Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-05-30

cities offered another juvenile court
bill, relating to delinquent children
in counties containing cities of the
first, second and third classes. The
judiciary committee recommended for
slaughter the Froemming bill limiting
to eight hours the labor on public
works in Milwaukee. Messrs. He'll
bron, Georgi and Durley dissented.
Madison, May 24.-The senate con-
CURED in the Berner resolution
memorializing congress n favor OF =
teInational peace, and concurrad a
the Ingram resolution in favor 'of the
improvement of the upper Mississippi
The Owen bill to establish z state
waterways commission was referred to
the committee on claims. The Ston-
dali DILL to keep saloons three-fourths
of a nile away from the university
was advanced to engrossment. The
bill to make an annual appropriation
cf 100000 for nine consecutive years
for the building OF the new capitol
Iand provided for the raising of the
money by taxation was ordered Ell
crossed. This establishes $1,000 o06
as the ultimate aggregate cost of thu
new statehouse.
The Hudnall retaliatory bill, to for
bid railroads from allowing the sanp-
ling of grain in transit to Superior,
was indefinitely postponed. The same
fate befell Senator Owens bill TO re-
|Quire railroads to operate on branch
lines the SINE trains on Sunday as
are operated ON week days. The
Turner bill to permit the owner or
occupant of land to take rabbits with
ferrets were concIrred in, also tn,
bill to limit the giving of passes to
state and local agricultural fairs was
concurred in. Five assembly bills
were killed by inconvenience, includ-
ing the Elver bill to limit the hours of
street railway employees to ten hours
a day. The bill to prohibit the smok-
ing of cigarettes in public places was
on the calendar for non-concurrence
but went to a committee.
After various amendments the child
labor bill was ordered engrossed in
the assembly, by vote of so to 5. As
semblyman Kubasta, F. Mueller,
Norcross, rerry and Fred Smith were
the only ones who voted against the
bill in it's amended form. Three
amendments were adopted One ex-
cepts Office and errand boys and the
like from the operation of the law
which requires permits in all cases.
Another excerpts canning and picking
factories from that section of the law
which prohibits working after 6
o'clock at night and a third requires
children to be able to read and write
simple sentences. An amendment by
Asemblyman Turner to make the en-
tire law operative only in cities of the
first and second classes called forth
the most vigorous discussion Assem-
blyman Norcross speaking in fave.
of the amendment. delivered an at
tack on the entire bill He contends
that this species of legislation tended
to inculcate, instead of habits Of thrift
and industry, only idleness in the
younger generation. If child under
Ia cannot work it will ruin more chill
dren than are ruined in any other
way. He called upon the members CT
the legislature. all of whom he 80
lieved were compelled to work wnen
they were young, to repudiate legisla-
tion which will work to the detriment
of the youth of the land Messrs.
Brockhausen, Thompson and Weber.
all social democrats, spoke in favor CT
LEGISLATION along the line indicated.
Hhe bill which makes numerous
to the primary law was
hotly debated An amendment to !
duce the rate allowed to newspapers
for the publication of notices was the
feature discussed most vehemenriy.
and it was killed. Another amend
nlent by Assemblyman Estabrook to
require majority vote to nominate a
United Sites senator was withdrawn.
The bill was finally laid over.