Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-03-15
IN The LEGISLATURE.
DOINGS OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITAL.
A Summary Account of lie Work Ac-
complished During the Week
by Solons at Madison.
In the Senate

sion on the 4th by the Senate was a tech
meal amendment to the primary law for
the registration of electors. Among the
measures laid over were the Barker wide
sheet hotel regulation bill. and the bill to
forbid the state veterinarian from using
his official position to advance his private
interests. \ memorial was received from
the Legislature of South Dakota asking
Wisconsin to join movement to give the
federal courts jurisdiction over pOlygamy
and divorce a new bill was introduced by
Senator Fridd for the committee on state
departments. extending the Milwaukee tract
index law to counties of $4,000 or more
population.
The Senate on the 9TH concurrcd in Mr.
perry's bill amending the act forbiddiug
Including Tie Spantsh-American war vet.
Grams among the protected orders
When the capitol bill came up in the Sen
ate AT the evening session on the 9TH an
amendment was offered providing that moth
ing in the bill should be construed to in
crease the limit of 40 cents Il cubic foot for
Legislature" OF 1909. beyond the sum of
SlOo.om for each wing or of $1000,O0O for
the entire structure. and this not To in
clUdc the cost of any land purchase for
separate heating plant and warehouse. The
bill and amendment went over a day The
bill to appropriate not more than 5000 for
use 10y the committees on banks and in
Surance came from the Assembly with re
quest for concurrence. 1t was agreed that
me bill would lie over for day Senator
Roehr. through the committee Oh revision
introduced Il new bill relating to the offenSp
of taking usurOuS interest. The bill amends
the present law so as to reach loan sharks
who get around the present law by charg-
ing only the maximum rate allowed. II per
cent. and charged additional sums as com
MISSIONS On motion of Senator Brazcau
blII NO ,FoS; TO create tine town Of Shana
golden. Ashland county. was passed under
suspension Of the rules. The committee
on state affairs reported the DEVILS Lake
park bill in favor of passage and the Joint
resolution for the Improvement of the Up-
per Mississippi for non-concurrence.
immediately after the reading of Gov
Davidson letter submitting the resignation
of senator John {. Spooucr. the Senate ON
tho 9th took mp and adopted the resolution
presented Tuesday by Senator Noble calling
as to the time when the Legislature should
ballot Tor Il successor. Senator Bankers
sanitary hotel sheet and towel bill was laid
over and after = division the Even bill.
amending the civil session law to exempt
the chief clerk and confidential clerk in the
secretary Of states office. was laid over for
one week, 1G 30 Is. The physical connec-
ton bill, requiring telephone exchanges to
permit connection with other toll lines
whenever requested and without discriminate
ton, was again introduced from the com
mittcc on eugrOSScd bills which also intro
duced a bill extending to any person the
power to make complaint against liquor
dealer for selling intoXicants to Il prohibit
ed person. The Senate killed the amend
mcnt 10 the capitol bill providing for Il sep
aratr heating plant.
II Senate concurrcd on the 9Th i'm the
BaI it Joint resolution requiring Il state
men. regarding special counsel employed by
the state in the last ten years. in the John
Scott joint resolution for the appointment
of committee to visit the land in the
vicinity of Portage City 10 report thereon
and the Wchrwcin joint resolution relating
to federal uniform standard of classitica-
tion of grains. The Ingram resolution re
laring to the Improvement of the upper
Mississippi was rC-referred to the commit
tee on state affairs with Instructions to give
senators interested hearing. Bills con
Al,
latinG to public shade trees: 2OSA Mr..
Burke. relating TO counties Bills passed
Senator Bird. relating TO the sale of public
lands; Senator Fairchild, relating to a pen
sion fund for members of the fire depart
ment in cities of the first class: Senator.
