The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-05-28
WH|TTET DEMANDS
FULL ATTENDANCE
SPEAKER DECLARES TOO MANY
LEGISLATORS ASK LEAVE
OF ABSENCE.
MAY ADJOURN BEFORE JULY IS
1t Is Expected That Several Import
ant Appointments Will Be Made
Within the Next Two or
Three Weeks.

Madison.-"We must have a full
attendance of the legislature from
now on" declared Speaker Whittet.
TOO many men are asking for
leaves of absence. We all want to go
home, but we have been sent by the
people here to do a certain work and
we must complete it. With proper CO.
operation the session of the 1egisla-
ture~can be brought to speedy close"
Until the past week it was the opin-
ion of many of the members that the
actual work of the session might be
concluded about June 20 and final ad-
journment be accomplished about July
l. During the past week, however,
Governor Philip has sent a special
message to the legislature on financial
matters, and will have two additional
special messages. Many of the older
members do not believe that the leg
islature can now adjourn before July
Is.
The assembly committee on state
affairs has recommended railroad
trespass bill for passage. This bill
has been before several of the last
legislature.
During the next two or three weeks
several important appointments will
probably be made. The appointments
of John A. Sholtz, state game warden;
Herman L. Ekern, insurance commits
sioner, and Charles HI. Crownhart,
chairman of the industrial commits
sion, will all expire during the next
few weeks. Appointments will be
made and sent to the senate for con-
firmation before adjournment.
Clubs which were denied liquor IL
censes under the Baker law may re-
gain them under the FaiTchild bill
A number of bills were killed, in
Guiding: Bichler, readjusting the
fees for registering motor vehicles;
Bray, providing that legislators and
legislative employees shall be paid
in installments instead of lump sum
at the beginning of the session; Rich
ards, appropriating $27,500 for repairs
and improvements at the state indus
trial school for girls at Milwaukee;
Budlong, on passenger fares between
two points on the same line of rail-
road; Reinhardt, authorizing the Mil
waukee school board to purchase
lands and improvements thereon for
school purposes, and Minkley, forbid
ding the giving of false or fictitious
names in court proceedings. The SEN
ate concurred in the Feldhausen bill
permitting wholesalers of liquor to
take out a wholesalers license only
and not retailers.
The senate engrossed the following:
Bray, permitting the examination by
the legislature of any state officer or
employee, upon petition of a certain
number in either house; Everett, au-
thorizing common school councils to
establish park and recreational boards
in cities of the second, third and fourth
classes; state affairs committee; pro-
viding that the net weight shall gov
ern in the sale of commodities sold
on the weight basis; corporations COM
mittee, providing a form of oath to be
taken by election officials; Baxter, for
a closed season for trout in inland
waters within Douglas, Bayfield,, Ash
land and Iron counties, and the judi
ciary committee, providing for the re-
moval of habeas corpus proceedings
from court commissioners.
The assembly judiciary committee
will report the Vint bill fixing $40
per week as the minimum wage for
women in industry over eighteen
years of age. The report will be held
up until early next week to permit
all the members of the committees to
be recorded on the report. The COM
mittee reported for passage the Ar
mold home rule resolution, which re-
Gently passed the senate. Other bills
favorably reported were the Morton
sen bill combining the oil inspector
with the dairy and food department;
the Grell bill permitting towns and
cities to do public work without the
Intervention of formal contract; the
state claim agent, the Arnold bill re-
lating to garagekeepers' liens, and
score of others.
United States Senator T. M. Sterling
of South Dakota addressed the SEN
ate upon invitation. He spoke on prob
lens of the day. He was strongly Of
the opinion that the federal congress
should be limited in it's scope to sub
jects of purely national bearing, leav-
ing the states to legislate on all 9th
er matters affecting public rights.