Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-21

r It of the house and the proposition
VII never get as far as the senate
The Hull bill to provide d four year
course, instead of two year course
:a The normal schools will also be
lied, according to present lndica-
items.
The Marketing Bill
Governor McGovern's marketing bill
a measure of tremendous import
ace when viewed from the angle of
the general citizenship Of the state
has received a favorable recon.
Htendation, and the measure will
T,cEably be passed. The bill provides
FIR marketing commission of three
Tombers, each one Of whom shall re-
ceiye an annual salary Of $1,000. The
til carries an annual appropriation of
<" 600. The measure has been
roughly discussed in committee
earrings, and more debate will follow
il both houses. Governor McGovern
Lizards the marketing till as the
: c:t important piece Of legislation he
suggested for enactment at this
session.
f the measure is passed his friends
u that it will help the governor in
political contest in which he may
t2, part in the future This bill
vcUId do away with the dairy and
fed department, the state board of
AL. culture and the state board of i'm
alton, and consolidate the work
,kese boards with that Of the COM
! ,ssion proposed in the bill
The senate has passed the BichIer
II relating to elections in towns and
nj ages, and this measure is now be-
re the house. The bill aims to do
cey with the old-time elections in
towns and villages and provides that
II elections held in the future the Au-
e'ralian ballot shall be used. This
<.-uld do away with the old-fashioned
tcwn hall meeting in which ballots
sre dropped into hats, it being an
t-~y matter to ''stuff the ballot box"
Minimum Wage Bill.
: he minimum wage bill has been
reported for passage by the assembly
committee on public welfare In the
substitute bill recommended by the
committee great power is vested in
the state industrial commission. This
I'D will be given authority to fix a
minimum wage upon complaint and
subsequent hearing Like the state
railroad commission, the industrial
commission has made good" in the
broadcast sense of the expression, and
the legislature feels no fear in giving
to that body additional power.
Eau Claire has finally won it's long
FCht to secure a normal school. The
Lii passed by the legislature pro-
v'des an annual appropriation Of $751;
0C0 for period of three years.
In the senate a bill has been en-.
crossed which does away with the
duplication of telephone lines in the
country districts. Independent lines
n the country seem to grow as rapid.
~ as weeds in vegetable garden, and
the bill aims to limit telephone lines
fnd provide for their establishment
only when they are necessary.
Indications are that the Bichler bill
aimed at "cheaters" will go through
both houses. This bill provides a pen
atty in the form of a term in the
states prison at Waupun for the prac-
tice of confidence games" including
the usual gambling and catch games
that are used at fairs and in places
where people gather in large numbers.
Recall of Judges Discussed.
john B. Winslow, chief Justice of
the Wisconsin supreme court, in an
address to a large gathering of uni
FcIsity students, discussed the recall
Ct judges. Judge WinsloW said that
the proposed remedy-the recall
fails as a remedy. and that it will tend
10 2ggravate rather than improve con-
Gi lens. He said that Improvement is
fCssible in all human undertakings, in
Gliding the administration of the
laws
Justice Winslow said that steps
should be taken to make lawyers and
judges experts; he believed that the
codes of procedure should be changed
AID simplified; and that those things
v hich tend for delay and make of the