Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-06-25

Keep an Eye Upon Them-Lieuten-
ant Governor Morris Seeks United
States Senatorship-McGovern Elk.
pected to Run Against Him.
Madison, Wis, June "a Especially
Torrid heat has hit the capitol city,
and members of the Legislature. partic-
ularly those who occupy seats in the
senate, have settled down to hard
work in order to bring about an early
adjournment. All thought of a recess
OF the legislature has been abandoned.
and 1t is agreed that the legislature
shall remain here and complete it's
work. The first evidence that the
senate is thoroughly in earnest about
adjournment came to the surface dur
Ing the past week, when the Teasdale
Joint resolution shutting off the in
PRODUCTION Of new business except by
unanimous consent of the senate went
through with flying colors. Senator
Bosshard struck a popular chord
when he said that it was time for
the senate to show to the assembly
some evidence of good faith in the
matter of adjournment The house
mas cleaned up its work, and waiting
for the senate to do likewise
Merry War Is On.
To make the closing days of the
long session eVentful a merry little
war has been started on the lobbyists.
The brewery interests have so sue
cessfully handled legislation in
which it was aimed to bring about
greater regulation of the liquor traf-
&c that an undercurrent Of feeling has
developed, and there appears to be a
desire to check agents operating be-
fore the legislature Chief Clerk
Wylie of the senate is leading the
fight on the lobbyists, and he took an
active part in the drafting of three
new bills.
One of these bills provides a state
detective to keep an eye on lobbyists
and see to it that they do not violate
the law: another prohibits the winning
and dining Of members and the third
bill, more general in it's character, ex-
cludes lobbyists from the galleries
when the assembly and the senate
are in session. There was consider
able talk that these bills would be
brought in, and they are now a mat
ter of record in the senate. The de-
bate on these measures promises to
be sharp.
The charge that during a recent de-
bate a lobbyist gave signals to a SEN
atOr to aid him in directing the fight
for certain bill considelAd favorable
to the saloon interests had much to
do with the introduction of these
bills.
Morris Seeks Senatorship.
Lieutenant Governor Morris is
squarely before the voters of Wiscon-
sin as a candidate for the United
States senatOrship to succeed Isaac
Stephenson. Mr.. Morris will have
the united backing of the La Toilette
forces in Wisconsin. In this respect
fractional lines will be drawn in this
state as it is agreed that Mr. Morris
lis the La Toilette Progressive candi-
date. If Governor McGoVern decides
to enter the field it is certain that he
will do so as a Republican candidate,
the same as the lieutenant govern
or. He has no intention, it is said, of
making the run as Bull Mooser.
However, it appears to be part of the
plan for the coming campaign to la
bel the governor Bull Moose" No
matter what position his name oc-
cupies on the ballot or under what
party head he runs, the opposition of
the La Toilette forces will be based
upon the argument that McGovern is
not a La Toilette progressive Repub-
lican, but Bull Mooser.
While the governor has not yet an
nOunced his candidacy, the impress
sion is widespread in Wisconsin that
he will run against Mr.. Morris. Furth-
ermore, it is admitted by the friends
of Mr.. Morris that the governor will
make strong run and that it will re-
quire much work to beat him. The
leaders anticipate a regular old-time
campaign in which the candidates
will take the stump and speak in
every important voting point in the
state.
Teachers Retirement Fund.
The legislature is disposed to give
the teachers retirement fund two
more years trial Senator TeasdaIe
made a vigorous fight on the pension
system for teachers, but his bill to
repeal the law providing for this fund
was defeated by a one-sided vote in
the senate. The Albers bill to amend
the present law was also defeated,
which establishes the fact that the
senate is clearly against any move
to tamper with the law at present.
Senator Teasdale's speech in op'
position to the retirement fund was
one of the longest that the upper
house has heard during the session
1t was delivered with the tempera
ture lowering close to the 100 mark
The senate gallery was crowded with
commencement visitors, several oil