The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-05-21

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retain this feature OF the old law. It
is argued that this limit would pl e.
vent extravaganza in any form. The
new bill, while removing the limit Of
cost on the wings, provides that the
total cost of construction Of the entire
building shall not exceed the ori~inaf
estimate of S6,000,o00. This prov 8 IN
of the bill will be the subject Of con
siderable discussion.
The old law limited the cost per
cubic foot of construction and the new
bill proposes to omit this feature, but
Assemblyman Hull has presented an
amendment to allow the old law to
stand with limit on the construction
cost per cubic foot. The bill viii
elicit general discussion of the cost
and methods of construction.
Senate Road Bill.
The substitute senate road bill,
which is receiving much support and
which seems most likely to pass in
its essentials, provides:
/. For state highway commission
composed Of the president Of the state
board of agriculture, who is at present
George McKerrow.
2. The state geologist, who is w.
O. Hotchkiss.
8. Dean of the college of engineer
ing of the State university, VINO is
f. E. Turneaure.
This commission is to elect one CT
1880, t>ox.1 uho CHI ha
paid for the time he is actually en-
gagged in the business of the commits
sion. The others get no pay. The
highway commission, as soon as prac-
ticable after the bill goes into effect,
will elect a state highway engineer,
who is to be a civil engineer and an
experienced road builder.
The powers given the state highway
commission and the state highway en-
gineer are the same as in the original
senate bill and the apportionment OF
funds to the different counties on the
following basis:
One-third of the appropriation ac-
cording to the assessed valuation OF
the real estate of each county.
One-third according to the area OF
each county, and one-third to the
county as a unit, which is the same
as in the original senate bill.
The bill provides for an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for the first year, $780,
900 for the second year and 100000
for the third year, and provides that
these amounts shall be raised by a
direct tax The bill has been sent to
most of the state highway departments
and has been highly commended by
them The substitute embraces the i'm
provements suggested by the various
state highway engineers throughout
the country.
Curious Combination.
One of the most curious combina-
lions ever known in our legislative
history is that which has unconscious
ly been formed in the senate this win
ter, consisting Of the so-called radicals,
or LaFollette Republicans, the Demo
Gratis, and the one lone Social Demo
crat. This combination was first eff
fected at the opening of the session in
order to bring about an investigation
of the primary campaign and the cleo
ton of Isaac Stephenson to the United
States senate Since there has been
many unions of these same elements
on other propositions, usually without
Encouragement, and in this manner
conservative Republicans have fire.
quently been overborne, as on the in
vestigation. water power franchise
question and other propositions.
The latest coup, and one which
reused the fires of factional feeling,
as they have not often been reused
this winter, was brought about last
week by which the appointment of the
senate committee which is to report
on special legislation next winter is
practically put into the hands of Lieu
tenant Governor John Strang.
DonaIds Motion Forced Through.
This combination forced through a
motion by Senator Donald to have the
lieutenant governor name committee
of three, which is to submit names
from which the lieutenant governor
shall select his special committee. On
this committee the governor appointed
Senators Morris, BOdenstab and Ran
dolph. Morris is LaFollette Repub-
lican, Bodenstab more or less inde-
pendent Republican, while Randolph is
Democrat. The conservative Repub-
licans stoutly opposed this plan and
they urged that the committees be Sc
lected in Republican caucus, which
would have given them the majority,
and the consequent naming of the COM
mittees.
The other senators justified their
proceeding on the ground that the
questions to lie considered were not
political and that the whole senate
should have voice in the manner OF
naming the committees.
Would Change Auto Law.
If the assembly endorses bill which
has been advanced from the senate
there will be a decided change in the
alltOnnohile regulation law The idea