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SIGNAL NEWS. I
Washington, Feb. 14. —At no time
during the session of the senate was a
oAuorum present, a majority of the
Timbers being snowbound at their
'^k es - A debate over the unanimous
for*the agreement reached Sat
w afternoon for a vote on the Mc
resolution this afternoon was
Aktated early in the session. Some
manifest by the senators
to the adoption of the reso-
Elutions, Messrs. Platt (Conn.) and
Hawley favoring rescinding the agree
ment, while Senators Hoard and Mc-
Laurin spoke in opposition. The agri
cultural appropriation bill was passed
with only a few unimportant amend
ments. The senate passed the bill
creating an admiral of the navy, U
being the intention that Rear Admiral
Dewey should get the -office. The sen
. ate non-concurred in the house amend
[ments to the bills granting pensions to
■ Mrs. Sample, daughter of President
I Tyler, and to Gen. John M. Palmer,
land sent il em to conference. Senator
fc’airban;;*, from the senate committee
lon immigration, reported back to the
I senate a bill extending the anti-con-
I tract labor laws of the United States
[JtKHawaii, with amendments making
|||Bb:l! cover ail immigration ques
■Hpr. The amendments specifically
Mnclude thfe Chinese exclusion acts.
Washington, Feb. 14. —The raging
blizzard caused practically a suspen
sion of business at the house. Speaker
Reed did not appear ilt the capitol,
but sent word that in his opinion ..
was inadvisable to hold a session. A
short session was held, however. At
12:05 Clerk McDowell called the house
to order, and on motion of Mr. Gros
venor (rep., O.) Mr. Payne (O.) was
elected speaker pro tern, amid an out
burst of applause. The house then
went into committee of the whole and
resinr ' * consideration of the civil ap-
Jt>roon„don bill.
/ Washington, Feb. 15. By vote of
r 26 to 22 the senate adopted the McEn
resolution declaring the policy of
AMs government in the Philippines.
Several democrats who were present
and not paired refrained from voting.
Tttir following was the vote:
Yeas—Allison, Burrows, Chandler,
Fairbanks, Faulkner, Frye,
IGeAr, Gray, Hale, Hanna, Harris, Kyle.
Lodgi\ McEnery, McLauren, McMillan,
Mantle, Mason, Nelson, Perkins, Pet
. tus, Platt (N. Y.), Quay, Sullivan, Tel
-1 ler; total, 20.
Nays Bacon, Bate, Caffery, Carter,
Clay, Cockrell, Hawley, Hoar, Lind
say, Mcßride, Martin, Money, Morgan,
Murphy, Pettigrew, Platt (Conn),
Rawlins/ Ross, Simon, Smith, Stewart,
''Warren: total, 22.
The resolution Is as follows:
“Resolved by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
In congress assembled, that by the rat
k iflcntlnn of the peace treaty with Spain
it is not intended to incorporate the
inhabitants of the Philippine Islands
into citlzenshp of the Unted States,
nor Is It Intended to permanently an
nex said islands as a Integral part of
r the territory of the United States; but
it Is the intention of the United States
to establish on said islands a stable
government looking to the wants an.i
conditions of the inhabitants of said
Islands, to prepare them for local self
government. and in due time make
stieh disposition of said islands as will
best promote the Interests of the cltt
e*s of the United States aud the In
habitants of the Islands."
Mr. Bacon (dem.. Miss.) main
tained that the resolution meant noth
ing favorable to the Philippines ami
did not look to their future freedom
and self-government. Mr. Hoar (rep..
