Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-28

troduced 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 be 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 not permit more than one voter at 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 ascertain
now the voter votes or how he has voted.
NO voter shall remain within the voting
machine booth or compartment longer than
one minute, and if he should refuse to leave
1t after that lapse of time. he shall at once
be removed by the inspectors,
TUESDAY, MAY %.
By vote of II to ) the Senate today
decided to stand firm in its policy of re-
ferring all legislation relating to water
powers to the special session next winter.
The question came up in an attempt by
Senator Bird to recall bill 4O5S, from the
special committee and have it put through.
This bill would create a forest, fish and
game and water power commission of three
members; Senator Bird argued for the bill.
1t would do away with the present fish
commission, the waterways commissioner
and the forestry board and combine their
functions in the new board. he said The
expense, he declared would be no greater
than at present and such body is needed
now; Senator Lockney, Blaira and Ran
dolph argued against the Bird motion. Sen
ator Blaine pointed out that the action re.
quested would anticipate the business of
the special session and that IL the new
board were created it would be hard to do
away with 1T if thought advisable. The
motion was then voted down.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1909
In the Senate this morning the resolu-
tfonS Of the special senatorial investigating
committee asking for time beyond the leg
islatiye session to complete the probe of
senatorial urinary lon 10
celYed and at once the upper house was
precipitated into lively fight 1t finally
was decided to postpone action. The reso-
buttons reported by the committee are prac-
tically the same as those given out by the
committee last week. The request for more
time is made on the plea that several i'm
portant witnesses cannot be brought here
at present because they are beyond Wis
consin jurisdiction and relate the fact that
fifteen days after the close of the session
the assemblymen who now stand on their
legislative privilege can be compelled to
answer the Subpoenas.
ASSEMBLY.
THURSDAY, MAY 20
In the Assembly this morning there was
an indicator that hopes Of adjourning by
June 5 were dead and buried. The Ran
dolph resolution for adjournement on June
the calendar but when it was
reached Speaker Bancroft warned the house
against touching it and it went over for a
week. The Assembly killed the pure paint
Oil MT. OnSCau by q vote OF
81 to Al, this action being on the commit
tees recommendation. The bill to regulate
trust companies, known as 1853, passed the
Assembly this morning after fight that
banking The bill, which was favored by
the Wisconsin Bankers association, was
nearly killed on several occasions, but the
continual efforts of William Robbins or
Madison and Cashier Graettinger Of Mil
waukee resulted in its passage in a form
agreeable both to banks and trust COM
panies.
FRIDAY, MAY 81
When the matter OF completing the bind
er Irvine plant at the state prison came up
in the Assembly today for passage after the
stormy DEBATE and the vote of last night
S So bg Vote of & e 4G aG tba I
appropriatlng money to equip the plant.
The building, which has been built under
the provisions of the act of 1907, will be
engrossed the bill to repeal the original
binder twtne plant bill. In his sensat ional
speech against the binder Irvine plant yes
original measure was fool bill and that
fools passed it. The Assembly this morn
ing voted its approval Of his classification.
croft said he would take the credit for kill
Ing the bill, thus reassuring members who
were In some doubt about voting. The Nc
Connell bill providing for the use of the
Dunn pocket ballot. was passed. The use
of the ballot is made optional with coun
ties The live stock sanitary board bill.
giving the tuberculin test system a new
lease Of life, was passed, as was also the
Twesme closed primary measure. The Ham
mill bill prohibiting meeting Of trains at
The Assembly granted passage to the bill
giving to the Milwaukee common council
the power to fix salaries of city officers
having definite term Of office.
TUESDAY. MAY 25.
The Assembly today passed joint reso-
lnfiOD 2SA for daily sessions of tbp
Legislature except Sundays. There was
a long discussion on the resolution asking
Congress to remove the tariff on print
paper. Mr.. Ingram favored the resolution
and Messrs. Stevens and Barnett spoke
against it. The resolution was carried by
a vote of 40 to 80. During the roll call was
warm debate. Assemblyman Hambrecht
bitterly opposed the resolution and said he
desired to protest against these tariff reso-
lutons which he said were being introduced
bers of the Legislature on record for
political purposes. Assemblyman Ingram
privilege. He said he asked the roll call
on this particular resolution and he desired
to know who had told Mr.. Hambrecht these
purposes. The speaker finally Ouelled the
trouble by ordering the roll call to pro-
coed.
WEDNESDAY. MAY &c. 1909.
The Assembly engrossed the. bill giving
the Milwaukee common council power to
put palmists, fortune tellers and other
petty grafters out of business. 1t also or
dered engrossed the bill permitting cities
Of the second, third and fourth class to
adopt the commission form of government
and it was announced that Eau Claire
would adopt the system. The bill for state
aid for the Milwaukee county insane asy-
lum was killed after Assemblyman Carl
Herman Dorner of Milwaukee had made
telling speech. The so-called Milwaukee
auditorium bill was passed while the an
neIation bill was laid over. The Fairchild
resolution for an investigation of the sub
iect of Milwaukee night schools by experts
was passed The Assembly farmers car
ried out the prediction in Mondays Even
ing Wisconsin that they would slaughter
certain appropriation bills in a spirit of re-
venge for the killing of the binder Irvine
plant proposition last week. They laid over
the bill appropriating $4,000 annually for
maintaining the normal schools and also
laid over the bill giving $4,000 for WON
ems dormitory al the Superior normal
Not satisfied with these sIaps at the claims
committee. of which Senator Hudnall of
Superior is chairman. the farmers also
killed the bill granting increased salaries
TO the grain and warehouse inspectors at
Superior.
INVESTIGATION.
THURSDAY, MAY 20.