Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-24

Of combines or reports of such, all to
end in nothing. After conferences in
Vulnerable and over a month Of Skin
mishing the various candidates were
at last compelled to throw their for
tunes upon the merceS of a caucus
and the arbitration of the full legis-
lature. 1t has been remarkable con-
test in many ways. remarkable in the
clean and high-minded way in which
it has been conducted and the little
| bitterness which it will leave behind
as compared with some similar cpl
sOdes in the states history.
Members Getting FESTIVE.
The slow progress of legislation
has led many members to express the
desirability of taking a recess soon
until next fall or the first of next Jan
uary. They We're even in favor Of
putting the election of a senator over
till that time if such a thing were
pOssible. They realize that only by
the wholesale Strengthening of bills is
it now possible to finish up the work
program would permit of but scant
| consideration of some of the large
measures introduced. Pliny NOrcross,
the veteran member, is inclined to
summary seton of some sort. He
says: 1--WE ought to pass the neces-
sary appropriation and other urgency
measures and then adjourn. There
are any number of bills that have no
excuse for existence and should be
killed without the wasting of any time
on them"
Demand for Revision.
The assembly committee on judlci
airy listened last week to arguments
OH several resolutions proposing re-
vision of the state constitution, and
it is believed will submit a favorable
report on the proposition. This will
be a most important work If it is
ordered. 1t is likely that the cOnsti-
| tuition Of oklahoma will be largely
| taken as model if Wisconsin decides
| to recaSt it's ark of the fathers. The
| Oklahoma product is brand new and
| up-to-date, written in the light Of new
with trust and combination problems
as approved by present-day thought.
| That there is strong sentiment in
| favor of revision is shown by the
large number of petitions that have
| poured in OH the subject, and that
i there are eighteen such resolutions In
troduced in the assembly and eight in
| the senate. A number of other states
have revised their constitutions, and
Wisconsin. like them, is finding it irk-
some to develop under the limitations
| imposed upon the commonwealth in
! its poorer frontier days.
Proposed New Auto Law.
Automobile legislation drags like
the rest. and taking advantage of the
luH James I. Drought, secretary of
the Milwaukee Automobile Club, has
| drawn up brand new bill on the sub
| iect which be brought out last week
/ and showed TO members. He believes
/ Itmuch better and saner tnan any of
| the many like propositions now before
| the legislature and wants it subsu-
| tuted for them. It does not fix any
| speed limitations. provides heavy
! fines for reckless drivers and Jail SEN
| fences for habitual violatorS. The bill
provides that a speed in excess of fif-
teen miles an hour within the con-
| fines Of city or twenty-five miles an
hour in the country shall he prima
| facie evidence of negligence. For the
first violation he suggests n fine OF
not over SO: for the second fine OF
not over $100. or imprisonment of not
| over ten days. and for third fine
! of 10. l. iced $3.50 or Imprisonment