Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-01-19

| each of these schools to the state is
! diture and in no case can exceed ST.
| 205. The material benefits to be de-
rived from practical education in agri-
! culture by those who will engage in
! agricultural pursuits, and who, as a
rule, will have neither means nor time
in later years for higher education in
| this branch of knowledge, needs not
to be estimated to be appreciated.
The university authorities, recogniz-
| ing the many demands upon the Iegis-
! lature for appropriations and the
limitations upon the revenues of the
state, have hesitated whether to ask
| for the stated separate sums specific
! ally all at one time, or to request the
| legislature to continue for a period of
! three years the annual tax Of 100000
provided for the historical library
| building which terminates in 1903, the
amount thus secured each year to go
| to the university for the purposes
| specified, after the remaining balance
| for the state historical library shall
| have been paid. Of course a cOntinu-
ing appropriation extending over a
! period of years would be less burden
| some than a direct appropriation of
! the whole amount to be drawn from
the treasury in one tax period.
The governor doubts the wisdom Of
establishing a criminal insane hos
| pital at this time, favors prison
| labor by contract, thinks a workshop
for blind adults should be built in
| Milwaukee and calls attention to the
fact that the labor commissioner to
mitigate the evils of child labor in
| factories, favOrs compulsory attend
| ance of children at school during the
school year, change in the present
method of issuing age certificates to
make it impossible for INSCRIPTIONS
parents to profit by false affidavits,
and repeal of the permit system
which operates to the evasion of other
provisions of the law.
The governor urges upon the enact
ment of law that shall make it an
offense punishable by the heaviest
money penalty, and by imprisonment
as WE'LL for any lobby agent or lobby
representative, employed and paid for
his services by others, to attempt per
sonally and Directly to influence any
member of the legislature to vote for
or against any measure affecting the
interests represented by such lobby
list.
He recommends the question of
more efficient protection to employees
Of railroad companies who may be in
jured in the discharge Of their duties
through carelessness or negligence of
other employees or agents Of the com
pany There can be no doubt, the
governor says, that just provision for
the railroad man in case of injury, or
for those dependent upon him in the
event Of his death, would afford con-
sideration that would increase the
efficiency Of the service and rebound
to the benefit Of the travelling public,
in addition to being a proper exercise
of simple justice to worthy class of
citizens.
engineers, upon the plans and specifi-
cations made for completing the light
ing Of the capitol building grounds, it
would require an additional apprOpria-
ton of $4,000. In addition to this,
if the legislature would appropriate
$4,000 the executive residence could be
connected with the capitol lighting
plant and lighted from this same
power without any app-eciable extra
cost.
The governor recommends that the
law be so changed that the owner may
hunt upon his own premises without
the payment of any license fee; that
legislation for cities be restricted; that
the natural history survey be further
encouraged; and that a new limitation
upon city Indebtedness, and perhaps
upon the amount Of tax levy
permitted by law, be provided,