Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-05-13
ASSEMBLY REFUSES TO RECON-
slpER DOUGLAS RESOLUTION.
TO CHANGE FISCAL YEAR
Proposal That Taxation Of Inherit
ances Be Taken Out of Hands OF
Secretary Of State and Turned
over to Tax commissioners-For
Tax Attorney at Salary Of 5000.
Madison, May 10.

By a tie vote of A to Al the as
sembly yesterday refused to recon
slider the vote on the Douglas resolu-
ton which called for an investigation
of state finances since the last admin
lstratiOn of George w. Peck. Assem-
blyman Douglas, the author of the
resolution, made speech in favor
OF the measure, pointing out that the
judiciary committee had dealt I'M
fairly with his resolution in recon-
mending it too late. The resolution
provided for a report of the investi-
CATION by April 80, and the commit
tee is charged with holding up the
bill until May l, and then reporting
it for indefinite postponement be
cause it had outlived it's usefulness.
Mr. Douglas denied that the measure
was of a partisan nature, and declared
that his only object was to put the
business of the state on business
basis. He declared that business
administration of state affairs"
would be an issue in the next cam
paign, and that if the assembly re
fused to heed the resolution they
would neglect an opportunity to set
the majority party in a safe position
for the next campaign.
Five new bills were offered in the
assembly. The committee on cities
offered a bill to change the beginning
and end of the fiscal year from Sep
+o,.bo,, - To,,,,orxt ond AuUucf 91
to December 81.
The committee on taxation offered
a lengthy measure which provides
that the taxation of inheritances viii
be taken out of the secretary of
states hands and put into the tax
commissioners hands, who, through a
tax attorney" shall take charge of
this branch of taxation. Such attor-
ney shall not receive more than $4,000.
All executors are required to make
triplet receipts, one of which shall he
filed for taxation purposes.
Another bill provides that a popu-
lation of $50 people, in an area not to
exceed one half square mile, may,
upon petition of at least 25 freehold
ers, become a village.
The judiciary committee offered a
bill which provides for the abolition of
the bond required OH appeals from
city councils in the cases of claims
against the city disallOwed by the
council Inc law now requires that
appeal may be taken from the council
to the circuit court but a bond of $3.50
must be filed This is made unneces-
sary according to the change contem-
plated
Dietz Scare in Assembly.
An apparently innocent bill caused
SUR in the assembly before it went
down to an overwhelming defeat
Assemeblyman Elver, who was urging
the passage OF the measure, declared
mat il the assembly refused to enact
legislation OF TINS kind, they would
create another John Dietz in every
northern Wisconsin town.
Assemblyman Cernahan of Eau
Claire AGAIN lived up to the reputd-
ton ne made "a short time ago of be
ing one OF the leading orators in the
legislature. He opposed the bill,
praising o. H. Ingram and Senator
Stout who were personally interested
in the ownership OF the dam, and
whose integrity and high standing, ne
said, were guarantees of fair dealing.
He said that the dam was an absoluts
necessity 10 some of the cities in the
northern part of the state and was
TO be used for hydraulic purposes.
Mr.. hiver arraigned in scathing
terms the corporations who are sup
posed to control the dam, declaring
that the high level of the water main
tanned destroyed the value of acres
and acres of adjoining land. He said
that MIR. ingram, as representing the
corporation, had broken faith with
the several property owners in that
the owners of the dam had not re-
moved il and put III a new roller dam.
he said also that a movement mad
been started at one time to blow up
the dam by dynamite, so strong was
the feeling against its being main
taineu
AsSemblymen J. P. Peterson. Doug
las and coolidge. all from that part
OF the state denied that there was
the slightest demand for the repeal
of the franchise, and exposed the at
tempt to have ii repealed as scheme
on the part of certain landowners,
including the author of the bin, to
make profit out Of now practically
{ worthless or halrsubmerged lands.
The. assembly was so anxious to kin
TIE bin that it refused to entertain
q motion to POSTPONE, voted down a
substitute bill then refused to en-
gross the original bin by an over
whelming vote,
Home Eule Bill.
home rflle''x4aeasure came from