Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-09
OPPOSES BILL FoReIDDINe SALE
OF INToxIcAIiTs TO cIv!.-
lied INDIANS.
THROUGH SOLOMON JUNEAU He
HAS BLOOD OF NATIVE AMERl-
CAN IN HIS VEINS.
CHALLENGES SENATOR BROWN
UPPER HOUSE plsPosEs
OF IS BILLS.
Madison. June 3.

Madison. June 3.
The senate last evening had a spir-
tied debate on the Hull bill prohibit
ing the sale OF intoxicating liquors to
civilized persons of Indian descent,
not members of any tribe. The bill
was finally laid over until this morn.
ing. Senator Husting of Mayville.
who declared that as a descendent
of solomon juneau Ne had Indian
blood running through his veins,
strongly opposed the bill. He could
MT understand why persons of In.
dian descent should be Disseminated
against as provided in the bill unless
1t was that some one with malicious
motives was camping on his trail be-
cause OF his attitude on certain con-
tests before the legislature during the
present session. The senator said
that he was proud TO be descendent
OF the Indian race and he twitted Sen
ator Browne, who supported the bill.
by saying that his forefathers were
In America waiting to welcome
Brownies forefathers when they ar
rived from Ireland and Scotland. Sen
ator Husting wanted the bill killed
Immediately, but Senators Browne
and Page thought that 1t possessed
considerable merit ald believed that
IL It were laid over 1t might be
changed c. as 20 meet the objections
raised against 1t. Senator Sanborn
spoke briefly against the bill. declar-
ing that 1t would work a wrong on
many good Indians in the northern
part of the state and he cited an In
stance of where two Indians who had
served for years as town chairmen
had been recently indicted for violat-
Ing the federal laws relating to the
consumption of intoxicants by Indi
ans The motion to lie over prevailed
by vote of 16 to 6.
The senate concurred In or passed
twenty-five bills. Two of them were
the Zimmerman bills authorizing the
board OF supervisors of Milwaukee
county to furnish the coroner with a
suitable number OF deputies. Among
the other bills passed were as fol
lows: Authorizing the state railroad
commission TO make regulations re-
garding the Issuing of transfers by
street railroad companies; increasing
the penalty for selling intoxicants 10
dry territory; providing that the
tendency of divorce proceedings shaIl
not be a defense in cases of wife
abandonment; increasing the number
of county agricultural schools from
eight to ten; requiring all doors In
vestibules In public buildings TO open
outward; requiring breeding horses
to be registered at the state agricul-
tural college; prohibiting the sale Of
intoxicants to minors with or without
written consent OF their parents or
guardians, this being the lie Roy
anti.Growler measure: requiring rail
road companies to furnish a temper
airy step for each of its passenger
coaches; authorizing judges OF cir
cait courts to correct errors in MARI
age records; and appropriating 5000
to provide for paying the expenses Of
a delegate to the 4ational conference
on weights and measures.
The bill authorizing counties to
work jail prisoners on stone piles and
use the stone for bodybuilding pur-
poses was ordered to third reading
Notwithstanding an adverse commit
tee report on II.