Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
MEASURE AIDS
STATE FARMERS
Bill Passed Exempts Them From
Compensation Act.
SENT TO UPPER HOUSE
Would Cost SO Year to garry Acct.
dent Insurance on HeIp-Attempt
Made to Kill Bill by
Connelly.

Madison.-The exemption of the
farmers of the state from the pro-
visions Of the workmen's compensa-
ton act was favored by the assembly
when with only a few votes in op-
position it passed the Ballard bill. AS
semblyman Donnelly, Milwaukee, at
tempted to kill the bill He said there
was no reason why the farmer should
be exempt and others be allowed TO
stay under the law. Assemblyman
Ballard said there are 175,000 farmers
in the state. When the law was en-
acted he said it was never intended
that farmers should come within the
pale Of the law, but that court inter
probation had placed them under it. 1t
would cost each farmer SO a year to
carry accident insurance on his help,
but as there was only an aggregate
claim of $4,000 for injuries against all
of the farmers of the state last year
under the law, he did not believe the
farmers should be compelled to pay
81 $780, 900 in insurance.
The attempt to repeal the appropria-
ton of 100000 for the erection of a
dormitory at the Stevens Point Nor
NAL school failed and the bill was
killed by vote of 48 to %. Assembly
man Krembs said that a dormitory
was needed at the institution. He
said that in 50 per cent of the homes
where lady students roomed there
were no bathing facilities and in AZ
per cent of the homes the kerosene
lamp was still in use.
Assemblyman Hoffman said that the
farmers were already overburdened
with taxes and that this appropriation
should be deferred
Assemblyman Hambrecht said that
four out of five normals in Illinois had
dormitories and provision for the fifth
would be made in Illinois at once
Only eight votes were registered in
opposition to the Weber bill prohibit
ing courts from granting injunctions
in labor disputes, except when there
is probable destruction of property.
Assemblyman Weber said that the bill
did not go to the extent that labor
desired, but would be accepted
The committee on judiciary of the
house has reported for passage the
Mortensen bill abolishing the Office of
state claim agent. 1t presented a sub
stitute to the Mortensen bill abolish
ing the Office of state oil inspector,
which provides that this branch of
the state service shall be under the
nj nP IoSr
ton of the proposed public welfare
commission. The committee also rec
commended for death the Minkley bill
for the establishment of morals
court in Milwaukee. The finance COM
mittee favored the passage of a law
reducing the BARRIERS inspection fee
from 81 to 81.
The Budlong bill which was killed
last week exempting the homesteads
of Mexican and Civil war veterans to
the amount of $1,000 was revived
and sent to engrossment by vote Of
AZ to 81.
Senator Culbertson wants an inves-
tigation of the so-called Wisconsin eff
f1ciency bureau, which issues a series
of pamphlets entitled, "Everybody's
Business" relating to affairs of the
state government The bureau is said
to be under the direction of w. H.
Allen, who conducted the university
survey. Senator Culbertson intro
duced a resolution for a committee
Of three senators to make complete
investigation into the financial status,
methods and personnel of the bureau,
which is circulating legislators on
various topics connected with the af-
fairs of state. The resolution calls
for a report by June 8.
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, and assistants of the
artist who made them, Albert Herter
of New York city, placed one of them.
The first one put up is over the bench
of the judges and represents the sign
ing of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. The painting to be placed on
the south wall represents the signing
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