The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-23
If Action of Joint Finance Com
mittee Is Approved.
MILL TAX WILL Be INCREASED
partisan Elections BiII-Bank
Guaranty Measure Killed
in the Senate.

great pFlQS Oh CU0. SIdL0, is TO DC
treated handsomely, if the action Of
the joint committee on finance is ap-
proved by the two houses and Cover
nor McGovern. With the exception of
the proposed dormitories and $87 800
instead of 100000 for the extension
department the joint committee is
willing to give the university all it
asked for
1t is proposed to boost the univer-
sity mill tax from two-sevenths to
three-eighths, which will raise $1,087-
600 in a year The university regents
will be permitted to use 100000 in
the building fund for 1912; for 1918,
| $500 900 is appropriated for building
operations, with the same amount
for 1914. An appropriation of
| $150,000 is proposed Tor a wo-
mans dormitory The normal schools
will get all they asked for-$150,000
each year for three years for building,
and one-sixth of mill tax, which
will net $473,0OO.
Speaker Ingram is leading the way
! the work of a legislature as it relates
F; to business conditions. During dis
/ cussion of the Yockey bill for so cent
! gas in Milwaukee the chief argument
made against the bill was that if Mil
Waukee wanted cheaper gas it ought
| to take its case up with the railroad
| commission and not ask the 1egisla-
! ture to disturb business conditions by
| legislating a lower rate. Speaker In
| gram flared up and said that the old
! argument to keep hands off business
was obsolete. He said that the legis-
! lature all through the session has been
/ regulating business and not permit
| ting business to regulate the legisla-
ture. He said as a result Of the new
theory great benefit has come to the
/ general public. The attempt to recon
slider the vote by which the Yockey
bill was ordered engrossed failed,
largely because of the friendship of
/ the speaker for the bill.
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| The Bodenstab bill providing for
non-partisan elections in cities Of the
! first, second and third class was killed
in the assembly, where the Socialists
| played some pretty politics to defeat
the measure. Originally the bill ap-
| piled only to Milwaukee, and the i'm
preston prevailed that it's operation
in that city would work to the politi-
/ cal disadvantage of the social Demo-
| Gratis, who at present are in control of
| the city administration The social
! Democrats cOntended that if nOn-par-
| tisan elections were good thing for
Milwaukee then they were a good
thing for cities of the second and
! third class. An amendment to that
| effect was adopted and this amend
ment resulted in the ultimate death
! of the measure. The debate on the
| bill brought out a hot clash between
assemblyman Stern of Milwaukee,
! Republican, and Vint of Milwaukee,
Social Democrat Mr. Stern declared
the socialists did not oppose the bill
on principle but because they feared
| it would hurt their party politically.
Mr.. Vint said that any party which
took men out of their shops to send
then to the legislature MAS a party
of great principle.
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The opposition furnished by the
| bankers of the state to the Owen bill
for the guaranty of bank deposits was
too great to overcome and the bill
failed to pass the senate The final
vote on the measure was Is to 49, It
required two-thirds vote TO pass the
bill.
! The senate lineup as follows on
the bill, considered one of the biggest
measures before the legislature:
Ayes Blaine, Bastard, Grown, Don
aid, Gaylord, Husting, Klezcka, Kom-
cry, Martin, Owen, Sanborn, Teasdale,
Zophy-13.
Alberg, Bishop, Bodenstab,
Burke, Hoyt, James, Lyons, Perry,
Shower, Thomas, True, Weigle, White
heads.
Paired-Senator White for and Sen
ator Wright against; Senator Linely
for and Senator Scott against.
Senator Owen declared the purpose
of the bill was to protect the deposit
tors. He said there was opposition
because the measure created an al
legged hardship. Senator Owen de-
clared that if the banks have as good
luck in the future as in the past the
| banks would never have to pay out
dollar from the insurance fund
Senator Scott asked Senator Owen if
any depositor had asked for the law
Senator Owen did not know of any
Senator Husting said the bankers were
inconsistent in giving security for
postal deposits, but not to ether de-
positors.
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The meeting in Madison to organize
the Wisconsin branch of the Progress
sive Republican league launched in
the east several months ago was
| complete success. 1t could not have
been otherwise, for at the banquet
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