The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-03-26


campaign received $3.50 as present.
Incidentally, it cost him only s75 alto
gether for the services of a man who
took his place in the day time, and
this did not come cut Of the $780,
McGillivray Witress.
Former State Senator J.. j. McGH-
livray, of Black River Falls. was the
last witness of the week He spent
$500 in Jackson county. most il Il ainl
self. He said he covered the cou2ily
| several times, making speeches ard II
general conducting a vigorous cam
paign. He said the worst opposition
he encountered was the activity OF
| Senator Marsh, chairman Of the com
mittee, in the interests of William II.
| IIatton
The assembly members of the COM
mittee are determined to bring the
Stephenson angle of the inquiry TO an
end as soon as possible, in order to get
''whack" at the other candidates be-
fore the Investigation is brought to an
| end on April 10. To that end they
forced the resistance of a subpoena
for W. Fl. Hatton, who could not be
found for several days, but who at ifst
appeared on Friday and notified the
committee that he was ready to lie
called on. He had spent three da-rs
! of the previous week in Madison,
hoping to finish his testimony, but he
| was not called.
Special Session Next Winter.
The most important development of
| the week in the legislature was the de-
! termination to hold a special session
next winter to consider the subject Of
! income tax, guaranty of bank deposits,
worl1ingmen' insurance and the regu
lation of Waterpower franchises. 1t
was hoped by many that these SUBJ
| jects might be disposed of at this ses-
! sion, but it was also realized that such
! legislation would in that event prob
| ably be half baked and that it would
! be the part of wisdom to appoint COM
mittees to work out adequate measures
! and report them at later special ses-
| sion. Such action having been de-
! cided upon the legislators will now
bend their efforts to solve the problem
! Of good roads legislation and the 9th.
er questions before them in the form
! of bills. Considerable interest is TAX
! en- in the probablel personnel of the
/ committees that will be appointed on
these subjects.
i, 1t is said here that the men most
prominently mentioned for the com
mittee on income tax are Senators
! Whitehead, Hudnall and S. Nj. Marsh;
Assemblymen NJ. J. Cleary, d. c..
! Coolidge, J. c. Chapple and J. S. !
Towers
Workingmen's insurance: Senators
I. M. Brazeau, E. T. Fairchild and l..
T. Bishop; Assemblymen F. w Kubas-
ta Simon Smith and S. A. Towne.
Guaranty of bank deposits: Senators
w. c.. Owen, J. E. Lehr and A. W. San
born; Assemblymen L. W. Ledvina,
George E. Scott, Wallace ingalls, and
H. V. Schwalbach.
Waterpower: Senators E. E.
Browne, Fl. P. Bird and Thomas Nor,
ris; Assemblymen w. M. Bray, E. w.
Leroy, D. B. Stevens and J. S. Stack.
Death of ExGov. Taylor.
The death of former Governor Will
lam r. Taylor at the Gisholt Home for
the Aged last week called for more
than passing notice in these strenuous
reform days from the fact that Taylor
! was the precursor of the legislation
that has been placed upon the statute
/ books of the state in the past ten
| years Taylor succeeded in partially
accomplishing the same ends, in re-
ducing railroad rates, in creating a
F.! rate commission, in curling the lum-
Der thieves and in the regulation Of
corporations generally. But he was
! in advance OF his time; the railroads
/ and lumber barOns were too powerful
then and he was driven out and his re-
forms repudiated. 1t was political
! tragedy and not for quarter OF, a cen
fury did any one have the courage to
| again take up the fight.
However, Governor Taylor lived to
see the principles for which he so
! valorously contended reinstated in
honor and firmly Incorporated into the
code of the state. The Taylor admin
istration will ever be notable in state
history from the fact that it was dur
/
was established that the state had the
right to regulate corporations of it's
own creation. The story of how Tay-
I lor doggedly fought this point through
j the lower courts, the state supreme
! court and finally the supreme court OF |
the United States is political romance
not often paralleled
Editorial nv Mrs IaEotIette
This weeks issue Of LaFOllette's
Magazine contains a striking editorial
by Mrs LaFollette on "A Woman on |
the State Board of Control A bill |
has been introduced in the legislature
for a board of control of five members, |
who shall be men, with salary OF |
$4,000 each, and an auxiliary member |
who shall be woman with a salary OF |
$4,000 Mrs LaFollette declares that |
every. woman who is cared for in these |