Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-05
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

lne small margin OF SIX votes. To
make sure the measure would NOT
again be resurrected this session the
assembly then voted down a motion to
reconsider the vote by which il killed
the bill
Speaker Bancroft most opportunely
arrived in the chamber after ten DAYS
absence, Just in time 10 participate in
the fight against the bill, dividing the
honors Of the opposition with Mr.
Bray, who delivered a long and force
ful speech.
Mr.. lie Roy from the chair read a
telegram received from a Michigan
man, as follows: HAS the spring
shooting Jaw passed and when? Wire
answer"
Mr.. Mains moved the previous ques.
ton, and Mr.. Twesme demanded the
ayes and noes. The bill was killed
by a vote of 46 to 40.
motion TO reconsider the vote was
then voted down by a decisive ma
jority
The same fate which befell a bill
two years ago, increasing the salary
of the bank commissioner from SO 900
to $500, was duplicated in the assem-
bly,.
The bill providing for an addi-
tional appropriation of $500 to pay
the last bills of the senatorial investi-
CATION came in from the senate Just
before adjournment. Mr.. Bray asked
for immediate consideration Of the
measure. Under suspension of the
rules, every member present voted
for the bill, So votes being cast for it.
The point was raised that so votes
were required for appropria ion bills.
Mr. Bray then moved a reconsidera-
ton of the vote and on the advice
of Speaker Bancroft the motion was
laid over until this morning. when it
is expected enough votes will be
available to pass the bill.
Mr.. Hambrecht made a valiant ef-
fort in the assembly to save from in
definite postponement his bill to
equalize the salaries of the circuit
judges Some of the judges, he
pointed out, had no travelling at all to
do and their $500 allowance fer travel
ing expenses was clear velvet" while
a number Of those upstate who had
several counties in their circuits were
compelled to spend more than their
allowance in filling their engagements.
His bill proposed fat salary of S.
600 for all judges and their actual
travelling expenses added.
On roll call. the bill was killed by
vote of "a to 81.
Madison, April 26.-After one of the
hardest forensic battles of the session
the assembly adopted an amendment
TO the Cleary single franchise tele-
phone bill which cuts all provisions
of the substitute measure reported
out by the transportation committee
except that paragraph providing for
physical connection of competing tel
phone companies lines in villages
and cities.
Immediately after adoption of the
which was offered by
Mr. KeuD, the assembly adopted a
motion to adjourn until 9 o'clock
Wednesday morning, when the fight
will be resumed over the bin as
amended
That the state has been licensing
for the last three years
at financial loss. was the informa-
ton impaired to the assembly com
mittee on judiciary by Secretary of
State Frear.
The number plates alone issued to
each autoist, he said, cost about 80
cents. or one-half the amount re-
eeived for the license, and the bal
ance of the fund is not sufficient to
pay the salaries of the two clerks
employed to look after the registra-
ton.
The judiciary committee, it is I'M
derstood, comtemplates reporting out
for passage a substitute bill for the
half dozen measures under consider
alton Incorporating some of the sug-
gestions made by Mr. F'rear. The
most important change in the law
will be a provision providing for a
fee Of 81 for all automobiles licensed
by the state. and new proviso
adding motorcycles to the list OF
vehicles which must be registered
and licensed. The fee for these two
wheel machines will be 81.
Sheriffs of Wisconsin will be able
to hold Office for more than one term
if the voters of the state vote to
amend the constitution to that effect.
The senate passed Senator Ovens
joint resolution to amend the ccc
st,ution so as to permit sheriTfs TO
hold office continuously: also tne
one amending the constitution so as
to do away with the decennial cen
sus and the Sanborn resolution to
permit judicial circuits to elect more
than one judge.
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