The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22
Legislature Expected to Close
Its Work in Two Weeks if
No Fight Comes Up
A HITCH IN APPROPRIATIONS
Governor is Making a Hard Fight to
Secure the Enactment of Laws
Promised in the Party Platform
and VIII Succeed

Two more weeks of hard, pushing
work may see the finish of legislation
at Madison, and then, with the addi-
ton Of the six statutory days to per-
init the governor to sign or veto bills,
ought to bring final adjournment. This
is the program unless something hobs
up to disarrange matters.
Up to the present time a total of 800
bills have reached the governor, of
which two have been vetoed, 334 signed
and the balance are being considered.
In the senate there are So bills, eight
joint resolutions and 25 assembly bills
all ready for the calendar. Before the
finance committee there are 81 senate
bills and 81 assembly bills under con-
sideration. In the assembly there are
still approximately $50 bills to be dis
posed of, of which rs will be ready
for the calendar by Thursday,
This represents the situation at the
commencement of the week s business,
and upon it is based the prediction that
the work can be finished in two weeks
unless some intervening trouble is en-
countered This is likely to occur for
as the time when the apportionment
bills are to be considered approaches,
it is apparent that there will be more
or less of row. eSOme of the districts
as at present constituted will fight dis
memberment and will oppose being at
Tackled to strange territory. Some of
the big Republican counties are slated
on the program to lose memh +.
Rock county, for instance, if the pres
emit plan goes through, will lose one
member of assembly and also the dis
tinction Of being in one senate district.
According to one plan, Rock county
aud Walworth county are to be made
into one senatorial district. Whether
or not the slate fxers have in mind
getting rid of Senator Whitehead
through this process, cannot be stated.
The Rock county assemblymen will con-
test losing one district and the same
situation arises in other districts
throughout the state.
So little is known as to the status
of the appropriation bills that their
reception in the assembly is indefinite.
The finance committee will have this
part of the work well along by the end
of the week and then the attitude of
the assembly viii be made known. In
the senate Senator Sanborn has been
powerful enough to secure the passage
of any bill he has sanctioned and as
chairman of the money committee has
managed to carry the senate with him
upon a majority vote. Although Nye,
the assembly chairman, is popular in
his house, the report of committee in
that body is not looked upon as es-
pecially sacred and frequently bills I'M
der favor of a passing report are re-
versed when the assembly takes action.
There is a good prospect of more than
passing interest being taken in the new
text book commission law proposed by
Assemblyman Mahon. This is contest
ed by Assemblyman Gettle of Rock
county. who won first blood late last
week by securing the indefinite post
ponement of the bill. Mahon however.
was not content to permit the matter
to drop and secured reconsideration
of the vote and this will come UP foi
discussion on Wednesday. 1t is more
OF less a renewal of the oldtime book
company fights and in this instance. the
plan proposed makes the governors the
president of the university and two
others to be appointed by the governor,
commission to look into the PROPOSE
ton of changing text books and of
recommending books for such changes
Mahon wants the bill passed and
Gettle together with some other mem
bers Of the education committee, is OPP
posed to it. Both are in the nature OF
leaders and have been prominent in
much of the legislation of any import
ance that has been acted upon during
the session. Upon several occasions
they have opposed each other and when
this occures there is always an air OF
general expectancy to note the result