River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-06-29
Timothy Burke of Green Bay support.

OuyuOW0lH lOI lu0 ldIL0T soEVACOo
in pressing the states suits for pay
ment of railroad license fees. Sena-
tor Martins pill for separate ballots
for presidential electors was con-
Cured in, At to 26.
The Husting (senate) water
power bill, placing all the water
powers and dams under the control OF
the railroad commission as public
utilities, went through the assembly
without opposition, indicating that che
water power interests will be content
to fight it out in the courts. The only
amendment adopted was one repeating
the franchises within six months in
proposed law into court within that
time.
After little fighting by Mr.. Gettle,
whose opposition to the Donald high
way law caused him to refer sarcas-
tically to the measure, the Owen bill
continuing the $4,000 a year appro-
priation for the geological and natural
history survey was advanced.
Assemblyman Jockeys bill requir-
ing the reduction of rates of the Mil
waukee Gas Light company to so
cents per thousand cubic feet went
down to defeat, not so much because
the assembly did not favor the reduc-
ton, but because 1t desired to uphold
the railroad rate commission.
The assembly reversed its previous
position by passing the senate bill
making the Office of insurance COM
missioner appointive instead of cleo
tive. The Socialists voted for it be-
cause they want an expert retained
who will work out the problem Of
state insurance along German lines.
Senator Hastings resolution calling
upon the United States senate to
make an investigation of the primary
campaign and legislative election of
Senator Stephenson was adopted by
the assembly. Reader and Reed voted
against it. The first question was on
indefinite postponement, the members
refusing to kill the resolution by a
vote of 16 to 40. The resolution then
was adopted on a rising vote.
The ten-hour law for women bill
went to conference, the assembly re-
fusing to concur in Senator Krumrey's
amendment making the bill applicable
only to cities of the first three classes.
The amendment, obviously, is to save
to country store-keepers the privilege
OF employing women clerks more
than ten hours on certain days of the
week.
The dog bfll'' was laid over after
it had developed that it was aimed
by the farmers at the city dogs. The
bill requires every dog to wear a
tag displaying his masters name SO
that damages may be collected when
hydrophobia is caused Despite Golf s
plea for his substitute to the Kay non
partisan election bill applying to the
smaller cities, it was killed, the So
cialists voting against it. The Stevens
bill declaring the policy of establish
ing the next normal school at Rhine
lander was passed after Mr. Stevens
had been aroused to wrath by mo-
committee. The Democrats fought to
kill the Harper bill for state hygienic
laboratory for examinations of drink
ing water and disease epidemics, but
their efforts failed. The assembly re-
fused reconsideration of the vote by
which the Roycraft bill relating to
corrupt practices in elections in Mil
waukee was killed. Gilboy spoke
against the booklet feature of the bill,
while Stern upheld it.
After Senators Gaylord and Blaine
had carried on fight for some time
on the duplicate of the Mahon uniform
textbook bill, which Gaylord desired
to have taken from the table and
passed, Senator Sanborn told the
members that the whole thing was a
| tempest in a teapot. BY a vote Of II
to the bill then was permitted to rest
on the table. The bill under discus
sion was the Kleczka bill, an exact
duplicate of the Mahon bill, which was
killed in the assembly. The bill seeks
to correct existing conditions under
which Wisconsin school children are
required to pay more for their school
books than children in Ohio and other
states pay for the same books.
The Bosshard bill requiring pay
ment of a poll tax of two dollars
| when electors fail to vote was passed.
This bill has been the subject of con-
siderable discussion on several occa-
sions. 1t is not probable that 1t will
pass the assembly, because Of the
large number of farmers in the house.
Assemblyman Bichler's tuberculin
test bill was advanced after it had
been amended so that state payments
for slaughtered cattle shall not cover
period of more than two years.
This amendment necessitates action
by the assembly, after which it will
go to the governor.
Senator James bill providing for
the publication of valuable old records
of the adjutant general during the
Civil war period was passed, as was
the state insurance resolution which
looks to a constitutional amendment.
| The special appropriation bill cover,
ing expenses of the special committee
of the 1909 legislature which settled
the pending license fee cases against
| the railroads was advanced
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To Name Successor to Lockney.
The resignation Of Henry Lockney
as district attorney of Waukesha
county was received in fho oYeoutive