Mass.) said the resolution gave no
hope of freedom or liberty or
self-government to the Inhabitants
of the Philippines and provided
that they should never have a part
In their own government or be
come part, of the United States. It
was, he believed, a declaration
simply that the Louisiana sugar
planters shdnld never be afraid of the
competition of the Philippines. To the
Filipinos the resolution would be a
message ofttyr tinny, hate, oppression
and slaughter. Mr. Hale (rep.. Me.)
said that he had not fnueh hope that
Mke senate would take any course that
would stop the desolating program
now being carried out In the Philip
pines. Congress will adjourn, he saiu,
And the,. war will go on and there Is
Ait a man who will not realize In
■tree months that it Is a war of eon
ruest and subjugation, the Bacon
[Htiffcndftient to the resolution was then
. .ip before the senate. The vote
resulted 29 to 29. The vice president
MmgLJn the negative and the amend
aAfas lost.
jHDHßfthgton. Feb. 1 .*. The Meant
bill wns ottered in the
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bill l>> Mr. 11,-|.
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HHltli’ that reporicd it. an.! tin
HH|H on tin* respectiv•• si.lns aiv
HHfm in a desperate strum;!"
consideration at this ses
sion of congress. After Mr. Cannon,
chairman of the committee on appro
priations, served notice last week
.that there was no time for the consid
eration of the canal bill during this
ression, the supporters of the measure
decided to force It on the sundry civil
bill k.-' a rider If possible. As soon as
it was offered Mr. Cannon raised four
points of order against It. and one of '
the most interesting parliamentary de
. bates tti the session was on. The canal
strong friends on both sides
H|H|Hftiamhor who seei:*.ii’>
BA adopt an\ c\|x.ii
•■Hr 0 points ir lrr lash'd
Mm <f hours an.' i\a-
HHinti a foregone
of tlio th.'
Kolnta Aff Order so that the real test
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ruling the chair.
be overruled there is no doubt that tne
amendment will command a majority.
Washington, Feb. 15.—The senate
passed the bill thanking Helen Gould
for her services during the war with
Spain and providing a gold medal lor
her. The bill was passed for
the admission of Oscar W. iJelgnan of
lowa, one of the Merrimac heroes, to
the naval academy. The president
sent in the nominations of Samuel
.1. Barrow of Massachusetts to be
librarian of congress; George W.
Wilson of Ohio, now deputy commis
sioner, to be commissioner of internal
revenue; Col. Marcus P. Miller, 3d ar
tillery, to be brigadier general.
Washington, Feb. 15. —The house
settled the fate of the Nicaragua canal
bill in this congress by refusing to
override the decision of the chair in
committee of the whole, when the
chair held that the canal bill offered
as an amendment by Mr. Hepburn
(rep., la.) was out of order. The
friends of the Nicaragua bill were at
first very confident that they would
triumph, but after four hours of de
bate, the chair was sustained by a
vote of 127 to 109. The debate through
out the day was exceedingly spirited.
Party lines were not adhered to, the
division in favor or in opposition to
sustaining the chair’s decision being
about equal on both sides of the pol
itical aisles.
After the defeat of the amendment
adding the Hepburn Nicaraguan canal
1)111 to the sundry civil bill, Mr. Gros
venor (rep., O.) presented a resolution
fixing February 20 and 21 for consid
eration of the Hepburn bill, with a
vote on the afternoon of February 21.
Washington, Feb. 17.—Two very sen
sational and unexpected things hap
pened In the house during the consid
eration of the sundry civil bill. The
paragraph carrying an appropriation
of $20,000,000 for payment to Spain un
der the terms of the treaty was strick
en out upon a point of order made by
Mr. Wheeler (dem., Ky.), who declared
that he was opposed to the appropria
tion on principle, and would resort to
any technicality to defeat it. The
point of order was debated for hours,
Its determination hnnging upon the
question whether the ratification of
the treaty by the senate and Its signa
ture by the president vitalized it with
out the action of the Spanish cortes.
Mr. Hopkins (rep.. 111.), who was in
tlie chair, sustained the point against
it, and upon the appeal his decision
was sustained, 149 to 56. Mr. Cannon
then attempted to have the appropria
tion inserted by unanimous consent,
but Mr. Wheeler again objected.
