The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-04-23

ing money to the governors cam
paign fund. 1t also developed that
Stephenson had not filed his expenses
after his election March 4. The fol-
lowing day Chief Game Warden Stone
was to have appeared, but he failed
to turn up and was gone all week, nc
one knew where-even his wife. Ru-
NOR had it he had gone to a northern
point in the state, but this was nc!
verified.
Sent $25 to Governor.
John It. Linehan of Milwaukee told
of sending a check for $25 to Governor
Davidson and receiving an acknowl-
edgeInent therefor. He said he re-
ceived the money from John Buckley,
deputy warden, who since had been
discharged, and sent it to Governor
Davidson at Buckeyes request, az
Buckley did not want to send it per-
sonally, being under civil service.
Buckley following Linehan, corrob-
Grated the latter and said he had been
suspended from the service after
scrap" with Stone over the sale Of
some confscated game. How Buck
ley's testimony resulted in turning the
committee searchlight on to the game
warden's department already has been
told
Commission Plan of Government.
That the commission plan of govern
ment for cities of the second, third
and fourth classes may be in vogue
in Wisconsin within a year seems
probable. The senate committee on
villages and cities has drafted a subStl-
tute for the Whitehead bill that will
give these classes of cities the right to
adopt this system of government upon
a favorable vote of the people. The
bill was a special order in the senate
today The chairman of the commit
tee is Senator James A. Wright OF
Merrill.
The substitute measure, which was
agreed upon at meeting of the COM
mittee on villages and cities, provides
that upon application of Is per cent
of the number of voters at the last
mayOralty election the question wheth-
er the city plan of government shall
be adopted by the city and kept in
force for a period of at least six years,
shall be submitted for a vote to all
the people. If a majority favor the
plan, then the commission form of gov
eminent, as outlined in the bill, must
be adopted
Four Members on Board.
Generally speaking, the bill provides
for commission of four members, who
shall act as the common council and
the administrative body of the city.
Three of the members shall be known
as commissioners and shall be placed
at the head of some department of the
city government. The fourth member
shall be known as the mayor. The
members are elected for terms of two
years. In cities of the second class
the mayors salary shall be 81 $500 an
nually, and each commissioners, 900;
third class cities mayor $4,000 COM
missioners $1,000 each, and in the
smaller municipalities the salaries
range from 1000 to $4,000.
This board has power to enact ordi-
nances for the city, but if objected to
within a reasonable time these may be
submitted to vote of the people. The
employees are not selected by the civil
/ service process, and the general fea-
| lures of the bill provide for the widest
publicity of municipal affairs, especial
ly relating to finance.
Trust Company Legislation.
The report is denied that the banks
and trust companies have agreed on
any legislation giving trust companies
the right to exercise banking powers.
trust companies, declare they will
strenuously oppose the proposed sub
stituUe bill prepared by the trust COM
panies and labeled by the trust COM
panies as a compromise measure.
The nub of the controversy seems
to be that the trust companies are TAX
ing money on deposit, which it is said
they are not now entitled to do, and
they desire an amendment to the bank
ing laws to allow them to do this
without question as to legality. This
proposal is opposed by the bankers.
Labels for Tobacco,
Assemblyman Onstad of Dane county
| is gathering statistics and information
to support his bill that will compel the
labelling of all packages of tobacco, Civ
| ing the nature Of their contents. The
bill will not be set for hearing for at
least two weeks and in the meantime
Mr.. Onstad expects to receive valuable
| information regarding the true ingre-
| dents of different brands of tobacco
| offered for sale in the state. A special
examination of some of the brands will
be made by State Chemist Richard
Fischer of Madison.
Thus far my researches show thai
! s. bill Of this kind should pass" said
Assemblyman Onstad today. 81 have
/ found that one of the most generally
used among the cheaper varieties of
/ granulated tobacco, which is being eX-
tensively advertised, is composed