River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-19
JUDGES WILL GET
!. INCREASE IN PAY
Circuit Jurists' Salaries to Be
Raised $500 Per Year.
PLAN LOANS TO FARMERS
Assembly Passes Bill Permitting the
Formation of Cooperative Credit
Societies for Lending Of
Money.

Madison-The senate concurred In
the assembly amendment to the So
called judges bill, increasing the sal
airy of circuit judges from $4,000 TO
$1,000 annually Hardly had this vote
been announced when the senate
pushed through under suspension or
the rules. another measure permitting
the Milwaukee county board to pay
81 900 additional annually to circuit
Judges in Milwaukee county. When
the bill reached the house it was
placed on next Wednesdays calendar.
After a long discussion the assembly
concurred in the senate amendment to
the finance committee bill giving TO
the heads Of the different state depart
ments the power to fix the salaries of
their employees A senate amendment
was incorporated which insures the
tenure and salary of the present en-
ployes under the civil service.
VIII Aid the Farmers.
TIE assembly passed the Don G.
Hall bill permitting the formation of
cooperative credit societies for the
loaning of money. This bill is devel-
opment Of the plan now in operation
Ia New Zealand, Italy and Germany,
whereby farmers in different commu-
mites re permitted to form cooper
ative organization to bond their farms
for the purpose Of promoting agricul-
ture. The state Of Louisiana and
Massachusetts have adopted laws sim
liar 10 that passed by the assembly.
The senate committee on state af-
fairs has recommended for indefinite
postponement two bills providing
methods of voting by mail. One of the
bills was introduced by Senator Perry
and the other Assemblyman Sommer-
reId's had already passed the house.
The assembly advanced the Axel
Johnson bill which designates the
methods by which new parties can be
nut on the primary election ballot. At
the last election the Bull Moose" par
ty was compelled to run under the des-
Ignation Of Independent" This bill
permits a new party to carry its party
designation at the top Of the column
upon the filing Of a sufficient number
Of petitions.
Teacher Bills Up.
The senate committee on education
and public welfare has recommended
that the Teasdale bill repeating the
teachers retirement fund laws be
killed, and that the Albers bill provid-
ing that teachers who have retired
from employment in Wisconsin
schools and accepted employment in
the schools of other states shall not
be eligible to hold an annuity while so
employed, be passed. The committee
recommended the Nordman bill for
the regulation Of the practice of OPTIC
metry be non-concurred in.
Under suspension of the rules the
assembly passed the BATHS bill for a
reservoir on the Wolf river.
The compromised medical measure,
which was to take the place of bill
killed in the assembly, 1t appears is
not as satisfactory to the members of
the senate as the original bill. The
bill is opposed by the Christian Scient-
lists, who claim that it is a direct
thrust at their religion.
Bond Bill Amended.
The assembly concurred in a senate
amendment to the Holmes stock and
bond bill, which permits the railroad
commission to authorize the issuance
of stock by public utility companies to
the amount of the actual physical val
uation of the property.
Assemblyman linn won his fight
against the bill, which would permit
towns, villages and cities to appropri-
ate money for the building of interur
ban railroads. While seldom used,
this power is now enjoyed by locali
ties in the voting OF aid to steam rail-
roads. A substitute was offered by
Assemblyman linn which would prac-
tically repeal the old law. The substi-
tute was adopted. and then on motion
of Assemblyman Roessler the bill was
Indefinitely postponed. Assemblyman
linn recounted the disastrous expert
ences of localities of Wisconsin in
voting aid to steam railroads. He
said that the city of Watertown dared
not have a meeting of it's common
council for 20 years because of litiga-
ton proposed to collect money prom
ised to a steam railroad, which IVES
never built.
The assembly passed the Hurlbut
bin prob;5iting banks from collecting
other than the regular interest fee
for the loaning of money. and the Ev-
erett bill perfecting the legal machine
cry for the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people, |
Rates Won't Be Cut Till July is.
Reductions in express rates in Wis
consin scheduled for June 10 will not |
go into effect until July Is. More than
a month of grace was granted by the |