Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05
HOUSE APPROVES
OF HIGHWAY BILL
Assembly Body Fayors 100000
Appropriation.
THREE MEMBERS OPPOSE 1T
Governor Philip In Statement to the
Committee Urges That Amount
Be Reduced to
S5oo,OOO.

Madison.-An appropriation of $780,
600 as state aid to highways for
the year 1915 was favorably rec
commended By the assembly commit
Zee on state affairs. Three members
OF the committee are in opposition to
the bill. Governor Philip in a state
ment to the committee recommended
that the appropriation be reduced to
100000. The state highway commits
sion in statement says that the re-
ports from the towns in the state indi-
cate that s1,500.00 viii be necessary
to meet the one-third appropriations
guaranteed under the present law. Be
fore the session of the assembly is con-
cluded this week there will be live
iy debate over this bill
The repeal Of the so-called Mary
Ann" second choice election law has
practically been accomplished. The
assembly gave final concurrence to the
Bichler bill to accomplish this pur-
pose, and the measure now goes to
Governor Philip for signature. The
governor is known TO favor it.
Two bills to accomplish the repeal OF
the Wisconsin public utilities act have
been defeated. Both Of these measures
were fathered by Assemblynian Vint
OF Milwaukee. The first provided that
the towns. villages and cities of the
state be given the power to regulate
their own utilities and the second mar
rowed the application of the first meas
are to the city OF Milwaukee. In the
debate over the bills Assemblyman
Vint charged that a majority of the de-
cisions of the railroad commission had
been in favor Of the corporations. This
was denied by Assemblyman Crosby.
who said that the figures on which this
statement was based were fictitious.
Assemblyman Hambrecht said that
state regulation was the only good
method for the regulation of utilities.
and his view was seconded by Assem-
blyman Killa of Milwaukee and others,
Assemblyman Donnelly said that to
turn the utilities over to the common
councils was to again make them po-
litical football. Both bills were de-
feated.
The assembly killed the julius Han
son bill directing the state industrial
commission to publish the data gath
cred showing the extent of the liquor
traffic in the state.
1t engrossed the Johnson bill giving
the treasurer of the county the power
to purchase lands sold for taxes. and
the Aulenbacher bill relieving saloon
keeper of the liability of selling liquor
to a minor where the minor has signed
a statement for the saloonkeeper de-
claring that he is of age.
AssembIyman Bradleys bill to re-
peal the appropriation of $4,000 for
the construction of a physical educa-
ton building at the La Crosse Normal
school was laid over until next
Wednesday.
The committee of the legislature
which has been investigating the char
liable and penal institutions in the
state in a report filed with the legisla-
ture today recommends that the gov
ernor appoint a committee of from
three to five persons to investigate
the question Of prison industries, that
the committee be composed of repre-
sentatives of those who study the
criminal. those engaged in manufac-
ture and a representative of labor, and
that the committee make report to
the governor not later than December
/. 1916, with definite recommendations
as to the proper employment of prison
| labor.
The report also recommends that
the governor appoint a special COM
mittee to investigate the institutions
and file report on December /. 1916.
In the brief time that legislative
committee has at an institution it can
not make an adequate report. declares
the legislative committee.
The report points out that the state
has over 100000 invested in the
plants OF the various institutions, TAX
ing care of patients and inmates who
number thousands.
At ali of the institutions visited
some small recommendations are made
as TO the erection of additional build
/ ings. The report asks for a better
system OF collecting accounts at the
Irvine plant at the state prison.
The debate on the one days rest
| In seven BILL which on the same bill
two years ago resulted in several
| calls of the house and a deadlock for
four days. was postponed in the SEN
ate when a subst tute came in by its
author, Senator Bosshard. The sub
State Ranks High in Class of Teachers.
That the normal school system of
Wisconsin is rendering the state at
| large a valuable service In supplying
teachers professionally trained. and
that there is probably no state in the
Union better equipped in this respect
to meet the demands of its public
schools for training teachers. is the
finding OF A. n. Farmer, who has
been conducting a survey of the state
normal schools for the state board of
| public affairs. Advance sheets of
the report have just come from the
| printer
According 10 the report of As per
cent of all of the teachers in the pub
lie schools in the state. outside of the
| one-room rural schools are furnished