Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-01-28
THE LEGISLATURE.


Winnebago county, can have it as he
wishes it, counties in the state will
have an opportunity of voting for
conducting their affairs under the
commission plan. He intends TO in
troduce bill giving the counties
in the state the option of adopting
the commission plan. He says:
"Whjle have not worked out the
details of the bill i intend to intro
duce, ] think it should be optional
for counties to adopt and not COM
pulsory I am not sure asyet whether
there should be three or five men,
bers who will devote their time to
looking after the affairs Of the county.
1 believe the plan will be more econ
omical and that better service will
be rendered the people of the county,"
An amendment will be made to
the election laws, if a bill which is to
be presented to the legislature, passes.
1t is designed to allow men away
from legal place of residence to vote
by mail, no matter in what part of
the country he may be. 1t will be
safeguarded by affidayits so that it
will be perfectly safe.
War in all its horrors was on in the
the capital building in Madison last
Wednesday. The Governor of Wis
consin ordered his trusty generals to
oust Insurance Commissioner Ekern,
provided he did not give up the office
to the Governors appointee, L. A.
Anderson. Ekern refused and the
war was on. Ekern requested to be
left in possession of the office for a
moment to transact some private
business, and soon as it was cleared
he locked his door and barricaded it.
He then telephoned to his lawyer and
the sheriff. In the mean time w. L.
Essmann, Supt. of public property,
commenced to beat down the door.
Before he could get in, Ekerns lawyer
and the sheriff showed up and served
an injunction and hostillties were
called of.
The assembly committee on cleo
tions took up The contest of Ralph
Clark, republican, against John
O'Day, democrat of Lincoln county,
for a seat in the assembly on Wednes-
day. There was a difference of only
two votes in the official count and
Clark charges that votes were counted
for O'Day that should have been
counted for him. He did not begin
proceedings in The court at the proper
time, and O'Day's attorneys urge that
the contest cannot be prosecuted now.
Assemblyman o. L. Ringle has
introduced a bill relating to the dis
solution of union free high school
districts and another relating to the
number of aldermen in cities of the
I'd, Sd and 4th class and authorizing
provision that supervisors of such
cities shall be aldermen.
A bill by Senator Teasdale makes it
unlawful for any person, firm or cor
poration engaged in the manufacture,
bottling or sale at wholesale of spirit
uous liquors to own, to be financially
interested in, or owner of any part of
any saloon.
A bill providing that county train
ing schools for teachers shall receive
from the state, upon proper yerifica-
tion, an amount equal to the sum ex-
pended by the county for teachers
wages, but not more than $4,000
where two teachers are employed, nor
more than $500 where three are
employed has been introduced.
A bill which has been introduced
provides that any sheriff, police officer,
jailor or other person who shall by
intimidation or violence, or by acts
constituting assault and battery, force
confession or procure evidence against
any person in custody charged with
offence against the law shall be
deemed violator, upon conviction
and subject to the penalty.