Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-09

Bancroft appealed to the commission
to place in the exempt class the posi-
ton of first assistant attorney general
because it is, he said, one of private
trust and confidence The commission,
however, ruled against the attorney
general, who is now preparing to car
~ the case to the supreme court.
Conflicting reports are current as to
the probable course Of the legislature
in handling the senate report charging
bribery incident to the election of
United States Senator Stephenson.
This much is certain. however, that
the legislature has not fallen asleep
over this report, which is now in the
hands Of the printer AS quickly as
the report is returned by the printer
an investigation will be inaugurated.
If it is found that the facts in the
case merit further investigation by
congress, the evidence nufolded by the
Wisconsin legislature will be trans
cribed to congress. No matter how
quickly this matter is taken up, the
present congress will not be given an
opportunity to act upon it. The i'm
preston prevails that Senator LaFoI-
Iette is anxious to have it hold over
so that he may make political capital
out of it in his presidential campaign
X x \
The fate of ]. Q. Emery, state dairy
and food commissioner, seems settled.
While powerful pressure has been
brought to bear upon Governor Nc
Govern not to reappoint M Emery,
the impression prevails that Mr..
Emery will not be turned down by the
chief executive. So many reports came
to the governor concerning Mr. Emery
and his work that Governor Mccoy
ern preferred to conduct a quiet in
FestigatiOn into the facts before MAX
ing an appointment That investiga-
ton is in progress Senator Sanborn
and others have called upon the gov
ernOr in behalf of Mr. Emery, whose
fighting methods have stirred power
full opposition upon the part of east
ern corporations.
:. X !.
In view of the number of cases
where Wisconsin has an inheritance
tax interest in estates now being ad-
ministered, Attorney General Ban
croft will ask the legislature for a
law which will enable his department
IN Dorfoc+ cot+Iop,optc IF c,,ol, o1oip,c
to the best possible advantage of the
state. Under the present law, as
shown by the collection of the claim
of the state against the Kennedy es-
tate and which last week brought
S355,O0O into the treasury, many de-
fects are found in the proceedings
which cali for remedies.
The right of the state to collect in
| heritance taxes is based upon a stat
ute passed many years ago The col
| lection from the Kennedy estate, which
! is the largest ever made in this coun-
| try, is based upon the old law which
! required that every railway corpora
| ton seeking to do business in Wis
| cOnsIn must incorporate under the
! Id W = vi tllS SJdl6. htHu6uY WIS u
| big holder in Northern Pacific stock
| and bonds, and although this com.
| pany has but a small mileage in Wis
! cen3s3in. t---+e,s claim rested upon
the fact that it is a Wisconsin cor
poration
The attorney general wants the leg
| islature 10 pass a law that will enable
| him, by and with the advice and ap-
| prevail Of the governor and state
| treasurer, to arrive at the best pos
| sible settlement that can be made COW
| ering this class of cases This mon.
| ey so collected according to his plan
| should all be turned into the state
| treasury Under the Kennedy settle
ment, S27 900 went into the treasury
| of Dane county, for under the present
| law some public administrator has the
| power of approval of such accounts
| In considering this some members OF
| the legislature express the opinion
that this sum rightfully belongs to the
| state at large and not to the partfcu-
| lar county where some part of the
| transaction is conducted in accor.
| dance with the present law. This
| point will also be taken care of in the
| proposed new law.
\ X X
Senator James has been making a
| canvass Of the legislature upon the
| proposition of permitting women tc
| vote and asserts that sufficient votes
are pleged in the senate to permit the
| bill to pass that body A canvass
also has been made in part of the as
sembly and Senator James says that
there is a fair prospect of securing
enough pledges in that body to In
sure the passage of the bill In the
meantime representatives of the sui
! frage movement are canvassing the
legislature and express the view that
| the James bill stands an excellent
| CHI Of INN,- I,