Washington, Feb. 17. —In the senate
the military academy appropriation
hill passed without debate, and the
naval personnel bill was taken up. The
bill, however, was not pressed, and af
ter the bill enabling soldiers who
served in the Spanish war, who had
previously been pensioners, to again
obtain n pension had been re-consid
ered, amended and passed, Mr. Hawley
(rep., Conn.), chairman of the mili
tary affairs committee, reported to the
senate the army re-organization bill.
He said the committee was evenly
divided so that an agreement had been
reached to report two measures, one
by each division of the commiu.ee.
When the peace treaty ratification had
been legislated, he said, the situation
would be serious, as the existing law
gave the president no alternative but
required him to discharge the vol
unteers from service and reduce the
regular army from about 58,000 to 27,-
000 men. Mr. Cockrell (dem., Mo.)
presented a written statement in the
nature of a minority report. The
bill he proposed provided tttat the
volunteer force now in the service be
mustered out; that the act of April
26, 1898, be continued In full force till
July 1, 1901; and that the president
be authorized to enroll a military
force of 35,000 men in the Islands of
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philipipnes
—these troops to be officered as the
president may direct, restricted In ser
vice to their respective islands and
not to be considered part of the per
manent military establishment. Such
an act. Mr. Cockrell said, could con
tinue the military establishment at
about 62.000 men and in addition
would afford the president an ad
ditional force of 35,000 men from the
various islands.
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
Madison, Feb. 12.—The legislature
will reconvene this evening. Just after
the session was over Friday news wa*
circulated of the death of Albert Woy
ciechowskl, a Milwaukee member and
the only Pole in the legislature. He
died in this city Friday of pueumonia,
making the second legislative death of
the ucssion, the first being that of Wm.
Hughes of Waushara. Special elec
tions will tie held to till the vacancies.
In the senate bills were introduced:
By Senator Whitman, providing that
when roau is not over one mile long
it. shall If most convenient he laid out
on section or quarter-section lines and
sha'l also be most convenient to prop
erty if same is improved; by Senator
Rlordan, providing r, penalty for en
tering standing grain or deer park or
game preserve with dog or fire-arms
without conseut of owner; by Senator
Martin, increasing the appropriations
for teachers - Institutes from SB,OOO to
sl3.Ode annually; by Senator Devos,
regulating the operation and uee of
etnery wheels or emery belts of all
kinds in factories or workshops; by
Senator Stout, increasing the stare
board of control to seven un tubers and
providing that tso of them shall be
women.
Hills were introduced in the assem
bly:
By Mr. McLeod, continuing for an
other two years the state board of ar
bitration, the appropriation being in
■aSAom $4,000 to $5,000, the sefl
Wtary receive SI,BOO per year and
an assistant $1,200; by Mr. Frost, ap
propriating SBOO to the State Horticul
tural society to defray the expenses of
its exhibit at the Omaha exposition;
by Air. Dengel, amending the law so
that street railway and electric light
companies shall pay an annual license
of 6 per cent, on gross receipts under
SBOO,OOO and 8 per cent, over that
amount (double the present rate); by
Mr. Middleton, limiting the hotel ex
penses of officers and employes of the
state while traveling on public duty
to $2 per day; by Mr. Barlow, exempt
ing cities of 2,000 or under from the
operation of the present caucus law;
by Mr. Gilmore, reducing the interest
on tax sale certificates from 15 to 10
per cent.; by Mr. Ela, by request, giv
ing newspapers S3O instead of SIOO for
publishing the laws; by Mr. Wheeler,
providing that no appeal shall be dis
missed, when made in good faith, on
account of defect In the bail bond; by
Mr. Holland, permitting county boards
to make the office of register of deeds
a salaried office. Four bills to amend
the fish and game laws were intro
duced by Mr. Thomas. One is to
shorten the open season for the hunt
ing of pheasants, partridges, grouse,
etc., 25 days, making the open season
from Sept. 15 to Nov. 20. A second
fixes the trout season from April 1 to
Aug. 15. A third makes the deer sea
son to last only 10 days in November.
