Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-06-06

bill, forbidding students to vote except
at their homes. withoutsmuch opposi-
ton, only five members voting in the
negative the assembly reconside-ed
its vote and refrained from killing the
bill then anil there merely because Mr.
Bancroft was absent. Assemb-yn,an
Baker, the university student in tie
legislature, opposed the bill both on
principle and as a matter of expedi-
ency. He objected to singing ont
commercial travellers and students ar /
enacted a law which seems to be al
rectly aimed at those two classes, and
ne also objected because the present
law seems stronger on the whole than
the proposed measure Messrs- Led
vina and Mains fought hard to save
the bill from defeat, and final action
on it was deferred The j. 0. Thomas
bill to reduce the rates allowed news
papers for printing notices of election
was ordered to engrossn1ent- The
bill provides for a reduction from g3'
to 30 cents for the first insertion AMI
from 50 to 80 cents for the second.
The new substitute au omob,le bill
was ordered to engrossment without
discussion 1t provides that machines
shall stop alleforward movement when
a horse is frightened, unless by hurry
ing by an accident can better be avoid
ed. On request of the driver all for
the motive power must be stopped
The penalties for second violation
of the law are increased to- imprison-
ment The assembly refused to ac-
cept an amendment to it's bill to pre-
vent the hunting of rabbits with fer
rets, except by the owners of land
The amendment offered bv the senate
proposed to empower owners to give
outsiders permission to come on
their lands and hunt with ferrct5
The Ciausen county option bill was
killed Nobody spoke for or against
it.
More earnest consideration is be-
ing given now to measures which aim
to bring the session to a close As
semblyman Turner offered a joint
resolution to call all bills in from the
committees by June 6. This is nos
to prevent committees from taking up
measures, however, which come from
the other branch of the legislature.
A resolution was adopted to adjourn
Wednesday until Monday.
Madison, May ga bill for a gen
eral reduction of express rates was
introduced in the senate by the COM
mittee ON state affairs. The reduc-
ton ordered is 33 per. cent. The pro-
posal to establish the Torrens system
of land transfers was rejected En-
grossment was accorded the coem-
ploye bill-.tnat is the bill which pro-
yides that railroads cannot offer as
an absolute defense the fact of con-
tributory negligence. That question
now goes to the jury. The Hudnall
bill forbidding railroads from building
parallel lines also was advanced The
Elver bill for the sterilization of de-
fectives was non-ccncurred in. The
assembly bill permitting counties to
establish tract index and abstract-mak-
ing departments was concurred in, and
the house bill authorizing mum icipali-
ties to license stationery engineers
was barely saved from defeat. 1t
seemed doomed, however. The sena-
tors don't like the idea of the open
ing the way for cities to create new
jobs. The Stondall bill inhibi ling
saloons within 5000 feet of the state
university was passed. The house has
passed similar measure. If either
becomes law a dozen Madison
saloons will be. eliminated and no IL
Qucr will be sold between capitol and
university The senate concurred in
the Nye bin to allow patrons of sleep
ing cars to say whether unoccupied
upper berths shall be open or closed
In the lower house the transporta-
ton committee reported the public
utility bill, going to the state railroad
commission supervision over water.
power, heating. lighting and telephone
companies. Telegraph companies
are to be regulated also, but under
separate bill. lie house SHE'D at
the hours-of-labor bill applying to
telegraph. The bill provided a 10
hour day but a socialist moved to
make it s. Then the bill went over.
The ]. o. Thomas bill reducing the
amount allowed editors for publishing
election not ces was amended by re-
storing the present rate but by
limiting the times to four was en-
crossed. The bill to increase court
reporters pay from $4,000 to S250O
was revised and laid over till next
week. A new bill. permits ccunties
to levy a 2-mill tax for road building
The limit now is u of MILL An
other permits counties to raise the
pay of supervisors of assessment
from s4.66 a day
Unyersalist Leader-Instead of ask.
ing q parcOp he hoe ar,x