River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-24
WHAT THE BADGER
SOLONS HAVE DONE
TELEGRAPHIc NEWS FROM THE
WISCONSIN ASSEMBLY.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED
Completion of Five Months Work,
During Which Important Measures
Have Been Acted Upon-Teach-
ers' Pension Bill Vetoed.

ers' Pension Bill Vetoed.
Madison-The forty-ninth session
Of the Wisconsin legislature adjourned
sine die Friday after a five-months'
session. Action on number OF I'M
portant subjects was postponed till
next winter, when a special session
is to be called. The last act of Gov.
Davidson, before adjournment, was the
veto of the teachers compulsory pen
sion bill, his action being sustained by
both houses.
Thursday over a dozen veto mes
sages were received from Gov. David
son by the legislature.
Among those received by the as
sembly were executive disapproval of
the Brew boxing bill, the Cady drain
age bill, the bill relating to premiums
on official bonds, and the bill relating
to the salary of the county Judge of
Racine county. The one sent to the
senate was on the Fond du Lac coun-
ty court.
The governor objected to the boxing
bill because it would give bad name
to the state and promoters an oppor-
tunity to evade the law.
'My objection to this legislation"
said the governor, sis based on the
fact that to license and regulate such
exhibitions by express law will place
in the hands of the prize fighting pro-
fession and their adherents the means
and opportunity of evading the pro-
visions of the statute designed to pro-
hibit prize fighting. 1t surrounds box
ing contests with all sorts of legal
formalities under which they must be
conducted. This is really the vice of
the measure for it makes any such
contests presumptively legal while be-
meath the surface and outside of legal
forms there may be bet, wager or
other evidence of championship. Only
one element is wanting to make
legal contest an unlawful prize fight
and that is the bet, or wager, or other
evidence of championship"
Other bills vetoed are 589A and
503S. The former is the bill providing
for the filing of articles Of incorpora-
tion with the register of deeds after
tary of state and further provides that
such articles shall be published in at
least two newspapers of general circu-
lation in the county.
The following bills have been
signed:
The state fair bill, appropriating
$4,000 a year for three years for new
buildings and improvements to the
state fair park.
The Ingram pure beer bill.
The Estabrook tenement house bill,
which regulates the building of tene-
ment houses with special regard to
ventilation and fire escapes.
Eight-hour bill which holds work on
new public buildings to eight hours a
day.
The committee that was appointed
by Gov. Davidson to negotiate for the
settlement of Wisconsin's claims
against several railroads has been
framed and was named as follows:
Senator George B. Hudnall, chairman;
Senator Walter Owen, Assemblymen
l.. M Bancroft, M. ]. Cleary and L. w.
Ledvina.
Mr. Cleary first was made chair
man of the industrial insurance COM
mitee, but gave up his place to Mr..
ingalls,.
Senator Burke presided over the
senate session, with seven other SEN
ators present: Bishop, Fairchild, Ly-
ons, Whitehead, Bodenstab, Donald
and Wright. The governors veto of
the bill creating municipal court in
Fond du Lac county was sustained
by all present, but the announcement
was withheld pending the arrival of
other senators. The senate voted to
remain informal temporarily.
The assembly was in session less
than five minutes. Two vetoes were
received from the governor, one to
bill 5S9A, providing for the publica-
ton of articles of incorporation, and
bill ASA, relating to the publication
of poll lists. Both bills were refused
passage over the veto of the governor.