Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-31
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The net expenditures for last year
were over @ millions greater than
those Of 1911, and the last two years
are almost 81 millions greater than
l911-l2. But they do not give the COM
plete story. The treasurer's reports
cover only money that goes through
his hands. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars more would have been spent
but for the cutlery that the people
have made 1t must be remembered
that the last legislature appropriated
about S37, 00G 900, and unless this le-
gislature repeats those appropriations,
" hich it has not done, it will all be
spent, ultimately. About 81 900, 900
now in the treasury, is a part of the
money appropriated but held up by
Governor McGoyern and Governor
Philip McGovern intended to pass
ii all on to Philip, million and a
half on roads, million for Univer-
lipp has held considerable of it from
use. At present it looks as if he will
fail in the end and all that is held in
allowance, and still more, will be
thrown to peanut politics by the pre-
sent legislature. SO far as respon-
sbility is concerned, it seems to be
well divided Corporation bills and
liquor bills seem to get through the
reform" element of the senate easily
enough All the representative gent
lemen seem to balk at, is any sort of
bill to relieve the people.
POPULATION OF MILWAUKEE.
Recent figures rs to the population
of Milwaukee, showing that of an esti-
mated 1926, 425 people, II, $50 are nativ-
rs of Germans and 1880 of Austria
Hungary, are misleading without eX-
PLANTATION. Under the present method
of taking the census persons are ere
dited to the country from which they
have eXpatriated themselves. Thus
Poles, Bohemians, and all others who
came from Germany or Austria Hung
AIRY. are accredited as Germans, Aus
TRANS. or IiungaTians. This will be
apparent upon examination of the cen
sus of 1910 and the recently published
estimate, neither Of which recognizes
our large Polish population at ALL
while in 1909 the census gave Milwau-
kee over rs, 900 Poles. nearly all of
whom were credited to German Pol
and. The same relative conditions pro
badly hold good to-day, and the tigur-
es of 1910 and those just published ig-
more the racial fact that there are pro-
badly 80 1000 people of Polish blood in
Milwaukee, ifthe first generation born
here is included in the reckoning.
German blood furnishes the largest
single element, but it by no means do
inmates Milwaukee.
SMALLPOX FAILS TO EFFECT
The legislature developed consider
ably more activity and purpose this
week than at any time during the SEES
sion, II was case. OF smallpox, and
they all, for once, We're at agreement
and got yaccipated, The governor was
reported to be immune, but he has
seen, most of the session, aud he un-
doubtedly enjoyed the unusually un-
auimity that stirred his usually i'm
movable Progressive friends in the
upper house January Il seems long
way back in ancient history. but that
was when this legislature began to
set. " and the longer il has remained
on the nest, the more "sot =" it is. This
is the l95th day since it convened.
and all the big appropriation bills are
yet to come Statesmauship in Wiscon-
sin IS getting TO be a sort of field meet
| for laW-smths, gab-fest for men
/ who cannot focus their ideas into any
1 thing practical. IN less than the usual
nine months gestatory season. II is
mol time when much of value is eN-
pected of our legislature. SO the room
tor disappointment is circumseribed.
ont IT is uo wonder that contagious
diseases oyertakea body that moves
SO slowly rnd whose blood has such
turgid circula;.on.