River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-05-01
ASSEMBLY KILLS
LIQUOR BILLS
Mile "Dry" Zone and County 0p-
ton Is Defeated.
EAU CLAIRE SCHOOL HALTED
Measure Appropriating $225,ooo Fol-
New Normal Building Is Refused
Immediate Passage and Must
Take Regular Course.

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propriating $4,000 year for
three years, to build normal
school at Eau Claire was or
dered engrossed by the senate, but
when Senator Ackley sought i'm
mediate passage under suspension of
the rules such action was denied and
the bill must take it's regular course.
Senator Ackley made speech in
support of the bill, as did Senator Lin
ley, and there was no appearance of
opposition to it's engrossment, but
when Senator Skogmo moved that
further action on the bill be postponed
two weeks there was some indication
that there may be some opposition
when it comes up for final passage.
The vote on the Skogmo motion was
/ 5 to Is and it was lost.
Minimum License Fee Postponed.
BY vote of 10 to 8, the senate in
definitely postponed the Teasdale bill
fixing $500 as a minimum liquor IL
cense fee in the safe of Wisconsin.
The criminal bill provided for fee of
$500, but this was opposed on the
ground it would practically eliminate
saloons in small villages. Senator
Teasdale then cut the license fee down
to $500, but the bill was killed.
While the senate was busy discuss
ing bill the assembly also had two
liquor measures under consideration
The Meland bill for a one-mile dry"
zone around the University of Wiscon-
sin was defeated by a vote of 81 to 20,
after a sharp debate. Assemblymen
Allison and Frederick spoke in favor
of the bill. Allison claimed that the
Madison authorities did not obey the
state law, requiring the closing of
saloons on Sundays. Frederick read
list of states where dry zones
around the schools and universities
have been established. Assemblymen
.Judson Hall and Don c.. Hall opposed
the bill as an infringement upon the
rights of local self-government. AS
semblyman Hansen of Manitowoc said
that university professors maintained
a 'grog shop" in the fashionable Uni
versity club and that there was no use
of extending the zone as long as the
university authorities, many of whom
asked for the bill, had a shell game"
of their own within the prescribed ter
ritory.
The County Option Killed.
The Frederick county option bill
was killed by vote of 81 to 10. A
similar measure fathered by Senator
Teasdale had already been killed in
the senate. With the exception of two
or three minor measure and the
brewery divorce" bill, which comes
up for consideration next Wednesday,
all the liquor legislation on the assem-
bly, side has been disposed of.
Two hours of the assembly were
dissipated in dilatory tactics and par
liamentary procedure over cCnsidera-
ton of the Roesler bill to repeal the So
called Mary Ann" law in the state.
This law permits a first and second
choice vote to be cast at primary cleo
tions, thus assuring a majority nomi-
nation. The principle was advocated
by Senator La Toilette for eight years
and enacted into law two years ago.
Assembly Roessler denounced the law
as a failure. Both Democrats and So
cialists Wed with each other in denun-
citation of the workings of the law. AT
first the motion to indefinitely post
pone the bill was refused. The as
sembly then refused to adjourn AS
semblyman Mahon then asked for a
call of the house, which, after some
delay was lifted by vote of 81 to
40 Mahon moved that the bill be laid
on the table. This was carried Roess-
Ter then asked whether the vote by
which the bill was laid on the table
carried with it his motion to engross
the measure. The chair ruled it did.
Roessler appealed from the decision of
the chair, but the speaker was sus-
tanned in his ruling by vote of SO
to 80. Assemblyman Roessler then al
lowed the bill to lie on the table, but
will make another move to take it of
with in the next two or three days.