Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-14

tee OF three men TO head the agricul-
tural department. The Skogmo meas
ure provides for a one-man commits
sion, the incumbent to be paid salary
of 5000 year. He is to be assisted,
however, by non-paid advisory board
OF eleven members, one from each
congressional district. and the new de-
partment will have in addition to the
departments named under the first
lii. a bureau of entomology.
Live Stock Sanitary Board Retained.
The live stock sanitary board is
also retained, but it win work under
the commissioner of agriculture. An
annual appropriation of $4,000 is
provided for.S~The measure was pass
ed under suspension of the rules and
immediately messaged TO the senate.
j. will be acted on by that body next
Wednesday.
Saturday morning the senate ad-
vanced bin to regulate jitney buses.
It provides that the owner of each
bus shall provide proper bonds in
case Of accident and that he shall
designate his route.
Much surprise has been expressed
because OF the action of the senate
in killing the so-called corn syrup
bill and particularly because 1t was
through the votes of the progressive
senators that il went TO its death.
Before the vote was taken it was ex-
planned by Senator Burke that this
bill had the approval of the attorney
generals Office and that il proposed
to-remedy the defects in the present
law which has been declared uncon-
stitutionai by the. state supreme
Court. 20 ~ ~ ~ - az 40
A sharp fight was made over the
z Cretney bill which would have en-
abled the graduates from any four
year course high school 10 enter the
university without examinations. Sen
ator Ackley charged that because he
had received a Letter from President
Van Hise to the effect that this was
bad measure, the latter was playing
politics. This Senator Bosshard' de-
MED saying that the senators should
be glad to get any information from
men, who were in position to know
what was what.
"ReIatives" Are Hit.
Hereafter there will be no appoint
ing of relatives to fat jobs on the
state payroll unless those same rel
atiyes pass the civil service examina-
tions. This was determined when
Tie senate passed a bill in which
these provisions are Incorporated
Charges that they were trying to
shoot holes in the corrupt practices
act" failed to move a majority of the
senate and the Hanson bill, which has
to do with this act was passed to en-
grossment.
1t repeats the following sections OF
the present law: Limiting the ex-
pense of the state central committees
to $4,000 apiece; personal hotel and
travelling expenses are not to be re-
garded within the scope of this act;
limiting the amount a campaign com
mittee may spend; specifically desig-
mating the things for which money.
roay be spent by candidate; prohib-
iting false statements. and prohibiting
promises of offices of trust, contin-,
gent upon election. qa
This has been an off week for the,
assembly. mainly because that body
has cleaned up practically all impor-s
tant bills. And it is now conceded
that the length of the session will de-
pend on the action of the senate.
This body has yet to consider the
board of public welfare measure, the
state printing board bill and many
other less important bills. The f.
nance committee has been held up to
some extent by the deliberate action
of the higher house This latter COM
mittee seems to be striving for a re-
duction in taxes if their recommends
ti3ns are to be taken as an indication.
the reduction in the requested appro-
The reduction in the requested ap-
preparations for the normal schools
amounted to approximately $1,000 900
and the cut in the university requests
will be fully as much. Administra-
ton leaders. however, argue that the
greatest saving viii come through the
better business administration of the
state affairs under the consolidated
program. Progressive adherants scott
at this idea and maintain that the high
taxes have come because of an in
crease in the local taxes.
Salary Increase Killed.
The senate INDUCED in an interest
ing debate and then killed the Smith
resolution to amend the constitution
in order to increase the salaries OF
members of the legislature from $500
to $1,000. Several of the senators
who participated in the debate, agreed
that $500 per term for a legislator is
not living wage for a session of the
Wisconsin legislature, which usually
runs about six months, at least, in re-
cent years.
Gov. E. L. Philip has signed the
Acl1ley waterpower bill, which repeats
the so-called Husting law to which
considerable objection was raised on
the ground that The law was so dras-
tic that it handicapped waterpower