Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-19
BILL IS PASSED IN
THE ASSEMBLY
Bradley Measure Wins in the As
sembIy by Vote of 81 to "a.
BILL WAS KILLED TWICE
Measure Repeats Appropriation of
$4,000 for Erection Of Physical
Education Building 1t La Crosse
Normal School.

Madison.-There are many indica-
tons that the administration has
reorganized it's forces and will now
put through its program for repeating
some of the appropriations made by
the legislature two years ago. After
the bill had been batted around the
legislature for three months, twice
having been killed, but later resusci-
tated by motions for reconsideration,
the assembly has passed the Bradley
bill to repeal the appropriation of $45.-
coo for the erection of physical edu-
cation building at the La Crosse nor
NAL school. The final vote on the
measure was 50 to a.
The bill was opposed by Assembly
man Gruenewald of Oshkosh and AS
semblyman Kurtenacker of La Crosse.
1t was favored by Assemblyman Brad
ley OF Hudson and Assemblyman Cros-
by of Clark county.
There was nearly two hours of de-
bate over the bill to make the Dunn
coupon ballot compulsory and state
vide. Assemblyman Hambrecht said
fraud under the present Australian
ballot system. He said that under the
Dunn coupon ballot law errors could
be eliminated and there was little op-
portunity for mistakes. The measure
was strongly opposed by Assembly
man Henry Freehoff of La Crosse, who
said that the plan had been tried in
La Crosse county and had not worked
out satisfactorily. Assemblyman Nor
Jensen said that he believed the
scheme would be too expensive, to
which Assemblyman Hambrecht re-
piled that Juneau county paid $3.50 for
1000 ballots last year, while La Crosse
county had 1000 ballots and only paid
$3.50 for the printing. The bill was
finally killed by vote of 46 to 81.
BY tie vote the assembly has re-
fused to reconsider the vote by which
it killed the Stewart bill for local,
instead of a state, assessment of the
income tax. The assembly received
report from the legislative reference
library showing the amount of money
appropriated every year since 1875 for
the support of the University of Wis
consin.
The assembly committee on print
ing is divided on the bills for the
creation of a new printing board. Two
members of the committee favor the
bill by the special investigating COM
mittee for the creation of a new print
ing board to be composed of the gov
ernor, superintendent of public proper
ty and a state editor to be appointed
by the governor. The other two men,
bers of the committee favor the Pieper
bill for the creation of state printing
board composed of the attorney gen.
eral, state treasurer and secretary of
state. There are Ave members of the
committee and it will be necessary to
await the return of Assemblyman
Henry Freehoff of La Crosse county
before the report on these bills can be
finally settled.
The multiplying bill, which has
caused as much interest as any one
measure in the legislature, is now
before the lower house for action on
the governors Veto In the senate,
to which it was returned vetoed, after
long discussion, President Dithmar
made a ruling that the motion by
Senator Burke to reconsider the vote
by which the bill passed over the veto
was not in order. In effect, he said.
the passage of the bill over the veto
is a reconsideration. There were few
presidents for the action and none
in the history of the Wisconsin legis-
lature.
The senate sent to engrossment the
Culbertson bill against hazing in all
educational institutions. The bill
makes it a misdemeanor to assault"
a student or lay hands on him for
violent purposes. Senator Culbertson
said that at the state university the
student court fails to exercise the au-
thority to prevent hazing that should
be exercised, and that only the author
ity of law can put check on such
practices He was concerned for the
safety and even the lives of students
when he read of innocent lives sacri-
feed to the student practices going
under the general term of hazing.
The senate by vote of 16 to 10
decided that it wanted restrictions on
Independent candidates in elections.
The bill, by Senator Ackley, which
was sent to engrossment, was an out
growth of the last state campaign
when an independent ran for gov
ernor and half dozen legislative can
didates defeated in the primaries be-
came independent candidates.