Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-11
CROOKED BILL
FOREVER DEAD
ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY SUS-
TAINS THE GOVERNOR.
DEFEAT FOR THE LOBBYIST
Notorious Legislative Agent Amply
Supplied With Money, Unsuccess-
full Because of Opposition of the
acknowledgements Acted in
Good Faith.
Madison, July 10.

By unanimous vote, SO to o. the
assembly refused to pass over the
governors veto the bill which pro-
yided that statutes shall have no effect
upon actions or proceedings pending
at the time of their passage.
The governor had stamped this
piece of legislation as vicious" and
urged for an Interior purpose, say
ing that it had the same effect as the
amendment proposed to the anti-par-
alleling law passed a short time ago.
If the bill had gone into effect
condemnation proceedings as well as
every other kind of proceedings in pro
gress when the law was enacted
would have gone on without being
affected by the new statute relating
to parallel roads
AsSemblyman Ledvina explained
that as a member of the judiciary COM
mittee he wished to deny that there
was any Interior motive prompting the
the committee in Offering the bill and
recommending it for passage. Mr.. In
had had a similar bill under consider
alton early in the session and that it
had been recommended for indefinite
pOstponement but that on second
thought members of the committee
had come to the conclusion that in the
rush in the early part of the session
they might have acted hastily.
Nobody spoke in favor of passing
the bill over the executive veto and
the roll call showed everybody voting
to sustain the governor.
1t was in regard to this bill that it
was discovered that a notorious lob
byist had used corrupt methods to
rush the bill through in advance Of
the non-dupllcation bill. To this end
a good deal Of money was unsuccess-
fully used.
Dongs in Assembly.
After heated discussion and a close
vote of % to % the assembly concur
red in the senate bill to iegalize the
contract for asphalting Wisconsin
street. Milwaukee, which contract had
teen rendered illegal and void by a
supreme court decision.
The senate bill requiring the install
latiOn of both telephones in railway
stations in towns where there are two
lines was concurred in by the assem-
bly,
The senate bill to amend the pri-
mary election law and provide for the
rotation of names of candidates was
COncurred in by the assembly. The
bill is designed to give each candidate
fair chance in the primary by ro-
tating the names instead of arranging
them alphabetically throughout the
state.
The Mains joint resolution to call
for an investigation by the tax com
mission into the different systems of
taxing life insurance companies was
adopted. The commission is required
to report to the next Legislature some
suitable plan of taxation.
The Milwaukee county court bill
affecting court reporters and increas-
ing their salaries narrowly escaped
executive disapproval, Governor David
son having signed it only because he
realized the need of speedy action
He sent a communication to the lower
house, however, in which he sets forth
in an able manner why he disapproves
of the principle of the measure and
signed it only for the sake of expedi-
ency.