Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-09

Hanson Dill repeating the primary
PaHphlet election law.
Senator Henry Culbertson's joint
resolution calling for an investigation
OF the Wisconsin, Efficiency Bureau
was adopted. Senator Skogmo said
the bureau is delving into politics, and
may be violating the corrupt prac-
tees act. 81 fail to see anything con-
structive about the recent survey
made of the university" he said. ut
impresses as undertaking, and now
some men are trying TO commercialize
the material gathered"
A complete copy of the evidence
submitted at meetings of the legisla-
tive investigating committee was filed
in the senate so that it may be
usd by the senators as a source Of
reference.
Regulation of Jitneys Sought.
One of the interesting problems be
fore the Wisconsin legislature is the
regulation of the jitney bus, which has
particlarly Milwaukee, with the result
that the earnings of street railway
companies been materially reduced.
At a meeting on several bills which
aim at the regulation of the jitney
traffic, notice was served that unless
something is done to regulate this
new transportation facility that the
street railway companies will have to
file with the state railroad commits
sion an application to increase fares.
I'm fact, one company already has filed
such an application, and others Will
file similar requests.
j. Elmer Lehr represented the In
dependent Jitney Association at this
hearing. He said:
The position of the Independent
Jitney Association, relative to the adj
vent of modern transportation and
legislation as affecting it, are as fol-
lows:
THAT the time has arrived for a
more rapid and efficient means of
transportation than what the public
has been and now is being furnished;
that a demand is made for a better
and quicker method of transportation
and the service connected Herewith.
BIames Railway Men.
"That such demand has grown out
of principally two conditions: The
failure of the present public service
corporations operating as common
carriers to comply with reasonable re-
quests for adequate service and regu-
lation, and an utter disregard for re-
CURED regulation, be it by orders of
the railway commission, public senti-
ment, demands of or by municipal ac-
ton
'The Independent Jitney Association
would welcome the passage of any
law or laws: That would help Or
tend to make the modern means of
transit safe and protect its patrons
and the public from accident or in
jury; in other words, any reasonable
means of regulation or requirements
which will not, in effect, prohibit the
advent of this modern means of tran
sit or throttle the use of motor vehi-
Gle as a means of carrying passengers
for hire upon our public highways and |
streets"
Van Hise Raps Increased Fee.
President Charles R. Van Hise
speaking in opposition to the Ham |
brecht bill increasing from 500 to
$3.50 the tuition fee charged non-resi-
dent, said:
michigan and Illinois are far more
liberal than Wisconsin in educating
large numbers of nonresident stu
dents at much lower rate.
IF we pursue provincial policy and |
they pursue national policy, little |
short of certain that in the near fu-
ture the student bodies of other state |
universities will become more cosmo- |
politan than that at Wisconsin: as |
Michigan already has.
$50 long as universities in surround |
ing states somewhat backward, as |
compared with Wisconsin, there. are
exceptional reason for students from |
other states to come here; but cannot |
be expected that this difference will |
continue"
Clear Sailing For Consolidation Bills. |
Consolidation bills proposed by the
administration are havAg compare
lively clear sailing. The board of |
public welfare measure consolidating
the board of control, state board of |
health, dairy and food commission, and |
the state treasury agents department |
passed in the house and was messaged |
to the senate. Similar action was |
aiken on the Johnson bill consolidating |
the state fire marshal's department |
with tn estate insurance department.
The state Loard of control has an
ncunced the appointment of Henry |
Towne to succeed Daniel Woodward as |
warden at the states prison in Wau- |
pun. Mr.. Town formerly served as
warden at Waupun, having filled that |