River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-03-22
CLOSE THE RURAL
SALOON EARLY
Provision of Bill Engrossed by
Vote of the House.
DRY ZONE ABOUT HOSPITALS
Women Appear in Force and Argue Tor
and Against Woman's Suffrage
La Toilette Censure Resolu-
ton Causes Discussion.

the closing of all saloons IN ruraI us
tricts at eleven O'Clock at night ana
prohibiting their reopening until SIX
o'clock in the morning.
Assemblyman Carl Hansen attacked
the bill saying that it would be worth
less SO long as the automobile was III
existence. Assemblyman weston
Woodland of Chippewa county thought
the bill would be of the greatest benent
to the rural community. Assemblyman
A. NJ. Rogers declared that it was an
injustice to most people to operate q
saloon all night. Assemblyman Carl
Kurtnacher of La Crosse declared the
bill was sound in principle and hoped
the bill would pass. A motion TO IN
definitely postpone was defeated by
vote of % to 16. The bill was then en-
crossed.
La Toilette Resolution.
A crowded committee room was pres
ent at the hearing on the Bennett reso-:
luton to condemn Senator La Toilette
for filibusterlng, but the hearing was.
brief, and only few spoke. Chairman
Perry at the outset urged the speakers
to refrain from discussing the Euro
pean war issues and to confine them
selves to the resolution. Senator Ben
nett, it's author, said it was introduced
first as q protest against the threat7
ened filibuster, and that it reflected his
views concerning the action Of Senator
La Toilette and the group supporting
him toward the preparedness bllIs4
Bennett condemned their action as UNI
American and stated that the purpose
Of the resolution was to condemn Sem
atOr La FOllettee and that it does con-
denim him.
ut is up to the committee nOw," he
said. 1.-THE committee can be pro-
American or it can be prO-anything
else.
Substitute Measure Adopted.
BY vote of to 2, the committee on
education and public welfare adopted
a new resolution offered by Senator
Staudemayer as q substitute for the
Bennett resOlutio,: condemning the
armed neutrality filibuster.
The Staudemayer expression sets
up the familiar La Toilette charge that
certain forces are active in this cOun-
try to plunge the United States into
war. 1t then declares for peace
peace with honOr"-and preparedness.
Dry Zone Around Hospitals.
The house also sent to engrOSSment
the Evjue bill for twomile dry zone
around the two state hospitals for the
insane. Assemblyman Schiewietz OF
Milwaukee offered an amendment to
include all county hospitals. This was
objected to by ASsemblyman Woodland,
who claimed that such a provision
would vote dry the city of Chippewa
Falls. The Schmiewietz amendment
then explained that his measure was
backed by the state board of control.
These officials, he said, declared there
were 100 patients at Oshkosh and 1OO
at Mendoza that were on parole, but
trouble was experienced with these pa
tients as the operation of saloons in
that community. The bill was en-
crossed by a vote of Il to II.
There was a long debate over the
proposed amendment to the cOnstitu-
ton to permit municipalities to in
crease the debt limit from to 10 per
cent in the city of Milwaukee and from
5 to 10 per cent in other cities of the
state. This amendment was offered to
permit cities to purchase municipal
utilities. The principal speech in IA
vor of the measure was made by AS
semblyman Glenn Turner 1t was OPP
posed by w. l.. Smith of Clark county.
The bill was killed by a vote of 40 to
80.
Assemblyman Carl Hansen offered a
substitute to his bill providing for
full switching crew on railroads. The
Smith bill for one days rest in seven
was laid over.
Would Hasten Adjournment.
Another. move to hasten the end of
the present session of the assembly
was taken by the passage of a reSOlu-
ton offered by Carl Hansen requiring
that all bills introduced within the
five-week period which have not been
reported to the assembly by the re-
vision committee be reported by March
&c and that those which are not re-
ported by that time be subject to the
same rules and procedure of the as
sembly as those introduced after the
five-week period.
Prom Reform Bill Killed.
The assembly has killed Carl Pieper's
joint resolution on the university prom.
The vote to kill the resolution was SO
to Is. Nv. Pieper's resolution provided
for holding another prom for. taking
moving pictures of the same in order
to show Wisconsin's taxpayers the ex-
travagance OF university students and
faculty. 1t also provided that the reve-
nue. from showing these pictures
should be used to maintain the univer-
sity and also that the salaries of the