A fourth is to prohibit the shipping of
deer outside of countries unless accom
panied by the owner. It also raises
the resident license fee from $1 to $2.
Mr. Dahl’s bill for a special commis
sion to investigate the Torrens land
system went to the claims committee
on motion of Mr. Vandercook.
Madison, Feb. 13. —The anti-pass
matter came up in the senate in the
form of a report from the judiciary
committee recommending that the for
feiture of office clause be not adopted.
Senator Dennett requested some mem
bers on the judiciary committee to ex
plain why that clause should not be
adopted. Senator Lamoreux made a
defense, declaring that it would not be
according to precedent or good form
to place a penalty in the constitution,
which should be a declaration of prin
ciples, he said, not a penal code. He
argued that It would also give rise to
partisan squabbles on the part of some
soreheads who would bring action for
alleged forfeiture of office because of
anger over defeat. Senator Dennett in
answering these arguments hinted
that they were mere subterfuges ana
were all based on the possibility of
the evasion of what the resolution was
desired to accomplish, the abolition of
the pass. The protest went unheeded,
however, and the resolution unainenu
ed was adopted. The vote on the for
feiture amendment was vive voce, but
on tne resolution itself was by roll
call, when only Senators Stebbins and
Whelan went on record against it. It
was after this vote that Senator Den
nett gave notice of his motion for a
reconsideration. Senator Dennett did
not believe that without a penalty
clause the amendment would he worth
the paper on which it was written.
Senator Whelan tried to inject a pen
alty amendment into it after the de
feat of the forfeiture clause, by offer
ing au amendment providing for a fine
of from SIOO to SSOO for the violation
of the provisions of the resolution.
This amendment was also lost by a
viva voce vote. The bill for the im
mediate abolition of the pass went to
a third reading with only Senator
Stebbins voting against It. “I consider
the action of the senators in riding on
passes voting as they did hypocritical,”
said Senator Stebbins, when asked for
his reasons for voting agaiustthe meas
ure. "1 ride on passes and believe in
them, and therefore voted as my be
liefs are.”
Two bills were introduced, the first
by Senator Roehr, having the proposeu
uniform negotiable instrument, and
the second an amendment to the town
ship high school law. Senator Whelan
introduced a Joint resolution amend
ing the constitution so thaf the com
pensation ot the state superintendent
can be made le-ger than $1,200.
in the assembly Mr. Ripley present
ed the resolutions adopted at the re
cent chetsemakers' meeting, protesting
against the railroad rates on dairy
products in Wisconsin, which they as
sert are twice as high as those in the
east.
Mr. Thomas presented a Joint reso
lution for an amendment to the con
stitution requiring the supreme court
to pass upon important questions of
constitutional law when ordered by the
governor or two-thirds of the legisla
ture. Hills were introduced: By Mr.
Orton, to amend the statutes relating
to the classification of cities; by Mr.
Sneddon, to prohibit the licensing of
any saloon within 250 feet of any
church or schoolhouse; by Mr. Hoehle,
to repeal the law relative to license
fees payable by street railway, electric
light and power companies; by Mr.
Dorter, to repeal all laws relating to
fishing In the Mississippi river and ad
jacent lakes, sloughs and ponds over
which the state has Jurisdiction; by
Mr. Sarau, to provide for separate as
sessment of land and buildings and
improvements thereon; also, exempt
ing certain personal property from
taxation, not exceeding S2OO when a
family is dependent on owner; by Mr.
True, requiring the secretary of state
to furnish assessment and tax rolls to
county clerks and these to the town
clerks: by Mr. Hall, making asylum
trustees ex-officio superintendents of
poor, but county board may appoint
superintendents of poor outside of poor
house: also, a joint resolution propos
ing an amendment to the constitution
permitting voting by machine; by Mr.
