The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-05-27
THE LEGISLATURE,
SENATE.
TUESDAY. MAY IS.

JttSDA1 L, MA TO-
In the Senate there call OF the
house on motion OF senator George Il. Hud-
nail, chairman of the joint claims commit
tee over a resolution by Senator Thomas
calling upon the claims committee to report
out in hurry all the bills, there are eight
of them, relating to the binder Irvine plant
mt the state prison IF this resolution
passes | shall take it deliberate Insult
to myself and the committed This chair
manship is thankless job at best and m
tired of being slapped and kicked II TINS
resolution passes you can have my resigna-
tion three minutes later A little while
after delivering this rebuke to the Senate
at large. Mr. Hudnall moved call of the
house Five members, Il sufficient number.
upheld him and the doors were locked, the
clerk meanwhile sending kilograms to me
fourteen absent members. Later the sen
ate adjourned irregularly awaiting the re-,
turn of absentees and as Mr. Hudnali left
the chamber he threatened to resign us
state senator If the resolution passed, Sen,
ator owen sought to calm the Superior
and would doubtless reconsider such pro
posed action to which Hudnall replied, NO.
sir, this is final" Senator Thomas then
moved Il roll call on his motion ut when
Iudnall moved call of the house, saying
he wanted full vote and If the Senate
wants TO turn down this committee 1t can
have my resignation as chairman III thfee
minutes
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10.
After explanation by Senator George Is.
Hudnall. chairman of the joint claims com
mlttpp or the | nlNtfSliN OF W lSGDHSln dp
preparation bill, the Senate this morning
ordered the measure engrossed and thus
brought nearer an end the long fight over
the amount Of funds to he given the state
greatest educational Institution The bin
AS advanced this morning ala not lnclQde
the provisions for the university extension
division. This matter, which is OF special
interest to Milwaukee manufacturers. VIII
he taken up later and separate hlll miro
duced. 1t is expected that with the uis-
posal of the binder Irvine plant mlX-up the
IL, Il =, f,,.s, q
this work will lie listened to and needed
The omnibus appropriation sure advances
today gives to the university the - mills
tax, which amounts approximately TO S'uS,-
600 with an advance OF about 10 per cent.
a year. Added To this is an appropriation
of S2oO,OND Il year for seven years. OtheI
special matters are Incorporated In the Din
and it is said that if the bill goes through
as it now stands there will be no complaint.
THURSDAY, MAY 20
After practically completing its calendar
without any incident Of note, the Senate
INDUCED In debate on the Fridd bill, Ills:
authorizing county boards in counties OF
10000 population or over to establish de
partment OF abstracting. Senators Fridd,
Sanborn and Owen spoke for the bill, while
Senators Lockney and Bodenstab opposed
IT. Mr.. Hudnall, too, was inclined to OPP
pose it, Mr.. Lockney believed the bill
would be an entering wedge for its general
adoption which was unnecessary. senator
Bodenstab said it would throw an immense
burden upon the taxpayers of Milwaukee II
adopted. Mr. Sanholn said there was too
much poor abstracting: that all one needs
now to 20 into the a6stracting business is
pencil and that all the trouble over Jim
Dietz was due to a poor abstract On roll
call the bill was passed by vote Of II to
10.
FRIDAY, MAY II.
The Senate passed the automobile bills.
One of them provides for license fees all
along the line and increases penalties for
not securing licenses or carrying numbers
on machines. Another provides penalty for
Joy riding or the practice of using ma
chine without permission of the owner, The
most important of the auto bills alters the
method Of prosecution. The bill permits
any person to cause drivers arrest on the
charge Of careless driving or of not hav
ing his car under perfect control. The com
mittee on judiciary introduced 4 new bill
providing for the reassCssment of property
that may be omitted from the tax roll in
the next year. senator Bird moved that
4o5S, which was referred TO the special
committee for next winter be recalled from
that committee to be acted upon at this
session. The bin creates commission on
on the motion went over until Tuesday. BY
the Senate Concurrlng in Assembly amend
providing life sentence for kidnapping, also
to 1878 (Whltcheadl, providing that no writ
of attachment shall issue against a munich
patty In garniShment for liquor debts; DOS
tStOut charging powers of state fire mar
shall: 5o3S, creating n municipal court for
Fond du Lac county.
SATURDAY, MAY %
In the Senate today a new bill was in
PRODUCED relating to voting machines and
the time polls shall be kept open In cities
where voting is done exclusively on ma.
chimes 1t permits more than one voting
machine may he used in any one polling
place. After the opening of the polls the
inspectors shall not allow any person to
pass within the railing to that part Of the
room where the machines are situated ex-
cept for the purpose of voting and they
shall a
time to be in such part of the room, They
shall not themselves remain or permit any
person to remain in any position that would
permit him or them TO see or ascertain
how the voter votes or how he has voted
No voter shall remain within the voting
machine booth or compartment longer than
one minute. ana If he should refuse to leave
1t after that lapse Of time, he shall at once
be removed by the inspectors
ASSEMBLY
MONDAY, MAY II.
With a scattering attendance of members
the lower house did business this morning,