Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-03
ATTACKS PROPOSITION AS NOT
GOOD BUSINESS.
BUT BILL GOES THROUGH
Overwhelming Vote in Favor of EN-
pIoying Prisoners to Compete With
Irvine Trust-District Attorneys
Must no Longer Work for Railroad
Corporations.
Madison. June u

The senate yesterday passed the bill
authorizing the state board OF control
to establish a binding Irvine plant in
connection with the state prison at
Waupun ty vote of % to after
yotiIg down the amendment offered
by Senator Hudnall attaching a refer
endum to the Original bill.
This bill carries an appropriation of
$125, 900 which is said to be sufficient
;cr the erection of suitable buildings
and the installation of necessary ma
chinery, but it is expected that the
next legislature will be asked to APP
propriate fund of 100000 to supply
raw material and to put the plant in
operation
Senator Hudnall alleged that the
friends of the measure had stricken
out the section appropriating the larg-
er fund to facilitate the passage of the
bill He said that the report of the
state board of control had shown that
no more than IS men could be en-
ployed in the proposed plant and he
asked whether it would be wise for
the state TO make an investment of
$1,000 for each man to give employ
ut to seventy-fiye prisoners
Senator Owen spoke for the bill.
reading from reports submitted by the
Minnesota state board of control. Sen
ators Rochr and Whitehead spoke
against The bin.
The vote on the final passage was
% to 6, Senators Barker, Froemming,
Hudnall, Martin, Roehr and. Whitehead
voting against the bill
District attorneys will hereafter be
prohibited from being retained by a
common carrier or amy public or mu,
nicipal corporation The assembly
bill to this effect was concurred in by
the senate last night. For failure to
comply with this law, the Office of the
district attorney viii be declared va.
cant
Fifteen thousand dollars was voted
for the expense of maintaining the
Legislative reference room, after an
amendment reducing this amount 49,
900 had been voted down.
BY vote of "a to the Senate re-
fused to lower the salaries of game
wardens from $3.50 a day to 81
The senate concurred in the assem-,
bly, bin providing that the order Of
names oil candidates for nomination be
placed upon the blanks in rotation, so
that the names of those persons be-
ginning with a letter among the first
in the alphabet shall not be at the
head of the list upon every blank.
Senator Pages bill prohibiting the
collection of second l.and bottles and
jars was passed by the senate.
cIeary Wins a Tilt.
Assemblyman M. ]. Cleary of La
Fayette county turned the tables on
Speaker Ekern yesterday when he sue
ceeded in pushing through his bill TO
permit proxy, mail and personal vot-
ing for directors of insurance compa-
MES. The vote stood S. to 2e. This
is the only bill which Speaker Ekem
did not succeed in amending so as to
conform to his ideas and the ideas of
the investigating committee as
against the recommendation of the
majority of TIE assembly committee
on banks and insurance. Speaker Elk
ern attacked the proxy feature because
he said It served to perpetuate in pow
er the present management. He
showed how proxies are gathered by
agents OF the companies and the votes
are cast by men who are not even pol
icyholders.