M. W. Ryan, memorial to congress
asking for the repeal of the duty on
hides: by Mr. Wylie, requiring the
election of city officers in cities of less
;n the same
held; by
to confer the! right of
suffrage apifc women in questions of
granting l.'qlior licenses; by Mr. Bal
dock, changing the time of serving no
tice of elections from between July 1
and Sept. 1 to from Sept. 20 to Oct. 1.
Madison, February 14. —By a vote
of 23 to 9, the senate Tuesday refused
to reconsider the vote by which the
Joint resolution to submit the pro
posed anti-pass amendment to the
people was adopted Monday night.
Senator Dennett’s speech urging a re
consideration was the longest and
most eloquent vat made at this ses
sion and was listened to with the
closest intetest by the members and
visitors of whom there were many.
The senator exhorted his fellow legis
lators to adopt a resolution that would
mean something if they proposed do
ing anything at all. If a reconsidera
tion were taken he would propose an
office forfeiture amendment with other
penalties. What is the object, he
asked, to make a constitutional
amendment if an anti-pass law exists
on the statute books unless it be to
prevent future legislatures from un
doing the work of this. Any legisla
ture can nullify the work of this by
fixing but a nominal penalty for the
use of passes. If some penalty Is not
specified the resolution will come back
from the assembly with a demand for
a measure of some meaning. Fol
lowing Senator Dennett’s speech the
vote was taken by viva voca, Senators
Anson, Baxter, Dennett, Hatton,
Mailer, Martin, Stout, Munson, and
Whelan, voting for reconsideration.
Senator Stout offered a joint resolu
tion for a constitutional amendment
changing the time of election of the
superintendent of public instruction,
so that he may take office July 1, with
the beginning of the school year. It
would bring his election in April.
Bills were introduced by Senator
Mills; to provide for the payment of
poll tax and registering and voting;
also providing for two assistant dis
trict attorneys in counties with a
population exceeding 29,000 and
containing a city of the second class,
the first assistant to receive SI,BOO per
year, the second assistant $1,500.
By Senator Devos, appropriating S2OO
to J. H. Green, W. H. Flett and Henry
Overbeck, for expenses at the fish com
mission convention; providing that
persons who do not file a sworn state
ment of their personal property shall
forfeit their right cf aDpeal to tne
board of review; Senator Whitehead
exempting mutual hail, wind or cy
clone insurance companies, from pub
lishing reports; Senator Stout to pro
vide for paying the traveling expenses
of the assistant state superintendent
of instruction and of the library clerk,
and providing a mailing clerk for the
superintendent’s office; also, providing
that cities may levy a tax and author
ize the board of education to expend
the proceeds in aid of the maintenance
of any secular or non-sectarian public
library and reading room free.
In the assembly bills were Introduced
by Mr. Humphrey, providing that
railway companies earning $3,500 per
mile a year shall sell 1,000-mile tickets
at S2O, and for $25 if the per mile earn
ings fall below $3,500, the tickets to be
interchangeable in the family; air.
Zinn, forbidding junk dealers to buy
anything but rags and waste paper
from any person under IS years of
age without the written consent of
parent or guardian; also relating to
errors in copying assessment rolls;
Mr. Mosher, throwing safeguards
around the issuing of warehouse
certificates when issued by owners of
both the elevators and the grain there
in; Mr. Ives, providing that set lines
may be used for taking suckers,
sheepshead, dogfish, garfish, redhorse,
Dullheads and catfish; Mr. Bryant,
making the submission of special ver
dicts to juries optional, not manda
tory; also extending the examination
of adverse parties to “the employe or
employes” of corporations; also
empowering county courts to order
conveyances of the real property of
incompetents in certain cases; Mr.
Anderson, providing that judicial elec
tions shall be held in the same places
as general elections in towns wherein
villages are located; by Mr. M. W.
