Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-30
ASSEMBLY FAVORS REDUCTION
TO THREE-FIFTHS MILL.
NORTHERN MEN OBJECT
Upstate Representatives Debate In
Favor of the Least Possible Re-
duction of the Assistance Their
Schools Receive From the Richer
Sections Of the State.
Madison, March %.

MdulSOh, AdlNu ID.
The assembly last night ordered e
third reading and engrossment the bill
to reduce the one mill school tax,
after the measure had been amended
so that the progressive principle OF
the law is retained, but the levy is re-
duced To three-ffths of one per cent.
on each dollar of assessed valuation
of all the property of the state eX-
elusive of the assessment of railroads
and corporations that are taxed by
the license system or are assessed by
a state board of assessment. II is
calculated that the measure as passed
by the assembly, if it becomes a law
will raise something over 100000 an
nually for the common school fund.
The action i'm the assembly was
taken after an extended debat in
which the representatives of the nor
thern counties, who receive nearly al
If their school expenses from the tax
paid by the southern and more popu-
Gus counties, fought for a larger fg
IRE, favoring the seven-tenths as in
the senate bill. The final vote was 63
10 % I'm favor of three-fifth OF a mill
The roll call showed the members to
be divided as follows on the question:
For a three-fifths mill tax-Messrs.
Ainsworth, Andrew, Armenian, Bart
zen, Becker, Benson, Breitwisch, Brit
tan, Carberry, Chandler Cowline
Growing, Crowley, Dahl, Dinsdale,
Dixon, Donald, Doolittle. Douglas
DudgeCn, Ekern, Fridd, Fritzke, Gil.
man, Haderer, Hamm, Hannifin. Has.
ga, Irvine, Henry Johnson, Thomas
Johnson, Johnston, Kehrein, Kern
Kimball, Lenroot, Loebs, Lord. Mol
denhauer, Potter, Krakow, Rank. Ray,
Rupp, Slider, Slade Smalley, Smoker.
A. +. Smith, G. II. Smith, Stevens,
Szymarck, farrell, Thiessenhusen.
Thompson, Timlin, Valentine. Wall.
rich, Waterman, Westfahl, White,
Whitson, Willott-63.
For a seyen-tenths mil tax-Messrs.
Bartlett, Bedle, Cady, Carpenter, Coff-
land, Cosgrove, ID. Evans, Jr., E. w.
Evans, Finnegan, Hodgins, +. John
son, Karel, Kinney, Koch, La Du.
Lane, lie Roy, Martin, Miller, Morgan.
Norris, Osborn, Peterson, Reed. Rey.
nolds, Root, Strong, Thoreson, VIII
liams-29.
Assemblyman Leroy oil Marinette
lead the fight for the "seYen-tenths"
amendment and was supported by
Messrs. Wallrich, Osborn and Strong.
Messrs. Smalley and Smoker spoke
for the "six-tenths" amendment Mr..
Leroy said that he wanted 10 ask the
assembly to do something for the poor
mans college, the common schools.
I'VE of the north" he said, feel
that we are entitled TO this. The
records of the assembly do not show
an instance where a member from the
northern part of the state has ever
gone back on proposition to appro-
pirate money TO the university or to
the normal schools, though only one
of these institutions is located north
of the dead line which divides the
northern and southern parts of IAe
state. We need the extra help liza
we would get from the seVen-tenths
mill tax. 1t has been only during the
last two years that we have been able
to secure the better teachers for our
rural schools, and that was because we
had the extra help that was provided
by the one-mill tax AMI the increased
assessment. Don't forget tnat for
many years the north paid heavy taxes
and had no children to send to the
schools. Then we received no benefit
of all the money we paid into the com
mon school income fund. Now we
have children instead of pine trees,
and we need for the settlers all the
help we can get. Don't stint us when
we need help most"
Mr. Strong said that he endorsed ali
that Mr.. Leroy had said and that while
he did not want to throw a fire brand,
he wanted the assembly to know that
if the assembly refused to grant seven
tenths of a mill then the one mill tax
would stand as it is now.
Mr.. Osborn insisted that the prin-
ciple that the wealth of the state