Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23


home city, has lost no popularity, and
has been suggested as a probable can
didate at the republican primary tor
( secretary of state. but he denies cher
ishing any aspirations. NJ. J. Clear,
who would have been speaker if l.. II
| Bancroft had not, is a possibility
among the candidates 70, attorney
general. L. ". Whittet of Edgerton
achieved fine reputation iDr fair
mindedness, courtesy and conscien-
| tiousness. AS house chairman of the
committee on claims his was one Of
the most trying positions in the whole
| legislature and it was filed in a
manner to cause members of all fac
tons and of all parties to feel that
an honest effort had been made to be
jcst Mr. Whittet is lumber dealer
and il is not known that he cares to
enter politics much further than he
has gone ALREADY J. e. Mcconnell
Of La Crosse was ranked as one of
the ablest men n the lower honse. and
the continued dominance of La Fol
lette naturally would bring him for
ward as factor Of prominence po-
litically. c. A. Ingram of Durand led
the La Toilette forces aggressively
throughout. on the floor of the as
sembly. and on several occasions
broke through the heavy line Of the
opposition. He is an agreeable. phil.
osophieal fighter, seldom loses his
head, scraps smiliHgly. and cherishes
no resentments He is always on the
right s'de of moral questions For
new member Merlin Hull of Black
River Falls made an impression He
is clear. strong speaker, independ.
emit fearless and was not always to
be counted with safety before he vot.
ed. He is a printer by trade but
has changed to the status Of editor
and lawyer. Speaker Bancroft grew
in reputation as the session pro-
crossed. Seldom has there been a
stronger intellect In the chair-never
a speaker so assertive on the dais.
He ruled with directness. expedited
business at times with an arbitrari-
ness almost unexceptional in spirit
and won general admiration for his
unmistaken abiI!ties His intimates
class him as having rare amiability.
The "Great Repeater"
A record unique in legislative an
nails is that of H. E. Roethe of Grant
county who introduced bills repeal
ing about everything except the ten
commandments and had every one OF
his twenty-one bills indefinitely post.
poned by the assembly bu. taxpayers
would not have suffered if some OF
them had passed
vetoes.
The governors vetoes this year
have been of measures of minor i'm
portance with the exception of the
Chapple bill which would have made
docks and other forms of railroad
terminals subject to local assessment
and taxation. Governor Davidson
showed that his axe could swing as
readily and as forcibly IN defense OF
the states I'D yalorem railroad taxa.
ton law IS that of his predecessor.
The refusal OF the assembly to pass
the bill epealng the binder Irvine act
of 1907 after the legislature had re-
fused 70 pass the bills furnishing
money !Dr the completion of the plant
at WaGpun and for revolving fund
to carry It on, leaves a fruitful source
Of trouble for the future The friends
Of the plant proposition refuse to ac-
them this year and will make the
idea an issue in the next campaign.
! Important changes were made in
the child labor law sugge sted by dih
culties experienced by Commissioner
Beck in enforcing lie old law The
/ Busacker bill forb dding children OF
tender age selling newspapers In cit
'es is another step in this line.
kidnapping.
An an outgrowth of The feeling
aroused by the Whitla kidnapping the
esislature made an important change
IN the penalty for kidnapping for ran
som Ia Wisconsin. making il lie i'm
prlsonmeut
II also prohibited those holding
trust funds from dealing in margins
and passed the Morris bill stopping
mp the loophole by which The law
against Sunday barberng was evad-
ed declaring the shaving of boards
and the cutting of hair nor q work OF
! necessity modified veterinary law
was passed through the energy OF
/ Assemblyman Y, H. Cady
Trolley Legislation.
The restrictions imposed upon cleo
tgjc and lnterurban roads at this SEES
on brings them still further within
sbe lines lad down for the steam
roads OF the state as regards liams-
FOR accidents, safety appliances ana
. The right OF condemnation Bills In.
tended ,a convey rights to streets
/ through usage by ,n,erurban cars
were aG killed. The main change in
the railroad rate commission law was
that providing changes la rates by
railroads must be preceded by al
moaths notice to the commission
feature which is now coming to the
s,oa. In connection with tha national
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