Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-03-12
THE LEGISLA TURE.
SENATE.
SEN "A L Il.
TUESDAY, MARCH 2.

fbat 65art of the Investigation pertaining to
Senator Stephenson's campaign as soon ae
possible in order that the election mlgnt pe
gotten out of the way and the Legls!atu ilo
Get down to business. Senator Stout pre-
sented a resolution making university "
Wisconsin professors eligible 10 the &c
negie pension fund The Fond uu la
municipal court bill was presented Dy 'ne
committee.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 3.
The Senate occupied it's time TO-DAY III
discussing the bill providing 1 Tor LIE LIE Was Was
reported for passage by the luulclats n E
mfttee, Senator Blaine dissenting oenat 's
Owen wanted the bill passed under a sue US
pension of the rules so that the new judge
might be elected at the April electlon oV "a
ator Blaine opposed the Dlll because
thought an entire redlstrlcting ing 0l M The bill
was passed, however, under susp nn2,id-
of the rules. Senator Martins Dill p[o'l or
ing for the certifcation OF the HaInee ~
non partisan candidates by the secretary "
state and the rotation of these names on
the ballot was passed.
THURSDAY, MARCH 4.
When the time arrived for voting on on sen sen
abolition of the United States Senate tne
Socialist senator delivered speech ~ ~
favor of his measure. He SAID that InG
time had arrived when the people shoulu
get rid of what he termed a bar to pro-
gressive legislation. The barber SUNDAY
closing bill was reported out OF commlt1ee,
change in the Milwaukee police force pen
sion law. Senator Sanborn's bill creating a
state naval reserve was reported for pas
sage by the committee on military anairS'
FRIDAY, MARCH 5.
Senator Sanborn's bill asking that the
time in which the investigating committee
should report to the Legislature be extend
ed from March IS until May l: was passed
only Senator Brazeau dissenting An ad-
ditional appropriation Of $4,000 was askcd
by the committee on investigation. Inc
resolution was laid over.
ASSEMBLY.
TUESDAY, MARCH 2.
Assemblyman Hammil replied to the at
tacks Of Assemblyman John X. Walsh
made recently, that the town officers OF the
northern counties of the state lived Off the
taxes that were levied and blocked plan
to kill the bill providing for the betterment
of the highways of the north. Assembly
man Kay's measure providing that supreme
court and circuit court justices shall not
receive their pay until they have made Ger
tifcate that their work is in proper shape
was passed after being amended. The Mil
waukee juvenile court bill was la1d over
two weeks.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3.
In a discussion of his bill for the aboll-
ton of the medical college in connection
with the state university at Madison, AS
semblyman Roethe took occasion to score
the state authorities for the lavish way IN
which they gave money to that institution.
Mr.. Roethe said that the medical college
was an unnecessary expense to the state
He accused President Van H1se of being
the slickest lobbyist before the Legislature
Friends of the university came to the res
cue, however, and the Grant county assem-
blyman's measure was Killed A resolu-
tiOn to compel members to attend the JOINT
sessions was killed by vote of so to 81.
THURSDAY, MARCH 4.
Former Secretary of State Walter L.
Houser today sent letter to the Assembly
demanding that the Legislature instruct
of state to hiring Suit through
the attorney general to recover back in
surance fees which he alleges former COM
Commissioner Beedle have retained illegally
while In office. The matter was referred TO
a committee. The resolution of the steer
ing committee providing for special com
mitteeS to look after legislation pertaining
to the income tax, industrial insurance, I'M
provement of highways and the guaranty of
sion to consider these matters after the
committees had threshed them out precipi-
tated a fight in the Assembly.
FRIDAY, MARCH s.
The Assembly went on record this morn
ing in favor of free lunches and treating,
defeating Assemhlymap Ingram's bill pro
hibiting the latter by vote of 80 to "a
and voting down Assemblyman Jones bill
extend the time of the primary probe to
May l was laid over at the request of AS
semblyman Thomas of Waukesha. The
Chapple bill providing for state naval
~
claims.
Joint Session.
TUESDAY, MARCH 2.
There were only s:xty-tve members pres
this number Senator Stephenson received
60 votes. There WAS no quorum, coGse-
quenty no election. J. A. Van Cleave OF
Marinette was on the stand before the in
not in any way startling. new tack was
taken by the investigating committee in or
Isley bank be brought to Madison SO that
the committee may probe deeply into the
origin. Of the cashiers checks said to have
been issued in the campaign.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3.
On the twenty-second joint ballot Sena-
tor Stephenson was one vote shy of cleo
ton, getting 81 out of 124 votes cast.
legged donations of Senator Stephenson to
various churches throughout the state. 1t
was stated by Senator Marsh that the
junior senator had been more active than
usual during the campaign in his cOntr1bu-
tions to churches and that it was the duty
of the committee to ascertain whether or
not the money so donated was in violation
of the corrupt practices act. Miss Mary
Stringham, Senator Stephenson's private
secretary, was on the witness stand. She
testified to several checks paid to clergy
men of the state. wordy battle between
Chairman Marsh and Assemblyman Ham
brecht as to the admission of evidence on
church donations enlivened the meeting.
THURSDAY, MARCH f.
Senator Stephenson was elected for the
six-year term today on the twenty third
joint ballot, receiving SO out of the 123
votes cast. The election was made possible
by three Democratic assemblymen remain
ing away from the joint session. thus cut
ting down the total vote cast. The news OF
Senator Stephenson's election was greeted
with applause both by the members OF the
Legislature and the crowd in the galleries
Charles 4. Lush, one of Hatton's campaign
managers, was before the investigating
committee, but gave little information re-
garding the expenditure of Hattons money
At the afternoon session Senator Morris de-
livered a red-hot speech in which he said
it was time that the committee got down
to work. He proposed to the committee
that they clean up as soon possible the
investigation insofar as it related to Sen
ator Stephenson's campaign. number Of
witnesses were subpoened today on motion
OF Assemblyman Bray.