The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-04-02

rests is status quo.
Peculiar Situation.
The Tilton matter presented pecu-
liar situation. Tilton was made to
testify that he had been approached by
/ NJ c. Ring Ca Stephenson ageL } with
the proposition that he run for the
Republican nomination for the as
! sembly, which he had turned down.
| Ring, he said. also offered to pay his
/ expenses if he would hustle for
Stephenson, a proposition which he
also turned down. Then Tilton was
confronted with letter which he ad-
mitted writing to John A Awkward OF
Madison, in which he told Mr.. Ally
ward (former Democratic candidate
| for gOvernor) that he had been
promised campaign expenses by agents
of Stephenson and the liquor interests
! If he would promise in the event OF
his nomination and election to vote
for Stephenson for senator Mr. Ayl.
ward was then called and he testi-
fed to conversation with Tilton dur
ing the campaign in which Tilton told
him these facts and permitted him to
use them in the Democratic campaign
, On being recalled, Tilton said he
didn't mean to write the letter "as
strong" AS that, but did so because of
the heat of the campaign, Senator
Hustine then inquired where he got
his campaign heat when the letter was
, dated In January, four months after
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, know
W. w. Powell, Milwaukee news
paper man, c. M Perry, of Oshkosh,
Assemblymen Stout and Neitzel, who
were called in the Hatton inquiry the
last two days of the week, contributed
little to the record except verbiage
Electon of County Superintendent.
A new bill came into the assembly
last Friday, which if passed will
change the general educational system
of the country schools of the state.
The bill came in through the commit
tee route and provides for the election
of the county superintendent after
1911, by a committee of five members.
This committee is elected by the PEG.
pie and is composed of four members,
who serve terms of four years each,
. The chairman of the county board of
supervisors is the, fifth member of the
board. In addition to the duty of
electing county superintendent in
each district to serve a term of two
years, the board supervises the gen.
eral educational system of the county
and visits the country schools.
Assemblyman Frank Hammill, of
SpOOner, introduced a resolution to
limit the session of the legislature to
100 days. The resolution came up be-
fore the assembly on Thursday and
was killed by vote of 45 to 46 Mr..
Hammill in defending his resolution
showed that during the closing days
of the session as high as 100 laws
were enacted daily. He argued that
if the members of the legislature were
compelled to 'get busy" from the start,
there would be no cause for the pro-
longed sessions of recent years last
ing to June and July. In view of the
fact that the members are asking an
increase in the salary from $500 to
$1,000 this year compelled a number
of members to vote against the Ham
mill limitation and defeated the resolu.
ton.
Woman on Board of Control.
The women of the state have Gre
ated a stir over the bill to make the
woman member of the state board of
control an auxiliary member only, to
draw $4,000. while the male members
coming to the legislature opposing the
passage of the bill, and favoring a
woman member on the board, who will
receive the same salary and have the
same voice as the other members
Unless the assembly has a wholly
different feeling on the proposition
woman suffrage is a possibility of the
near future in Wisconsin The senate
Friday advanced Senator Stout's bill
on the subject to engrossment with
out word of opposition, and pre-
sumably it will easily go through that
house next week While the bill is
regarded by many as merely ref
erendum of the question to the pres
ent voters of the state. it is more
than that. 1t confers the full FRAN
chise, with the usual exceptions as to
paupers. criminals. etc.. upon women
and goes into effect at once if approved
at the general election in 1910 It re-
quires no constitutional amendment
as many imagine it does-to confer
this right upon women 1t is eX-
pected more opposition will develop
in the assembly, although the COM
mittee report on the proposition is
favorable. There have been many
petitions in favor of the bill and a
number of prominent workers in the |
cause have been heard by the COM
mittee.
Normal School Bills Killed.
There will be- no new normal schools |
built in the near future, the assem-
bly, having killed all bills to locate |