Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-09

and personal quarrels and estrange-
ments between the two houses. In
large number of cases the merits OF
measures were lost sight of In the do
sire for retaliation and reprisal.
Much of this lack of unanimity may
be laid TO the bitter controversy over
the bills for the completion and main.
tenance of the binder twine plant at
Waupun. Another source of frequent
pickering was the inability of the as.
sembly and senate members of the
Joint senatorial Investigating commit
tee to agree on matters even so trivial
as a ten-minute recess. In the assem-
bly, the farmers and the non-farmers
scrapped, spent some time in log.roll-
ing and in general placed their own
and their constituents needs higher
than those of the state. In the senate
the socalled "progressives" were In
the majority and often a coalition Of
Democrats and progressive" Repub-
llcans suiIlced to push things along.
Issues Of Most interest.
The two issues before the legisla.
ture which attracted the most interest
were the senatorial investigation, and
scraps over liquor legislation. The in
yestigations net result, in addition to
awakening the people to the abnormal
conditions arising out of the extraya-
giant use of money In elections, was
the introduction--bu with small hope
of pasaage-of number of bills regu-
lating the manner of holding elections
aud the amounts of money that may
be spent by candidates. In the mat
ter of liquor legislation, two Anti-Sa-
loon league measures, county option
and $1,000 minimum license were
killed; and the liquor interests also
met decisive defeat In the slaughter.
ing OF the Austin bill, giving a state
commission power to revoke licenses
and regulate saloons and taking such
power away from city councils, by the
senate.
The passage of the bill allowing
cities to install the commission form
OF government attracted little atten-
ton, although it is one Of tho most
important measures passed by the leg
islature.
Work for Special Session.
Not satisfied with killing the great
er number OF the important bills left
the legislature at the last moment
added still more to the burdens of the
proposed special session next winter
by sending over TO that time two more
important subjects, good roads aud ed
ucatlor. Thus there Is laid out for the
special session action on seven import.
ant propositions: Income tax, indus.
trial insurance, water power, guaran
tee OF bank deposits. education, good
roads and election reforms as SIG.
gested by the senatorial investigation.
II Will thus be seen that the spe-
cial session will be a far more import
ant event than has been the session
just closing And there are those in
plenty who predict that such special
session will drag out a long as the
present II there is 10 be adequate
attention given the subjects to be con.
sidered They are particularly certain
OF this IL factiona1 jealousies are to be
revived and they do not see how they
can be avoided with an election near
ct hand. The defeat Of the state pris-
on twine binding plant has left many
rankings that will be slow to heal.
In the way Of political leadership
this legislature has not developed
many men. It has brought out many
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