The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-03-24


the storm to register a protest 10 the
proposition to give women the right
to vote. The elderly gentleman FROM
the Cream city discussed love like
boy of sixteen, and, with much elO-
ouence, he said that the ideal woman
was the one who cared most for her
home and was too busy caring for
children to pay attention to politics.
Mr.. Dorner discussed delicate subjects
/ trife awkwardly, and his remarks
| brought Kisses from some of the wo-
men The kissing became so pcfsis-
tent that Mr. Dorner was unable to
continue his speech. Speaker Ingram
took occasion to announce that men,
bers of the legislature speaking in OPP
position to woman suffrage would
have to be treated courteously or the
meeting would be brought to a close.
The speaker was applauded by most
of the men and not few of the more
serious-minded women. The meeting
was a great success despite this unfor-
tunate incident, and, woman-like, the
promoters of it engaged in quarrel
after it was over. There seemed to be
considerable Jealousy as to. whom was
to be given credit for arranging the
successful massmeeting. The result
of this misunderstanding among the
women was that Mary Swain Wagner.
one of the leaders for woman suffrage,
was asked to discontinue as the lob
byist for that cause.
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Farmers from every section Of the
state attended the joint hearing on
bills to repeal the tuberculin test law.
Those who spoke in opposition did not
show as much strength as anticipated
Their chief objection rested on the
ground that not all of the men who
administer the tuberculin test are COM
petent 20 work in that capacity, and
some went SO far as to say that the
test is experimental and that science
has failed to prove that it can be &C
cepted as accurate. Many of the most
extensive breeders of fancy stock and
largest farmers in the state, on the
other hand, came out fiat-footed for
the test Some of them, however, adj
mitted that the law ought to be
amended, but they stood pat on the
proposition that the one big essential
thing--the testing of cattle for bovine
berculosis-should not be disconrin-
ued by the state. A survey of the
situation among the members revealed
powerful sentiment for the testing of
cattle. Most of the members from the
country believe that the state ought
to have greater control of the testing
One member said that the men who
apply the test ought to be employed
by the state and that the state, and
not the individual, ought to stand the
loss incident to the slaughtering of dis
eased cattle
The assembly is ready to go on
record against log-rolling and vote
swapping by members of the 1egisla-
ture. The Hull bill making such a
practice felony is up for passage in
the lower house and it is believed that
the senate will treat the bill unkind-
ly, although that body often does the
unexpected.
Farmer members of the lower house
put up big howl when members from
Milwaukee and the city districts show
ed an inclination to sidetrack the Den
nardt bill to prohibit the sale or Civ
ing away of intOXicants at public auc-
lions. Assemblyman Long served no.
tice on those who poked fun at the
measure that they were making SER
ious mistake if they hoped to influence
the legislature to pass rational legis-
lation on the liquor question later in
the session. The Dennhardt bill will
be passed by a large vote
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The legislature, in all PROBABILITY, will
vote to appropriate $4,000 a year to
establish tuberculosis hospitals for adj
vanced cases. The institutions where
it is aimed to treat incipent cases
are overcrowded because many pa
tients in advanced stages cannot
be denied treatment. 1t was first
proposed to establish sanitariums for
incurables in connection with insane
asylums, but there is much opposition
suggestion will be carried out.
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| After paving several blocks of
streets abutting upon state property
the city of Madison has asked the
state to pay it's share of the expense,
amounting to about $4,000 The as
sembly, for the first time, killed three
bills covering the subject 1t was ar
gued that if the state owed the city
money for Improvements abutting up
on state university property that the
money ought to come out of the uni
versity appropriation and not out of
the general fund These bills will
come up fer consideration with the
amendment that Madison is not 20 be
made an exception and establishing
the policy that the state shall share
part of the expense burden incident to
street improvement abutting upon
state property.
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