Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-30
THE LEGISLATURE,
SENATE.

IL L
SENATE
THURSDAY. April. -.
! The Milwaukee charter convention MN
providing for nou-partisan elections was
/ sent TO engrosSment by an overwhelming
! majority by the Senate today. An interest
ing debate preceded the passage of the bill
/ senator Page stating that the adverse
/ port OF the committee was through fear
tnat Socialism would faSten its hold upon
{ other part of the bill relating to the corrupt
practices was sent back to the judiciary
/ committee on motion Of Senator Sanborn.
FRIDAY. APRIL -.
Eight new bills were introduced in the
Senate today. The business was mostly 'l
/ n routine nature and none of the bills that
We're under consideration provoked any ap.
preclahle interest or debate. The iocEu'N
on providing for heating iuterurhau ears
was sent 10 cnGroSSment.
TUESDAY, APRIL -.
The Senate To-Day passed the resolution
turning over t. the special committee to
] De appointed later all questions Of special
uam u,[icScS. The Owen joint resolution
10 amend the constitution 10 allow sherius
TO hoId Chico for mere than one term con-
/ SCImlEeiE was PASSED rs was the Sanhorn
resolution 10 pcr:lit judicial circuits to
F Tor nm NOR th&E enc judge The resolution
Go away with the dcccnnial census was
WEDNESDAY. APRIL IS.
The time Of the Senate was or,,upicd TO
day with the consideration Of the special
privilege bills. Senators Bird and Brazeau
made strenuous efforts to have the bills
reconSidered, giving the right to private
CClror"lons to dam rivers of the state.
Senators llusting Blaine ana Gaylord spoke
against the reconsideration of the bills
arguing chat matters Of this sort should 70
over to the special committee appointed for
that purpose.
ASSEMBLY.
THURSDAY. APRIL -.
'I,n
In the Assembly today after Il hot debate.
The bill had come from the committee with
reached the floor Of the House the battle
began. Speaker Bancroft left the chair ana
made an eloquent plea for the preservation
by AssemhIyman bray. The final vote was
As to 10 against the passage of the bill.
FRIDAY, APRIL %
The Assembly today repealed the law
passed two years ago whereby the fisher
men along Lake Michigan have been com
$50 and d.; substituted in its stead the hey
holds bill reducing the license fee The
committee on education introduced a bill
making 1t compulsory upon all CITY super
. .i to attend at least one convcn-
tlon annually held by the state superiu-
tendent The Berner bin to compel the
support of poor relatives was killed
TUESDAY. APRIL -.
The Assembly went through only ahout
0ne-tenth of its calendar today owing to a
long debate over the bill providing for the
physical connection between independent
companies and the Bell system and the non
duplication of existing systems unless a ne
tttion &C residents of Il community demands
it. The referendum clause and the non
duplication measure were voted down by
the Assembly ana the bill will come up for
I further consideration
WEDNESDAY. APRIL rs.
Upon motion of Asscmblyman Mortcnson
| 4 resolution dcplOring the Ieath of former
Congressman BabcOCk was introduced ana
passed unanimously. The Clcary telephone
| bill was UP for reconsideration. The As
Scmbly refused to reconsider the duplication
clause or the physical connection features
OF the bill and recommended the bill for in
definite poStpOHement. The Stout womans
| suffrage bill was killed.
INVESTIGATION.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30.
Former Game Warden Henry OyerbccI, ON
the witness stand before the Senate iuvesti-
eating committee today denied that he had
tried to influence Democratic members OF
the Legislature to vote for Stephenson. lie
admitted, however, that he was active dur
ing the session preceding the election OF
Stephenson and that he OF Mr..
Edmonds assistants. 'IIe told of the hnaI
Oallot on March but denied knowledge or
any telegram sent to Ramsey ana Farrell to
be present at that time. Overlook stated
that he did not know whether or not As
semblyman Feader paid for the special
train that brought him to Madison on
March i'll time to vote for Stephenson.
FRIDAY. APRIL %
Startling in the extreme was the tcstl--
mony of ASsemblyman Leuch who stated
before the Senate committee today that he
had been offered anything he wanted by
David +. Davies, a Stephenson worker, II
he Oeuch) would remain in the joint ses-
sion at the time when the Stephenson
forces were endeavoring to summon quor-.
um preceding the election of the Mnrinctte
man. Leuch was positive in his statements.
and intimated that bribery was attempted
Adolph Rosenheim, a Milwaukee saloon
keeper, admitted spending 1925 of Stephen
son money in the Ninth ward Of Milwaukee.
! ole tod hat hn
nothing whatever of his being plaintin in
suit before the supreme court to stop the.
senatorial Investigation until Senator Lchr'
Of Appleton approached him and asked him
; to sign some papers which made him party
to the suit. Previously Rosenheim had
stated that he had started the suit himself
and that he had engaged Lehr and Attor-
ney Lamb as counsel. No record of any
bill presented to Rosenheim by either Lehr-
or Lamb appeared in the testimony.
TUESDAY, APRIL y.
Richard Meyer assistant cashier or tho
Union bank Of Juneau. told the committee
Of his work FIR Stephenson in Grant coqn-
cause he believed the Marnettp man could
win and because he knew the La Toilette
people were fighting him. Meyer said he
was a StaIwart and worked for Stephenson.
not because he believed him to be the best
man for the place but because the stat
Wausar said ttat Walter Alexander had
asked him how much he (Elenbecker) would
take to tell McGoyur not to come to Wan
for tha Milwaukee candidate.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL %
Game Warden Stone went on the stand
today and under the questioning of his at
trrEey. Elmer Eiver. made several cOrrrc-
tons to statements he had made before
He stated that Chairman Edmonds had toid
hi. that there would be no investigation
and later said that the $500 he had re-
ceivcd from the Stephenson fund would
not he disclosed. He also states that War
dcn Bowman had further said that Jim
Thomas now AssCmblyman Thomas Cf
Waukesha) needed money in the primarT
campaign Stone was excused upon niS
promise 10 remain in Madison and testify
whenever summoned.