Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-04-16

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neutrality policy. The president wrote
Secretary of State Donald as follows:
'My Dear Mr.. Secretary: May / not
express to you, and through you to the
Wisconsin legislature, my very hearty
appreciation of the generous words of
the Joint resolution of which you have
sent me a copy? 1t heartens me great
ly to know that | have your sympa-
thetic appreciation and good will, and
thank you and all concerned very cor
daily.
WOODROW WILSON"
Governor Wants Law Amended.
| Gov E. L. Philip opposes an appeal
by the state to the United States SUI
preme court in the corn syrup label
case, recently lost by the state in the
| federal district court. Instead he will
call upon the legislature to amend the
| Wisconsin law to correspond with the
federal law on labels, emitting the pro-
vision that the companies must
schedule the ingredients of corn syrup.
"Hasty'' Marriages May Return.
The days of the marrying parson"
may return if a bill introduced by
Assemblyman Kurtenacker of La
Crosse should pass. 1t amends the
marriage license law, cutting out the
five days which must now intervene
between the granting of a marriage
license and the marriage ceremony.
Many Bills For Hearing.
The two houses have scheduled 220
bills for hearings this week. Of these
the larger part are with the assembly
committees. The most important bills
which will come up are:
Senate.
Corporations, Fairchild BILL relating
to assessment and collection of taxes;
Milwaukee county institutions. Judi
ciary, Bray bill, to secure payment of
weekly indemnity by employer to en-
ploye; bill relating to salary of court
reporters. State affairs, excise bills in
troduced in senate.
Special committee on conservation,
bill to detach territory from Whitefish
Bay and attach to East Milwaukee. Ed
ucation and public welfare, Glenn bill,
relating to teachers pension fund. Ju-
dietary, Bosaard bill, permitting five
sixths of jury in civil cases to return
a verdict State affairs, permitting
state board of agriculture to lease state
fair park.
Bill Affects Nominations.
Education and public welfare, Fair
child bill, relating to state board of
dental examiners; Ackley bill, relating
to independent nominations Finance,
Tomkins bill, appropriating sum of
money as emergency fund to prevent
fires in state forestry reserve. Fair
child bill, listing and taxation of grain
in warehouses; Whitman bill, relating
to taxation of head and zinc lands;
Tomkins bill, relating to registration
of automobiles; antitrust bill State
affairs, automobile bills; Baxter BILL.
remodeling the tax commission; Bray
officer before the Legislature for exam
nation; Budlong joint resolution, pro-
hibiting lobbying by state employees.
Assembly.
Bill providing new board of agricul-
ture; Ellinger bill, for new board OF
agriculture; Bradley bill, repeating APP
preparation for state board of agricul-
ture. Education, Reinhardt bill, per-
hitting school boards in cities of first
class to purchase land on contract
State affairs, woman suffrage bill.
Education, Whitcomb bill. prohibit
ing student courts. Insurance and
banking. bills limiting individual loans
by banks; relating to overdrafts; re-
lating to cash reserve; transferring
fire marshal to department of insur-
ance Judiciary, Weber bill, relating
to advertisements for employees; Fair
child bill, comforting on Milwaukee
county Municipal court concurrent ju.
risdiction in habeas corpus. State af.
fairs, National guard bills; Hedding
bill, prohibiting any one from wearing
uniforms similar to police in cities.
Excise and fees, liquor bills. Judi
ciary. Killa bill. for board of control
for Milwaukee county; Berninger bill
for county auditor and purchasing
agent. municipalities, Kent bin foI
school census in cities of the first
class.
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Postmaster at Whitelaw Named.