Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-05-21
0FFERS PLAN TO
speed UP SESSION
nzso, uTIoN INTRODUCED PRO,
uplNG ALL BILLS MUST BE
IN BEFORE JUNE I.
MARRIAGE BILL IS PASSED
s.ra,e Committee Recommends for
Passage the Stevens Bill Refer
ring to New Hotel Liquor
Licenses.
Madison, May 10, 1915.

MadlSOn, May ~, 1919.
The assembly made another attempt
IN speed up with view of getting
through early in June.
Assemblyman Axel Johnson intro
drced a. resolution which provides that
oil hills in the hands of the commit
toes of the house, with the exception
of the financial committee, shall be
nlaced on the clerks desk on or before
noon on June 1. All senate bills re-
ceiyed after that date shall be referred
10 the calendar, it is provided.
II 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
whose names were on the black list 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 zinn bill provid-
Ing that only electors who voted at the
last preceding general election be
eligible for jury service in Milwaukee
De nonconcurred in.
Assembly uphods Veto.
Inc sustaining of the governors
veto by the assembly was even more
OF victory than appears on the sur
lace. 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
Dill over the governors head but
there was 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
IMAM they did when the bill was up
before would show they had been
ampered" with. This insinuation
was holly resented. In spite of all
their efforts, however, the bill was
refused passage, 81 to 80.
Oppose Senator Bosshard's Plan.
Strong forces in the senate viii OPP
pose the plan of Senator Otto Boss
hard to amend the so-called Husting
water power law instead of repeating
mat statute and enacting another one.
senator Bosshard made the plea that