Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-06-18
CONCURS IN Helm BILL APPRO-
PRIATlNG 500, 900 ANNUALLY
FOR THE CAUSE.
OPPOSED TO REST MEASURE.
HudIong Bill Providing for One Days
Rest in Seven for Telegraph
! Operators and Station
Agents Is Postponed.
Madison, June Is. 1915

The senate concurred in the Helm
bill appropriating 100000 annually
to pay the state debt Of $2,300,000.
Later a motion to reconsider the vote
was made by Senator Baxter and it
went over until later.
The Stemper bill requiring subcon-
tractors to give property owners no.
tice of twenty days after the last ma
terial or labor has been supplied if
they intend to file lien for their
pay, was concurred in.
The Dixon bill repeating the law
requiring an open space OF forty feet
in width around new county court
houses was killed. The Waldron res
olution for a constitutional amend
ment making sheriffs eligible to re-
election for consecutive terms was
killed because a similar resolution,
presented by Senator Ackley, had al
ready passed both houses.
Opposed to Rest Bill.
The senate committee on corpora
lions recommended for indefinite
postponement the Budlong bill pro-
vidine for one days rest in seven
for telegraph operators and station
agents employed by railroads.
The vote on the home rule resolu-
ton, indefinitely postponed by the as
sembly, was reconsidered. Assem-
blyman Hambrecht offered a substi-
tute amendment and the bill with
substitute amendment will come up
later.
The Cu1bertson hazing bill was
killed for the session by the assem-
bly, when that house refused to re-
consider its vote The linn bill, re-
lating to employment agents, is also
dead for the session.
The senate killed the Heden anti
treating bill and the bill repeating
the law providing for new normal
school in the northeastern part of
the state. The Grell bill, permitting
saloons to be open after the polls
close on election day, was concurred
in by a. vote of II to IL and goes
to the governor for approval. On
motion of Senator Bray, the CONSOLE
dation bill creating a state depart
ment of agriculture will be heard by
the senate in committee as a whole
next Thursday afternoon. The SEN
ate committee on judiciary intro
duced new bill repeating the law
requiring factory owners to permit
state factory inspectors to enter and
examine their plants.
Favor a Year Terms.
The senate ordered engrossed the
Jennings bill increasing the length of
terms of Office of city officials and al
dermen of Milwaukee from two to four
years.
Big cuts are to be made in the appro-
priations fol state institutions, accord
ing to statements by members of the
finance committee on the floor of the
assembly. 1t was stated that 100000
had been cut from the estimates as
presented by the board of control for
state institutions and had been accept
ed by the board. That $1,000,000 had
been cut from the estimates of the nor
NAL schools and they would have to
come pretty near to that, it was said.
What the cuts will be on the university
appropriations were not stated. This
statement came out in discussion for
the repeal of state aid for the Wiscon-
sin Cheese Makers association and
Wisconsin Dairyme4's association.
Deny Aid to Dairymen.
The assembly Indefinitely postponed
the bill cutting out aid for the cheese
makers and then turned around and
engrossed the bill repeating aid to the
dairymen.
The Krembs bill for Cancellation
court in Milwaukee in connection with
the Civil court or Justice court of that
county was ordered to engrossment by
the assembly.
A joint resolution by Assemblyman
Smith, which would amend the consti-
tuition so as to give the members of
the legislature $1,000 for a term was
adopted by the assembly.
The Dobie fraternal society bill 526A,
which has caused such stir among
the fraternal organizations of the
state. was indefinitely postponed by
viva voce vote.
uu1 pIoFIuluS loI d pduu CONCERT
at the San Francisco exposition was
indefinitely postponed by the assem-
bly,.
Phillip Signs Tax Law Repeal.
Gov. Philip signed the Hedding bill
repeating the law providing for an adj
Wins Cow Testing Prize.
Mauston-L. o. Larson of Lindina
won in the cow testing asSocia ton held