Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-16
THE LEGISLATURE,
SENATE.

The Bray senatorial investigation resoIp-
Ton from the Assembly was laid over untir
troduced bill raising the salary Of the
state bank examiner from $1,000 to $1,000
Ter year. The Sanborn naval militia bill
was killed, and a bill providing for better
protection of the forests from fires was
passed on recommendation of the Senate
forestry committee.
TUESDAY. APRIL Is.
The Senate Senate went through long calendar
number. Most OF the bills passed were
technical legal measures. The Farrell bill
to prevent blindness in newborn babes was
passed Senator Gaylord launched forth
INTO 4 TRADE against the tariff system in
speaking in support of an amendment 10
ms resolution memorializing Congress to
pass an income tax. but was shut OF on a
point OF order by Senator Burke.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL II.
SunraglStS scored again in the Senate to
DAY when the motion of Senator Bird TO re
was passed two weeks ago was killed by
vote of 10 10 Is. The Bray resolution from
the Assembly providing for Il joint commit
zee zee, TO inyestigate the election Of Senator
stephenson was laid over. The Milwaukee
hre ana police bill was re-referred ~ the
committee on banks and insurance.
ASSEMBLY.
MONDAY. APRIL 10.
The Assembly rushed matters ut The omen
ing session after the Easter recess and in
less than an hour and half thirteen bills
were killed. seven laid over and half 4
dozen engroSSed. Mr.. Estabrook's bill re
curing majority vote to. nominate for
the United States Scnatorship was booked
to be killed, but was saved by Mr.. ESta-
brook, who asked that it be laid over for
consideration at some future date Two
Milwaukee bills, one limiting to . per cent.
of the assessed amount of taxable property
the aggregate funded debt in railway bonds
previously issued 10y the city, and the other
making it obligatory upon the school board
to inform the common council Of all in
tended repairs i'll school buildings were
ordered engroSScd
TUESDAY. APRIL 10.
BY 4 vote of 40 to IS the Assembly today
ordered the Irvine spring shooting bin Ell
crossed. An attempt was made To pass the
blll immediately under 4 suspension Of the
come up for passage later in the week.
Speaker Bancroft and Mr. Ingram spoke
Nehemently against the bill, declaring II to
be a stealing of national resources" The
debate was spirited throughout, Assembly
man Bray declaring there was not good
argument advanced for its passage by those
WEDNESDAY,. APRIL H.
The Hambrecht bill providing for two.
additional women members of the board of
regents of the state university was killed
most stubborn kind of Il fight had been
put up by its author and friends. Mr..
llambrecht said the women of the stale had
been Disseminated against and said his
or the girls who attended the state univrr-
Sity. Mr.. Mcconnell said the passage Of
the bill would be as much as saying the
Legislature had no faith in the present
board and the measure was killed forthwith.
INVESTIGATION.
THURSDAY, APRIL S.
When Gov Davidson was teIephoucd to
today at Soldiers Grove by Assemblyman
Bray t. find out whether he would appear
voluntarily before the investigating com
mittee to tell what he did with the $12OG
fund given him Ey the game wardens, the
governor said he was too busy to come
Lack 10 Madison at this tile. The COVER.
nor vii. lie suG"Gened by the committee
T, H. PurteI told of spending $175 of
Stephenson money. He did not keep any
for himself, he stated. Deputy Game War
den Hickman gave the lie to Chief Game
Warden Stone by denying that he had re
ceived any money from Stone as the latter
had testified Asscmblyman Domachowski
Of Milwaukee stated to the committee iuSf
night that the story that he had been Of
fered $500 to stay away from the joint
session ON March was started by him as
joke Assemblyman Farrell and Ramsey
explained their absence from the session by
stating that they had become disguised
with the proceedings and simply remained
away Ramsey adding that he had been
paired with .Asscmb!yman Fenelon of Ripon,
who was III at the time.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8.
Gov. Davidson informed the Investigating
committee today that he would appear Sat
urday without the service of the subpoena
issued yesterday and tell what he did with
the $1,000 raised by the game wardenS ana
given to him during the campaign. Rumors
today were to the effect that the Assembly
members of the committee would submit IN
dividual reports on the investigation. 1t is
said that the Senate members will not re-
port until the special investigation ordered
by the Senate is completed. motion was
passed by the committee to certify the
name of L. II. Stevens of Lancaster to the
Legislature to be tried for contempt for
failure to appear in answer to subpoena
cd i'm I a mi
game wardenS occupied the stand all day
in the investigation The testimony of the
game wardens was of the usual order, that
they had received and spent money IN the
interests of the Stephenson campaign.
SATURDAY. APRIL 10.
The last day of the Legislative inypstiga-
ton furnished a mild sensation in the ap-
pcaraucc of Gov. James o. Davidson to tell
what he knew Of the $1,000 campaign fund
raised for him by the state game wardens.
The governor said that the money had been
left at his office two different occasions
by Chief Game Warden Stone and that he
Davidson did not know where the money
came from or for what purposes 1t was 10
be used. He stated that the money was
still on deposit at the bank and that he was
ready to turn it back to the contributors
when it was shown that game wardens had
made it up. The governor stated that he
did not consider the raising of money by
state employees violation of the civil serY-
Ice law, provided they did it voluntarily as
was the case with the fund raised by Mr..
Stone. Immediately following the governor,
Deputy Game Warden Edward O'Connor
stated that Stone had told him that the
governor knew what the money was for
and that he Ghe governor had remarked
that 1.-THE boys (meaning the game wardensD
were doing too much for him" Several
game wardCnS were examined during the
day. When all the testimony in As
semblyman Hambrecht moved that the
names of all state employees who had been
politically active in the last and previous
campaigns be certified to the attorney gen
eral and that official be asked to give an
opinion as to whether or not they had
acted In violation OF the civil service law.
The motion was carried unanimously.
TUESDAY, APRIL 10.
When the special committee convened this
morning after organizing Monday night,
Chief Game Warden Stone, who was to
have been examined, could not be found.
The committee was in executive session
most of the day. No witnesses were ex-
amincd. 1t is probable that the committee
will extend its time limit fifteen days be-
yond the time of adjournment Of the Leg
lslature in order to examine members who
refuse to answer subpOenaes during the ses-
sion
WEDNESDAY. APRIL Il.
Game Warden Stone could not be found
today and no witnesses were called before
the Senate committee. number Of sub
pOeuaes were issued by the committee today.
Was in Tight Place