Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-16
ACKLEY MEASURE
LOSES BIG POINT
hOrdmaE Amendment Is Adopted
to Waterway Bill
NAY Be UNCONSTITUTIONAL

NormaIs Recommended For Killing
NO Easy Time Seen For Educa-
tionaI Bill.
Madison, Wis, (SpeciaD The as
sembly is showing an unexpected at
titude on the waterpower question,
and it looks very much as though the
forces back of the Ackley bill are in
for a big surprise.
The waterpower interests lost
ground when the assembly, SO to 80,
adopted the Nordman amendment to
the Ackley bill.
Under this amendment the railroad
commission would be vested with
authority to make a raw water power
valuation of all powers before de-
velOpment and in case the public de-
sues to repurchase the site, it is to
be priced at the original figure, thus
eliminating the "unearned Increment"
feature.
1.-The original BILL" said Assembly
man Edward Nordman, 'gives away
the waterpowers of the state for all
time to come. My amendment is to
safeguard the interests of future gen.
eratiOns."
May Be Unconstitutional.
Assemblyman George Hambrecht said
that the amendment is in substance
the same as part of the law enacted in
1911 which was declared unconstitu-
tiOnal by the courts
adopt the amendment and you kill
the BILL" said Assemblyman Charles
Budlong. "The Husting law put my
county on the hummer. We must en-
courage development. | dare you
would-be-progressives, backed by the
socialists, to adopt the Nordman
amendment. Adopt it and we will
bury you so deep in the next election
that you will never be resurrected."
The amendment was then adopted
by the following vote:
For the mendment-Ballard, Biel,
Budlong, (changed from moe" in or
der to give notice of reconsideration
Byse, Caldwell, Dobie, Donnelly, En-
gebretsen, Falk, Franzen, Frederik,
FIeehof, Gruenewald, Hager, julius
Hansen, Heathcote, Heden, Helm Her
Zog. Hoffman, J. B. Jensen, Kay, Kent,
Killa, Kleinsteiber, Krembs, Lathrop,
Laursen, Lentz, MCGOWAN, Melvin,
Metcalfe, Minkley. Mortensen, Neu-
nleister Nordman, O'Brien, Ofstie.
Pickard, Poole, Rentz, Schroeder.
Smith, Spoor, Stewart, Tews, Van de
Zande, Vint, Waldron, Weber, Wells,
Witcomb, Zinn-53.
Against the Observation-Disclosures,
Aulenbacher, Beckwith, Berninger,
Bradley, Gretney, Crosby, Dickie, Dick
son. Edwards, Ellingsen, Everett, Gam
per- Grell, Hambrecht, F. S. Hansen,
Harrington, Hart, Hedding, Hess,
Kretlow, Kubasta, Kubatski, Kurte-
acher, Moran, Morgan, Murphy, Mel
son, Nye. Pieper, Pfloeger, Prescott,
SCHNEIDER, Stemper, Van Gordon, Vim
cent, Vinegar, Woodland, and Speaker
Nhittet-39.
The whole waterpower question was
made a special order of business for
next Wednesday at 10 a. m.
Assemblyman w. w. Woodland has
introduced an amendment providing
that tt use of Wisconsin waterpower
shall be confined to the Badger state.
Van Hise Speaks For Mill Tax Plan.
The Ellingsen bill to repeal the one
mill tax for the state university and
the one mill tax for the normal schools
have been recommended for killing.
Assemblyman G. K. Ellingsen be-
lieves the state ought to make ''fixed"
appropriations.
Speaking for the one mill tax plan,
President Charles R. Van Hise said:
Higher educational institutions
should have the assurance of perma-
nency in support. This is essential
fer the best development. Continuing
the mill tax gives necessary assur-
ance of permanency. The same could
be said of continuing an annual ap-
preparation; but in the annual appro-
priation this would naturally be for
the same amount each year.
''The mill tax yields an increasing
income in proportion to the increase
in the assessed valuation of the state
This increase is not as rapid as the
increase in the number of students.
The principle of the mill tax is not
inconsistent with the bugetary sys-
tenn. Indeed it has been applied for
the past biennium in the budgetary
system.
While the university is sure of an
income adequate to operate it at Mad
ison, it does not thereby become in
dependent of legislative control, since
under the new budgetary plan the
legislature designates the purpose for
which money from the mill tax may
be used; indeed it cannot be used at
all until thus designated by the legis-
lature.
"The advantages of the mill tax are