River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-07-24
EXCISE MEASURE
LOSES IN SENATE
Vote on the Bill Is Fifteen to
Eleven.
PLAN OF ASSEMBLY DEFEATED
Body Asked That Document Be Re-
turned for Purpose of Adding
Amendment Which Would
LeoaIlze 1000 Saloons.

Madison. Wis.-The senate has d.
rected a death blow to the Walsh
excise bill, which the assembly asked
to have recalled for the purpose or
attaching an amendment which would
legalize all saloons operating contrary
to the provisions Of the Baker law.
There are about 1 900 such saloons in
the state, over 500 Of which are To-
Gated in the city of Milwaukee. The
senate refused to return the bill by
q vote Of Is to II. Following speech
of Senator Bosshard, the vote was
taken and later reconsideration was
refused. This finally disposes Of the
bill for the session so far as the SEN
ate is concerned.
1.-THE assembly wants the return OF
this bill so that it may lay violent
hands upon it and mutilate its pres
ent purpose" declared Senator Boss
hard. Assemblyman Walsh announced
Immediately after the vote that ne
would introduce new bill in the as
sembly early next week to legalize
the licenses.
n LUlILGGu uOhl dA01dooAC1A 49,
the water power bill ended in the
passage Of the measure introduced
by the committee on conservation.
The bill provides that all franchises
for waterpoWers hereafter shall be
granted to public utility companies.
1t further OXIDES that the term OF
franchises shall be limited to thirty
years and that the railroad commits
sion shall regulate the rates of serv-
ice and that the state may take the
property over at any time upon just
compensation to be fixed by the COM
mission. Senators Husting, Tomkins,
Bosshard and Linley favored the COM
mittee bill in lo1g, explanatory adj
dresses. The measure was opposed
by Senators Ashley and Kileen, who
claimed that there would be no de-
velopment under such drastic meas
ure. Three other waterpower bills
were pending when the vote on the
conservation bill was taken. The real
est came on its engrossment, which
resulted 21 to 10 in it's favor. Later,
the vote on passage was 25 to 6.
The senate refused to reconsider
the vote by which the bill was passed
last week giving the mayor of Mil
waukee power to appoint a board of
tax review Of five members. The vote
was 25 to 8. The bill now goes to
the governor.
Governor McGovern has signed the
Hedding boxing bill, creating com
mission to supervise boxing bouts.
Further consideration of the normal
and university appropriation bills was
deferred by the senate until next Tues
day. The Giudice bill giving the
banking commissioner power to issue
a certificate of public convenience and
necessity for new banking institutions
in communities where banks already
exist was passed Engrossment was
ordered for special insurance COM
mittee bill providing for the publica-
ton Of agreements to reduce expenses
and losses in fire insurance business.
The senate killed
misunderstanding all taxes col
lected from corporations to be placed
in the state highway fund.
misunderstanding for board of
COHLTOI
lions. Reconsideration was refused,
20 to 4.
The senate passed the Whiteside
bill for an investigation of the state
forest reserve and prohibiting addi-
tional purchases OF land until after
July 1, 1915.
Another lost plank episode has
sprung up to claim the attention of
the legislature. Last week the as
sembly killed a bill which would de-
wise a legal way for the Bull Moose
party to get on the primary and cleo
ton ballot. Governor McGovern sent
a message to the legislature calling
attention to the fact that this was a
party pledge. re paints out, however,
that for some reason this pledge was
omitted from the copy of the party
platform filed in the office of the sec
rotary of state. The governor asked
that the Axel Johnson bill, to aid the
Bull Moose party to get on the ticket,
be revived and passed. The governor
commented at length on the omission
of the plank from the platform and
says he cannot explain how the plank
could have been distracted from the
copy on file with the secretary of
state.
Beyond question it was one OF the
election pledges" says the governor.
upon which the party now in power
was elected; and nothing remains for
us to do but to redeem it,