Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-17
SENATE FOR FLAT
TWO-CENT RATE
WISCONSIN MAY JOIN REDUc-
TON PROCESSION.
COMMISSION GETS BLOW
Action Taken by Legislature Notwith.
standing Exhaustive investigation
and Report by the Commission
Measure Still Not Up to the Gov
ernor.
Madison. July IL.

HAhAASOhs July II,
Notwithstanding the able and thor
ough investigation of the passenger
fare question by the railroad commits
sion resulting in the decision to re-
duce the maximum rate from three
To two and one-half cents a mile.
with the two-cent rate voluntarily
given by the companies on the 500.
mile family mileage book plan, both
houses of the legislature have voted
in favor of reduction to two cents a
mile. The senate yesterday amended
and concurred in bill 15a, by Mr.,
Turner and If the assembly accepts
the senate amendment. then the state
Of Wisconsin will join the other states
which have by legislative act decreed
a two-eent rate. Incidentally such
action places the stamp of disappro-
val on the conclusion of the rate com.
mission that the Wisconsin passen-
ger traffic will not make profit at a
rate of two cents a mile.
The Vote.
The vote on the Turner bill was as
follows:
For two-cent rate-Senators Bra
zeau, Browne, Barns, Froemming,
lakewood, Husting, Morris. Munson,
Owen, Randolph, Roehr Rummel,
Smith, Wright-14.
To sustain railroad commission
Senators Barker Bird, Brazeau, Fair
child, Fridd, Lockney, Martin San
born Stondall, Stou., Wileox-I1.
Paired Senator Wolf for and Sen
ator Whitehead against.
Absent-Senators Bishop. Hage-
meister, Hudnall. Marsh, Noble, Page.
Pearson.
Discrimination Resented.
The announcement of the Western
Passenger association that the 2
cent fare would be put in effect be.
tween Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota
and the l-2-cent fare between Wis
consin and these states caused the
senate to take action, and on motion
of Senator Wright the assembly was
askei to return the Turner bill to the
senate for further consideration. The
Dill was non-concurred in before the
recess.
The bill having been returned to
the senate. Senator Wright moved
that the vote by which the bin wa
non-concurred in be reconsidered
Senators Sanborn, Whitehead and viii
cox objected and on motion of Senator
Randolph the rules were suspended
by vote of 10 to Z. Senator Wright
then moved that the vote by which
the bill was non-concurred in be re
considered and the motion was car
ried on a division, Is to z. Senator
Wright then presented an amend
ment providing that a road, showing
gross earnings of $500 a year shall
not charge more than two cents a
mile for passenger fares after August
Is, 1907.
Senator Sanborn Protests.
Senator Sanborn said that in some
states the courts had ordered the two.
cent rate put in effect for a limited
term The term is nearly completed
in Minnesota and If the experiment
shows a sufficient gain to make the
two-cent rate just one, it will be put
in effect in this state by the railroad
commission at once.
Senator Burns favored the bill and
attacked the railroad commission. s
decision. Senator Randolph also
spoke for the bill.
A strong plea for careful consider.
alton before taking a step backward
was made by Senator Whitehead.
Senator Husting made an earnest
speech for the bill. while Senator
Munson read a paragraph from a
morning paper regarding the action of
the Western Passenger association.
A strong speech against senator's
being hurried off their feet was made
by Senator Lockney. Senator San.
born dissected a newspaper telegram
and showed that II was an impossible.
ity to charge 2 10 cents between
points in Wisconsin and Iowa and the
state of Wisconsin and 2 cents be-