The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-27
GOV. Phillip STOPS
PRISON TW|NE SALE
STEP TAKEN AFTER PROBE BY
EXPERTS SHOWS MANY UN-
COLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS.
SUFFRAGE BILL VOTED DOWN
Assembly Defeats Measure Similar to
One Passed by Legislature of
1918 and Vetoed by
Gov. McGovern.
Madison, April %, 1915.

The sale of binder Irvine by the Wis
consin state prison has been stopped
by Gov. E. l.. Philip following an in
vestigation of the affairs of the plant
by experts commanded by the COVER
nor. Also, the installation Of $4,000
worth Of secondhand machinery and
the payments upon the purchase price
have been held up as a further step
toward protecting the state against a
possible financial loss. 1t is claimed
this machinery is obsolete and in bad
condition.
The action by the governor was TAX
en- at the conclusion of the hearing be-
fore the legislative investigating COM
mittee in the governors office, which
was attended by members of the board
of control and several members Of the
legislature.
At this hearing the reports Of in
vestigators employed by the governor,
were submitted showing upwards of
10000 on the books of the Irvine plant
of which about so per cent is consider
ed uncolIectible. The governors posi-
ton is that no more Irvine should be
Sold until a credit system is estab-
lished which will protect the state.
Assembly Kills Suffrage Bill.
The assembly killed. 40 to Al, the
woman suffrage bill, after two hours
of lively debate The bill directed sub
mission of the question of equal suf-
frage for women to vote of the peo-
pie in 1916. In effect it was similar
to the bill defeated at the polls four
years ago, and to the one passed by
the legislature in 1918 and vetoed by
Gov McGovern.
Education Board Repeal Loses.
The senate committee on educa-
ton and public welfare voted to 3
for indefinite postponement of the
Burke bill for the repeal of the law
creating county boards of education,
passed by the 1913 legislature. The
Burke bill, which was one of the
leading administration measures,
raised a storm of protest from educa-
tional circles when up for hearing
in February.
c. q. Patzer of Milwaukee normal
school led the opposition at the nu-
merous hearings. AS a result on Feb.
Is an investigation was threatened,
into the right of the normal regents
to use a person hired as teacher to
lobby for or against bills.
The vote of the committee on the
Burke repeal bill was Senators Ed
ward Ackley, r. w. Monk, A. r.
Potts and d. v Jennings for indie
finite postponement and Senators NJ.
w. Perry, w. w. Albers and George
Staudenmayer for the passage of the
repeal
1t is said that the report of the
committee vote will not be made to
the legislature as an effort will be
made to secure a reconsideration and
change in the vote. A hot fight on
the floor of the senate is certain.
lndorse New Fair Board Plan.
The committee on agriculture of the
assembly has voted to recommend for
passage the administration bill Great
ing a new board of agriculture. The
committee was unanimous, in it's sup
port Of the bill. Only slight changes
were made in the original measure
drafted by the legislative investigating
committee. The suggestion that the
board ought to include an advisory
board to be made up of a member from
each congressional district to confer
on the state fair, was not incorporated
In the measure by the house commit
tee
Would Bar Foreigners.
Assemblyman Killa of Milwaukee
secured introduction of bill in the
lower house of the legislature provid-
ing that no person shall be granted a
license to conduct or engage in any
business, trade, occupation or profes-
sion for which, under the laws of the