Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-25
OFFERS PLAN TO
SPEED UP SESSION
RESOLUTION INTRODUCED PRO-
VIDING ALL BILLS MUST BE
IN BEFORE JUNE 1.
MARRIAGE BILL is PASSED
Senate Committee Recommends FOR
Passage the Stevens Bill Refer
ring to New Hotel Liquor
Licenses.
Madison, May IS, 1915.

Madison, May Is, 1915.
The assembly made another attempt
to speed up with a view Of getting
through early in June.
Assemblyman Axel Johnson intro
duced a resolution which provides that
all bills in the hands of the commit
tees of the house, with the exception
of the financial committee, shall be
placed on the clerks desk on or before
noon on June /. All senate bills re-
ceived after that date shall be referred
10 the calendar, it is provided.
1t was the intention to treat the
resolution as privileged, but Assembly
man Prescott objected and it went
over to the next calendar day.
Assemblyman Budlong presented a
resolution which has the same end IN
view. 1t provided that only one recon
sideration could be had on any bill.
The resolution was referred to the
calendar.
Constitution Is Cited.
The attempt to prevent circulation
of campaign literature within four
days OF an election came to a sudden
and inglorious end in the assembly
Assemblyman Weber called attention
of assemblymen to that section of the
constitution that guarantees free
speech, and the bill was indefinitely
postponed.
The assembly indefinitely postponed
five other bills. In the list were the
Laursen bill relating to qualifications
of insurance agents; the Everett bill
relating to subscriptions by munich
palities to stocks and bonds of rail
roads; the Nordman bill regarding call
ing IN of judges in certain cases; the
Lauren bill relating to the regulation
of public utilities, and the Duffy bill
relating to municipalities bonding
themselves for railroads.
Marriage Bill Passes.
Bills passed by the assembly includ-
ed the Duffy bill, relating to removal
of cases to the Circuit court of Mil
waukee county; the WhitcOmb bill,
prohibiting marriages in this state of
persons who could not get married in
other states; the Waldron bill, relating
to the bond of county treasurers; the
Jansen bill for a bridge across the
Fox river at Depere; the Hedding bill,
regulating civil service in cities, and
the committee bill prohibiting persons
Nl,a all f-F IN
any town or village from entering a
saloon.
The senate committee on state af-
fairs recommended for passage the
Stevens bill authorizing issuance of
liquor licenses to new hotels in Mil
waukee and other cities. providing that
in case the number of licenses out
standing is in excess of that allowed
by the Baker law one existing license
be surrendered for each license issued
to a hotel. The committee also re
commended for passage the Fairchild
bill relating to licensing Of clubs, with
an amendment similar to that recon-
mended for the Stevens bill.
The senate judiciary committee re-
commended that the linn bill provid-
ing that only electors who voted at the
last preceding general election be
eligible for jury service in Milwaukee
be nOncOncurred in.
Assembly Upholds Veto.
The sustaining of the governor S
veto by the assembly was even more
of victory than appears on the sur
face. Taking advantage of the gen
eral feeling among members against
the tipping habit, opponents of the
administration hoped to be able to
give the administration a bump. In
stead they were given the bump, as
not only did they not get the required
twO-thirds vote required to pass a
bill over the governors head but
there was a majority of two votes
against the passage.
Finding their game was blocked,
the opponents of the administration
became ugly and insinuated that
members who should vote differently
than they did when the bill was up
before would show they had been
tempered" with. This insinuation
was holly resented. In spite of all
their efforts, however. the bill was
refused passage, 81 TO 80.
Phillip Vetoes Police Bill.
Gov Philip vetoed the Martin
bill. which provided that members
of the fire and police commission of
Milwaukee should have all the pow
ers of the conservatOrs of the peace.
The governors veto message was
as follows:
L return herewith bill No. BIOS