River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-20
SAFEGUARDS ALL
! ROAD CROSSINGS
Bill Is Sent to Engrossment by
Overwhelming Vote.
DELAY IS CAUSED BY DEBATES
Lengthy Speeches on Spring Shooting
and Other Acts Puts the Lower
House Far Behind In
Its Work.

MadiSOn.-The assembly tranSporta-
ton committee, which has been in the
habit Of reporting against bills regu-
lating railroad rates and methods and
being reversed as regularly, was
bumped" again when the Gilboy bill
to require signals, gates or fagmen
at grade crossings was sent to en-
grossment by an overwhelming vote.
AS amended the bill requires such
safeguards at all crossings in the
state where there are dangerous
curves in the track or highway or
where a view of the track for $500
feet from any point within so. feet
Of the crossing is INSTRUCTED.
The wordy debates on spring shoot
ing and other bills have put the low
er house far behind in it's work.
A long list of bills went down to In
definite postponement before the as
sembly got to the Reed measure per-
hitting election of widows in settle
ment of estates. The bill was killed
at one time and then reconsidered
and engrossed Then it came up for
final passage, but it did not pass. Mr..
Gettle and Mr.. Reed both made
speeches for the principle Of the bill,
Mr.. Gettle making a particularly en-
ergetic argument. Assemblyman Long,
who is probate judge Of Crawford
county, spoke as vehemently against
the bill and his talk won the assembly
over to his side, the bill being killed
on a viva voce vote.
The next big fight came on the SEN
ate bill creating the town of Round
Lake, in Sawyer county. This is the
bill that is said to come from land
owners in Sawyer county who object
to paying taxes that are used for the
Improvement and maintenance of the
village of Hayward. Some of the land
SO taxed is so miles away from the
village and settlers, it is said will not
buy property so long as the town OF
Hayward remains as it is now. AS
semblyman Knight, who represents
Sawyer county, made a fight against
the bill and Speaker Ingram of Popin
county took the floor so he could
speak for it's passage. Doctor Harper
took the speakers chair during the
debate and the members took advan-
tage of his position to engage in much
disorder. At times from three to five
persons were on their feet at once
and it was impossible to ascertain just
who had the floor.
The workmen's compensation bill
came up for third reading from the
6Y1+ hon 70 hn
cial joint committee for consideration
Of the five amendments offered by
Roessler, Fisher, Schwalbach and
Clark
The following bills were passed in
the assembly
working hours on public buildings to
eight per day.
By Onstad-Preventing changes in
freight rates until approved by rail-
road commission.
BY Hull-Relating to sale of liquor
to Indians.
My Monsoon Relating to justices of
the peace in towns.
The session of the senate was cut
short during the discussion of the
non-partisan election bill by Martin,
which provides for non-partisan nomi-
mating primaries in Milwaukee. AS in
the fight on the non-partisan judiciary
bills, Senators Blaine and Gaylord
spoke against them, Senator Blaine
taking occasion in his speech to abuse
the Milwaukee newspapers without ex-
ception for their furthering of what he
termed unfair methods in elections.
He saw no reason why Milwaukee
should have a system different from
that in the state at 1arge, and said he
believed the voters ought to know the
party affiliations of men for whom
they cast their ballots.
Senator Bodenstab's bill relating to
elf-government for cities was report
ed in with an amendment. The Klecz-
ka measure providing forfeiture of
street car franchises when not used
for two years was recommended for
passage, while the Gaylord bill to per-
nit Milwaukee to borrow money on its
own property was recommended for
killing. The banking bills, which have
passed the senate, were reported in
for passage by the corporations COM
mittee.
The senate confirmed Governor Nc
Governs recent appointments to the
fish commission, the Social Democratic
members dissenting, as follows: B. G.
Wolter, Appleton; Jabe Afford, Madi-
son; A. L. Osborn, Oshkosh; James o.
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