Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-03-11
IN THE LEGISLATURE.

The bill forbidding saloon within
one mile of any Incorporated village
or city in the state, was defeated
The vote was close one, so TO 46.
The following bills were also de
feated: The anti-treating bill: the
bill providing that the receipts from
saloon licenses shall go to the support
of the sick and insane; the bill pro
viding for the abolition of all saloon
licenses, and forbidding the legalizine
of the saloon business.
The fight for the removal of the
state fair is now in full blast in the
legislature. Over loo men are in
Madison from Oshkosh and Fond du.
Lac, working TO have the fair go tC
their respective cities.
State Senator E. Z. Browne, con.
gressman-elect from the Eighth con.
gressional district, Tuesday formally
rendered his resignation as member
of the Wisconsin senate. He has been
elected to congress and must qualify
for that position under the law and
may not longer serve as a senator.
The Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance company of Milwaukee filed
with Secretary of State John S. Don.
aid on Tuesday claim for $505, ,643. 81
This is the amount paid by the COM
pany to the state on March /, 1875 to
protect isg IF against loss Of license
to do business in the state.
According to bill by Senator
Zophy, Milwaukee, no man can be
sentenced for crime without specific
evidence against him. Though he
plead guilty, full trial must be
held. Zophy says often person
pleads guilty through fear or to lessen
the cost of defense.
The Columbus day legal holiday
bill had close shave when it came
up for passage in the assembly Tues
day morning. 1t was saved by just
one vote-the chances are rather
against it getting through the senate.
Probation for first offenders con-
victed of a felony punishable by i'm
prisonment for term not exceeding
ten years is provided for in a bill in
troduced in the upper house by the
judiciary committee. -Four bills
were introduced by the committee,
relating to officers fees, relating TO
removal from office of executors, aG-
ministrators, guardians, and trustees,
relating to the vacation Of public
grounds and relating to jurors in
courts of record.
In the assembly Mr. Chinook's bill
prohibiting the marriage Of persons
nearer of kin than second cousins
passed. Mr.. Axel Johnson's bill pro-
viding an appeal to the county judge
in case of refusal of the town board
TO grant the use of highways for
electric lines passed. A dozen minor
fish and game bills went to third
reading.
There are twenty-five bills consid-
cred, the most important being Mr..
Holdings BILL $40 relating to judg-
ment in actions for divorce, passed,
which provides that no decree OF
divorce shall be effective except for
purposes of appeal until the expira-
Cion of one year, but the decree shall
be entered under date of issue.
Chief of Police John Jansen oil
Milwaukee appeared before the assem-
bly, committee on state affairs on
Tuesday, in favor of the Hansen bill
for state regulation of private detec-
tive agencies. He told the committee
that unregulated agencies did more
damage than good; that they caused
untold trouble among married persons
and that as a rule they we're irrespon