Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-07-04
GOVERNOR VE1OES
TWO MEASURES
REFUSES TO SANCTION TEACH.
ERs' EMPLOYMENT AGENCY.
NOT SOUND PUBLIC POLICY
Bill Giving Cities Power to Assist in
Building Railroads and Purchase
Lighting Plants Also Objected to
Assembly Sustains the Executive
in Both Cases.
Madison, June 2

Mdu1SOl, June 20.
Basing his veto on the grounds OF
public policy, and intimating that the
scheme smacked somewhat too much
of paternalism, Governor Davidson
yesterday sent to the assembly a
message vetoing the bill creating a
free teachers employment agency in
connection with the state bureau OF
labor statistics; and the assembly by
safe majority, the vote standing 81
for and 81 against, refused to pass
the bill over the governors Veto
Governor Davidson takes occasion
in his executive communication to
call attention to the general prosper
ity prevailing and the great demand
for labor in general and teachers in
particular and concludes his message
with the following significant argu.
ment'
There appears to be no ground of
public policy upon which this expen-
diture of pubic funds can be justified.
Statutes authorizing the establish.
ment and maintenance of a bureau
designed to furnish our citizens with
information as to where employment
may be obtained, and which are main.
tanned at the expense of the state
can only be justified on the ground
that it is wise public policy to assist
class Of people who need the as
sistance of such bureau in order
that they may readily obtain employ
ment... AT this time there ap
pears to be very little call for such
an agency, even for the laboring man
The demand for labor is largely il
excess of the supply at the present
time and that condition has prevailed
in this state for several years. The
persons engaged in the business Of
teaching our public schools belong
to tie most capable and intelligent
class of our citizens They are Ger
tainly competent to take care O
their own interests and do not neet
the protecting arm of the state or it,
assistants to procure for them EN-
ployment. / am informed, and be
lieve it to be fact, that there ar,
abundant positions ready for all com
petent teachers of this state, and tina
no bureau paid from the public treas
ury Is demanded to aid them in pro
curing employment. Every count!
or district superintendent of schools
every president of our normal schools
the high school inspectors, the bu
reau established by our state univer
sity, and all school officers of tn,
state are free employment agencies
and most of them are much nor,
competent to judge the necessitis o
particlar schools than an Office
would be holding Office in the city O
Madison. II this act can be justifie,
as a measure authorizing the expen
diture Of money from the public treas
ury, see no reason why an employ
ment bureau cannot be as wei
created for the purpose of findin,
employment for all the trades an,
professions in which our people ar
engaged"
Governor Davidson also vetoed tn
bill giving to cities power to assis
in the building OF railroads and d
vote money for the purchase OF cleo
trio light plants The assembly ais,
stood by the executive on this propc
'sition, only 8 voting to pass the bill
over the veto as against SO against.
The governor points out that tn
statutes prescribe the procedur
which must be followed in order L
permit The voting Of money by tn
council for these purposes and call
attention to the fact that the bill
comes near invalidating the statutor
| provisions on these matters. III
says In part:
1T will be seen, therefore, that Il
no case is the common council OF
city authorized to pay out publ
money In the aid OF the construction
OF a railroad, or to secure railroad "a
cilities. The same is true of the powe
of the common council to purchase al
electric light plant The bill, there
fore, attempts to legalize who'll
unauthorized action on the part o
common councils OF the cities O
this state. If IL becomes a Law
It will legalize every appropriation
made by any municipality Of thi
state in aid of railroad, regardless
Of the question of whether any pre-
ceedings we're taken In accordance
with the statute. or whether the pec
pie Of such municipalities ever cor
scented In any form to the appropris
ton Of the money expended"