Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-03-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
THURSDAY, MARCH II

THURSDAY, MARCH II
The Senate was thrown into a furoro "A
day when Senator Gaylord introduced <
bill asking all state officers who had ~
celVed money from any one OF the sen
torial candidates during the primary ramW
paigh 70 resign, inasmuch as they had Nth
lated the provisions of the civil service In M
The committee on state affairs recommyutE
cd that the bill for Wisconsin repreSrnfM
ton at the Alaska-Yukon fair be kiIeT
Senator Morris bill for the closing of baM
Der shops on Sunday was advanced SrIw
ator Whitehead's bill imposing Il p2uatw
for practicing law without Il license waN
passed.
FRIDAY, MARCH L.
Under a suspension of the rules the SEM
ate concurred in the Assembly bill creatinM
the town of Nashville out OF the town B.
Crandon in Forest county, and passed IND
bill creating municipal court in Fond id
Lac, removing the criminal jurisdiction from
the county court, and fixing the salary 81
the county judge at $500 Senator GayN
LORDS resolution relating to governmental
ownership of public utilities caused Som&
debate, after which it was killed. The res
olut1on, providing for the appointment 81
special committees to consider the four hi Il
questions before the Legislature was M
subject of some debate Senator Burke
was of the opinion that all these question:
should have careful study.
SATURDAY, MARCH 49,
The committee on forestry recommended
for passage the new general forestry bill Z
The Gaylord resolution asking state officers
who received money in the primary can't
paign from senatorial candidates was laiG
over until March "a. Lieut.-Gov. Strange
and President Protein Stout We're both AID
sent and the Senate elected SenatoN
kleSczka to preside.
MONDAY, MARCH 10
The Morris bill prohibiting Sunday bar
bering was passed by the upper house to&
day although there were only of the Ri
members present. The Bird bill prohibitN
ing the sale of tobacco to anyone under ~
years of age was also passed. The COM
mittee on public health reported fayorablW
on the Barker bill providing for S-fOot bed
sheets in hotels. Sample of the new prod
posed Dunn pocket ballot We're dtstributed
among the members. The Senate adjourned
after a few unimpOrtant routine matters
had been disposed of.
ASSEMBLY.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH TO-
An acrimonious debate occupied the attend
ton of the Assembly today as to whether
or not the probe into the senatorial primary
should continue. Mr.. Hambrecht made "a
vigorous speech in favor of disseminating
the probe saying that the Legislature wa5
spending the peoples money in foolish
way and that nothing could be accom-
plished. He was upheld by Speaker Ban
croft. The speaker moved that the dis I
position of the investigation be left to tho
Joint steering committee and after speeches
by Assemblymen Cleary, Ingram Reynolds
and others the resolution was carried by u
safe majority ASsemblyman Leuch made
a yelled attack on the Democrats who re T
manned away from the Joint session laSts
Thursday when Senator Stephenson was re-S
elected. when he said that hard pressures
had been brought to bear upon the mem
bers of the Legislature and that he WasS
saying nothing that he could not prove ia
he was called upon later to do so.
THURSDAY, MARCH H.
That segregation is thing of the past a q
the University of Wisconsin is conSideredA
certain The committee on education re
ported favOrably today on the Hambrcc5s
bills providing equal rights for women ,Stn1
dents in the university classes and aSkingA
for another woman member of the board of4
regents from the state-atslarge: Assembly
man Stevens created sensation when heS
asked that the investigation committee re Il
port at once. He said that he had always
been a supporter of Senator La Follette,S
but ii view of the failure of Senator Blainas
to substantiate his charges of corruptonI
oppose La Toilette if the senior senator a II
tempted TO block Stephenson's entry int0A
the United States Senate.
FRIDAY. MARCH -
Rv a vote of Il to II the Assembly todayA
voted to extend the time in which the Sena1i
torial investigating committee might reporg
from March 10 until April 10. Several mem
hers asked to be excused from the Saturday,
denied the request. A number Of petitonsa
were received from the Christian Sc1entStsa
protesting against the dissemination OH
knowledge concerning disease in the puDhc
SATURDAY, MARCH 49,
The fight for segregation was practicallya
abandoned by the university auInOflIeSs
when they allowed the Hambrecht bill pro-
viding for equal rights for women an ana men
in ali classes to advance to a third read
ing in the Assembly today. Many OF theA
asSemblymen were absent and bills Werea
laid over in which the absent members Werel
,4.D1 NlJTTT a..
VEINS introduced a resolution asking the AS
sembly members to resign from the mVeSu-
CATION committee. Before action on thel
resolution could be taken the Assembly,
adjourned.
MONDAY, MARCH u.
Assemblyman Leuch's bill to relegate nagS
to boneyards or other places Of retirement
caused a storm of protest from the farmer
members of the Assembly. The Oh WAS
postponed indefinitely but not unIh tne
ments that there was no definite rule ny
which the uselessness of a horse could pei
determined. The bill served for another
purpose, for during the course OF me, me u e.
committee to save them from defeat was
taken up. The Assembly decided that the
practice will hereafter be abandoned anu
bills will either be voted upon for passage
ment.
Investigation.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10.
Game Warden Stone again refused to teS-
tify before the investigation committee
when called today. L. B. Dresser member 4Det
Of the state board of control testified tDat
he had wroked for Stephenson and that mel
had spent $235o in the Eleventh congress congress
sional district in Mr.. Stephenson's lnterfs-S
He said he gave most of the money 70 So a
res, estate man named Hetting, and that
he did not know how Hetting spent the
money Mr.. Dresser named several otheT
men to whom he had given money anu
also the amounts given to each.
THURSDAY, MARCH II.
State Game Warden Stone was again on
The stand and told what he did with the
money given to him by the managers or
Stephenson's campaign. Stone named sew
erai deputy game wardens who had Ore, re,
ceIved sums Of money from him in return
for work for Senator Stephenson. Thei
amounts given to each game warden were we're
about 5000. Stone declared that he ola MOI