Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-03-03
OPPOSED TO THE
kREMBS MEASURE
Laboring Interests to Fight Pas.
sage Of Bill.
TWO DAYS HEARING is HELD
Assembly Committee on judiciary
Votes to Postpone Measure That
Reduces Wage Exemption From
$50 TO $40 a Month.

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Madison.-Althoug the assembly
committee on judiciary after a two
days hearing voted to indefinitely
postpone the Krembs bill reducing
the wage exemption from $50 to $40
a month. tight to pass the measure
wiz be made on the floor of the house.
The bill has just been reported to the
house and will be placed on the calen-
dar soon. Assenblyman Krembs of
Stevens Point believes that there will
be less extravaganza il a law of this
character were enacted. The laboring
interests are opposed to the bill AS
semblyman Hart, labor leader at
Oshkosh, says he has prepared data
TO fight the passage of the bill on the
floor of the house.
Assemblyman Ballard Of Appleton is
DESTROYS of knowing who are the reg
tstered lobbyists before the legisla-
ture. He has secured the passage of
a resolution calling upon the secre-
tary of state to submit a list of the
lobbyists to the legislature that they
may be printed in the legislative rec
ords. The assembly received a report
from the joint finance committee of
the legislature favoring the passage
of law appropriating $1,000 for q
display at the Panama Pacific exposi-
ton of the educational progress of the
state.
The assembly sent to engrossment
the Johnson bill increasing the PEN
atty for trespassing upon another's
land, when forbidden. from $40 to $25.
II killed the Frederick bill for the
opening of the polls in towns an hour
earlier and the closing of them an
hour later; the Helm bill to give the
mayor of city greater power In the
removal of municipal employees; the
Frederick bin requiring all passenger
coaches to be equipped with vesti-
bules. and the Smith bill for half
holiday on election days in Milwau-
kee. This latter measure was designed
to secure a larger vote, but the state
affairs committee was of the opinion
that it would not accomplish the re-
suit desired and reported it for in
definite postpon ement. The assembly
killed the measure without debate
There was a long debate on the Tews
bill to permit shooting in open water
during the open hunting season. but
It was finally defeated
The senate is exhibiting a high de-
gree of caution in passing upon reso-
lutions relating to the war. Several
such resolutions have been offered
In the past month covering every
phase of the situation. but all have
been referred to the committee on
state affairs. When the resolution
by Senator William Bray expressing
sympathy and encouragement to
President Wilson at this trying time
of his administration" came up. Sena-
tor Bosshard asked that it be sent to
the state affairs committee also. Sena-
by vote OF 20 to the resolution was
referred over the protest of Senator
Bray.
Senator Staudenmayer has offered
resolution requesting an opinion
from the attorney general as to
whether a member of normal school
faculty on salary can be sent to Madi-
son to oppose the passage OF legis-
II ton. The resolution is directed at
Prof c. e. Patzer Of the Milwaukee
normal school, who is here at the re-
quest of the normal regents to oppose
the passage of the bill which would
repeal the county board of education
law.
United States Senator elect Paul o.
Husting is opposed to the passage of
the Ackley waterpower bill. He ap-
peared before a committee of the leg
islature to register his protest Sena-
tor Husting claims that the Ackley
bill provides for perpetual franchises.
which the state should never grant"
instead of thirty-year franchises I'M
der the present law. He told the COM
mittee that the present waterpower
law had not been given a fair trial;
that the reason there had been little
development was because OF indus
trial depression, and pointed to the
fact that even developed powers in
northern Wisconsin we're unable to
sell their product at this time