Ryan, by request, remodeling the
plumbers' law so that it will conform
to the rulings of the supreme court;
by Mr. Becker, repealing the jury
commission law and for a return to
the old method; by Mr. Overbeck, re
pealing the law of 1898 relating o
number and compensation of capltol
employes; by Mr. Buffington, appro
: printing sS,tH>u to the W. C. T. U.
home at Kan Claire; by Mr. F. P.
Johnston, requiring all persons engag
ing in the practice of prior
to July 1, 1897. to registv; by Mr.
Harvey, repealing the law which re
quires street ear lines and electric
light companies to be taxed by license
rather than in the usual method; by
Mr. Frost, taxing the property of elec
tric light companies in the district
where located; by Mr. Hoehle, permit
ting circuit courts to appoint district
attorneys in some cases; also taxing
steamboats 3 per cent, on the tonnage;
by Mr. Wagner, providing that when
parties seeking divorce have lived
apart one year and made an agree
ment relative to the division of prop
erty the decree of the court shall t>e
in accordance with such agreement;
by Mr. Rusk, amending the law re
lating to licensing exhibitions and bill
posting; also permitting city elections
to be held biennially and otherwise
regulating such elections.
Action upon Mr. Barber's substitute
to Senator Welton’s bill relating to
county officers was deferred. The sub
stitute virtually provides that any
person shall not be deprived of the
county office to which he has been
elected by failure on his part to com
ply with various technical require
ments.
Madison, Feb. 1 15.?— Today broke the
record for this session, by long odds,
in the introduction of bills in the leg
islature., Over 100 were introduced at
the moaning session and tWaoty more
at the session of UK: assem
bly. The most unique Dill of the
evening was one by Mr. Germer, a
democrat of Wood county, which re
quires every iraiirqad in the state to
qht with the secretary of state 100
amual passes. ' This official shall in
ti]h issue them to the various state
officers, judges, legislators, members
of state boards, and officers of
two houses of the legislature. Only
about would be requited but uie
number, was fixed at ’is*P to cover
probably changes. The pawes shall be
in lieu of taxes upon the roads.
Mr. McLeod introduced, a’ resolution,
which was adqpted, giving Col. W. J.
Bryan the privileges of the bouses on
his visit here and providing for the
appointment of a joint committee to
invite him to address the legislature
at his convenience.
Other bills introduced were: by Mr.
Williams, providing that county
boards may put clerks of court, regis
ters of deeds and sheriffs on salaries;
by Mr. Anderson, providing that in
the collection of statistics of farm pro
ducts any person refusing to give the
desired information, or any assessor
failing to gather it, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined
from $25 to $100; by Mr. Germer, re
quiring telephone companies to make
an interchange of messages; by Mr.
Olson, requiring railroads to sell 2-
ceut interchangeable mileage tickets;
by Mr. Zinn, so amending the lien
law that a man may not be robbed of
his home by a sub-contractor who
fails to collect from the main con
tractor; also putting the stamp method
of doing business on the same par with
lotteries; by Mr. Hartung, requiring
railways to put gates or flagmen at
the crossings as town boards may
specify; by Mr. Lange, providing that
deputy fire wardens shall not be ap
pointed in towns except on tne re
quest of tne town board; by Mr. M*u
uleton, giving a lien to threshers for
work done; by Mr. Bryant, appropri
ating to Joseph and Frank Skobis
$2,0u0, to Wm. Owe ns SI,BOO, to W. H.
Stephenson and Herman Stuaeman
S6OO and to Thos. P. Nelson $450 for
losses incurred as subcontractors
under T. R. Bently in rebuilding
ladies’ hall at the university; by Mr.
Overbeck, appropriating SIO,OOO for a
silver service and bronze badger for
the battleship Wisconsin; leaving the
poll-tax subject to municipal regula
tions; by Mr. Grootemaat, requiring
prepaid telegrams and express pack
ages to be promptly delivered and
without additional charge; by Mr.
Clough, requiring that in cities of
under 5,000 population the polls open
at 6 a. m., and close at 7 p. m.; by Mr.
