Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-25
new BILLS On
LIQUOR QUESTION
Measures to Be Reported to AS
senbIy Very Soon.
OFFERS COUNTY OPTION PLAN
AssembIyman Jenson Presents Meas
ure-Fredericks Wants All
Screens Removed From
Saloons.

Madison.-Two new bills on the
liquor question will be reported
to the assembly very soon by the com,
mittee on revision and will be referred
to committees for hearing. The first
is modified plan of the county option
system and is designated by its author.
Assemblyman Frederick of Monroe
county, as the district option plan. I'm
der this bill the question of local op-
ton can be voted upon either by as
sembly or senatorial districts. The
county option plan is before the assem-
bly, in bill offered by Assemblyman
]. B. Jensen. The second liquor bill
by Frederick provides that all screens
shall be removed from the windows of
all saloons and cafes in the state. A
similar bill to the latter is recon-
mended by the Wisconsin antivice
committee and has been offered in the
upper house by Senator Monk Of
NeiIIsville.
THE screen law has been tried in a
number of states and in number of
cities in Wisconsin and has worked
to the entire satisfaction of the cor.-
munity," said Assemblyman Frederick
today. ct robs the saloons of the
element of rowdyism."
Senator Otto Bosshard has intro
duced by request a bill which would
permit local option vote on the ques-
ton of whether only beer shall be
sold in the community, or whether
both beer and whisky may be sold. In
toxicants containing 6 per cent alcohol
are included in the beer class and
over that percentage in the whisky
class. A bill for statewide submis-
sion of these two questions is pro-
posed by Assemblyman MCGOWAN of
Adams county.
Assemblyman Schroeder is the au-
thor of bill which provides that
resident of the state who is not in
digent may be received in a county
hospital for treatment on the payment
of a weekly fee agreed to by the board
of trustees; Assemblyman Reinhart
a measure giving the industrial COM
mission, instead of the board of educa-
ton, power to issue permits for chill
dren to sell papers on the streets; As
semblyman Whitcomb has offered the
uniform marriage law, which has been
introduced in a score of legislatures
this year, and Assemblyman J. B. Jen-
son has bill for a minimum liquor
license fee of $500 annually. Assem-
prfO xrCJ711 rnnna1 tho
eugenics law.
The committee on education of the
assembly has unfavorably reported
the Hambrecht bill to increase the
nonresident tuition fees at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin from 500 to $3.50
annually.
Hundreds listened to the arguments
before the joint committee in the SEN
ate and assembly on the several bills
extending the right of suffrage to
women.
Speaker Whittet appointed Assem-
blymen H. J. Grell, R. B. Dickie, John
Camper, Newton Spoor, Carl Hansen
and F. J. Weber as committee to at
tend the funeral of former Assembly
man G. F. Viebahn, which will be held
at Watertown Saturday afternoon. AS
sembIyman Ellingson has withdrawn
his bill to reduce the wage exemption
of workingmen.
The assembly passed the Smith bill
to permit school districts to furnish
lunches to children and the Everett
bill for the filing of the names of
farms with the register of deeds. 1t
killed the linn bill prohibiting free
employment, and engrossed the Laing
bill increasing the total state aid to
high schools maintaining special win
ter courses from $4,000 to $4,000 an
nualIy Both houses of the legisla-
ture have passed the Carl Hansen
resolution to investigate the land pur-
chases of the University of Wiscon-
sin.
Senator Richards introduced a bill
providing that in Milwaukee the city
council and the railroad commission
shall have concurrent jurisdiction in
the supervision and regulation Of
street railways.
The Culbertson bill prohibiting haZ-
ing at educational institutions was en-.
crossed by the senate after being
amended to make the penalty less Sc
we're. The same action was taken on
the Everett bill forbidding the issuing
of hunting licenses to foreigners not
having taken out their first papers,.
and for the CuIbertson bill perfecting
the process by which commission gov
erned cities may return to the old
form after four years trial.