Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-22
DIVIDED REPORT
ON WATERP0W{RS
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMIT
TEE LIKELY TO FAIL OF
AGREEMENT.
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS WANT
MORE TIME TO CONSIDER
PROBLEM.
SENATORS BELIEVE TIME HAS
COME TO SUBMIT
FINDINGS.
Madison, Dec. Is

The special legislative committee
on waterpowers and conservation OF
resources held a session in the capt
toll Yesterday and adjourned to meet
again January s, when the question
of a final report will be taken up by
the entire committee.
II is evident, however, that there
will be a lack of harmony in the COM
mittee and that there will be divia-
ed report and from present indications
the line of separation vail be that
which divides the senate members OF
the committee from the assembly
members In fact, the break was ap-
parent yesterday when the assembly
members withdrew from the confer
ence and left the senate members to
proceed in their own way.
The difference between the two fac
tons seems to hinge upon the time
when the report shall be made and
upon the question of whether the
committee has sufficient data and mas
sufficiently digested it for the purpose
OF making a report.
The senate members, acting upon
the suggestion that it is now time to
make a report and believing that fur
Their delay is not justifiable, are ready
to proceed with the work of formulat-
ing a report. And with that end IN view
they have decided to go ahead with
the work of assembling data and COM
piling it in preparation for submits
sion to Governor Davidson at the
earliest time consistent with their
ideas of due consideration. The mem
bers of the senate contingent are Sen
ators H. p Bird, Paul o. Husting and
Henry Krumrey.
The assembly members of the com
mittee, Messrs. George S. Hambrecht,
w. NJ. Bray, F. w Kubasta anc
James E. Thomas, want more time in
which to hear evidence and canvas
the testimony. Assemblyman Ham
brecht said last night that Neal
Brown of Wausau on behalf of water
power owners desires to file with the
committee supplementary brief and
that the assembly members were dis
posed to give him opportunity to DO
so Then. too, Mr. Hambrecht said
that much of the testimony had not
yet been transcribed By the stenog
raphers and he expressed the opinion
that comprehensive report could not
be made until the data had been made
ready and given due consideration.
Mr. Hambrecht suggested that there
would be division of the committee
and two reports.
Senator Husting said that he had no
thought of a divided report; that he
and his colleagues from the senate
were acting upon their ideas of what
should be done. He said that they
would each proceed to develop and
assemble his ideas and have them
ready to report at the meeting Janu-
airy 5.
AAsssembiyman Hambrecht said last
night that personally he felt that the
committee should give the question,
which he said was one of greatest i'm
portance, the fullest consideration
after all the arguments had been pre-
scented.
Senator Husting declared that If
the committee, acting under the reso-
luton providing for its creation, ex-
pected to make a report in time for
the governor to call an extra session
if he so desired, further delay was no,
necessary and would be unjustifabie