Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-24
Madison, Jan. %.

Madison, Jan. %.
Changes In the processes of legisla-
ton are proposed in Wisconsin sen
ate and assembly which will make
the coming session vastly different
from those of the past. One great
change has already been partially
put into force, that of referring all
bills to committee on revision,
which has the duty OF seeing TO 1t
that the proposed laws are in proper
form to become statutes, and that
there will not be needless provisions
Ieenacted. This committee is also
expected to classify the many bills
offered and send them in punches to
The proper committees, SO that all the
bills involving the same subject
shall be placed before the same com
mittee at the same time for consid-
GRAFTON.
Another proposal that meets the
approval of all members whose homes
are far from the capital city is that
the legislature remain diligently in
session for three or four weeks and
then take an adjournment for an en-
tire week. The Idea Is to give the
remotely resident members opportu-
nifty to go to their homes and attend
to business affairs once a month. AS
it Is now the Legislature meets Tues
day morning and adjourns on Thurs
Gay or Friday over Sunday. This
gives opportunity to members VINO
live in Milwaukee or the south half
of the state to go to their homes and
see to business and also visit their
families, but members from the north
haf of the state have to remain over
town with little or nothing to do
other than go to theaters, read pa
pers and talk about sending Governor
Davidson to the United States SEN
ate. TO some members the third di
version has so small attraction.
A third proposal that is ending IA
vor Is that of Senator A. w. Sanborn
Of Ashland, who would have the two
houses meet at four o'clock in the af-
ternoon instead of at ten in the morn
ing. He says that this would factli-
tate business by giving more time Tor
committee meetings, where the real
work Of the session is done.
Want Early Adjournment
All these plans for facilitating the
work of lhe legislature look to an
early adjournment. Senator Sanborn
urges that at least during the early
days of the session, both houses, OPP
Grating under a joint resolution, hold
the daily sessions in the afternoon
instead of in the morning. This plan,
Senator Sanborn argues, would
leave the committees free to work
from 9 o'clock in the morning until
noon and from o'clock in the after
noon until 4 o'clock, when the SEES
sion would be called. He believes
that In this way the committees could
have just twice the time to devote to
the consideration of bills that it
would have under the old plan, and
that as most of the work during the
early part of the session must be
done in the committee room, this will
tend to facilitate the work of the leg
islature and make an early final ad-
tournament possible.
CIeary's Circus Bill.
Assemblyman NJ. J. Cleary of
Blanchardsville is preparing bill to
provide that all amusement organiza-
tons shall provide one ticket selling
booth for each 1000 of seating capac-
| ity and that one clear entrance and
exit Of at least five feet in width,
shall be provided for each 1000 seat.
ing capacity. This BILL while apply
ing to all amusement organizations.
is primarily intended to remedy the
crowding at travelling circus per-
| formances
BADGER CADET STRICKEN.