River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-12
FATORS HEDDING
BOXING MEASURE
Senate Judiciary Committee Rec
ommends Its Passage.
ONE NEGATIVE VOTE CAST
Legislators Get Appeal From Senator
La Toilette to Pass Bill Permit
ting Another Vote on Wo-
man Suffrage.

Madison-The Hedding bill legaliz-
ing no decision ten-round boxing con-
tents In Wisconsin has been recon-
mended for passage by the commit
tee on judiciary of the senate, with
but one vote cast against it III the
committee. There will be big fight
on the floor of the senate.
La Toilette for Suffrage.
Senator La Toilette asked the legis-
lature to pass the bill permitting the
people to vote on the subject of wo-
man suffrage in 1914 over Governor
McGoyerns veto. In signed editor
ial sent to every member the senator
says that The reasoning of the gov
ernOr is trivial" The governor rec
ommcnds that the state permit two
years to eiapse after 1914 before yot-
ing on this subject, in view of the
fact that the proposition has just
been defeated
The assembly passed the Hurlbut
bill granting special aid of $4,000 to
high schools for the maintaining Of
courses in domestic science, manual
training and courses along CONNER
cial lines. 1t killed the Hurlbut bill
prohibiting q bank from collecting a
large commission for the loaning Of
it's own money. Senator True's bill
turning over to the state forestry
board the management Of the exist
ing state parks, but permitting a park
board to be selected for the purpose
Of securing new parks, was concurred
in.
Judges TO Get Increase.
There vas a long debate in the as
sembly over the Kileen bill proposing
to increase the salary of circui
judges to $4,000 An amendment by
Assemblyman Hedding was adopted
providing that in Milwaukee county
the salary of the judges shall be the
same as elsewhere in the state. AT
ter a long debate Assemblyman
SCHNEIDER of Green county succeeded
in having an amendment adopted fix
ing the salary of circuit judges at
$500. This is an increase in salary
OF $500. On motion of Assemblyman
Rosa an amendment was incorporated
providing that no judge RAY be
elected 10 any other office during the
term of his judicial office.
The assembly passed the Scott bill
fixing TIE salary OF state officers anu
heads Of departments, and giving the
different departmental heads the pow
er to fix salaries of those in their en-
ploy I he Linley bill providing for
declaring buildings used for immoral
purposes 'nuisanc1Gs" and providing
for their abatement was concurred
in
Would Pay Ekern's Lawyers.
Senator Scott introduced bill in
the sen9 te to merge the offices of fire
marshal and supervisor Of inspectors
of Illuminating oils with that of the
industrial commission. He also intro
duced bill appropriating $4,000 to
pay the attorneys who defended In
surance Commissioner Herman l..
Ekern III the famous McGovern- Ekern
controversy The Gulickson joint
resolution memorializing congress to
amend the federal banking law to
assess end tax the income of national
banking associations in the same
manner and at the same rate as the
income of domestic corporations, was
given final passage.
To Amend Workers Law.
The senate committee on corpora
tions has recommended for passage
the Biz CHAM bill radically amending
the pre- sent workmens compensation
law