Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-01

commission is given power to make
| investigations ard to refuse eXamina-
lions to persons found unfit 1t is es-
pecially provided that all employees OF
charitable or penal institutions shall
be under service rules. Exemptions
from the rules are: One deputy for
each elected officer or appointee of
county board chairman; instructors
and clerks of election; superintend-
ents and teachers of schools; mem
bers of law departments
One new feature of the bill provides
that the county civil service examiner
shall be chosen from an eligible list
furnished by the state commission.
Madison. Wis, March 25 - More
than a basketful of petitions favoring
the Marsh county option bill were
presented in the assembly this morn
ing. 1t is estimated that 10000 sig
natures are attached. The petitions
come from all sections of the state.
Over half an hour was taken in read
ing the title of the petition.
Mr.. Zimmerman, at the suggestion
Of Mr.. Stevens, asked for reconsid-
Grafton of the bill to allow the board
of normal regents to select a site for
another normal school. Reconsidera-
ton was refused by a vote Of SO to At.
A slight amendment was made in
L. 1, - 10 Of To
Taylor county, and it now goes to the
governor.
Mr. Ingram's resolution that all
bills relating to dams be referred to
the special committee to investigate
the subject of water powers was laid
over until Friday
The Hammill joint resolution, 14A,
to amend the state constitution to
limit the length Of a Legislative SEES
sion to leo days was killed by vote
of IS 10 as.
The assembly today killed the Ham
brecht bill, G6OA, regulating expert
ments on living animals.
Whittet bill STA, to publish appli-
cations for liquor licenses fifteen days
in advance, was amended and en-
crossed.
The following bills were then pass
ed: COS (Senator Donald), relating
to computation of life estates, annui-
ties, ETC., with reference to decedentS'
estates to attain uniformity in all
cases and in all courts; 134S (Senator
DOnald), relating to powers of regis
ters in probate and clerks Of county
courts; 274S Senator Barker), relat-
ing to the transportation Of the dead
to medical colleges under board of
health rules; 32OS (Senator Thomas),
relating to the organization and the
amendment of the articles OF town
mutual insurance companies.
The committee on military affairs
presented a new bill this morning
which will permit military companies
to hold property without a few of it's
members organizing a civil corpora
ton. At the present time in order to
hold property a civil corporation is Or
ganized and these few men become
legal owners of the property.
In an effort to discourage the flood
of petitions in favor of county op-
ton, Senator Bodenstab today pre-
cipitated a merry war in the senate
by introducing a motion that no more
typewriter petitions be received
Senator Bird Immediately protested.
He waved a handful of petitions, one
of which had 500 names and they ex-
pressed the opinions of his people
and he wanted them received.
Senator Lehr rather favored the
motion and said he was withholding
some petitions till he could investi-
gate their authenticity.
The clerk then started to read the
| enormous stack of petitions, but the
| senate finally decided to leave further
reading to the end of the calendar
Senator Page, chairman of the
committee on state affairs, moved
that in view of the great interest
taken in the Marsh county option bill,
ass, it be made the special order for
1890 next Wednesday morning. It
was carried
On request Of Senator Thomas the
| rules were suspended and concur
renee given to 222A, to divide the
| town of Roosevelt, in Taylor county,
and create the town of Taft
A new bill to regulate the use of
streams and bitches for drainage in
Milwaukee county was introduced by
| the committee on villages and cities
Madison, Wis, March 26.-After the
| most notable debate of the session in
| the senate this morning the Owen
| resolution providing for a continu-
ance of the Stephenson primary cam
paign and his actual election by the
Legislature, was passed shortly after
noon today by vote of 10 to 8.
The passage of the Owen resolution
means that the Stephenson probe will
be pursued relentlessly and to the
bitter end by Senators S. M. Marsh,
| Thomas Morris and Paul e. Husting,
| the present senate members of the in
vestigating committee, which come to
a parting of the ways through the de-
sire of the assembly membership to
stop the Stephenson inquiry and move
On to the other five candidates. In
passing the resolution this morning
the anti-StephenSOn men, the Demo
Gratis and one Social Democrat OF the
senate, combined to beat the mem
bers who contend that the legislature
NV no ,1,i,1