Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-04-24

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fair association that fair association
also forfeits its right to state aid.
Madison, April 16.-The voters OF
Wisconsin Will have an opportunity
to declare whether or not they want
the constitution changed to allow the
Legislature to appropriate money for
the building of highways. After a
spirited debate the senate adopted the
Browne resolution for submission Of
this proposed constitutional amend
ment. The vote was q to 4, both for
the adoption of the substitute and for
the adoption of the resolution as
amended. The opposition came
from Senators Burns, Husting, Smith,
Whitehead and Wolff Senator Burns
voted for the amendment, but was in
opposition on final passage. Senator
Whitehead opposed the substitute. but
swung into the affirmative after the
first vote demonstrated that opposi-
ton was useless.
Speaking in favor of the good roads
resolution, Senator Browne mentioned
a large number of organizations
which had declared in favor of state
aid for the building of public high.
ways. He reviewed the large number
OF petitions signed by thousands of
citizens and declared rom the testi-
mony OF the stase geological and nat
ural history survey and other author.
lAes rat the only effective way of
gettiEg permanent public highways
bIilt was by system of state aid
which involved an amendment OF the
constitution He declared that the
farmers of the state are annually
spending some 100000 ana that a
large part of the money is wasted
because it is expended by people who
have no knowledge of road building
and the work is not of a permanent
character. Senator Browne also re.
marked upon the fact that while the
petitions favorable to the measure
were numerous and signed by people
from all walks of life and residing in
all parts of the state, there had not
been received single romonstance
Senator Husting said that all recog.
nized the need and desirability of hay.
ing better and more permanent high.
ways, but that it was matter for
county supervision and support and
not for the state to undertake this
great and hazardous burden.
There will be no legislative investi-
CATION of the veterans home at Wau-
paca, the senate killing the resolution
to this effect after a debate. The
vote by which the resolution was re-
fused concurrence was as follows:
For inyestigation-Se Barker.
Bishop, Fridd, Hudnall, Husting
Marsh, Morris. Owen, Page RummeI,
Sanborn and Wilcox-12.
Against investigation Senators
Bird, Brazeau Browne. Burns, Fair.
child. Froemming, Hagemeister, Haz-
elyiood, Marsh. Martin, Munson, No
bic, Pearson, Roehr, Smith. StondalI,
Stout, Whitehead. Wolff and Wright
20.
Senator Owen and others said that
where there was SO much smoke
there was likely to be some fire and
they advocated investigation upon the
theory that the facts ought to be
pfobed and made known finally. The
requirements for entrance to the uni
versity abolish all foreign language
quirements for entrance to the uni
yersity was reported for non-concur-
renee.
The attempt to have the Barker
hotel bill, designed to produce more
sanitary conditions in hotels, recon
sidered failed in the assembly after
short discussion, vote by a vote Of