Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
FAVORS AMENDMENT OF CON
STITUTION TO THAT END.
GREAT FLOW OF ORATORY
Will Not Investigate Veterans Home
-Bancrofts Bill to Abolish Foreign
Language Requirement for en-
trance at the University Recon-
mended for Po1tponement.
Madison, April II.

The voters of Wisconsin will ha re
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 yesterday adopted the Browne
resolution for submission of this p c.
posed constitutional amendment. The
vote was u to 4, both for the adop-
ton of the substitute and for the adOp-
ton of the resolution as amended.
The opposition came from Senators
Burns, Husting, Smith, Whitehead an
Wolff Senator Burns voted for
the amendment, but was in opposition
on final passage. Senator Whitehead
opposed the substitute but swung in
to the affirmative after the first vo-e
demonstrated that opposition was
useless.
Speaking in favor of the good roads
resolution, Senator Browne mentioned
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 from the testi-
mOny of the state geological and nat
ural history survey and other auth II
tiles that the only effective way Of
getting permanent public highways
built was by a system OF state ald,
which involved an amendment OF the
constitution. He declared that The
farmers of the state are annually
spending some S2,O00,00O and that d
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 hau not
been received a single remOnstanCe.
Senator Husting said that all recog-
ing better and more permanent high
ways, but that it was a matter t0r
county supervision and support and
not for the state to undertake this
great and hazardous burden. Some
states, he said, in early days had
made appropriations for internal i'm
and had been banNuptel
by this policy, and Senator Husting
declared that this was the reason that
the trainers Of the constitution Of
Wisconsin had wisely provided in the
fundamental law that the treasury of
the state should be closed against in
ternaI Improvement expenditures.
Senator Husting expressed fear that
if this policy be inaugurated it would
mean a biennial season of log rolling
and division of a great state pork
barrel No one could be a states
imam who could not get a fat slice of
the pork for his locality, and states
'manship would be measured by a
members ability to bring home more
of the pork than was coming to him.
He said that this was a proposition to
let down the bars and that if the reso-
Tuition was adopted and the people de
icided in favor of the policy, the river
fard harbOr bill Of congress, which has
become a national disgrace, would not
lie a circumstance in comparison.
Let Veterans Home Alone.
There will be no legislative invest
cation of the veterans home at Wan
paca. the senate yesterday morning
killing the resolution to this effect
after a debate thereon. The vote by
which the resolution was refused cen
currence was as follows;
For investig administration Barker,
Bishop, Fridd, HudnaIl Husting,
Marsh. Morris. Owen, Page, Rummel,
Sanborn and WiIcox-12
Against investiga tion-Senators
Bird. Brazeau, Browne, Burns, Fair
child, Froemming, Hagemeister, Haz-
elwoOd, Marsh, Martin, Munson, No
| BILE. Pearson, Roehr, Smith, Stondall.
Stout. Whitehead, Wolff and Wright
10.
The debate was participated in by
a majority of the senators, but the
flight against concurrence was made
in large part by Senator Browne, end
1.-THE demand for investigation was
pressed by Senator Oven. Senator
Browne read extensively from some
half a dozen previous Investigations
al vnGicating and cOmplimentin8 the
management Of the institution and
laying the criticism and charges tc
drunIenne SIS on the part of certain
! old coldiers who have at one time 81
anothe. been dishonorabiy discharged
from he home and arc now seeking
revenge.
Senator owen and others said that
where there was so much smoke
there was likely to be some fire and
they advocated investigation upon TIE
theory that the facts ought to BE
probed and made known finally.
No Slap at University.
Yesterday afternoon the senate
completed the routine which was left
over from the morning session on &C
count of the long debates and the bal
lot for United States senator The
business was of slight importance
laside from reports of the committee
Ion education The Bancroft resolu