The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-05-04
GOVERNOR VETOES
ANT|-T|PP|NG BILL
BOSSHARD MEASURE PROHIBIT.
ING GRATUITIES DENIED Ex-
EcUTlVE SIGNATURE.
Is FIRST THIS SESSION
In Message to Legislature Phillip Says
1t Would Interfere With Personal
Liberty-Conference Is
Requested.
Madison, April 80, 1915.

Madison, April 80, 1915.
Gov. Philip vetoed the Bosshard
multiplying bill The veto message
was on motion of Senator c. E. Ev-
erett of Racine made special order
of business in the senate.
The governor said he vetoed the bill
because it deprived the public of an
opportunity to receive and pay for SER
vice promotive of it's comfort and con-
venience, imposed radical restraint
on the freedom of action of the citizens
In respect to matters in themselves in
nocent and sometimes praiseworthy,
did not tend to prevent discrimination
in service in places Of public patron
age, would prevent the giving of an
extra penny to a newsboy or ma
terial expression of gratitude to a
nurse in hospital would probably be
impracticable of enforcement, and if it
became law, unconstitutional.
This is Gov. Philips first veto of
the session.
Pass Bill Over Veto.
The senate passed the Bosshard anti
tipping bill over the governors veto,
20 to 10. Those who favored doing
away with gratuities were able to
muster just enough votes. The bill
will now go to the assembly, and if
two-thirds of the lower house favor
1t the bill will become a law.
Boxing Commission is Target.
In the senate Senator Scott intro
duced a substitute bill for his bill
abolishing the state athletic commits
sion and on his motion the original bill
and substitute were made a special
order of business. The substitute is
copy of the Hanson bill, killed by the
assembly, "a to IS.
The Helm bill, legalizing the play
ing of baseball and golf and the opera
ton of theaters and moving picture
shows on Sunday, was ordered re-re-
ferred to the committee on state af
fairs. Senator Potts introduced an
amendment to this bill authorizing
towns and village boards and city COM
mon councils to permit such amuse-
ments by ordinance.
The Weber bill, giving the state in
dustrial commission larger jurisdic-
ton over apprentices and providing
that apprentices need not attend con-
tinuation school after reaching the age
of Is years, unless they so desire, was
ordered to third reading.
Consolidation Bill Engrossed.
In spite of the attack made on the
bill providing new board of agricul-
ture to include and consolidate seven
different departments, the bill was or
dered engrossed by a vote of 81 to 8
in the assembly. The attack on the
bin was made by the small La Fol
1ette contingent. 1t was brought out
the saving on administration alone
would be $4,000 The saving in eff
cheney by means of a consolidation
was estimated at between 100000 and
$4,000
Give Voters One Minute
The senate passed the Monk bill
empowering common councils of cities
to employ police women The senate
passed the Weissleder bill permitting
electors present at polling places to
vote after the hour prescribed for
closing the polls; also the Richards
bill providing that a voter shall have
at least one minute in which to vote,
either by ballot or machine. The SEN
ate passed a bill providing for a blan-
ket appropriation of an indefinite sum
as an emergency fund to extinguish
forest fires. An attempt by Senator
Bray to have the appropriation limited
to $4,000 failed.
Senator Arnold of Milwaukee intro
duced a bill allowing common coun-
ellis of cities owning power plants or
other public utilities to fix rates for
service and also a bill providing that
superintendent of highways in towns
shall receive salary of not to exceed
$1,000 year
Kill Vice Commission Bills.
The senate, after long debate,
killed six more of the legislative vice
commission bills and after amending
a seventh one, ordered it engrossed
and read third time. The bills killed
required rooming houses accommodate
ing five or more persons to be licensed,
and inn keepers to keep registers of
dining rooms. The other bills killed
provided for the punishment of as
sault and immoral conduct
Senator Burke said the senate was
endeayoring to put scarlet letter on
everything and everybody engaged in
Big Ore Shipments Predicted.