concurred in the Senate
amendment to 1o7A. nNin@ tl-uJ uo..S
as the length of the day for rai.roau ieiey.-
raph arS.
The Assembly on the evening OF liz 2G;h
adopted resolution providing tor submit
ting to the people the question OF cYrltiIG
a state printing department The NH aU-
thorizing trust companies to receive money
on time deposits was defeated.
THURSDAY.
On the 2Tth the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance company was on the 81
again in the Assembly. Two, years
20 into S5'V effect in 1905 witch would Increase
the taxes of that company from about $50
Opp 4 year TO about Sl.5IO,0OO 4 year. The
Senate has passed bill which would re-
ducc the cOmpany'S taxes to about $645. OU0
Il year. The Assembly committee on taNa-
ton recommended bill which would leave
figure. The Assembly repudiated the recon-
mendation of the committee on taxation and
killed the Assembly bin. An attempt in
the Assembly to pass bill No. 6G0A, relat-
ing 20 the establishment of teachers en-
ploymCnt bureau, over the governors veto
failed by a vote of y to 81: The governor, 5
veto to 9o4A was sustained by vote of g
to 8. This measure legalizes the acts OF
cities in assisting the building of railroads
and public utilities. The Senate amend
ment TO No. 596A, relating to railroad telc-
graph operators was concurred in.
The Assembly on the evening of the nth
repealed the mental anguish law which
made telegraph and telephone companies
liable for delayed messages. BY vote Of
A to % the bill appropriating $4,000 for
two years for q mining school at Plates
vile was passed. The Senate bill in the
interest of uniform divorce legislation was
killed, as was the measure providing for
the taxation of mortgages by an annual
registration of three mills on Il dollar. The
Assembly voted to recede from its amend
ment to the Fairchild bill appropriating
which permitted the selection of a site out
side of Milwaukee. The Ingram BILL per-
hitting the Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance company TO pay taxes on the pres
ent basis, was passed.
On the 2sth the Assembly by Il vote of
II TO sustained the veto Of the governor
to the Campbell bill relating to the serial
issuance of bonds and payments. BY
unanimous vote the governor was sus-
tanned in his veto to bill No. 624A, relating
to the providing for meeting of the SUI
pervisors of the towns constituting super
intendent districts. With one blow thirty
two bills most of them from the Senate,
were killed. The Pearson bill No. 42S, to
compel road taxes to be paid in money was
killed. The Assembly concurred in the
Senate amendment by a vote of 65 to 5 to
bill No. 710A, eXempting from taxation the
property of certain religious, moral and ed
vocational institutions. Ekern resolution No.
STA providing for an amendment to the
constitution for the incorporation of the
civil service law as a part of the constitu-
ton was killed by a large vote. Joint reso-
luton No 12A by Mr.. Stewart, relating to
taxation was Indefinitely postponed as was
No 22A, by Mr.. Georgi The Assembly, by
a vote of q to 40, refused to kill the Led
vina resolution to submit laws to the voters
upon petition.
The Assembly on the evening of the 2Sth
killed the proposition to create a board
consisting of the governor and other Off
GERS to settle alleged unpaid state license
fees with the railroads. The Devils lake
project also went down to defeat. An in
come tax bill was recommended by the
committee on taxation The Haselwood
bill, designed to promote manual training
in small high schools, was unanimously
creaslng the expenditure on each wing
$4,000 The same action was taken with
the bill providing for the pensioning on
half salary justices of the supreme court
Vicksburg monument bin was also con
Cured in, along with the measure to ap-
propriate $1,000 to the Light Horse Squad
ron Armory association of Milwaukee.