Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30

to eight hours the aDor on public
works in Milwaukee. Messrs. He'll
bron, Georgi and Durley dissented.
Madison, May 24.-The senate con
CURED in the Berler resolution
memorializing congress in favor of III.
ternational peace, aid concurred in
1.-THE Ingram resolution in favor of the
Improvement of the upper Mississippi:
The Owen bill to establish state
waterways commission was referred 10
the committee on claims. The Ston-
dali bill to keep saloons three-fourths
of a nile away from the university
was advanced to engossment. The
bill to make an annual appropriation
of $500, 900 for nine consecutive years
for the building of tie new capitol
and providing for the raising of tn :
money by taxation was ordered EN-
crossed. This establishes $4,000, 900
as the ultimate aggregate cost of the
new statehouse.
The Hudnall retaliat'ry bill, to for
bid railroads from allowing the samp-
ling of grain in traniit to Superior,
was Indefinitely postponed. The same
| fate befell Senator Ovens bill to re-
quire railroads to operate on branch
lines the same trains on Sunday as
are operated on week days. The
Turner bill to permit the owner or
occupant Of land to tale rabbits with
| ferretS were concurr,d in, also the
bill to limit the giving of passes to
state and local agricultural fairs was
concurred in. Five assembly bills
were killed by inconvenience, inclld-
ing the Elver bill to limit the hours of
street railway employees to ten hours
day. The bill to prohibit the smok-
ing of cigarettes in public places was
on the calendar for Dn-concurre"ce
but went to committee.
After various amendments the oh i
labor bill was ORDERED engrossed in
the assembly, by a vote # so to 5. AS
semblyman Kubasta, :. F. Mueller,
Norcross, Perry and Fed Smith were
the only ones who voted against tr \
bill in its 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 worling after G
o'clock at night; and athird requires
| n TO hn tn n
simple sentences. An amendment by
Asemblyman Turner tOmake the en-
| tire law operative only II cities of the
! first and second classS called forth
the most vigorous discussion Assem-
! blyman NOrcrOss speaking in favor
of the amendment delivered an at
tack on the entire bill. lie contends
that this species of legislation tended
to inculcate, instead of HABITS of thrift
and industry, only idleiess in the
younger generation. II a.child under
IA cannot work it will run more chill
dren than are ruined in any Other
way. He called upon the members Of
| the legislature, all of wlom he be
| lieved were compelled to work Wnen
they were young, to repudate IegIsla-
ton which will work to TIP detriment
of the youth of the LAM Messrs.
Brockhausen, Thompson aid Weber,
all social democrats, spoke n favor #
| legislation along the line indicated.
Madison, May 25.-By the adoption
an amendment to the primary election
| law, the assembly recognized that it
| is wholesome for cities of he fourth
class to keep their municipal affairs
free from party politics. The amend
ment provides that there lie held no
primary elections in cities of the
fourth class unless petitioned for by
| 25 per cent of the voters al least so
days before the time of the primary.
red in was the Estabrook bill to pro
vide for the organization If county
park commissions. Among new bills
sent to the desk were a number of
| large importance. One would affect
many fraternal insurance ORDERS. 1t
provides that all fratena orders
writing life insurance shall charge
| the national fraternal congress NOR
tality tables, with an interest assump-
ton of 1 per cent. Another would
make a new disposition of the fines
collected for violations of the fish
and game laws. Qne-third would go
to the infOrmer and the remainder to
| the county as reimbursement for
costs of prosecutions under the fish
and game laws. Another fish and
game bill is apparently aimed at
Minnesota fishermen, who cone over
into Wisconsin to get trout. 1t pro-
vides that a license fee of SO be
paid by trout fishermen in Barron
| Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn,
| Pepin, Polk and Rusk counties Two
| new bills would permit owners of
| 100000 property or rs to 80 persons
owning $4,000 or more property to
| form mutual fire insurance companies.
| Protection for farmers who fall vic
tins to fraudulent dealers in seeds
and nursery stock is hoped for in a
bill introduced by the committee on
agriculture. 1t requires nurserymen
to label the goods delivered, the la,
bells to show the year and place
grown and the percentage Of purity
| The director of the agricultural ex.
eminent station is tn test SAMPLES OF