Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-06-05
0onnely Offers Amendment to
Bill in Assembly.
PERILS PARTY DESIGNATIONS
Measure Opposed by Socialists-House
Committee Recommends for Pas
sage Bill to Exempt Lands
From Taxation.

HSut 10 d OIL OUereQ IN the as
sembly by Assemblyman Donnelly
That the measure is being seriously
considered was indicated by the fact
that Assemblyman F. w. Kubasta, one
of the floor leaders, aswed that the
bill be laid over for further consider
alton. The original bill sought to ap-
ply the nOnpartisan principle to the
county Offices of Milwaukee county.
Under the terms of this bill, as now
amended, the two person receiving
the highest number of votes at any
primary shall be the nominees at the
election. Party designations would be
wiped out under this system.
In the debate on the subject, Assem-
blyman Donnelly said that nonpartisan
elections had been tried in Milwau-
kee city Offices and had worked out
splendidly, The bill was opposed by
the Socialists and was finally laid
over.
Another measure based on the sim
gle tax principle has appeared ia the
legislature. The assembly committee
on taxation has recommended for pas
sage bill designed to aid in the rapid
settlement of northern Wisconsin. 1t
seeks to exempt from taxation for
period of five years wild cut-over
lands, in plats of not less than ten
acres or more than 100 acres, to be
improved for a homestead The bill
is offered as a substitute to one Of
fered by Assemblyman Duffy.
Without opposition, the assembly
committee on state affairs has favora-
bly, recommended the Cunningham bill
to appropriate $4,000 for the pur-
chase of a site for the erection of a
building to be used as a hospital and
school for crippled and deformed chill
dren. The committee on municipal
ties has recommended for passage a
bill changing the name of Welcome,
Outagamie county, to Bear Creek.
There we're only a few votes in OPP
position to the Ackley joint resolution
to amend the constitution so that a
sheriff may succeed himself an in
definite number of times. Assembly
man Lathrop of Crawford county at
tempted to attach an amendment linn
iting the number of terms to two. By
a vote of IS to SO the assembly recon
sidered and sent to engrossment the
bill permitting a teacher to offer evil
! dence of a certain number Of books
she has read in lieu of taking an
other teachers examination to secure
a renewal of her certificate.
The Vincent bill to exempt large
purchasers of oil from outside of the
state from inspection and the pay
ment of the fee was killed with
only two members voting in IA
vor of the bill. The claim was made
on the floor that the bill would help
out large manufacturing plants and
automobile concerns. Final passage
was given to the bill to distribute the
street car taxes by giving 20 per cent
to the town, 20 per cent to the county
and 10 per cent to the state.
The waterpower bill recommended
by the special conservation committee
passed the senate by vote of 16 to
10. For the bill were Senators Ack
| lev, Albers, Baxter. Bennett, Bray,
Burke, Cunningham, Everett, Fair
child. Hanson, Martin, Mulberger,
Perry. Staudenmayer, Stevens, Whit
man-16: against. Senators Arnold,
Barwig. Bichler, Bosshard, Culbertson,
Glenn, Jennings, Monk, Potts, Rich
ards, Scott, Skogmo. Weissleder-13.
The bill repeating the election
pamphlet, over which the senate has
wavered for sevefal months. finally
was sent to engrossment by vote of
p to s. All substitutes offered were
rejected. and the bill advanced by the
following vote: For, Senators Ackley,
Albers. Baxter, Bennett, Bray, Burke,
CuIbertson. Everett, Fairchild, Han
son. Jennings. Kellogg. Marfln, Null
berger. Perry, Potts, Rollman, Stau-
denmayer, Stevens, Weissleder, Whit
man-21; against. Senators Arnold,
Barwig, Bichler, Bosshard, Glesn,
Monk, Scott, Skogmo-S.
The senate by a vote Of Is to 13
passed a bill, as amended, appropriate
ing $4,000 to compensate attorneys
for Insurance Commissioner Ekern
who defended him from proceedings
brought by former Governor Meow
ern two years ago to dispossess him
from his office. The commissioner won
the fight and his attorneys are asking
the legislature 10 reimburse him for
what otherwise ne will have to pay.
First of Paintings for Capitol Hung.
The four mural paintings for the
decoration of the walls of the Wiscon-
sin supreme courtroom have arrived
in Madison
The first one put up is over the bench
OF the judges and represents the sign.
ing Of the Declaration Of Indepead
ence. The painting to be placed. on
the south wall represents me signing
of the Mag1m Charta, that on the west
wall the trial OF the Roman iegionary
and that on the north wall the trial Of
the Indian chief Oshkosh.