Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-10
UNIFORM BOOK
BILL ADVANCED
ASSEMBLY FAVORS THE AIMS
WORTH MEASURE.
NEW DEFINITION OF PASS
Office Holders May Not Take Trans
portation From Railroad Companies
Except for Passage While in the
Actual Discharge of Their Duties
as Employees of the Roads.
Madison. Nav =

Assemblymaa AinswOrth's bill to es
tablish uniform text books in the rural
schools of the state was advanced to
engrossment in the assembly yester-
day by vote of 4S to So, after long
discussion in which Assemblymel
Ainsw0rth and McGregor, for the bill,
and Assumblyman Hansen against it,
took the leading parts.
The bill provides for a school text
book commission to consist OF seven
mem0ers-two county superitnendents
appointed by the governor, the state
superintendent of public instruction,
the attorney general, dean OF
philosophy and pedagogy of the state
university and the state inspector of
high schools. 1t further provides that
three series of books for use shall be
selected by the commission and that
from this series the district boards
shall make the selection of books for
the schools over which they have
jurisdiction, and that having once
made such selection. no change shall
be made for a period of five years.
Ii was brought out in the discussion
that IN some of the rural schools OF
the state text books have been in
dse without change for the past 80
years, and that such books are SO
out of date that no teacher can do
work that is worth her time nor that
Of children under her charge. Fear Oh
the book companies was the bugaboo
which kept the majority by which the
bill was advanced to so small a num-
Der. the arguments of some of the
members on the floor suggesting that
while the bill might be a good one, it
has been so perSistantly lobbied for
or against that there must be some
element Of graft connected with its
passage. To this argument, Assembly
men McGregor and Ainsworth both
asserted that in their support of this
sayins. that they were actuated solely
by az interest in the upbuilding of
the rural schools of the state. and that
neither politics. factional prejudice or
fear or favor of book trusts had enter
ed into he attitude they maintained
toward the bill.
The vote on the bill follows
-Ainsworth, AIIdridge, Andrew.
Baker. Bell, Berner, Bletcher, Bohri,
BradIock BrUckhausen, Chandler,
Crowley. Curtiss, Dahl. Dinsdale,
Extern, F'ridd. Hagarty, Henry. Huber,
Hubert. Jerdee. Henry Johnson, Thos
Johnson Kinney, Leroy, McGregor,
Mckenzie. Metzler, Norcross, Gilman.
Fred Peterson, P. Fl. Peterson. Powell,
G f Scott, Smoker. Stevens, Streh-
low. Swenholt farrell, Thayer,
Ties. Turner, Warner. Whehr
vein, Winch. Lenroot-fS.
Agdinst-Bauer, Beer, Brennan,
Brooks, Carpenter, Clausen. Cleary
Cortland, Durland, Evans, Everett, Cor
don. Greenwood, Hagen, Hamm, Hanni-
fin Hansen. Hartung, Frank Johnson,
Iedvlna, Miller. Nelson, Page, Perry,
Peirr1u. Potter. Prehn. Ragatz, Ram
sey, Reynolds, Roycraft, John Scott,
Szymarek, Theme. Westfahl-
80.
Or the bill Donald and Irvine paired,
Donald for and irvine against
Pass Definition Advanced.
The bill designed TO strengthen the
present anti-pass law so that no office
hoIIe: or state employe can accept orr
use such pass during his incumbency,
with only the exception Of railroad EN-
ployee while travelling in the discharge