Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-30
PROPOSED NEW LAWS
The Cigarette Abolition Bill Has
Area, y Been Passed by
g. the Assembly.
AppoRTIoNMENT rs DIFFICULT
Leaders Dread. New Riyals-Barbers
Seek Protection by Law-Teaching
Farming In Special Schools.

breaks down with familiarity. The
new members on the start are bit
embarrassed, but later as they find it a
free forum they will be prompt in OBJ
1ecting and eager 10 talk. Assembly
man Williams, CT Winnebago county.
who was down in Springfield, Ills, re-
Gently sa,fs the legislature there is
noisy body.
'.Why, if there was as much noise
In a single session up here" said Mr..
Williams, 'as t4ere is down there ali
the time 1t would drive Speaker Ray
crazy
The anti-pass law has the effect or
keeping many of the members and es-
pecially the employees Ia the capatal
city over Sunday. Familiar faces are
seen In the churches, and not a little
hard work is put In by the ambitious
men on the legislation of the coming
week.
Carving Up Political Possibilities,s
1t Is up to the legislature TO revise
rhe 90 senate and 100 assembly dis
tricts Of the state-n0t to increase the
number, but to carve out the districts
so that the population may be evenly
distributed La them, as shown by the
1900 census. The constitution forblds
an increase in the number OF districts.
Also the congressional districts must
be recast, so as TO provide for an elev-
enth congressman. Already plans are
proposed whereby ambitious men hope
90 surround their home city or town
with a district which they can control.
This redistribution Is difficult mat
ter for a committee, and always makes
friction and c Infusion. The outcome
is usually the work of some strong per-
sonality, some one who enjoys at least
a party reputation for fairness. A. j.
Turner, of PORTAGE, for the Republic
ans and DR.. Anderson, sof La Crosse,
enjoy prestige along this line.
The Cigarette May Go.
Mr.. Overbeck's bill, absolutely sup
pressing the cigarette, has passed the
assembly and that gentleman (who Is
from DOrr county, confidently expects
ii 10 pass the senate. That body may
possibly amend Ii to allow dealers two
months In which to get rid OF their
stocks.
The bill is a copy of the Tennessee
law which has been held constitution
al by the Ut ted States supreme court
In full the bill reads as follows:
at shall be a misdemeanor for any
person, firm or corporation to sell, Of
fer to sell. or to bring into this state
for the purpose of selling, giving away,
or otherwise disposing of any cigar
cites, cigarette paper or substitute for
the same, and any violation of any of
the provisions of this act shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than
$50"
Examina lions for BARRIERS.
The bin to regulate BARRIERS, in other
words, to put them on the footing OF
physicians and lawyers, forbidding
men to shave and others to cut hair
unless they have passed examinations
and been registered, wiz. not have an
easy course. One bin specifies the
number Of towels and provides for dis
injecting razors etc. 1t Is in hedging
questionable NEE sures of this sort that
the senate is valuable. That body 10
growled at some for its independence,
but this quality comes in very handy,
as shown by the check there o. many
bills which 80 through the assembly
as creased.
Senator Harris. of Elkhorn, for in
stance, in an interview said he thought
the legislature OF Wisconsin was get
ting down 70 pretty small business
when 1t proposed to license BARRIERS"
He thought 1t ought to follow barber
legislation with laws regulating CHI
roposl1sts. Mr.. Harris is one Of the
mer who believe In a general way that
Wisconsin HIS laws enough and that
the men who go to Madison with the
intention of killing bills do the state
quite as good a service, frequently, as
those who go there FOR the purpose OF
passing bills.
1t win be remembered that the
plumbers bill met sudden death sew
sral years ago.
Appointments by LsFoilatte.
The governor has made the follow
ing appointments:
Norman l.. ellison of Fond du Lac,
state tax commissioner, instead of
LicheaI Griffin, deceased.
Nils P. Hadgen of River Fails, as
slstant tax commissioner, succeeding
Judge Gibson.
VIM. p. Lyon, Madison, member Of
the state board OF control.
Halford p. Erickson, Superior, COM
missioner of labor statistics.
FL. G. Adams, Madison, state dairy
and food commissioner for the remain
der of the present term and for the
full term ending Feb. 10, 1908.
@. r. Boardman, adjutant general.
Farm schools in the Counties.
Governor La Toilette, In his inaug-
uraI recommendation of concrete ef-
fort for better public schools, has a CO.
worker in Superintendent l.. D. Har-
vey. One of the latter's bills provides
for the establishment of agricultural
schools in two counties of the state,
the state to pay half the expense. Out
side Of the convenience TO the farmer
boy who must now go TO Madison IL
he would receive a course in the agri-
cultural college, II is hoped 10 relieve
the big demand that il now being
made on the Madison institution by
those who desire to annually attend
The idea seems to be a supplement
of Professor Henry's big school, much
as the seven state normal schools are
supplemented by the county normals
In Marathon and Dunn counties.
However, IL the state Is to undertake
20 especially train our half million
farmer boys on top of regular school
ing, II will assume a large contract
Temperance Bills.
There are always some temperance
measures lntHodHced, but il they are
at all radical they do not get far.
Mention has been made Of the liquor
dealers bin which abolishes the free
lunch In the hopes of abolishing tbs
deadly competition in this side line.
Ii also aims At department stores,
which in Milwaukee worry the retail.
ers good deal by bargains in table
liquors. The clause ia this bin which
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