Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-06-10
LEGISLATURE.

drawn a warrant for the payment Of
the salary of Insurance Commissioners
Ekern for the five months since the
payment was stopped because Of abe
questions involved in the proceedings
for removal. The finding of the
supreme court has established Mr..
Ekerns title to the Office The
amount of the warrant is s2.OS4
The hostile attitude of the senate
to Gov. McGovern was openly en-
phasized Wednesday when it adonted
a resolution introduced by Senator
Scott answering Gov. McGoyern's
message which denied any need of a
recess and special session, and the
resolution was adopted % to s.
The assembly also killed resolu-
tion for a recess until January, by a
vote of 81 to 26 and adopted a resolu-
tion for final adjournment on June
Is, while the senate in its message
replying to the governor insists on a
special session next January, in order
to give more careful consideration to
the three subjects of waterpowers,
mothers pensions and direct market
ing.
The senate in it's resolution reply
ing to the governor says tt at all of
the l, $50 bills introduced will be dis
posed of in a few days, except those
relating to water powers, direct
marketing and mothers pensions, to
which it has not been possible to give
adequate consideration; that precipi-
fancy has no part in constructive
progressiveism; that "the senate can
not lose sight of the fact that the
governor, without experience as a
legislator, advises members grown
gray in legislative service, members
who have served in the legislature
and taken active part in the working
out and enactment of all of the great
progressive statutes that have been
written in this state in the last
decade or more, upon matters purely
of legislative procedure; that he even
seeks to force the legislature to vote
upon an insutficiently considered
measure, advanced by himself, with
out making the investigation that
the history of the progressive move
ment in this state teaches those old
in legislative service is essential. A
hasty and defective enactment is al
most certain to be much worse than
no enactment at all. The senate re-
grets that the governor sometimes
acts hastily in his official capacity,
and the senate realizes the more than
ordinary necessity for the legislature
to make it's own investigations and
legislate only upon facts thus brought
within its own knowledge"
Three important educational bills
were passed int the senate appropriate
ing Sl45, 900 annually for the advance
ment of high and rural schools.
A bill by Senator Hoyt providing
for the sterilization of criminal, in
sane, feeble minded and epieptic per-
sons legally confined in the state in
situations under certain conditions,
was introduced in the senate.
Attorney General Owen on Friday
ruled that deputy game wardens are
not entitled to compensation under
the workmen's compensation act for
injuries received while in the employ
of the state, because they are officials
| under the definition of that term in
the law. The attorney general also
ruled, in response to an inquiry from
the district attorney of Sheboygan
county, that persons who hang pieces
of cardboard on automobiles bearing
their license numbers in place of the
regular tag issued by the state, are
violating the state law and that it is
the duty of the district attorneys to
prosecute them.
The discussion of the reports of the
legislative committee appointed to
select location for the state fair will
be taken up on Wednesday.
The Stemper bill, increasing the
powers of public land commissioners,
with an amendment permitting the
county board to fix the amount that
can be expended by the commission
ers, was sent to engrossment by the
assembly.
The O'Connor farm mortgage bank
bill was advanced to engrossment in
the assembly. This measure provides
for system of land mortgage banks
to loan money TO new settlers and
assist in agricultural developments.
The senate committee on state af-
fairs recommended for concurrence
the Hansen bill, providing for the
licensing of private detective agencies
by the state, and the Hedding bill,
prohibiting the placing of cases, boxes
or barrels of empty BOTTLES on the
sidewalks. The bill provides a penal
ty of a fine of from 81 to $780, or inn
prisonment in the county jail for
period of from ninety days to one
year.
The senate committee on judiciary
recommended for concurrence the
McComb BILL d1squalifying judge
from sitting in cases where his son
or relative appears as attorney for
either side.
The senate committee on state af-
fairs recommended for concurrence a
bill providing bounty on eelpouts,
fish which preys on other fish in the
great lakes.
The senate committee on education
and public welfare recommended for