Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-24

the governor IN this matter was fully
discussed by him in his MESSAGE 10
the legislature"
A recent decision Of the supreme
court practically wiped our the state
forestry board or at any rate curtailed
the work Of that board to the extent
that It no longer is free 10 carry out
the program Of reforestratlon as out.
lined by the progressive forces Be.
cause Ct This decision. Senator TORI
kine has introduced two Joint resolu.
tions to restore TO the forestry board
the authority Il was though the board
possessed until the supreme court was
heard from. Mr. Tomkins also intro.
duced a bill extending state aid for
reads and schools In the forest re.
serve district
Bill to Simplify Election Expense Act.
Senator Hanson introduced a bill
with reference TO corrupt practices at
elections. The law as Il now stands
contains thirty-eight sections and M.
merous subdivisions. II is the pur.
pose Of the bill to simplify the law
Under the provisions of the bill, per.
sonal hotel and travelling expenses are
not included IN the l;n.t allow ed for
political expenditure Unnecessary
duplication OF expense accounts Is elm.
mated, and the bill; does away with
the cumbersome and expensive special
proceedings In court and provides that
the fling officer shall notify the dis.
trlct attorney OF the failure OF the
Candidate to comply with the law, and
provides for prosecution BY the dis.
trict attorney allowing a supplemental
Judgment whereby the Judge may re-
move the person elected from ONCE
after conviction
A joint resolution OF much interest
was offered by Senator A. e. Martin of
Milwaukee This resolution memori-
allies congress TO exempt the great
lakes from the provisions Of the La
Fcllette seamans bill. Senator Mar.
tin Says that fixing the size of crews
on the tonnage basis would mean that
there would be no room on vessels ot
the great lakes Il the La Toilette bill,
is made applicable to the lakes He
believes that the shipping and traffic
Interests Of cities on the lakes win be
seriously injured Il the La Toilette bill
III It's present form is passed by con.
giess He asks that separate cons,d.
GRAFTON be given to lake conditions.
That the senate viii five this mat.
ter very careful attention was shown
when Senator Bosshard objected to
Senator Martins motion to suspend
the rules So that an immediate vote
on the resolution might be mad.
State Institutions Hit.
Established state institutions were
hard hit in some Of the bills which
came in on the day set aside for the
hnal Introduction OF measures. nils
were introduced to abolish the state
highway commission, 10 repeal the
stock and bond law and to transfer the
WORK Of the legislative reference II.
brary to the state law library, which
wou'd eliminate Or Charles Mccarthy.
present head Of the "bill factory"
Another effort will be ma le to re,
move the state fair from Milwaukee
and bring It to Madison. Assembly.
man Caldman, Lodi, would bring the
fair to the capital city and make It
purely an agricultural exhibit ~ be
conducted In connection with the ,,gri.
cultural college at the University of
Wisconsin.
Bills are in 10 abolish the state bar,
bers board and ne state plumbing
board Another bin Is in to abolish
the Office OF state claim a emit.
The legislature win be asked 20 vote
$4,000 TO John A. Awkward and NJ. r.
olbrieh. who represented Commits.
sioper OF Insurance Herman l. Ekern
wien he n ade fight in the courts 10
,etain his office after he was removed
by F E. McGovern. Mr. Ekern won
his case.
Many bills are IN which deal with
ths subject OF matrimony Special In
terest csnters IN the Bennett measure
to repeal the eusenics law Senator
Bennett considers the present law .
tcke for the reason that II r. not ap.
plicable TO both sexes.
The income tar IL coming n for q
great deal OF attention. Senator Ack,
ley has introduced a bin to EXEMPT