MunSon. authorizing the placing Of state
torical society; senator LOckney. relating to
cities and fixing terms of certain city off
GERS; Senator Roehr. relating to pension for
the police department i'll cities of the first
class: Senator SanbOrn, To detach certain
territory from the town of Minong in Wash
burn county, and to create the town Of
Frog Creek; Senator Page. authorizing th-
town board of towns situated i'll Il county
containing 4 city of the first class to erect
and maintain street lights along public hi"n
ways where streets cars are i'll operation;
Senator Owen. relating to evidence; Senator
Morris, granting to the United States tn
right to use the Wisconsin military rpSprva-
ton near Camp Douglas; Senator White
head, relating to town officers: Senator Fair
child. relating to the appointment of breV.f
SttOnu UtUIentnlS III the WISCONSIN ma
tional guard; Senator Roehr. to amend the
act Incorporating the "cOngragatiOn Eman-
ucl,' Of the city of Milwaukee.
In the Senate on the Sth the joint rpso-
tuition Offering tribute to John {. SpOOnpr
for his success in the United States Senate
was concurred i'll by Il rising vote, every
Republican voting for concurrence and the
Democrats and one Socialist Democrat OF
the Senate not voting ut all. The commit
tee ON revision introduced new bill au-
thorizing the Arpin Lumber company to
construct n dam across the Chippewa river
in Sawyer county. The Assembly bill to
compensate the legislative visiting commit
tee appointed to visit charitable and penal
institutions was cOncurred in. The Assem-
bly, joint resolution for the investigation OF
the Wisconsin Veterans home at Waupaca
WIS referred to the committee on military
affairs of the Senate On motion of Senator
Burns, Assembly bill No. 166. providing for
filling vacancies i'll the office of mayor in
cities of the second. third and fourth class.
was recalled from the committee on cities
and villages and COncuTred i'll by the Sell
ate under suspension of the rules.
In the Senate at the evening session OH
the Sth Senator II. =. Bird. introduced a
joint resolution declaring that it is the
policy of the state to ultimately own the
water powers within its boundaries, and for
the following reasons: First, to advance all
of the material interests of the state by
promoting the manufacturing interests by
the use of such water power Second, to
maintain reservoirs for storage of water at
times of excess for periods of shortage. thus
Iessening damage from high water and s.
curing more uniform flow throughout the
year"
In the Assembly.
The Assembly at the night session ON the
4th passed two township bills under sus-
pension of the rules in order to enable the
new towns to hold their first elections on
the regular election day next month. One
creates the town of Pressure Isle in Villas
county. The other bill creates the towns
of Hawthorne. Scion Springs and Highland
in Douglas county motion by Assembly
man Everett was adopted authorizing AS
Semblyman WehrWcin of Manit0Woc to act
as chairman of the committee on towns
and counties in the absence of Assembly,
man Falvey of Crivitz. who is ill., The AS
sembly killed the Weber bill relating to the
hours of service of employees of corporations
or firms and the Harras bill prescribing q
heavy penalty for unlawful conversion Of
military property. The BrOckhausen rcsOIu-
ton memOrializinC Congress to Place the
matter of Investigating the subject of
woman and cli.d labor under the charge of
the bureau of commerce and labor was
adopted.
In the Assembly on the 9th the Ingram
joint resolution fixing the time of meeting
of the Assembly at 10 o'clock went over
for a week motion Of its author. Sen
ator Brownies joint resolution authorizing
Wisconsin to snare in the governments aid
for agricultural experiment stations under
the Adams act was concurred in. Assem-
blyman BrOckhouSer's joint resolution d-
recting the committee on printing to in
vestigate the conditions of printing and re-
port on suggested Improvements adopt
ed. Under suspension of the rules the Ban
croft bill apprOpriating $1,000 for suitable
dedication of the state monument at An
Jacksonville. Ga, was passed without dis
sent. Among the bills to 90 over was the
Esterhrook measure authorizing cities to
remove ashes and garbage. The Direly bill,
authorizing school boards OF cities in the
third class to buy school sites outside of