McDonald, requiring an annual re
turn to be made by assessors of a.,
property (aside from public) exempt
from taxation; by Mr. Dodge, ex
exempting any homestead from taxa
tion to the amount of the value of any
mortgage thereon; by Mr. Keene, pro
hibiting sentencing to the house oi
correction any person convicted of a
felony; by Mr. Harvey, requiring a
bond by companies making abstracts
of title; by Mr. Rasmussen, appropri
ating SIO,OOO for the relief of the fire
sufferers of Barron county.
In the upper bouse Senator McGilli
vray’s joint resolution to give the fed
eral government concurrent jurisdic
tion with state governments in the
suppression of trusts was adopted
without debate.
Senator With.ee introduced a novel
bill for the taxation of newspapers, and
created a ripple of smiles. It pro
vides the following scale: On those
whose gross annual receipts are
$lO,OOO and upwards, 4 per cent.; be
tween $7,500 and $lO,OOO, 3%; between
$5,000 and $7,500, 3 per cent.; between
$5,000 and $3,500, 2% per cent.; $3,500
and under 2 per cent.
Another bill of considerable interest
was one by Senator Woodworth, for
an amendment to the constitution, in
t creasing salaries of members of tue
legislature from $5OO to $l,OOO, and
creasing salaries of members of the
giving them 3 cents a mile for travel
each way every time the legislature
adjourns for 48 hours, other bills
were: by Senator Weed, permitting
counties to build homes for incorrigib
blechildren; bySenator Hatton, appro
priating $75,000 to the normal school
income fund, for building, repairs
and healing apparatus, and authoriz
ing a temporary transfer of a i.xe
sum from the trust funds of the state
to the general fund; by Senator Rey
nolds, providing that no will shall be
admitted to probate which contains
any provisions for concealing any of
the property in order to prevent its
assessment for taxation; by Senator
Harris, providing for the branding ana
sale of renovated butter; also, taxing
ice shipped out of the state 15 cents a
ton; by Senator Mills, requiring
residence in the district 30 days, in
stead of 10, before a person may vote;
requiring license for barbers; also, to
prevent the unlawful use of street
car transfer tickets; by Senator Stout,
amending the corrupt practices act,
making it ttie same as the original
bill introduced two years ago; by
Senator Baxter, providing a penauy
for violating of the law governing
veterinary surgeons; by Senator Den
nett, providing for printing the pro
ceedings of the Cheesemakers - asso
ciation; also making an annual ap
propriation to the association.
Madison, Feb. 16.—The assembly
resolution inviting Col. W. J. Bryan
to address the legislature was concur
red in and Senators Weed. Roehr and
Whitman were appointed on the com- j
mittee to invite Mr. Bryan to appear. j
The house members are Messrs. Me- i
McGrath and Eline. Among the I
most important of the bills introduced j
was one by Senator Welton, to pro- j
Dibit committing vagrants and other
criminals to county poorhouses; also,
to create a special fund for the re
equipment of the Wisconsin national
guard; alsd, to reorganize the national
guard. The bill provides for the re
organization of the guard on the reg
ular army basis as recommended by t
Adjutant General Boardman. The>
guard is to consist of 40 companies, of
1,200 men, but only three regiments
aud an extra battalion of four com
panies. major and three ad
jutants Wl be cut off each regiment.
Other bills were: by Senator Roehr,
providing for removal from the nor
mal board of the governor as an ex
offlclo member; by Senator Lamoreux,
to regulate the use of sleeping car
berths; by Senator Martin, fixing cer
tain qualifications for teachers in cer
tain cases; by Senator Mailer, pro
viding for the sale of pure milk and
cream by prohibiting feeding to
milk cows of distillery refuse; also
lowering homestead exemptions to
$1,500; by Senator Mills, by request,
regulating the taxing of water crafts;
also, to amend the law fixing license
fees to be paid by railroads and re
quiring statements from railroads; by
Senator Hatton, to appropriate
to the Wisconsin veterans’ home at
Waupaca, SIO,OOO for sewerage ex
pense and $6,000 for rebuilding tne
hospital recently burned; also to ad
mit as inmates of the home Wisconsin
women who served as army nurses
during the war of the rebellion.
