Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-04-14
BUSY FINISH Seen
FOR LEGISLATURE
Lawmakers Must Hustle In Order
to Complete Work BY June |.
hlANf BIG MATTERS Up LATE

Finance Committee-CentraI Board
For Schools Question To BE Thresh-
ed out This Week. 4
Madison, Wis, (SpeciaD The legis-
lative map indicates a garrison finish
by the Wisconsin legislature if the
Badger lawmakers are to adjourn
sine die about June /.
After a week of attention to per-
sonal affairs, members will return to
Madison this week determined to
buckle into the work of the session
and clean the legislative slate as
early as possible. The business OF
the session is taking such shape that
many matters of immense Importance
will be acted upon very late in the
session.
investigating Body's Report Awaited.
The legislative investigating COM
mittee is busily engaged, and probably
will not complete its probe for at least
two weeks. Until this committee ends
its labors, and its recommendations
are acted upon by the legislature, 1t
will be impossible for the joint COM
mittee on finance to proceed as rapid
" as some of the members Of the
committee had planned. Until the IL
nSrce committee knows what depart
ments are to constitute state govern
ment in Wisconsin, it will be impos-
sibIe for the committee to pass upon
departmental appropriations. This
means that some of the big consolida-
ton propositions and some of the
largest appropriation matters will be
acted upon late in the session.
Administration leaders returning to
the capitol, have expressed a desire
to wind up the session of the legisla-
ture just as quickly as it can be done,
hut they admit that very important
matters are on the calendar. The
administration is proceeding slowly
because it desires to make a report to
the people to indicate that Governor
T. L. Philip has made good his
campaign pledges in the form Of
specific achievements in economy in
public affairs.
To Consider Central Board Idea.
During the coming week the big
question Of the central board of edu-
cation will be threshed out Consider
able opposition has developed to the
central board idea, but the committee
on education of the assembly will
draft a new bill for the Van Gordon
bill in which the central board plan
Will be the predominating thought.
The committee has conferred with the
| governor, and it is agreed that the
! program Of having one board direct
the affairs Of all of the educational in
slit, tons CT the state shall be car
RED out if the administration forces
have the votes to pass the substitute
bill to be reported in. Much thought
IS being given to the question of
whether the board is to be a salaried
or nOn-salaried body.
! friends of the Wisconsin boxing
law under which ten round no con-
| tests are allowed, are much alarmed
C'er the Introduction of bill by Sen
ator Scott, a La Toilette leader, re-
pealing the law and wiping out the
state athletic commission. 1t has been
limited that while the assembly has
killed a similar bill, an anti-boxing
measure championed by the progress
slve forces might have chance. The
senate evidently intends to give the
matter consideration, and a series of
/ hearings will be held on the bill in,
! tTOdUced by Senator Scott.
! State Veterinarian Warns Farmers.
DR.. o. H. Eliason, state veterinarian,
warns farmers of the state against
veterinarians who are applying the
so-called intera dermaI test for bo-
vine tuberculosis. DR.. Eliason says
the test is in the experimental stage,
and the farmers who desire to have
their cattle tested, should be certain
that the examination conforms with
the rules Of the state live stock sani-
tary boards and the rules of the de-
partment in animal husbandry.
Senator Frank Hanson returned
eerly to get his committee in action
10 investigate realty transactions
made by the university covering a
period of eight years. The state board
Of public affairs made a similar in
vestigation, but there is an inclina-
ton on the part of the committee to
obtain information which was not
! brought out by the public affairs
/ board.
Assemblyman Robert Caldwell has
/ introduced a new bill to move the
state fair from Milwaukee to Madison.
Sir. Caldwell provides for the sale Of
the present fair site, and would have
this money used to build new fair
/ buildings on or adjacent to university
property. He would have the univer-
eity use these buildings when the
state fair was not being held. The
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