Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-09
SOCIALISTS OPPOSE
MILWAUKEE, BILL
BOOKLET IDEA IN CORRUPT
PRACTICES WOULD MAKE CAN
DIDATES A MENAGERiE.
NO RAISE FOR LEGISLATORS
Joint Resolution by Clark Increasing
the Salary of the SoIons Is In
definitely Postponed in
the Assembly.

MadisOn.-The assembly made
record for itself by working 10 hours
with a few hours intermission for
dinner and supper.
The calendar was not long, but
there were brisk fights on nearly
every bill presented for action. While
there was good fighting along the
whole line, the sharpest came late
at night over bill 1034A, providing for
corrupt practices act for Milwau-
kee. During the discussion, which
at times bordered on discourtesy,
Milwaukee politics were we'll
thrashed out.
The fight was carried on chiefly by
the Socialist members and Assembly,
man Stern, with a slight assistance
from Assemblyman Roycraft.
The bill provides for the payment
by all candidates of ten dollars to
the city clerk. For this they can have
their pictures and a sketch printed
in booklet which is to be sent out
by the clerk. The Socialist members
opposed the bill warmly. They
charged that the measure was unfair,
and protested against the legislature
examining it down their throats.' 1t
would make of the candidates "a
menagerie,' Assemblyman Vint
charged
1t was only when Assemblyman
Stern charged that the Socialists
were playing rather smooth
game that the argument became
really heated. Assemblyman Weber
charged that 1t was Mr.. Stern who
was playing a game that would en-
able him to be candidate for mayor
in Milwaukee. Assemblyman Stern
Indignantly denied the charge.
This is going beyond the lines of
decency," he cried. Il deny abso-
| lutely that | ever heard of such a
thing as my running for mayor"
Mr. Weber retorted he could bring
proof of his statement.
Mr.. Stern said the reason the So
cialists were opposing the bill was be-
cause they had literature of their
own, which was distributed by their
members, and they did not wish COM
petition of this kind The bill, he
claimed, would put all candidates in
on 1.-The ground floor"
The assembly took Mr.. Storms side
and ordered the bill engrossed.
Other bills which led to long drawn
out discussions were the Mahon in
dustrial commission bill, which was
finally made a special order; the
Kealy bill for assessment of gas,
water and light companies by the tax
commission, the Harper street vaca-
ton bill and the Gettle cold storage
resolution.
The Clark joint resolution increasing
the salary Of Legislators to $1,000 was
Indefinitely postponed in the assem-
bly,.
The Gettle joint resolution memoir
ializing congress to enact cold stOr-
age legislation fixing the time limit
during which dairy products can be
stored to less than one year, was en-
crossed.
The assembly reconsidered it's pre-
vious actions on the bill prohibiting
guessing contests, and by a vote of
4S to II concurred in the bill.
Only two hours of debate marked
the consideration of the Harper bill
relating to the vacation of streets
Under the provision of this bill the
vacation is based on the frontage
rather than the number of property
owners The bill in it's amended form
does not apply to cities of the first
and fourth classes.
Speaker Ingram resumed his fight
against what he terms a telephone
monopoly, when the Ballard bill, re-
lating to physical connection between
telephone systems came up. Speaker
Ingram spoke for a straight physical
connection bill and tried to have the
bill amended to strike out the non
duplication feature which applies to
cities and villages. He charged that
the Bell Telephone people want the
nonduplication provision, because 1t
opens the way Tor monopoly.
Assemblyman Gettle did not take
the same position as Mr.. Ingram, de-
claring that it has become a settled
fact that duplication of telephone
systems has led not to efficient but
inefficient service, at an increased
cost Mr.. Ingram's attempt to have
the multiplication feature eliminated
failed by vote Of ~ to rs, making
the title plain, and making clearer
the provision of the bill relating to
physical connection. The amendment
End Tax Case Arguments.
The inheritance tax case OF the
state of Wisconsin against the Mar
shall Field estate was argued before
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