The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-06
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
DEAD FOR SEASON
SENATE REFUSES TO RECOGNISED
Err VOTE BY WHICH BILL
WAS KILLED.
EDUCATION LAW REPEALED
Assembly Switches on Measure Chang
ing the Taxing of Home lnsur-
ance Companies, the Bill
Was Once Passed.
Madison, July 2, 1915.

Madison, July 2, 1915.
The senate, by a vote of "A to II,
refused to reconsider the vote by
which it killed the Glenn woman suf-
frage bill. Senator Glenn, author of
the BILL made a plea for reconsider
alton and was supported by Senator
Skogmo.
Education Law Repealed.
The assembly passed the Mortenson
bill repeating the county board of edu-
cation law; the bill by Mr.. Helm re-
lating to time and payment of taxes
by railroad and telegraph companies
which simply changes the date slight
ly; the bill by Mr.. Spoor relative to
tubercular sanatoriums, providing that
the fees for examination of those who
can not pay will be taxed to the place
of their regular settlement, and by the
committee on finance appropriating
$4,000 for the free library commits
SIGN.
The assembly concurred in the fol-
lowing bills: By Senator Jennings,
granting the city Of Milwaukee a GER
tain portion of submerged land for
public and boulevard purposes; by the
committee on finance, appropriating
$4,000 for the camp of tubercular pa
tents; by the committee on finance,
appropriating $4,000 for the fish and
game warden's department to make up
a deficit needed to make June payroll.
Insurance Bill Reconsidered.
The assembly reconsidered the vote
by which the bill SIS had been con-
CURED in and then nOnconcurred III.
This is the bill changing the method
of taxation for insurance companies
so as to give the home life insurance
companies a chance with outside COM
panies The bill was concutred in by
the assembly with a good vote, but
statements made by anti.adminiStra.
tion papers that the legislature was
taxing the people at the expense of
the life insurance companies scared
the members. 1t was another case of
'we need the money" Assemblyman
Kubasta showed that while there
might be a slight decrease in taxes
now under the new system there
would be an increase as years went
by, but the assembly refused to con-
cur in the bill, AZ to rs.
La Crosse Normal Bill Killed.
The Bradley bill repeating an appro-
priation of $4,000 made by the last
legislature for a new physical educa-
tion building at the La Crosse Nor
NAL school was killed in the senate
not vote being recorded for the
measure
The senate indefinitely postponed
bill limiting the amount of money
which state employees may pay for
meals and rooms. No meal bought
within the state could cost more than
rs cents, under the bill. THAT is a
soup house rate" said Senator Frank
Hanson.
Action was deferred on the Bray
and Bichler bills providing for party
conventions, the Burke bill abolishing
county boards of education and the
Arnold joint resolution giving home
rule to cities.
Kellogg Bill Concurred In.
Senator Timothy Burke introduced
a joint resolution providing that for
the remainder of the session all bills
shall be referred directly to the calen-
Gar. The senate concurred in the
amended Kellogg bills providing that
crippled children may be admitted to
the school for children at Sparta.
BY rising vote, the senate adopted
resolutions of sympathy because of
the death of former Senator Henry F.
Hagenmeister.
A bill by committee on fish and
game, to appropriate $4,000 to Mike
Morrin, a Chippewa Indian, as COM
pensation for loss through seizure of
fish nets, was indefinitely postponed.
The assembly refused to concur in
Ass, by the senate committee on state
affairs, providing for the labelling o.
food packages to show their contents.
The senate bill, 543S, providing that
any person who, by mistake. has neg
lected to use his personal property
tax receipt as an offset against in
come tax may have the mistake cor
rected within one year, was refused
third reading.
Bill Favors Candidates.
Candidates for offices in Wiscon-
sin will hereafter not be bothered
with requests to make any private
pledge in regard to proposed or de-
signed legislation. The bill by Sen
ator Bray to stop people and organ
izations from asking embarrassing
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Commercial Club Elects.
Waupaca - The Commercial club
perfected its organization here with