River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
WILL TEST THE
CIVIL SERVICE ACT
Action win Be Started at Madi-
son Next Week.
PERRY MEASURE is DEFEATED
Assembly Defeats Attempt to Enact
a Statute to Prohibit the Use
of Obscene or Profane
Language.


Language.
Madison.-Next week will witness
the beginning of the action which is
to determine the validity of the civil
service law, which has been brought
into question by Attorney General
Bancroft and Secretary of State
Frear, the latter refusing to pay the
salaries of the commission on the ad-
vice of the attorney general. Secre-
tary F. e. Doty of the civil service
commission announced that the COM
mission has accepted the tender of
the services of two Milwaukee attor-
neys, Gen. F. G. Winkler and Glen
way Maxon, made by the Civil Serv-
ice Reform league.
Application will be made at the
earliest possible opportunity to the
supreme court for an alternative writ
of mandamus to compel the audit OF
the commissioners salaries for April
by the secretary of state. AS the
court will not meet until next week,
it is possible that the writ may be Sc
cured from Chief Justice Winslow be-
fore that time.
Troop A, First regiment, Wisconsin
National Guard, the pride Of Milwau-
kee lovers of the military and the
envy Of all the hiking infantry of the
State Guard, was touched upon not
too gently in the assembly. In the
end the Smith bill appropriating
$500 for the care Of the troops
horses and their feed was sent back
to the committee on military affairs.
This committee is expected to hold a
Joint hearing with the finance COM
mittee and to draw up bill that Will
be satisfactory. The matter came up
on a reconsideration of the vote by
which the Troop A bill was killed last
week. The bill appropriating $4,000
to the First battery, also of Milwau-
kee, came up also and it was given
another death blow. The artillery
men will get no additional aid; the
troop stands a good cAance of pass
ing its bill.
There was an astonishing lack OF
information shown on the floor when
the military bills came up. One mem
Der informed the house that the troop
had rs members. In reality it has 60,
the maximum number permitted I'M
der the United States war department
standards. The battery has rs mem
bers. The confusion and lack of in
formation contributed in large meas
ure to the final vote to re-refer the
Troop A bill. When it comes out of
the committee a second time it is be-
lieved that the members of the COM
mittee will be familiar enough with
its provisions to be able to speak in
diligently upon the measure.
To the great surprise Of every one,
the Perry bill to enact a statute
against disorderly conduct was defeat
ed The bill has been the subject for
some light levity on the part of the
Social Democrats, Mr.. Brockhausen
having put in an amendment prohibit
ing one from speaking above a whis-
per to ones mother-in-law. After the
Brockhausen amendment had been de-
feated the assembly killed the orig
inal bill by vote of Al to 80. The
Perry bill fixed a $25 fine for the use
of obscene, vulgar, profane or indie
cent language" the fine extending to
those who join in "any rout or riot
or unlawful assembly" The debate
on the measure brought out the maid
en- speech of Newcomb Spoor of
a1y Of fhn fri-
archs of the assembly and the only
member who has refused to write his
own biographical sketch for the
blue book.
There were only six votes against
woman's suffrage when the James
bill came up. Eighteen votes for the
bill sent 1t ahead to engrossment. The
action on the James bill indicates that
the senate will give the measure final
passage by large majority. Then 1t
will go to the house, where the real
fight will take place, even though the
advocates of votes for women claim
that they have SO favorable members
in the assembly.
Without discussion Senator Mar
tins bill providing for separate bal
lots for delegates to national party
conventions was advanced The SEN
ate unanimously confirmed the ap-
pointment of DR.. p H. Lindley of
Chippewa Falls as member of the
state board of control.
One of the important events in the
senate was the presentation by the
judiciary committee of new bill re-
lating to the matter Of state printing.
It provides for an entirely new plan
of publishing the session laws and
statutes. If the bill is passed there