The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-02-08

ton. OF the butterfly students, Of
course Professor E. T. Owen is the
most learned, enjoying international
rank, his collection representing many
years of study and being one of the
finest in the country. He is now in
Central America. Professor Birge is
interested in that as in all things else.
Kindness An-Important.
The legislative committee which re-
Gently made the rounds of the charity
and penal institutions reports them in
good condition. Of course, a hurried
visit of that sort can only catch ST.
perficial facts. although even these
are significant. The best pledge the cit
liens Of the state have that these in
situations are properly conducted is
the board of control itself and espe-
cially Judge Lyons, its chief. 1t is all
important to have a kindly spirit Of
government in these schools, hOspi-
tails, etc. Nothing is more distressing
than the thought that these detectives
and dependents may be suffering cru
city or even violence. The long days
and nights when officers and inmates
must live together, in a crowded, te
dious life afford opportunities for the
exercise of temper, oppression and the
other vices of Uncontrolled human ma
ture. The protection against this sort
Of thing is the character and quality
of the superintendent, whatever inSti-
tuition it may be. Some of our state
institutions are better than others-as
a whole the standard is high. Men like
Wilmarth of the predetermined school;
Gordon of the Oshkosh insane; Nc
Claughrey Of Waupun; Merica of the
Waukesha reformatory and others
that might be named are the fruits
of public sentiment in Wisconsin de-
handing the best things in the way of
the care of the 5000 unfortunate
charges of the state.
Shall u :. the State Do 1t.
There is some difference of opinion
as to the bill in congress for the adj
justment of the swamp land claims Of
Wisconsin against the general gov
eminent. The bill covers the state in
demnity from over 100000 acres of
swamp lands for the benefit of the
state school funds and would quiet
the titles of 2 great many lands now
occupied by settlers. Editor Peet Of
Grantsburg has made a warm fight
against it and Senator Mills of Supe-
rior takes the same ground that to
transfer these lands of the government
to the state would result in raising
their price from the government price
to S. an acre, and it was his belief
that the state would profit by allow
ing the lands to be settled under the
rules of the general government.
AS a matter of fact, if the state
wished to dispose of the grants to the
settlers as cheaply as the federal gov
eminent has done, this policy could
be enacted. The senate favors what
is going OH in Washington and the
resolution upholding the effort to have
the lands released to Wisconsin was
passed by % to 4.
Shall a Big County Be Divided.
Not everybody is in favor of the
division Of Chippewa county. A Chip
pewa Fails paper reminds the legisla-
ture that the county already has a
complete set of buildings and especial
ly enjoys low taxes. 1t says if a new
county is set up along the Omaha road
the people must build a court house
which, with roads, bridges and run
ming expenses, would make the tax
payers smart. Against the petty &c.,
900 which the northern end of the
county paid last year for county ex-
penses, it would cost $4,000 to start
the new county government. AS al
ways, it is charged that the agitation
comes from a few who hope to get Of
flee. However, the petitions which
the legislature is receiving to divide
this big county are making a profound
impression.
Bigger Pay for Judges.
Senator KreutZer has a bill to in
crease the compensation of the judic-
larry. The proposal is to advance cir
cult judges from $4,000 to $1,000 a
year and supreme court justices from
$1,000 to $1,000. The refusal of judi
cial hOnors by number CT lawyers of
high rank Of late years and the con-
slant sense Of irritation from which
all judges must at times suffer by
reason of the disprOportion between
what they receive as judges and what
| they might be earning as lawyers,
commends this proposal of increase.
Circuit judges now receive $500 adj
| ditiOnal for expenses so their pay may
be called $4,000. 1t is said the su-
| preme court judges case is the most
urgent Number Of Milwaukee law
years have incomes Of from $4,000 to
| $4,000
Legislation of Technical Kind.
! One of the most difficult forms CT
taxation for the legislature to deal
with is that of shipping, logging
| booms and the like, technical matters
| as to which the members of the south
| ern part of the state know little or
| nothing. For instance, Senator Mills
| has introduced a resolution which
notes that of the $1,000 which was
| paid last year in license fees into the
! state treasury by boom companies.
$1,000 was paid from Douglas coun-
ty.
To Wipe Out Delavan school.
President r. G. Spencer of Milwau-
llee has measures before the legisla-
ture, one Of which, if enacted, would
prove most radical. One proposes a
salaried inspector of the eighteen day
schools for the deaf, located in vari-
Gus cities. Inspector Parker of the
high school is quoted as regarding
| these schools from a pedagogical
| standpoint as the most perfect schools
| in the state. There is no doubt they
| are doing good work.