Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-10
FRIDAY
In the Assembly.
MONDAY.


sembly or the Goth but business was trans.
acted, all roll calls being avoided. The bill
which places further restrictions upon the
issuance of passes to the state fair was ad-
vancCd, and the Senate bill providing for
parole power by the board of control was
concurred in. The committee on elections
recommended for Inconvenience the Sen
ate bill permitting counties to the Dunn
coupon ballot system. The bill to regulate
the public service of stations also passed.
Grasse introduced an amendment to S94A.
the. bill to do away with party politics at
spring or municipal elections. The bill ex~
amendment would make it applicable to all
cities. The bill to change the rule as to
the majority required to issue bonds by
common councils III cities of the first class
passed.
By shrewd parliamentary generalship AS
semblyman AIdridge, Socialist, on April 30
saved the joint resolution relating to call
ing constitutional convention to amend
the United States constitution. Without
word of debate it was refused engrossment.
Mr.. Aldridge called for division Of the
house and seeing sixteen members arise,
although most of them reluctantly, he de-
manded roll call. The roll resulted in the
advancement of the resolution by a vote of
Al to 40.
Mr.. Brockhausen, Social Democrat made
a speech in favor of his resolution provid-
ing for the election of federal judges by
the people in the Assembly April 80. The
resolution was killed.
The Assembly committee on elections is
against female suffrage and on April 30 re-
ported for indefinite postponement bill No.
general female suffrage to the voters of the
state at the next general election.
WEDNESDAY.
The Assembly on May list killed bill
amending the primary election law by pro-
viding that a candidate for office must re-
ceive at least % per cent. of the party vote
before he can become a party candidate
1t is intended to prevent members of one
party from participating in the nomination
of candidates of another party, Four new
bills We're introduced. The committee on
state, affairs, presented a substitute FOR the
Stondall bill prohibiting saloons within IA
other bill from the committee on state af-
fairs prohibits the smoking. of cigarettes
portation reported for, passage bill No.
5OSA, requiring telephone companies to
make connections with rivals. The com
one relating to the jurisdiction of circuit
courts and one requiring that the price of
every railroad ticket be placed upon 1t.
The committee on judiciary reported favor
ably on eleven bills, and adversely on six
teen bills and three joint resolutions. 1t
reported for postponement the Grassie joint
resolution for an amendment to the consti-
tuition changing the term of the attorney
general to ten years and his salary to S1O.-
ooo; also giving him two assistants at $4,000
each, etc. The bill raising school age Of
children from to years passed.
THURSDAY
The Assembly on May passed the Joint
resolution introduced by DR.. T. II. Miller
of La Crosse TO submit the question of hold
ing a constitutional convention TO the cleo
tors of tie state
The question of legalizing the actions Of
the town of Clyde in Iowa county in build
ing bridge over the Wisconsin river came
up in the Assembly. The bin was passed
new bill in the Assembly provides that
no saloon keeper shall permit any person
under p years of age in Ills place of bust
ness unless accompanied by his or her
father or mother or legal guardian. Viola
ton is to be punished by 4 fire of not less
than SO nor more than Slo0 or by imprison-
ment in the county jail nor 10 exceed SIX
months
The Potter bill, authorizing the sale of
malt sprouts for feeding stuff, was passed
The Ledvina bill, requiring population
OF 1900 in order TO change ward lines. was
killed
FRIDAY
The Assembly on May refused to recede
from its position of last week when it unan-
imously refused to kill the bill introduced
by Mr.. Nye of Superior providing the right
of occupants of the lower berths Of sleeping
cars to have the upper berth locked unless
1t is occupied
the regulation OF oratory by endorsing 4
resolution introduced by Mr.. Rcethe limit
ing speakers in debate to ten minutes the
first time and five the second time they
talk.
The Bancroft bin legalizing acts i'll build
ing bridge at Lone Rock, on which there
is a big fight, was passed.
The Douglas joint resolution for an in
vestigation of the finances of the state from
the close of the term of Gov. Peck to the
present was killed
A bill came from the committee on ju-
dietary creating q state naval reserve. 1t
shall consist of eight divisions or two crews
and the officers shall be appointed by the
governor and have the rank of commander.