Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-05-07
@OSSHARD MEASURE PROHIBIT
ING GRATUiTiES DENIED Elk
ECuTiVE SIGNATURE.
is FIRST THIS SESSION
In Message to Legislature Philip Says
1t Would interfere With Personal
Lberty-conference Is
Requested.
Madison, April 80, 1915,


Gov Philip vetoed the Bosshard
anti-tipping bill. The veto message
was on motion of Senator c. E. Ev~
erett of Racine made a 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 its comfort and con-
venience, imposed a radical restraint
ON the freedom of action Of the citizens
in respect to matters in themselves in
nocent and sometimes pralSeWorthy
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
inpracticable of enforcement, and If it
became a law, unconstitutional.
This is Gov. Philips first veto of
che session.
Pass Bill Over Veto.
The senate passed the Bosshar1 anti
tipping bill over the governors veto,
90 to TO- Those who favored doing
away with gratuities were able to
muster just enough votes. The bill
will now go to the assembly, and if
Ewo-th irds of the lower house favor
ct the bill will become law.
Boxing Commission Is Target.
In the senate Senator Scott intro
duced a substitute bill for his bill
ebolishing the state athletic commits
sion and ON his motion the original bill
order OF business. The substitute is
copy OF the Hanson bill. killed by the
assembly, "a to SIS.
The Helm bill, legalizing the play
ing of baseball and golf and the opera
zion Of theaters and moving picture
shows ON Sunday, was ordered re-re-
ferred 10 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
dustriaI commission larger iurisdic-
tion over apprentices and providing
that apprentices need not attend con-
finuatiOn school after reaching the age
o. IS years, unless they SO desire, was
ordered to third reading.
Consolidation Bill Engrossed
In spite of the attack made on the
bill providing a new board of agricul-
cure to include and consolidate seven
different departments, the bill was Or
dered engrossed by a vote of 81 to 8
On the assembly. The attack on the
dill was made by the small La Fol
tette 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 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
N of nt hxr i-,Ys
Bray to have the appropriation limited
SO $4,000 failed.
Senator Arnold of Milwaukee intro
duced bill allowing common cOun-
CHS 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 a salary of not to exceed
$1,000 a year.
Kill Vice Commission Bills.
The senate, after a long debate,
killed six more of the legislative vice
commission bills and after amending
@ seventh one. ordered it engrossed
and read a third time. The bills killed
acquired rOOming houses accommodate
ang five or more persons to be licensed
and inn keepers to keep registers OF
all dodgers and not to maintain private
dining rooms. The other bills killed
provided for the punishment of as
sault and immoral conduct.
Senator Burke said the senate was
endeavOring to put a scarlet letter or
eVprvihjnO and ovarvhndv pn(raopd in
Big Ore Shipments Predicted.
Sunerinr It Is now said that as