Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-07-20

Another OF The administration
measures went to defeat in the senate
Wednesday when the board of public
welfare bill was nOn-cOncurred in by
vote of Is to 10.
A substitute measure for this bill
which was really the governors bill
had previously been rejected by vote
of IA to IL.
The Bennett substitute for the pub
lie welfare board bill, embodying the
original bill with the oil inspection
department included in the merger,
was killed II to IA. Following this vote
Senator Perry offered all amendment
putting the supervisor of inspectors
of Illuminating oils back in the bill.
This was adopted. There upon the
bill was non-concurred in.
There is passed at this session doing
away with the present tax commission
and substituting single tax commits
sioner with an, advisory commission
to be composed of the governor, the
secretary of state, and the single COM
missioner TO pass upon questions of a
semi judicial character.
The senate expects to have it's calen-
der clear of all measures except the is
sue and finance committee bills before
the end of the week. All the bills
will be reported out of the committee
boxes before Thursday night. In
reality there are very few bills left in
either house, except the finance COM
mittee appropriation bills and the is
sue bills. The finance comittee will
get most of its bills before the legis-
lature this week and next. A budget
statement will probably be made some
time early next week by the finance
committee.
More than 5000 rural school
teachers of the state have rosy hopes
of receiving substantial increase of
salary. There was little opposition in
the assembly to the advancement of a
bill which will increase the salary of
every rural school teacher S12. so per
month if the teacher has obtained
educational qualifications two years in
advance of those furnished by the Or
binary high school, or similar training
in any normal school or county train
ing school. This increase in salary
will be in addition to the minimum
wage of $40 per month"; now enforced on
school districts. This is one of the
bills having the Endorsement of the
administration.
To meet the complaint that rural
school teachers are continually shift
ing from district to district in order
TO secure a salary advantage, the bill
provided that if a teacher remains in
the same district second year she
shall receive a state allowance of
$50 the second year and $500 for every
year thereafter in which she remains
in such district. These allowances are
made on the basis that the district
shall maintain an eight months
school. If a nine or ten months
school is maintained, the allowance
from the state is proportionately in
creased.
1t is still question whether any
legislation will be obtained from this
on the eugenicS marriage question. If
there is any legislation passed it will
be merely slight modification of the
present statute. The conference COM
mittee which has been appointed to
discuss the senate and assembly bills
on the subject is not able TO agree on
any substitute. 1t will, however,
hold another meeting Wednesday af-
ternoon at which it is more than
likely some modification of the pres
ent law will be proposed. They will
be for very slight changes, however,
and not of character TO either seri-
ously impair or improve the present
law.
The bill which has passed the SEN
ate would practically do away with
the law altogether, while the assem-
bly, bill retains the, present law but
qualities the character of the exami-
nation providing however, for physi-
cal examination of prospective brides
as we'll as grooms as prerequisite to
the issuance of a marriage license.