The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-03-03

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because it is, he said, one of private
trust and confidence. Tie commission,
however, ruled against the attorney
general, who is now preparing to car
ry the cas- 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 hot be given an
opportunity to act upon it. The i'm
preston prevails that Senator LaFol-
lette is anxious to have it hold over
so that he may make political capital
out of it in his presidential campaign
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The fate of J. @. 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 McGOv-
ern preferred to conduct a quiet in
vestigation 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.
In view of the number of cases
where Wisconsin has an inheritance
tax interest in estates now being adj
ministered, Attorney General Ban
croft will ask the legislature for a
law which will enable his department
TO perfect settlements of such claims
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
$355000 into the treasury many de-
fects are found in the proceedings
which call 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
laws of this state. Kennedy was
big holder in Northern Pacific stock
and bonds, and although this com.
pany has but small mileage in Wis
consin, the states claim rested upon
the fact that it is a Wisconsin cor
poration.
The attorney general wants the leg
islature to pass 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, $27 900 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 part1cu-
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
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Senator james has been making a
canvass of The legislature upon tia
proposition hf permitting women to
vote and asserts that sufficient votes
are pleged "a the senate to permit the
bill to pass that body A canvass
also has besn made in part of the as
sembly anG Senator James says that
there is sair prospect of securing
enough pledges in that body to sil-
sure the passage of the bill In the
meantime representatives of the srf-
frage movement are canvassing tic
legislature and express the view that
the James bill stands an excellent
show of passing. For many years the
attempt to give women the voting
right has been sought through thu.
medium of a constitutional amend.
ment. Senator James contends that
this can be done by statute and APP
pears confident that the bill will pass
at this session. The senator is ur.
onnt in hic dom apdc for tho opoet