The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-02-26
UPPER AND LOWER
! HOUSES RECONvENE
MANY BILLS SLATED IN DIFFER
/ EMIT COMMITTEES FOR HEARING.
CONSIDER ACKLEY MEASURE
Many Changes Have Been Proposed
to the Workmen's Compensation
Act-BiIl to increase Salary
of Teachers.

Madison.-When both houses of the
legislature convened after a recess,
scores of bills were slated in the diff
ferent committees for hearing. The
conservation committee of the senate
and assembly will hold it's hearing on
the waterpower bills. The Ackley bill
is the principal measure to be con-
sidered. 1t would repeal many of the
features of the present law. Governor
Philip in his message to the legisla-
ture recommended that the measure
be modified SO that waterpowers will
develop in the state with greater
rapidity
The university will play promi-
nent part in the legislation this year.
Senator Bennett has bill to repeal
the appropriations of over 100000
that would become available March 1
for new buildings; Assemblyman Hoff-
mann has bill to repeal the appro-
priation of 100000 for a commons
and union at the university. Assem-
blyman Hambrecht has a measure to
dent students; Senator Bennett has a
bill to limit the medical work at the
university to two years course;
Senator Hanson has bill to make it
possible for a graduate of an accred-
tied high school to enter into any de-
partment at the university, without
additional academic work, and Assem-
blyman Helm has a measure to dis
franchise students from voting in
Madison.
Many changes have been proposed
to the wOrkmen's compensation act.
Most of these have been to strengthen
the law. Senator Burke has a meas
ure that will increase the oompensa-
ton for certain injuries Is per cent
and a similar measure is fathered by
Assemblyman Hart Of Oshkosh. There
are at least a half dozen bills before
the legislature relating to strikes,
most of them lessons drawn from the
Colorado affair. Assemblymen Weber
and Hart have bills which will compel
any man advertising for laborers to
state in his advertisement whether
there is a strike at the plant. For vio-
lation OF this rule the manufacturer
will be subjected to e. heavy fine, re-
Quired to pay all the expenses of
the men coming to the place, and a
reasonable compensation for time
lost.
nh In he 0f
that shall be peid by a railroad in
creasing it's capital stock, which will
lower the present rate, Is proposed In
bill by Senator Baxter of Superior.
A bill has been presented by Sena-
tor Robert Glenn to increase the salary
of the secretary of the teachers re-
tirement fund from $1,000 to $1,000
annually. It is understood that this
Is the only amendment that will be
asked for by the trustees. Senator
Fairchild has presented bill which
gives the governor of the state greater
power over the Wisconsin National
Guard. 1t provides that the governor
shall have power to alter, divide,
transfer or consolidate any Of these
organizations; that he shall have pow
er to create new organizations, and to
enlist, organize and to prescribe rules
for the regulation Of relief corps so
as to conform in quota Of troops or
in kind of service with the rules and
regulations of the federal department