Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-03-20
VETERINARY
BILL PASSED
SENATE FAVoRs RESTRICTING
STATE HORSE DOCTOR.
THE PRINCIPLE ATTACKED
Opponents Say It Would Be as Rea.
sonable to Forbid Senators From
maintaining Their Law Practice
or Other Business - Institutional
Deficiency Bill Favorably Reported.

-AN0ADOi4s uSdNA II.
The senate yesterday morning
passed the bin introduced by the com.
mittee on agriculture. forbidding the
state veterinarian TO be interested dill
rectly or indirectly in any patent or
proprietary medicine concern. Action !
was taken on a vote Of 20 to II, after
debate in which Senators Page. |
Fairchild. Pearson, Husting, Bishop !
and Wilcox participated. Senator
Page asked for information about the !
purpose or necessity of the measure, |
and was informed by Senator Wolf, |
chairman o. the committee on agricul- |
ture, that he dissented from the re
port asking passage, SO that he could
not give the reasons in favor of the
measure. Senators Pearson and
Bishop, other members Of the commit
| tee. explained that in the hearings up
on the question of the confirmation of
the executive appointment of DR.. pa
1 vid Roberts Of Waukesha as state vet,
lerinarian. facts We're disclosed which
seemed to make it desirable that Il
llaw should be enacted to forbid The,
state veterinarian from being a stock
| holder or otherwise interested in
patent medicine enterprise. Senator
Page said he would therefore oppose
the bill, for it seemed to be purposeL
to clear up the record of an appointee
against whose confirmation there was
deposition. Senator Fairchill oppose
the bin on principle, He said 1t wou
/ be as reasonable to forbid a senator
the right to practice law, or require
! any Office holder to forsalle and give
up his business and worldly interests
and property or decline to take office
This principle, Senator lsairchild de
nounced as wrong and calculated to
deprive the public service of the best
and most desirable men Senator
Husting favored the bin as declaring
more clearly the present law that the
state veterinarian shall dev tie his en-
tire time to the duties Of his .ffice, but
he reserved the right to vote against
the confirmation of Dr. Roberts when
that question should come before the
senate. Senator Pearson denied that
the bill was designed to clear up the
Irecord Of DR. Roberts, and Senator
Bishop declared that. the work of DR..
Roberts in circulating tuberculn with
apparatus and instructions enabling
farmers to apply the test themselves
| without the assistance of a veterina.
rian was valuable work Of education
and should be applauded, To this
Senator Page replied, asking Senator
Bishop why. then, he proposed to shut
loft the veterinarian from continuing
the work of education. The answer
was that the law required the veterin.
arian TO give his entire time to the
work of his office The vote was as
follows
For the bill-senatos Barker, Bish-
op Brazeau, Browne, Burns, Fridd,
IHagemeister, Hudnall, Husting. Lock
tney Marsh Martin, Morris. Munson,
Noble, Owen, Pearson, Rummel, San
| born, Stondall Stout, Whitehead-21
Against the bill--Senators Bird.
Fairchild, Froemphng, Hazelwood.
Page, Randolph, Roehr. Smith, VIII
cox Wolf Wright--tt
The owen bill to exempt the chief
] clerk from the civil service law was
laid over for a week on motion of Sen.
ator Bird
The committee on claims reported
for passage the deficiency bill, appro-
lriating some $50 900 to the state
charitable and penal institutions
The committee on claims reported
for killing the bal of Senator Smith,
TO appropriate $1,000 10 send the
Fond du Lac company Of the Wiscon-
sin national guard to the military
feature Of the jamestown exposition.
Inc bill to authorize the city of Eau
Claire 70 increase the height of the
Uels dan across the Chippewa river
at that city was advanced after thu.
adoption of an amendment safeguard.
ing the interests and rights Of the
| city.
No New Imbecle Home.
At the afternoon session OF the SEN
ate various reports were received from
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