The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-24

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collected from corporations in state
taxes win be sufficient to run the GOV
ernment.
Many Of the state boards will 5,
combined. Gov.-eleet Philip favor
the placing of all state educational in.
stitutions in charge of Single board
to the end that all monies available fol
their support may be equitably distri
buted and there be cooperation in tie
interests of education and in the sue.
cessful management - This is the
declaration made in the gymnasium
platform which was drafted at the IN,
stance and with the entire approval al
Mr.. Philip. 1t now seems prol able that
lnasmuch as the state railroad commits
sion is required to value the railroads
that the tax commission, one of whose
principal duties is to fix the valuation
of railroads, be abolished and a part Of
the power be placed upon the railroad
commission. Under this system the
ministerial duty of levying taxes and
fixing the valuation will be placed in
the hands of a board composed of the
secretary of state, treasurer and cover.
nor. Several of the boards, like state
board of agriculture, state veterinarian
department, state livestock sanitary
boards anu ether similar bodies. viii
be placed under the supervision of one
official or board, There is movement
on foot headed by the Home Rule
League that strongly supported Mr.
Philip to abolish the industrial COM
mission and place the enforcement Of
its duties as to the damages to injured
employees with the circuit courts. This
plan has been much discussed by Mr..
Philip and apparently he viii recon-
mend legislation along this line to cur
tail expenses.
Time and again Mr.. Philip has made
it plain that he believed in the aboIi-
ton of many of the present Offices
Recently he said that he believed in
constitutional government and in con
centrating the responsibility for gov
eminent in the hands of its constitu-
tional offcers.' From this it would
appear, and it is the general belief,
that the governor-elect intends that
more work shall be done and greater
powers given to the secretary of state,
the state treasurer, the attorney GEN
eral, for doing many of the things now
performed by separate boards and
commissions.
Under the present legislation there
has been but little water power develop
ment in the state during the past ten
years. Many of the political leaders
believe there will be boom in North
ern Wisconsin as soon as some Of these
rigid restrictions are removed, The
gymnasium platform demands "that
the laws governing water powers shall
he so amended as to make the develop
ment of water powers possible" Mr..
Philip is also opposed to the present
plan of demonstration. He thinks that
this is ar enterprise that the United
States government should engage in
and that the repeal of laws for refor-
estration will lessen the taxes
Wisconsin is apparently facing a new
regime. Under the new plan industries
are to be encouraged and all efforts will
be put forward to cut down taxes. The
Wisconsin Society of Equity will go be-
fore the legislature, however, with Il
definite plan of legislation. It viii
ask for the enactment of market com
mission law, similar to that in Ne
York, for laws for the standardization Of
farm products and for a state depart
ment to give aid in the forming of CO.
operative societies.
Assemblyman John b. Helm Of
Madison, will introduce q bill similar to
the law in Minnesota, for the semi
annual payment of taxes. This meas
ure went through both houses of the
legislature two years ago, but was
vetoed by Gov. McGovern. The bills
for the regulo ton Of the morals of the
state will be presented by Assembly
man A. e. Frederick of Kendall, better
known as the "fghting parson" and
by Assemblyman Carl Mincl1ley of
Milwaukee. The most important piece
of legislation along this line to be urg-
ed will be the enactment of the Mann
act, so as to apply to cities, villages
and towns within Wisconsin.