Among the house bills Introduced
were the following: By Mr. J. Ryan,
authorizing the organization of mu
tual cheese factory insurance corpora
tions; by Mr. Roettiger, providing
that, where two or more railway
trains per day run through a city of
the fourth class, at least two of them
must stop; by Mr. McDonald, requir
ing the state oil inspector to make
monthly reports; also requiring that
all public schools be maintained in
buildings owned by the public; by Mr.
Fog*, providing that any heir to
property being probated whose ad
dress has not been known for 7 years
shall be presumed to be dead; by Mr.
Gagnon, requiring that daily papers
in cities of the second and third class
must have been established three
years before they are qualified to pub
lish election notices; by Mr. McGreer,
reducing the number of towns in For
est county to 7 and changing the
boundaries somewhat of Oneida and
Forest counties; by Mr. Slade, ap
propriating to R. S. Houston of Ken
osha county $5,000 for cattle killed
by the state veterinarian; by Mr.
Benson, providing that beer shall be
deemed only pure when 4 months old
and made of pure barley malt, pure
hops or extract thereof, pure yeast
and pure water. It shall then be
stamped, “standard.” All other beer
shall be stamped, “adulterated.” The
dairy and food commissioner is to
enforce the act; by Mr. Zinn, reduc
ing wage exemptions from S6O to S4O
a month from garnishment; by Mr.
Barlow, for a state boiler inspector at
$1,500 a year and numerous deputies
at lesser salaries; by Mr. Dresser,
amending the law regulating the
weight of engines on public roads;
also putting the minimum liquor li
cense in cities of 10,000 population or
over at SI,OOO and in all other places
at $500; by Mr. Dengle, to secure the
proper imprisonment of offenders un
der 18 years of age. Its object is to
keep such culprits apart from no
torious offenders in prison; by Mr.
Rusk, providing that the supreme
court shall not be required to give
written opinions in certain cases; also
appeals to the supreme court, provid
ing that, in projected appeals to the
supreme court, cases and brftfs shall
be submitted to the circuit judge for
review; by Mr. Dahl, providing that
no state aid shall go to a district
school which has not been maintained
seven months in the yea* - instead of
six; by Mr. Adams, providing for the
advertising of election notices in
weekly papers where no dailies exist
in the county; by Mr. Soltwedel, more
strictly forbidding sweatshops; by Mr.
Hoehle, to amend the law relating
to exemptions of personal property
from taxation and to include bicycles
therein.
Among the bills killed was one
limiting the hotel expenses of state
employes to $2 a day. The senate
resolution to the memory of John T.
Kingston. Jr., who died in Porto Rico
several months ago and was buried at
his old Necedah home only last
Wednesday, was concurred in by a
rising vote.
A LA MANY OTHERS.
The “incomprehensible" style of
drawing-room ballads is, or ought to
be. says Punch, an important factor in
our civilization. It is a convenient
vehicle for melody, and has the vir
tue of soothing the listener by a vague
glow of impressiveness to which it is
impossible to attach any meaning.
Cnfortunately, the effect is often
marked by lapse into coherence, which
raise an irritating desire to know
“what h is all about,” and then the
soothing effect is lost. This is a
mistake and I have done my utmost to
write a song which shall he" strictly
incomprehensible, and therefore, of
superlative value to the nation at
large.
The marchioness of Donegal ha*
gone to the poorhouse. Had she been
a marquis she could have traded her
title for a fortune, but her sex would
be a barrier to any such profitable
transaction, even if she were not en
cumbered with a husband.—Kansas
City World.
Estimates (made by governors of
the'varlous commonwealths) of the
population of the United States on Jan.
1 placed the number of inhabitants at
over 77,803,231.