Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-02
The LEGISLATURE.
SENATE
TUESDAY. MARCH 20.

TUESDAY, MARCH %
The committee on judiciary reported foF
Death today the Thomas bib ma ins ~
sanity ground for divorce. Inc hlii psu.
viding no attachment can be maue d ~.
liquor debts was also reported IoT Pasn .ri,
The Milwaukee police pension bli pal Ms Ms
ali eycent the widows and dependent chill
dren OF members of the force Killed Ia -, d
violent manner from enjoying the pension
was advanced.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH d
The ioint resolution from the committee
or federal relations asking Congress ~
create a permanent partisan va va oSniu
mission was adopted. me lTaylolu u, csIne
ton asking for the resignation OF all saho17
wardens who participated in the senato, ,,ia
primary was laid over for a Week' sn
Donald bill increasing the salaries u pilied
preme and circuit court Judges was
The session today was short
THURSDAY, MARCH %.
Senator owen started a war in the sen SCI!
ate today by introducing resoluuof az ~
Stephenson primary campaign, stating ma ina
it would be impossible to hear al tne 49, 81
mony before the expiration OF the t1iil offort
for the committee to report. IN an en- a
to discourage the flood of petltlonS III lanoi
of county option, Senator Boqehstap Pr IN
cipitated I, merry war in the sehate ~ 40
PRODUCING a motion that no more ~ ~
written petitions be received. senator
Bird Immediately protested. he wa a5 5nl
handful of petitions one OF Whl cI1in nom Of
names and they expressed the oplhloA:s ~
his people and he wanted them rectieIu5;
Senator Lehr rather favored the motlon a 4i1i
said he was Withholding some pet! 10. 9 a.
he could investigate their AUTHENTICITY. oen
ator Blaine warned that such motol WYNN WYNN
be an abridgment of the right OF pet diai
guaranteed by the constitution. Inc Glet IN
then started to read the enormous siaeH 70
petitions but the action finally ueclueu +h 1o
leave further reading to the emu u lily
FRIDAY, MARCH %.
The Senate was in turmoil today IN m the
discussion of the Owen resolution lot d
separate investigation committee OF ne
Senate to probe the election or oena no
Stephenson. Senator Hudnall ATTACKED lne
authors of the bill saying that II Wa
merely a part of a political game alid o NC
cratic governor two years hence. senator
Owen defended his resolution WIN tne
statements that the present lnVeSIlgdtlnS
committee had failed to perform the Mpi
cut out for it by reason of the Assembly
members attempting to smother the ste
phenson end of the testimony The pesotu-
ton was finally carried by vote OF ~ 10 D.
SATURDAY, MARCH u.
Iieut.-Gov Strange appointed Senators
Marsh, Morris and Husting as members OF
the special Senate investigating committees
to probe the election of Isaac stephenson
to the United States Senate, The bill re-
quiring cuspidors and waste baskets on IN
terurban cars reported upon faVorapIy
by the committee on public health, as was vas
the bill appropriating $500 for maps to the
state park board by the appropriations com
mittee. Only eight senator's were in thelf
chairs.
MONDAY, MARCH 20.
Although only ten members of the Senate
were in their seats when the session opened
a good sized calendar was gone through a
number of bills We're laid over. among them
Senator Sanborns bill creating naval
militia. and Senator Gaylord's resolution
memoralizing the federal government to
give work to the unemployed. The latter
was on the calendar for slaughter but was
saved on request of the Socialist senator
A number of bills were advanced and sew
eral were killed in accordance with com
mittee recommendations.
ASSEMBLY.