Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
LIST Of BILLS
COVER WIDE RANGE
l,500 Measures Have Been In
troduCed in Legislature.
MORE ARE COMING DAILY
Nearly Everything Has Been Touched
Neutrality-suspicious. In the Lead
Schools the Second, Run
ming over 100.

Madison.-Nearly 1,500 bills have
been introduced In the legislature, and
more are coming nearly every day.
There were about 1000 bills intro
duced in the last session, and it is
probable that this number will be ex-
ceeded long before the present session
is over. In the assembly over 1000
bills have been introduced, which is
more than was introduced in this
house during the entire session of
1909. The senate has not had so many
bills as two years ago. but the number
will come near that of the session of
1909 before the close of the session.
The members or the assembly, even
taking into consideration the larger
membership of the lower house, seem
more prolific with measures which
they wish enacted into legislation
than the senators. The list covers a
wide range, and to an onlooker 1t
seems as if everything had been
touched upon except the ten command
ments, and there is plenty of time
yet to amend them. The high number
on the list is bills dealing with appro-
priations There have been lat bills
bearing appropriations introduced in
both houses up to the present time. OF
these so came in to the assembly and
81 to the senate. Next to appropria-
lions, schools and matters connected
with them are the favorite, running
up to well over 100. Fish and game
have nearly ninety bills to their cred
it, while bills relating to courts and
procedure number nearly the same.
One of the noticeable features is the
great number of labor bills which have
been introduced, no less than sixty
such bills being on the records of the
two houses. Most of these came from
the assembly side, where the Social
Democrats are strong. The subject of
taxation, which legislatures have al
ways with them, is represented by
over seventy bills relating to that sub
ject. Insurance is also a fruitful field.
and fifty bills have been introduced up
TO the present relating to the regula-
ton of insurance companies or agents.
Banks this session have come off easy,
as but thirty bills have been intro
duced dealing with this subject But
among them are two bills of great i'm
portance, the bill providing for the
guarantee of bank deposits and the
segregation Of the saving deposits.
Cities and municipalities are as
usual well to the fore with bills rela-
ting to them. Over 100 bills of this
kind have been introduced. The range
of subjects In the bills already intro
duced includes everything from advice
to congress which comes in the shape
of nearly thirty bills, to constitutional
amendment, which have thirty designs
for changes in that ancient institution
to ferret bills, game and taxes. Legis-
lative log rolling" and guessing con.
tests in the newspapers are among the
subjects treated.
Perhaps the most noticeable fea-
ture of the measures introduced is
the great number of bills relating to
the uplift of humanity. They indicate
that the responsibility of the state for
the welfare of its inhabitants has ta-
ken a firm hold on the people. At the
head of this class of legislation stands
the bill for workmens compensation,
one of the big measures Of the session.
From this downward the bills range,
but all having for their purpose the
Improvement of the conditions of
working people throughout the state.
With this mass of legislation it is
impossible to tell when the legislature
will adjourn. Optimistic legislators
assert that the adjournment will come
early in May, others claim it Will be
well along in June before the legisla-
tors shake the dust of Madison from
their feet. The committees have been
working hard, and old habitues of the
capitol admit that work has been
pushed better this session than ever
before For all that. with so many
bills. an early adjournment is not q
safe wager at the present time.
The senate killed the Gaylord bill
authorizing the common council Of the
city of Milwaukee to employ tax fer
rets and the companion bills provid-
ing for the payment of such ferrets
and the distribution of omitted taxes
The senate also killed the Husting
bill. No 1925 relating to daily news
papers in Milwaukee and other cities.
The Bodenstab bill No. 379S, requir-
ing fees for publication of legal no
tees to be paid to the probate court.
was laid over
The Kleczka bill. No. 210S. relating
to the publication of legal notices, was
ordered engrossed and read a third
time. The Donald bill prohibiting