Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-02-04
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

sion at noon Stephenson got 65 votes
whereas he needed one more, hence
no election occurred. Many repub-
licans scattered their fayors among
a dozen or more favorites-Hoard,
Cook, Esch, Cooper, McGovern, j. H.
Daidson, Bancroft, Cleary, Lenroot,
E tabrook, .Edmonds, Webb, Lockney,
Owen, Strange, Morris, Stout and
Donald. Democrats voted for Neal
Brown, social democrats for Jacob
RummeI. No choice was announced.
Important bills introduced in the
senate were:
By Senator Gaylord, for the semi
annual payment of taxes; also, that
the valuation of land desired for pub
lie use shall be the last previous as
sessed valuation plus ten per cent of
that valuation; also, that rates of
| charges by public service corpora
! tons be reduceable whenever the net
| income exceeds six per cent on ap-
praised valuation; also to make
railway officials liable to charges of
murder in the second degree in acct
| dent cases that are avoidable; also
| to make families of convicted men
wards Of the state; al o, to make city
! charters amendable upon petition by
five per cent of the recorded city
votes. Joint resolutions were offered:
| By Senator Blaine, for the estb-
! Iishment of board of pardonS con-
sisting of the governor, attorney gen.
eral and the chief justice; also, to in
| stitute the initiative and referendum,
| whereby the people may reverse the
power to enact laws and reject those
! passed by the legi lature; by Senator
James, king congress not to pass
the pending law requiring pension
agencies to be concentrated in Wash
! ingtOn; also by Senator Gaylord
that the legislature appeal to the
other states to amend the constitu-
! ton of the United States with a view
! to abOlishing the United States SEN
ate; also providing for the appoint
ment of a committee of five to study
! public owner hip, control and regu-
lation in any part of the world of
| the liquor traffic; also that the legis-
! lature instruct its members in con-
gress to work for the relief of the I'M
| employed by giving them public work
/ in the reclamation and forest service;
also that the legislature request the
! Wisconsin members of the United
States senate to take such action as
shall bring about the abrogation of
the extradition treaty with Russia;
also to instruct the Wisconsin mem
bers in congress to take such action
as shell be calculted to effect collective
ownership of II industries which are
organized On a national scale.
Among the important house rules
were these: BY Mr.. Smith, imposing
a penalty as high as $50 and 30 days
imprisonment for the wrongful wear
ing of society emblems; by Mr.. Gull
bertson, increasing the yearly appro-
priation of $4,000 for university ex.
tension to 100000; also, creating
new judicial circuit Of Eau Claire,
Chippewa, Sawyer and Rusk, the 10Th,
making the 9Th embrace Juneau, La
Crosse, Monroe and Vernon. Mr..
Twesme offered a bill that would
tran pose Juneau and Trempealeau
counties in the 9th and 18th circuits;
by Mr.. Chapple, for the establishing
of a state naval militia of four d.
visions; by Mr.. Chinook, repeating
the act which forbid county judges
from drifting papers; ALSO appropriate
ing $4,000 to complete the binder
Irvine plant at Waupun and 100000
for a wall around it; by Mr.. Wehr-
vein, permitting feebIe-minded to be
sent to county sylums when the state
in titution is full; also, permitting
the entencing of inebriates to insane
asylums; by Mr.. Brockhausen, pro-
viding that no person shall be deemed
a vagrant until it is made to appear
that he was offered and refused en-
plOyment which he was physically
able to PERFORM also, requiring pro
per ventilation of factoriei; by Mr..
Berner, requiring children cover 1G
years Of age" to support INDECENT par
entS; by Mr.. Weber, FORGETTING fran
chtses unIeSE used within two years ):
by Mr.. Bray, permitting county
boards to fix county treasurer's al.
aries at $4,000 instead of $25O.0OO;
by Mr.. Ballard, providing that where
bridge repairs involve an expen of
1-8 of one per cent of the value of
the taxable property of a town the
county shall pay IA of the expense.
The county makes such payment now
but only in the case of new bridges,
Mr. Weber offered a joint resolution
for the trial by jury in contempt pro-
ceedings; also, a memorial to con-
gress in behalf of government owner
chip of railroads, telegraphs. teIe-
phones and express companies.
Madison, Jan 28.-The most i'm
portant bill introduced in the senate
was the county option bill introduced
by Senator Marsh The county OBJ
ton forces have agreed on this meas
ure and no other will be introduced
for the present 1t contains fourteen
sections and provides that on petition
of 20 per cent of the voters Of a |
county such election shall be held not
less than 20 nor more than 80 days
after such petition is filed The cleo |
ton is to be advertised and con |
Quoted like other elections and poles |
are to be open from a. M to z D. m |
Wherever adopted no license shall be |
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