Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-03-07

A.. Editions % be maintained, The senate
leoncurred in the Sorepson bin. to
raise the salary of the Dane county
) municipal court judge $500 and of
the cerk of that count $500 In the
, Stout bill for an expansive system
for numbering the statutes and in the
IEstahrook bill to fix the time when
new laws shall SO into effect
! Madison March The senate got
down to business and ordered ten
bills to engrossment At this rate
the session could be wound up in
about three more months, Among The
bills advanced were; Senator Birds
providing for advance in price of
state lands as they shall increase
in value Senator Munsor's, author,
Iizing the placing Of state records in
the historical library for safe keep
ing; Senator Norris, granting the fed,
leral government the right to use
state military reservation at Camp
Douglas, and Senator Fairchild, pro-
vidng for the appointment of univer.
sity graduates with military expert.
fence as hrevet second lieutenants in
the state militia Senator Woln pre-.
scented several petitions from citizens
Iof Shehoygan county in favor OF
Isprng shooting OF ducks. A joint
resolution offered b. Senator Brown
was adopted. accepting for the state
the increase of $4,000 in the fed aral
appropriation TO the Wisconsin uni
IVersity agricultural experiment sta,
ton secured in the bin which the late
Congressman II. c, Adams had passed
lat Washington, This acceptance was
a necessary formaiity. The commit.
tee on claims reported favorably the
bill to appropriate $4,000 to the In.
surance and university Investigators,
being 81 200 each to J. A. Frear. II
Ia Ekern, w, s, Braddock, G, E,
Beedle, b, s Potter, Jacob Rummel
and j Il. Roehr of the insurance
committee. and $450 each to George
Wylie Duncan MoGregor. Fred Peter,
son, Jr,, and j. S. Donald of the uni
yersity committee.
In the assembly Mr. lie Roy pre-
sided and cleverly stssred the house
through parliamentary labyrinth,
which lead OFF into the byways OF
amendments. motions to indefinitely
postpone the main question and vari.
ous other phases 1t all ended by
the assembly refusing to adopt a rule
to hold morning sessions of half an
hour in order to expedite committee
operations. Speaker Ekern and Pro.
lessor McGregor championod the rule
which had come up from the senate
and Judge Bancroft Mr.. Elver Mr.,
Sprague, Mr. Kander and Mr.
Hughes were conspicuous in the oppo
sition Finally the senate proposal
was negatived Then the house viii
have sessions as in the past--in the
mornings just as long as IL Wills. An
other interesting incident of the
session was the rejection of Mr. Esta
brooks bill appropriating $4,000 for
a building for a permanent museum
on the state fair grounds The meas
ure was adversely recommended yet
It's author made a valiant attempt ia
save it, dwelling upon the wisdom OF
such an establishment at the fair and
declaring that when sos 900 could he
urged for barns by the committee
he felt that $50 600 could fairly be
given for a cause of especial interest
and value to children: but Mr.. Har
ring argued that II was a time fol
economy. that state revenues must be
Iapportoned with discrimination, ant
the house fell into that view by {
vote strongly adverse TO the bill The
Thomas bill, fixing the limit Of home
stead exemption at $500 the Stou
bill extending the exemption from poi
tax to Spanish war soldiers; ant
r the Mueller bill, requiring the install
e lation Of fireescapes on passenger
coaches, all were killed. Bills were
t passed--the Jackson bill relating t,
i bounties for the killing Of wild AMI
+ mails and Mr.. Miller's which permits
J. local health boards to close school,
e to prevent the spread OF smallpox
T. The committee on state affairs re
G ported favorably bill increasing thu
/ bounty on wolf cubs from 81 to 81
] and unfavorably the bill providing
= for &c hours of consecutive rest n
. seven days Of work. The committee
4 on taxation reported against the bill
exempting the property OF military
t and patriotic societies from taxation
Madison, March "A bill evidentli
& aimed at Lieutenant Governor Con
nor was fayorably reported to the as
sembly by the committee on elections
II was introduced by Assemblyman.
Keppel OF La Crosse and It provides
that no candidate for public Office
shall be a member OF the state cen
/ tFaI nrnfttag a Fupmhar of the