Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-05-02
WISCONSIN LAW MAKERS

VI NdCCiudliOu as preventive 0l
smallpox, and incidentally criticism of
the secretary OF the state board of
health for an ultimatum that if the
Legislature did not provide the laws
desired by the board no more efforts
would be made for the confinement
and eradication Of smallpox. took
much of the time of the senate. and
the bin under discussion, that of T.
H. Miller for practical compulsory
vaccination. was laid over for amend
ment. Senator Marsh was opposed
to the bill for the reason, as he stated,
that the state ought not to compel
people to submit TO surgical opera
ton or specific treatment when they
had conscientious or other reasons
for opposing it. He said also that this
would keep children out of school I'M
necessarily, would interfere with the
enforcement of the compulsory educa-
ton law and would result in the clos
ing of schools for long periods in
cities comprised in one school district
even when there was no epidemic of
smallpox, but only one case in the
city. Senators Noble and Frozen
ming favored the bill, demanding that
the few people who do not believe in
vaccination ought to be stopped from
interfering with the efforts of the
state board of health in the eradica.
ton of smallpox.
Ten bills were ON the senate calen-
dar for advancement to engrossment
and third reading affecting the bust
ness of life insurance, all results of
the legislative investigation. They
were in the main uncontroverted and
were reported by the banks and insur-
ance committee without difference of
opinion. Senator Fairchild exhibited
lack of full understanding as to the
bill to forbid one company from writ
ing participating and non participating
business often proved improbable and
such policies were carried at the ex-
pense of the participating business.
The bill was ordered to engrossment
Senator Fairchild offered substitute
amendment to the bill to require life
insurance companies to report to the
commissioner of insurance all con-
tributions made for political purposes.
He would prohibit such expenses alto
gether. The bill and substitute were
laid over. The bill to forbid dis
elimination was also laid over but tho
others were advanced
Engrossment was ordered on the
bill to appropriate $4,000 for Wis
consin exhibit at the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition, but an amendment
was adopted reducing the proposed ap-
preparation to $4,000. Senator Owen 8
bill to relieve the secretary of state
from the burden of personally signing
the multitudinous warrants on the
state treasury was advanced. The
Brazeau bill to lay down an absolute
and drastic definition of what consti-
tutes the practice of medicine was adj
yanced to engrossment. The memorial
to congress introduced in the assem-
bly, by John Scott, asking congress
to make the necessary appropriation
for survey for a ship canal from
Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river
by the way of Portage, was concurred
in. The Ledvina bill to abolish the
collection of tuition fees in the law
school at the university was on the
calendar for concurrence, but on mo-
ton of Senator Brazeau was laid over
for a week. Opposition has developed
on the ground that the young lawyers
ought to be taxed a trifie at least for
the large advantages they get. The
Turner legal fence bill was con-
CURED in after an amendment by Sen
ator Smith. to allow the wires 10 be
four instead of three inches from the
ground and to otherwise change the
bill in the interests of woven wire
fencing was adopted.
The proposition to establish bind.
ing Irvine plant at the prison at Wau-
pun came up in the assembly but
the matter was laid over until today
on motion of Mr. Campbell, demo-
crat. The question will be the sub
stitute bill offered by the minority of
the committee on charitable and
penal institutions which reported the
measure for killing. J. o. Thomas
stands sponsor for the substitute and
made brief argument in favor of his
bill. He pointed out the experience
of o.her states with such an institn-
ton, ard showed that they had Jared
well. He eulled attention to the fact
that he substitute provides for much
smaller appropriation than the origl-
nal, and cuts out the so-called ''reyoly-
ing fund.- of 100000. The appropria-
ton amounts to approximately $685.
600. Mr.. Kander Of Milwaukee OPP
posed the measure, declaring that
changes in the binding Irvine industry
were In progress now, which would
make the plant practically use less in
two years from now IL such changes
as are contemplated should develop
The twfne to be manufactured would
cost about nine cents a pound, and If
the improvements talked Of material
ize the cost would be reduced to five