The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-23
HOUSE PASSES THE
ANT|-T|PP|NG BILL
SENATE VOTES Ct TO FOR BOSS
HARD MEASURE, PROVID-
ING FOR FINE
COUNTY OPTION DISCUSSED
Jensen Bill Before Excise Committee
Would Put Questions Up to Whole
State in 1916 and Counties
Second.
Madison, March 10, 1915.

Tipping was dealt a blow in the
senate when the upper house, by a
vote Of 27 to 4, passed the Bosshard
anti-tipping bill. Senators Huber,
Perry, Stevens and Tomkins voted
against the measure. If the bill be-
comes law tipping will be made
punishable by fine of s. to $25 or
thirty days in jail. The measure now
goes to the assembly.
Senator Bosshard denied that an
anti-tipping law would take it's place
with the anti-cigarette law and be-
come a dead letter on the statute
book. Fifty thousand travelling
men," he said, will constitute an
army of detectives in Wisconsin who
will see to it that this law is en-
forced. Tipping has become a form
of petty graft. People are tired of
the holdup, but to refuse tip is to
be subjected to public humiliation.
County Option Discussed.
County option, as it is involved in
the Jensen bill, 242a, was considered
and fees.
The bill provides that the question
of county option, whether people of
the entire state wish to adopt it or
not, shall be submitted to the electors
of the state at the general election in
1916, and if upon that vote a major
ity of the electors vote in favor of
,+rr,
come effective and counties then, up
on petition of certain number of the
electors, may vote wet or dry for the
entire county.
Bradley Bill Reconsidered.
The Bradley bill repeating the law
of 1913 appropriating $4,000 for a
physical training equipment at the
La Crosse normal school, was recon-
sidered. Mr.. Kurtenacker of La
Crosse had moved reconsideration of
the vote by which the bill was or
dered to engrossment Mr.. Kurten-
acker made a long speech in opposi-
ton to the bill in support of his mo-
tion to reconsider and was seconded
by Messrs. Gruenewald, Dickie, Of
ster, Whitcomb, Minkly and Falk.
Mr.. Bradley opposed the move. Re-
consideration was favored 81 to 33
on roll call.
The senate passed the Fairchild
bin giving the governor power to
make the state militia conform to
the national army in equipment, etc.
Three Bills Killed
Mr.. Nelson's bill providing that
the Deerfield Poultry association
share in the aid to poultry associa-
tions was ordered to engrossment as
was the Shutter bill relating to
county training schools.
Three bills were indefinitely post
poned, Kents Tia, providing for a
referendum on the free list book
question in Milwaukee; Mr.. Wal
dron's SSa, relating to uniform text
books, and Pieper's relating to coun-
ty training schools.
Bill Permits Renting of Park.
A bill introduced by the committee
on state affairs in the senate gives
the state fair board power to lease
the state fair park whenever the
grounds are not used for state fair
purposes.
A bill that came in the senate from
the committee on corporations gives
the insurance commissioner power to
calculate values of bonds held by a
life insurance companies. The values
found by him it is provided are to be
final and binding"
The assembly after some debate or
dered to engrossment and third read.
ing the Melvin bill providing that state
banks shall keep on hand II per cent
of their total deposits instead of Ii
per cent, except that state reserve
banks shall keep on hand 20 per cent
instead of % per cent of their total
deposits.
Bill Goes to Governor.
Assemblyman Dobie withdrew his
objection against the Gruenewald bill
providing for the appropriation OF
S3,100 from the funds of the Panama
Pacific exposition for an educational
exhibit at the exposition The bill now
goes to the governor for approval.
bin authorizing the attorney genera
to defend suits brought for alleged in
fringement of patents covering pro
cesses, devices or materials used il
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