Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-05
STATE SOLONs MAY
GET $1,000 A TENN
Resolution Increasing Salary Of
Lawmakers Passes House.
PEOPLE MUST VOTE ON IT
Bold Plan for Coloaizina Northern
Wisconsin is soszltted to Assem-
bly, in Form of Pzmphlet-sill
10 FolloN Later.

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10 FoIlo'@ Later.
Madison. yut dissenting: vote
the assembly passed the joint resolu-
ton. 20 be submitted to the people in
/ 1914. increasing the salary OF mem
beers OF the legislature from $500 to
81 200 q term. The same resolution
passed ti,a legislature two years ago
The house also passed the resolu-
/ ton to amend the constitution, per
hitting a reduction in the number OF
! circuit Judges of the state. The consti-
tuition permits an increase of circuits,
| but no decrease.
| DISCRIMINATION Adopted.
Speaker Hull,s bill, which he has
fathered in three previous sessions OF
I the legislature, known as the anti-dis-
elimination measure. has passed the
J assembly with only the opposition OF
| the Social Democrats The bill will
prevent a dealer underselling in one
/ community and raising the price in
another in order - drive out compe-
tition at the place where it offers the
same article at a lower price. SIM
| liar law is now in operation in South
! Dakota. and the United States Su-
preme court recently sustained SIM
1 liar act in the state of Nebraska The
/ Chinook bill, prohibiting marriage of
persons of a closer kinship than sec
ond cousins, has been sent TO engross-
ment. All of the Hood bills to abol-
/ ish the state industrial commission
the state forestry board and other de
partments OF government have been
slaughtered.
Many Bills Are Killed.
The Teasdale bill. prohibiting the
collection OF ten cents excess fare Oh
persons neglecting to purchase tick
ct before boarding a train, vas killed
in the senate, and two similar bills
one by Jennings and the other by
! Giudice. have been killed in the house.
The Sharp bill to permit county treas
urers to serve more than two consecu-
tive terms was slaughtered in the
house on roll call, and the Minkley
bill. permitting a city to inaugurate
system of free textbooks, was sent
back to the committee on education
for further hearing.
coIonizing Plan Up.
The colonization scheme fer the set
Element of northern Wisconsin was
presented TO the Legislature IN
the form of pamphlet prepared by
Albert A. Williams. who has been ma
king study of the subject for years.
The. Williams pamphlet goes into the
plan in detail, submitting the rules
and articles of incorporation to be
used for such plan. He believes that
this is the only way the country can
be rapidly developed, and that 1t viii
develop community spirit and a fam
uy friendliness and love. In nearly
| oil of the northern counties there are
thousands of acres idle in nearly every
township.
THE aim is to so interest our young
people in the success and standing of
their own families, through the inter
est CT comparative farm accounting
and graphic representation of family
achievement, that we shall put agrl-
i culture upon the plane of sport and
give TO our awards some of the aura
of the pennant," declares Mr.. Viii
Nams. THE seat of the cooperative
spirit will be the regular weekly meet
ines. where the people will come to-
rether for the purpose of investing
and administering their common FUNDS
and transacting their common busl-
ness. To this serious purpose Will be
added social and educational features
which will give mental stimulus and
20 far toward relieving the monotony
of rural life. The colony, as planned,
will be cooperative only in so far as
concerns the fund CT Gated out OF the
profits from me sale of the land
Each man will own his land in fee, de
yelop it as he sees fit, rent mortgage
or sell it-except that If he so elects
ne NAV subscribe to the constitution
of the eoloniets' organization and
thereby be enabled to participate In
It's cooperative benefits.
Scheme a Bold One.
The Williams plan is a good one 1t
is entirely new in this state. The state
hoard of public affairs has been inves-
tigating the subject. The plan has
been embodied In the form of a bill
which will come up for hearing before
the. committee on finance within few
days The state is to loan money to
the colony to carry out its plan.
No stronger habituai criminal act
has ever been introduced in any leg
Islation than the one presented in the
senate by Senator ". r. Stevens OF
/ Rhinelander.
Luther Club Feast.
The Luther club Of southern Wis
consin held its annual banquet at