Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-06-16

/ the question in the opinion of many.
Senator H. w. Barker of high license
fame also is to be ranked among the
receptive candidates. Senator San
born himself is supposed to be laying
a few lines toward the governorship,
inence strongly because of his ardu-
Gus work as chairman of the joint
committee on claims and his natural
talent for leadership.
Lightning Rods Looming.
In the assembly possible candi-
date is looming up in Assemb1yman
w. M. Bray, the young member from
the first Winnebago district. Another
name heard is that of Assemblyman
Wallace Ingalls, of the first Racine
district. E. w. Leroy, Stephenson
leader and coming from Stephenson S
home city, has lost no popularity, and
has been suggested as probable can
didate at the republican primary for
secretary of state, but he denies cher
| shing any aspirations. NJ. j. Cleary,
who would have been speaker if L. H
Bancroft had not, is a possibility
among the candidates for attorney
general. L. W. Whittet of Edgerton
achieved fine reputation for fair
njndedness, courtesy and conscien-
| tiOusness. As house chairman of the
committee on claims, his was one of
/ the most trying positions in the whole
| legislature and it was filled in a
manner to cause members of all fac
tons and of all parties TO feel that
an honest effort had been made to be
| just. Mr. Whttet is lumber dealer
and it is not known that he cares to
enter politics much further than he
has gone already. J. E. Mcconnell
of La Crosse was ranked as one of
the ablest men the lower house, and
the continued dominance of La Fol
lette naturally would bring him for
ward as factor of prominence po-
| litically. G. A. Ingram of Durand led
| the La Toilette forces aggressively
throughout, on the floor of the as
sembly, and on several occasions
broke through the heavy line of the
osophical fighter, seldom loses his
head, scraps smilingly, and cherishes
no resentments. He is always on the
right side of moral questions For a
new member Merlin Hull of Black
! River Falls made an impression. He
| g
ent, fearless and was not always to
be counted with safety before he vot-
ed. He is printer by trade but
! has changed TO the status of editor
and lawyer Speaker Bancroft grew
i in reputation as the session pro
/ crossed. Seldom has there been a
stronger intellect in the chaiI-never
! speaker so assertive on the dais.
He ruled with directness, expedited
I business at times with an arbitrari-
ness almost unexceptional in spirit,
and won general admiration for his
unmistaken abilities. His intimates
class him as having rare amiability
The "Great RepeaIer."
A record unique in legislative an
/ nails is that of H. E. Roethe of Grant
county who introduced bills repeal
ing about everything except the ten
commandments and had every one OF
his twenty-one bills indefinitely post
/ poned by the assembly, but taxpayers
would not have suffered If some oil
! them had passed,
Vetoes.
The governors vetOeS this year
/ have been of measures of minor inn
portance with the exception of the
/ Chapple bill which would have made
docks and other forms of railroad
! terminals subject to local assessment
and -axation. Governor Davidson
| showed that his axe could swing as
&c adily and as iorcibly in defense OF
he states adj valorem railroad taxa
On law as that of his predecessor.
] The refusal of the assembly to pass
he bill repeal ng the binder tw.ne act
Of 1907 after The legislature had le
fused 10 pass the bills furnishing
money for the completion of the plan.
at Waupun and for revolving fund
tc carry it on. leaves a fruitful source
G trouble for the future. The friends
CT TIE plant proposition refuse to ac-
cept the verdict rendered against
them this year and will make the
idea an issue N the next cannaign.
Imr3~f.n- changes We're made in
the child labor law suggested by diff
culties experienced by Commissioner
Beck in enforcing the old law. The
Busacker bill forbidding children OF
ender age selling newspapers in cit
es is another step in this line.
kidnapping.
An an outgrowth of the feeling
aroused by the Whitla kidnapping the
legislature made an important change
= - penalty for kidnapping for ran