The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-26
LEGISLATURE IS
IN FULL SWING
End Of Two Weeks Sees Ses-
sion at Mid-SedsOn Clip.
SPEED UP APPROPRIATIONS

Finance Committee Expects to Have
All Before Legislature by Feb. Is.
War FURRY Shakes House Mem
bers--Move to Make Boards Pay
Way-Two Plans to Curb Liquor.
Madison, Wis, Jan. 23.-Instead
of a big machine moving ponder
ously, the state legislature, at the
close of the first two weeks of the
session, is running smoothly and in
mid-season form. This is significant
because it establishes, beyond all
doubt, that the members are here for
business and will extend their best
efforts to shorten the session.
The finance committee, which is
probably the most important commit
tee Of the legislature, at this early
date is nearly half through with Its
work, something unheard of in the leg
islative history of the state. Assem-
blyman E. A. Everett, chairman of the
assembly side of the committee, has
announced that not later than Feb.
Is, all the big appropriation measures
will be before the legislature. If the
committee makes good these promises
and it seems to be in a fair way OF
doing So the financial program will
have been reported out, three to four
months earlier than at any previous
session.
Speed has become the slogan
here. Committees which heretofore
were not organized at this early date,
have settled down to the grind of dis
cussing and passing on bills. The Fl,
nance committee is following closely
the recommendations of the state
board of public affairs which outlined
the 1917 budget. A bill has already
passed in the senate and will be con-
Cured in by the house which makes
an annual appropriation of $4,000 to
continue the board of affairs, of which
Governor Phillip is a member.
All appropriation measures were
considered weeks before the legisla
ture met. Now the program of fl
nances is in shape for early submits
sion to both houses. The board went
over matters so thoroughly, calling in
departmental heads and comforting
with them on how much money they
needed, that there is disposition on
the part of members of both houses
not to again consider these matters
in detail
Appropriations Passed On.
Among the appropriation bills the
committee has passed on the fol-
lowing:
Buttermakers, $500 a year.
Cheesemakers, $500 year
Cranberry growers, $3.50 year.
Cheesemakers' and dairymen's as
ISOLATION. $1,000 year.
State board of education, $4,000 a
year.
Executive department, $16,11O for
The first year and $1S.11O for the sec
ond year.
Firemen's association, $4,000 year.
Geological and natural history sur
vey, $4,000 year.
Board of health, $4,000 year for
administration; $1,000 to proven.
blindness among children; $3.50 for
hygenic laboratory.
Historical society, $4,000 year;
$4,000 for books.
State insurance department, $4,000
year, a cut of about $1,000.
Law library, $4,000 year.
Memorial hall, $4,000 year. rs
National guard, 100000 year.
Printing board, $22,500 for two
years
Agricultural experimental associa
ton, $4,000 year.
Agricultural department, $4,000 .
year.
State fair, $125,000 a year.
Attorney generals department, $50,
900 year, with a contingent fund OF
$4,000.
State banking department, $4,000
the first year and $4,000 the second
year.
Legislature Has War FURRY.
The legislature had its little wal
furry last week, when the house
adopted the Carl Hansen peace mem
orial to congress. This memorial in
dorses the act OF congress authorizing
President Wilson to call conference
of the great governments to formu
late a tribunal which. shall hear the
disputes of nations.
Assemblyman John Donelly OBJ
jected to the adoption of the resolution
on the ground that the legislature two
years ago held to the wise policy o.
not flooding congress with resolutions
and petitions
Assemblyman Carl Hansen said his
resolution called for nothing new
merely expressing encouragement ant
sympathy with respect to the presi
dents efforts to bring about peace ant
urging him to act under provision:
already set up by congress.
Assemblyman D. S. Burnett sail
that if the United States intended tt
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