The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-04
TUESDAY. EEHRIARN %.

over the resolution OF Mt Ruclhe TO 40
away with the state fire marshaIs depart
mrnt The imputatiOu was made by Mr..
Ingram that the office was created to give
a man a job, Assemblyman CIeary prompt
~ denied that such was the case when he
introduced the bin creating the Office two
years ago ana quoted statistics to show that
the fire marshal and his assistants had done
the state a great deal II good in the past
two years The bill was indefinitely post.
poncd. Asscmblymau Roethe also made an
Intellectual effort to have his bill aboiishlnS
Nearly thirty petitions came into the As,
scmbly, relating to county option; $1,000
for university extension, increasing rates
for insurance Of benevolent societies ana
barbcrS' Sunday closing law.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY -.
Assemblyman Kalahsr won his point in
regard to the Milwaukee juvenile court bin
when he succeeded In having the measure
laid over until March IN order TO allow
tute bill. Mr. Georgi opposed the PROPOSE
ton to lay the bill over and Mr.. LedYina
suggested that if the session was To nc
ing business. The vote was % TO 81 Inc
Assembly was flooded with petitions relat'
ing to the rates of fraternal societies. Mr..
Ledyina thought they should be referred t,,
suranc5 but Mr.. Ingram objected, stating
that they should be read. The speaker sus'
tanned Mr. Ingram's objection. bill rails
log the salaries of Legislators from 5000 10
out Of committee. Mr.. Cady dissenting,
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY -.
President Van Hise and the regents OF
the state university received rude shock
In the Assembly when the committee on
education recommended for passage the
IIambrccht hill which provides that all
classes ut the university shall be- open 70
women students. This effcctuaiIy blocks
the presidents pct idea Of Segregation
Resolutions were passed to hold memorial
services for deceased members of the As
scmhly. T. s. Potter. West Bend; Fred j.
Carpenter. stevens Point, and W A. Cerna.
ban, Eau Claire. 4 bin providing for 20,
Ncomcn In cities Of the fourth class to be
appointed by civil service was recommended
for passage. Asscmblyman Rocthc hob9rd
up as usual with "A bill to do away with
something this time the college OF m 'dl-
cine at the state university being his OBJ
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY %.
nv a vote Of 81 To % the Assembly up.
held the judiciary committee in its rec
ommendatiou for the passage of the ingram
Joint resolution amending the constitution
So that members of the Legislature shall
receive 5000 instead of $500 per session
The bin memorialzing Congress to grant
the regular rate or retired pay TO volunteer
army officers OF the Civil war was also
passed The nnti-free lunch and the anti
treating bills were recommended for death
bv the committee on state affairs. Inc
judiciary committee recommended for pas
sage the bill prohibiting the Drawing cnvr4 n Ui
circuit court Judges. Action on many bllls
was postponed.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 81.
Asscmbyman Brockhauscn tried to rail-
road through the Assembly today the meas
ure making it lawful for labor unions 10
pfckct manufacturing plants where strikes
had been declared. but be was met with
determined opposition by Messrs. Bancroft
ana Iedvina, the latter declaring mat tue
! Socialists would lcgalize murder II 1t was
IN tbpir interests tD do After Il spirited
debate the measure was referred To the
judiciary committee from which recon-
mcGd9tion, of indefinite pos,ptGnement VIII VIII
hrechtS hill prohibiting the segregation or
classes on the university was returned to
the committee on education because addi-
Assembly Concurred in the resolution to
have printed 500 copies of the testimony
, given before the investigating committee
Joint Session.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY %
Senator Stephenson was ten votes shy
Of election on the fifteenth ballot getting
forty nine votes out OF n senator Blaine
OF Boscohcl wns the chief witness before
the investigation committee. Senator
Blaine was expected to explain In detail
where he got his information on which he
based his charges of corruption against
Senator Stephenson, but he did not do so,
lie stated In an indefinite way where he had
received his Information. Senator Blaine
was cy,a"ntlv uiuued at being called to ties.
tify before the committee ana his answers
to the questions put wcr" sharp and Ia
criticism uf the way in which the commit.
tee was conducting the investigation. Sen.
ntur Blaine was on the stand most Of the
day ,.
senator Stephenson received - votes on
the sixteenth ballot. sixty I'VE were HcrrS-
snrv to elect Rodney SuckCtt, one uf sen
| ntor Strphuusuu's campaign mauaE"tS, was
ON the stand before the primary iuyc,tiEat
| ing committee. He TESTIFIED that he dis
| hur-cd large Sums Of money for the Mari
ucttc senator but that he had no account
I now uf where the money went. Senator
| Morris prcript0tCd n fight In the commit
! tee hy asking for what specific purposes
| the Sl5 900 spent IN ''orgluiGiug Dane couu-
| ty' had been expended. Mr.. Ingalls, ob.
I iuCtcd To this line of questioning declaring
| that II would ucccSsitate the committee :
! calling an indefinite number Of witnesses
| nud the Investigation would come 60
unuLbt Charges were hurled back ana
| forts ctwccu the committee members that
! each WIS irving TO rctard the work Of the
| committee by delaying the Investigation
| uutil the time limit set Ivy the Legislature
! for the taking of testimony had expired
| Mr. Sackotts testimony was not at ail
| sensational
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY q
! senator Stephenson received hfty seven
| votes on the seventeenth joint bal'ot lie
| needed sixty four state Chairman Ed,
monds threw q bomb into the primary in
| vcetigafion by tcstifying that Speaker iiau.
| croft had received $3.50 If the Stephenson
campaign fund and that city Attorney John
| u knlIy ~ Milwaukee had received SOL
| Suhpoenaes were issued for Speaker Ban.