The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
WILL REPORT OLD
FAIR SITE AS BEST
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMIT.
TEE DECIDES EXHIBITION TO
REMAIN IN MILWAUKEE.
TO INVESTIGATE INSURANCE
Senate Adopts Zophy Resolution for
Probe Into Accident and Sick Pro-
tection-BIl for Recall of Judges
Killed Without Debate.

Madison.-After e tour of the state
and inspection of conditions at several
cities offering sites, the special leg
islatiye committee appointed to inves-
tigate and recommend a permanent
site for the state fair grounds will
recommend that the present grounds
at West AIlis, near Milwaukee, are the
best for the purpose that they can
find. The committee will not submit
its report for a few days. The state
fair has for twenty years been held on
the present grounds, which represent
an investment in land and improve
ments of 100000.
The senate adopted the Zophy joint
resolution. creating a special legisla-
tive committee to investigate the sub
ject of state insurance of citizens
against accident, sickness and invalid
ity, and the prevention of pauperism
and dependency. The committee is to
report to the next legislature.
Delay Retirement Bill.
Senator Howard Teasdale of Sparta,
who introduced bill to repeal the law
providing for a state teachers retire
ment fund, today introduced a joint
resolution directing the state insur-
ance commissioner to report to the
legislature as to the adequacy or in
adequacy of the retirement fund. On
motion Of friends of the pension law
the resolution was laid over a day.
Senator Teasdale asserted that if the
retirement fund did not have a larger
income it would become bankrupt
within a few years.
The senate, after a spirited debate,
laid over the state moving picture CEN
sorship bill. Senator George E. Scott
of Prairie Farm declared that many
nickel theaters in Wisconsin were
showing indecent and degrading pic
lures, and that it was high time the
state stepped in and censored the
films proposed to be shown The bill
provides that the censoring shall be
done by the state industrial commits
Sion,
IbA, assembly went on record as IA
voring the adjustment of the present
system of supervision of county
schools by superintendent, and the
establishment of county boards of ed
ucation. The bill providing for the
change, after a long debate, was or
dered to engrossment and third read
Ing.
Judges Recall Bill Killed.
The Zinn bill for a constitutional
amendment providing for the recall of
judges was killed in the assembly
without debate.
The lower house also killed the
O'Connor bill discriminating against
Christian Scientists in the practice of
1.-The science and art of healing"
Joseph E. Davies of Madison, secre-
tary Of the democratic national COM
mittee, has left for Washington to
assume the duties of commissioner of
corporations, to which office he was
recently appointed by President Will
son. 1t is understood that he will urge
the appointment of Prof Paul S.
Reinsch of the University of Wiscon-
sin as ambassador at Buenos Aires.
The confirmation of Glen P Host to
be fire marshal, was again laid on the
table by the senate without a con-
test. A caucus of progressive sena-
tors was held, participated in, how
ever, by not all of the progressives.
1t was decided that no action should
be had on the Host confirmation IN
til after the bill merging the office of
fire marshal with that of insurance
commissioner is disposed of in the as
sembly