The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-30
BAKER LAW CHANGE
PASSES ASSEMBLY
lEGALiZATION OF 1000 SALOONS
I'M THE STATE NOW UP
TO SENATE.
ARE AGAINST SECOND CHOICE
BichIer Bill Reported Out for Passage
Frederick Bill Preventing Ship
npent of Liquor Into Dry
Territory Killed.
Madison, March rs, 1915.

Madison, March rs, 1915.
The assembly passed the Stemper
amendment to the Baker law, legaliz-
ing 200 saloons in Milwaukee and a
vote was 48 to 81. A reconsideration
IF the vote will be asked. The bill
now goes to the senate. At the same
session the bill creating a dry zone Of
three-quarters of mile about the Ma
tional Soldiers Home was sent to in
definite postponement. The vote was
81 to SO.
The fight over the Stemper amend
ment was bitter and marked by a call
of the house. Just before the final
vote was announced, Assemblyman
Hans Laursen changed his vote for
the purpose of attempting a reconsid-
Grafton of the ballot This, it is ex-
pected, will fail.
Second Choice Repeal Favored.
A new bill was introduced in the
senate which permits the employment
of women between the hours of 6 a. m.
and 8 p. m. for maximum of thirty
days during the year.
The Bichler bill to do away with
second choice voting was reported out
for passage. Action on the bill to
make the Evening Wisconsin of Mil
waukee the official state paper was de-
ferred. A bill giving county boards
authority to appropriate money for the
construction of highways was passed.
Senator Otto Bosshard saved his bill
to appropriate $4,000 to the state game
farm and the measure will be given
further consideration by the commit
tee on judiciary. The money will be
used to double the size of the game
farm and fence it in
The bill to prohibit hunters from
hunting on enclosed lands caused con-
siderable debate and was then return
ed to committee for further considera-
ton.
Dry Bill Killed.
The Frederick bill to prevent ship
ment of intoxicating liquor into dry
territory was before the assembly
with favorable report, but Carl Han
sen moved indefinite postponement
and the motion prevailed on roll call,
81 to 25
The Kubast bill, authorizing disolu-
tion of free high school districts was
ordered to engrossment and the Nc
Gowan bill, relating to divorce, was in
definitely postponed.
Insurance Bill Passes.
Action on the Hambrecht bill in
creasing tuition for nonresident stu
dents at the university was deferred.
The Whitman bill, permitting do
nestle Insurance companies to pay of
ficials more than $4,000 per year con-
Cured in
Assemblyman G. A Budlong intro
duced joint resolution in the assem-
bly, putting stop to lobbying by EN-.
ployes of departments and institutions
when bills are up affecting their de-
partments.
The assembly passed three bank
bills. The Melvin bill which reduces
the amount of demand deposits from
10 to II per cent; the Neumeister bill
relating to extension of it's corporate
existence; and the SCHNEIDER bill re-
lating to the powers of state banks.
The Weber bill relating to apprentices
was also passed
Refuse to Give Up Land.
By vote of As to 20 the assem-
bly, refused to concur in the Bennett
bill, 34a, authorizing the G. A. Good
year company to cut the timber from
an eighty-acre tract of land, which, it
was claimed, had been conveyed to
the state by mistake in consideration
of payment by the company to the
state of $1,000.
The bill as originally introduced in
the senate provided no compensation,
but was amended and passed by that
body. 1t then went to the assembly
judiciary committee when it re-
ceived favorable report 1t then went
to the joint committee on finance
and that committee reported it to the
assembly with a recommendation
that it be not concurred in
The bill provoked much discussion,
being supported by Messrs. A E.
Frederick, G. P. Hambrecht and A.
]. Whitcomb and opposed by Messrs.
Carl Hansen, w Woodland, Edward
Nordman, J. E. Ofstie, H. j. Morten-
son and Axel Johnson.
The Bradley bill repeating the act