Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-06-06
JUDGE 8ANcROFT'S PROVISION
PASSES ASSEMBLY.
MEASURE is ABLY DEBATED
Author of Measure Declares He Would
not Send His Children to the Uni
versity While Present Practice
PrevaiIs-AssembIy Reynolds
and Baker Oppose the Bill
Madison, June )

j
hibit students voting in the cities
where they are attending college was
passed Yesterday Oy the assembly.
The bill was on the calendar for re-
consideration but Asesmblyman Jack
son moved that the bill be indefinitely
postponed. This motion was lost by
a vote Of 80 to "a, then the bill was
passed by a viva voce vote and Mr..
Bancroft made motion to reconsider
and asked that the friends of the
measure vote against the recOnsidera-
ton. The motion was voted down,
and the bill now has passed out OF the
hands OF the assembly and into the
senate There was a sharp debate on
the measure, Mr. Bancroft champion
ing the bill and Assemblymen Rey-
noIds. Jackson and others urging its
defeat. Nh Bancroft cOntended that
students who come to Madison for
few months each year to attend the
university had been vOt ng at munich
pal elections in Madison, some times
without reference to age or intended
residence. He considered this a bad
practice under any circumstances and
particularly vicious as practice to
be tolerated in the states seat of
learning. Mr.. Bancroft W tn some
heat referred to a cartoon Of himself
which had appeared in one Of the To-
cal papers, i'll which he was pictured
as being ridden on a Ia | by the stu
dents. Mr. Bancroft said that he
would like to see that picture some
other place than in the local news
papers and invited the students or
anyone else to attempt such pro-
ceeding. He contended that students
who come here for short time
without any thought Of making Madl-
son their residence had no right moral
or legal, to participate in municipal
government He cited an instance
where one member of the assembly
had voted in Madison and short
time afterward was sent to the assem-
Div to represent his home cCmmUm ty
I'D i'm the state. He also said that the
registry lists of Madison when com
pared with the students directory
showed that many students had voted
here when in reality their place OF res
idence was in another state. He said
he had a deep interest III the unlVer-
sity and expected some day to send
his own CHI Idren to that institution.
But. 50 help me God he said, l
would not send a child Of mine to this
university while this pract ce pre-
vailed and while the first thing he
learned is the dirt est kind of poll
ties"
Mr. Reynolds attempted to show
that the influence of the student vote
in Madison had been for good and not
for bad and that the character Of the
men sent to the common council from
the wards in which the heavy student
vote cast, were equal to that OF any
alderman to be found in any city
council
Assemblymna John F. Baker resent
ed Mr. BancrOfts reference to the
member Of the assembly Who had
voted in Madison and was now repre-
senting his home distr ct in the legls-
lature. Mr. Baker said that he had
voted in Madison and that he had
done so because he felt that he had
right to do so but that he had not
voted there since he was a cand date
for the Legislature.
There is some question as to wheth-
err the passage of this bill will change
the present law to any great extent,
as the question of res. dence and yot-
ing is purely one Of declaring an in
tentiCn. However the friends Of the
measure believe that it will have the
effect of serving notice on the stu
dents that they must not participate
in municipal elect ons unless they are
actual residents of the city in which
they are attending college. The oil
appI es to all college cities as we'll as
to Madison.
To Limit Length of Session.
The assembly adopted Mr. Roethe.s
Joint resolution providing for an
amendment. to the const tutioI limit
ing the length Of the session Of the
legislature to 100 days Mr. Roethe
in championing his resolution called
attent on to the fact that the limit
was placed at forty days in some
states and in others at ninety days
Norcross opposed the
resolution on the ground that it was
not well 10 pass legislation in haste
and that it was impractical to keep
the members at Madison continually
through the session. He said that by
returning to their homes once a week
or at least occasionally, the members
were able to keep in touch " tn their
and there they would
find many things affecting their views
of certain bills Introduced
The Harrass bill striking out the
word exclusive in the franchise of the
Milwaukee Gas & Light company was
ordered engrossed without debate.
The Estabrook bill increasing the
salaries of aldermen in cities of the
first class from S400 to $500 was or
dered engrossed. This bill also pro
vides that the salary may be either
increased or decreased by the city.
Senator Doabr'e hin iuarAa sine the