Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-01-17

tend civil-service methods in their various
departments. There is an evident and
very general desire for improved and more
buslness-lke methods in conducting city
affairs. 1t lies in your power to encourage
materially. by wise measures, the fur
therance of such reform.
Soldier and student Vote.
There is located within this state, es-
tablished and maintained by the general
government. Il home for disabled veteran
soldiers This property is owned by the
United States, and the right of the in
mates of the home to vote has some
times been questioned. Our laws should
render impossible any further doubt upon
this subject | earnestly recommend that
those inmates OF the home, who are citi-
zens of the United States and who shall
have resided one year in the state, shall
be expressly authorized to vote at the
nearest election precinct. Men who have
been disabled in the service Of this re-
public ought not to be DISTINGUISHED upon
any purely technical grounds.
There is also grave question as to
the right of students. otherwise Quall-
fled, to vote in the community where the
college or seminary is located at winch
they are prosecuting their studies. l see
no good reason why thousands of in
tellgent young men, spending nearly all
of the year and generally several sue
cessive years in educational institutions
within the state. should not be permitted
to exercise the right of franchise where
they are obtaining their education. Very
many of them are unable, without an eX-
penditure which they are unwilling to
add to the burden of parents, to return
to their homes to vote. There would seem
to be no reason founded in public policy
why the law should not be so changed
as to authorize such students to vote
in the city, village or town wherein is
located the institution of learning which
they attend.
The State Board Of Control.
The state board of control as now or
GaniZed consists of six members. In case
of an equal division upon any question
there is no means of reaching a decision.
l suggest to you the wisdom of making
the board to consist of either five or seven
members, that there may be a majority
decision on all questions.
If a reorganization Of the board should
be deemed by you advisable, l commend
to your attention the wisdom of provid-
ing either for a woman member of the
board, or for a woman visitor to work
in connection with the board. In all
the charitable. reformatory and penal in
situations there are women whose needs
could much better be learned by one of
their own sex.
An Apportionment Commission.
The present legislative apportionment
is very unsatisfactory in many respects.
What the people demand is an appor-
tionment based fairly upon population
and territory. regardless of partisan de-
mands | recommend, therefore. that
the Legislature provide for the appoint
mcnt of & non-partisan commission to
prepare a bill to submit to the Legislature
at the earliest possible day.
There is a growing demand among the
judges and others who are interested in
the administration of law for a rear
ran2ement of the judicial circuits of
the state. Such a reimbursement should
take into consideration population and
territory. which are little regarded in
the present adjustment. The change
should be effected. if at all. without
increasing the number of circuits.
Forestry.
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