Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-07-04

work shop for the blind at Milwaukee
was passed. Assemblyman M. ].
Cleary of La Fayette county turned
the tables on Speaker Ekern when he
succeeded in pushing through his
bill to permit proxy, mail and personal
voting for directors of insurance COM
panies.
I The appreciation of the assembly
Tor. the fairness and care with which
Speaker Ekern has presided over the
deliberations was. expressed in the
presentation of a gold watch and
chain, the gift of the members. AS
semblyman LIE Roy, who six months
ago was the rival candidate for speak.
er. made the presentation speech
The subordinates or. Chief Clesk
Shaffer presented him with a hand
some Masonic emblem.
Madison, June 27.-By a vote of 16
to g. the senate ordered to third read
ing and passed the substitute amend
ment offered by Senator Wilcox to
Senator Hagemeister's bill empower
ing the tax commission to supervise
and control the issue of stocks and
bonds OF corporations. The bill
provides that no stocks or bonds
shall be issued without the consent
OF the railroad commission. The prim-
airy election question was threshed
out on the floor of the senate. The
Nye bill was on the calendar for third
reading. The bill provides that, in
the event that at any primary at
which candidates for the United
States senate are to be nominated, if
none of the candidates receive a ma
Jority of the votes cast, the two re-
ceiving the greatest number of votes
shall be placed upon the general
election ticket with the candidates for
the other party offices. Senators
Lockney, Martin, Sanborn and Owen
spoke for the measure and Senators
Munson, Brazeau, Page, Wilcox and
Husting against it, The bill was
killed.
Basing his veto on the grounds of
public policy, and intimating that the
scheme smacked somewhat too much
of paternalism, Governor Davidson
sent to the assembly a message vot-
ing the bill creating free teachers
employment agency in connection
with the state bureau of labor Stats
tics; and the assembly refused to pass
the bill over the veto. Governor
Davidson also vetoed the bill giving
to cities power to assist in the build
ing of railroads and to vote money
for the purchase of electric light
plants. The assembly also stood by
the executive on this proposition The
governor pointed out that the statutes
prescribe the procedure which must
be followed in order to permit the
voting of money by the council for
these purposes and calls attention to
the fact that the bill came near in
validating the statutory provisions
on these matters. OF the Ingram
Sprague bill to tax insurance cor
porations 3 per cent on their gross
income. excluding premiums col
lected in other states, was passed A
resolution by Assemblyman Soper
was adopted in the assembly, pro
viding for an adjournment of the
legislature from tomorrow noon to
Monday, July s. After another ear
nest plea on the part of Assemblyman
McGregor of Platteville the bill ap-
propriating 100000 for two years for a
Platteville mining school was passed
by vote of A to 49, The PROPOSE
/ ton to change the present law
relating to credit taxation
embodied in bill offered by the
committee ION taxation. wat killed by
the assembly by decisive vote of
50 to 10. After a short debate
Assemblyman Bancroft arguing that
the passage of the public utility bill
insured good service on the part
of telegraph companies. the as
sembly voted to repeal the mental
anguish law" passed a few weeks
ago. by vote of 50 to 81
Madison, June 2S.-The senate
passed Senator Roehr's amendment
to an assembly bill raising the salary
Of Bank Examiner NJ c. Bergh from
$4,000 to $4,000. A new bill was in
troduced increasing the salary of the
commissioner of insurance to $4,000
his deputy to $500 and the chief
clerk 70 s1,400. The senate con-
Cured in the assembly bill, exempting
from taxation the property of .Chau-
tauquas and camp meetings