Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-06-13

worth's bill for county uniformity il
school text books was advanced after
a spirited debate Assemblyman Aims
worth made speech IN favor of hi.
bill in the course of which he made
some sweeping charges against the
book companies. The bin provides
Tor 2 county board of education com
posed of the county superintendent
and four teachers to be appointed by
the county board, clothed with author
1ty to make contracts for school books
for the county for five years. Messrs
Cleary and Peterson argued against
| the measure, saying that it would be
no more difficult for the book trust to
manipulate the boards of education
which will let contracts for an entire
| county than it would be to manipulate
the authorities under the present ar
rahgement. The assembly, without
debate, passed the prohibitory district
bill by a vote of 50 to %, prohibiting
the granting of all licenses within
! three-Quarters of a mile of the univer-
sity after June 80. 1908.
The committee on legislative expen-
ditures and employees offered a dill
which provides for an increase in the
salaries Of legislative employees. The
chief clerks salary is raised from $500
TO $1,000 and the sere eant-at-arms'
salary is raised from $500 to 800
The committee on fish and game in
troduced bill to create the office Of
deputy game warden, at salary of
$1,000. The term of office is two years
and the warden is to be appointed by
the governor. The committee on leg
islative expenditures and employees
reported for concurrence the senate
bill to appropriate 5000 to the legis-
lative insurance inyestfgating com
mittee appointed at the last session.
Twelve hundred dollars each is ap-
propriated to Secretary of State
F'rear, Speaker Ellern. W s. Brad
dock, Insurance Commissioner Beedle.
Assemblyman B. S. Potter. Senator
Rummel and senator Roehr. Four
hundred and fifty dollars each is ap-
Dropriated to George Wylie, Assembly
man Duncan McGregor. Assemblyman
Fred Peterson. Jr., and John S Dor
aid.
The committee on elections offered
another amendment to the primary
law which aims at eliminating the
undue advantage incident to candi-
date getting his name first on the bal
lot. It provides for a rotation of the
names of all candidates who have
filed nomination papers with the sec
retary OF the state. 1t provides that
each assembly district IN the state
shall be numbered from one to 100.
beginning with the one with the Iarg-
est population and working down to
the smallest. In the first district tue
names shall be arranged alphabetical
ly. On the ballots in the second dis
trict the first name is placed at the
bottom, the third likewise and so on
down to the last district The com
m;ttee on state affairs reported for
death the bill to prohibit minors
from freqUentmg saloons.
Madison, Wis. June by a vote
of II to 10 the assembly passed the
public utilities regulation bill. placing
such utilities under control of the
state railroad rate commission Five
democrats and five socialists voted j
opposition. all republicans and most
democrats voted for it. The bill now
goes to the senate
The senate voted to shut off new
bills next Monday. The senate passed
the waterways commission bill, to IL
Vestigate available watorpowers The
purpose is to so legislate in future as
not to give franchise for dams without
compensation to the state. The reso-
luton Of Senator Bird on the same
subject was killed as being too much
OF duplication Of the commission
bill.
Madison. June THE assembly
passed the bill to limit to eight hours
a days work for railroad telegraphers.
The time was cut from ten to eigvht