Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-04-22
Woman Suffrage Favored.

sOttlaI oalii aye avn S@'
Madison, April 14-An effort on the
part of Senator Bird to strike a fatal
b ow at woman suffrage was not al
lowed. The senate defeated his mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by which
the bill was passed by a voc of 16
to IS. This bin provides for a refer
endum on suffrage The Hambrecht
resolution for a jolt committee to
investigate the y -.atOrial election
came up for concurrence in the sen
ate and was without much Formally
laid over for a week. The resolution
provides for a committee of five as
semblymen and three senators in
stead of the present committee of
three senators.
After a brisk contest, the as
sembly indefinitely postponed the
Hambrecht bill providing for a sec
ond woman on the board of uniyer-
sity regents. AS soon as the measure
was reached Mr.. Mcconnell of La
Crosse, a varsity aIumnus of promi-
hence, made the motion to kill He
thought the board was too large now
that it was cumbersome with its IS
members, and should be reduced to
seven or eight. 1t was all right to
have more women on the board. TO
that he did not object; but the gov
ernor can name as many as he
pleases at present. No law restraints
| him.
The so-caIled Mary Ann bill, No.
$50. introduced by Assemblyman J. f..
Mcconnell was adversely reported
by the assembly elections committee,
and similar report was made res
pecting V. H. Cadys bill on the
same subject. A neutral report
was made on Senator Bankers long
bedsheet bill, and the claims com
mittee gave an advance recommended
ton on the bill appropriating $4,000
to the Society of Equity.
The Hambrecht bill to limit the
maximum cost Of a schoolhouse TO
| 5000 in sub-districts Of less than 80
pupils was killed after it mad been ad,
vocated by Mr.. Hambrecht and Op-
! posed by Mr.. Stevens and AIr. Hull,
Mr.. Stevens raided the Weber bill
limiting the hours OF labor in bakeries
to 10 hours per day and 60 a week. He
! thought such legislation was an I'M
| warranted intrusion upon the rights
| both of employers and emDIoyes,-it
was as unjust to the latter as to the
former. Mr.. Simon Smiths bill, pro
viding for a representative to the
national conference Oh weights and
measures was killed.
Madison, April 19-Effor;s OF AS
semblyman Viebahn to secure eight
instead Of four additional county
training schools for teachers in the
state, provoked the only debate OF
the session in the assembly,
Mr.. Viebahn objected vigorously to
the amendment offered by the com
mittee on claims, cutting down the
total number of schools from IS 10
"a, venturing the opinion that the four
new schools would be applied for
within three months. Viebahn, kuII
and Stevens participated in the dis
cussion and at it's conclusion the as
sembly decided to postpone action on
the bill until Wednesday.
A resolution, introduced by Mr..
Cleary las Friday III behalf of the
committee on the expedition of bust
ness, provided for final adjournment
May 8. Mr.. Ingram offered an amend
ment requiring that all bills and reso-
lutions referred before April %, eX-
cepl those in the claims committee,
be noticed for hearing before April
30 and reported out by committees by
the following Tuesday, May i.
Mr.. Ingram spoke briefly upon his
amendment. explaining that out of 81
bills introduced in the assembly 400
had been acted upon, leaving All to
be still reported out by the commit
tees.
Old Legislators contend that even if
everything runs along smoothly The
Legislature cannot possibly complete
its work before June 10.
Following an announcement by AS
semblyman Peterson of the death OF
his colleague, Assemblyman Ferdi-
nand Wittig member from the first
district Of Brown county, the as
sembly adopted resolutions OF re
spect to the memory of the departed:
In brief session the senate passed
one bill and killed eight. The bill
that escaped eternity is AGA, by Mr..
Bichler. which validates the organiza-
ton of town mutual insurance cor
porations. Mr. Egan's joint reso-
luton endorsing United States sen
ate bill, No. 1923, was also passed.
This bill provides for the establish
1nent of q national children bureau.
IN GRAVE DANGER.