Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-11
Unprecedented Meeting of Both
Branches Of the Assembly.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION UP
rouse Finally Passes the Evjue Liquor
Referendum Bill by Vote of Sc
to Snow Goes to Senate
for Action.


marked an event Without precedent
since Wisconsin became state.
First the assembly adopted Il resOiu-
uOn calling for Il joint committee Of
TIE whole. When it reached the senate
IL was discovered that there was no
such procedure in the rule book, and
the senate changed it to a joint con
vention. 1t finally resulted that while
Lieutenant Governor Dithmar and
Speaker Whittet presided in digniii"d
STATE with the clerks at their posts, the
senators and aSsemDlymen were alb
sent, there being nc rule to require
their presence.
The bills discussed embrace about al!
the theories of industrial education.
Superintendent Cary opposed one ia
vored by Dean Birge, representing
President Van HiSe. which divorces the
Industrial education work from the
work of the schools, and gives the
state board of industrial education the
control. 1t is the contention of those
in favor Of the bill that capital and
labor know best how to conduct indus
trial and vocational educational insti-
tutiOns, and the school men claim the
educators should be in charge.
Demand Woman Member.
Scores Of petitions were received in
the assembly in the past few days pro-
testing against the passage Of the Ev
erett bill changing the personnel of the
state board of control unless the bill
is amended SO as to provide for Il
woman member. The present board is
composed of five members, one Of
whom is a woman. The Everett bill
provides for Il board of three members
who must take MP their residence in
Madison and devote their entire time
10 the duties of the board The EV-
erett bill does not provide that any Of
the three shall be q woman but does
provide that there shall be a woman
to visit the different state institutions
The wOman's clubs Of the state de-
clare that with SO many women CON
fined to the state institutions, it is
but just that they be given representa-
tiOn by one member On the board.
Even the blackbird may be the sub
iect of legislation. A long petition has
been presented in the assembly ask
ing for the passage of a law placing
bounty on blaclIbirds. If the IegisIa-
ture does not think such a law would
he feasible, it asks that county boards
be given the power to offer bOunties
for the killing Of blackbirds.
Excitement in Senate.
The senate INDUCED it's first excite
1nent of the session when Senator
Schultz moved call Of the house and
kept the members behind locked doors
until he decided he had been unduly
excited by the arguments and with
drew his motion, the call being raised
1t all happened when Senator Bennett
moved indefinite pOstpOnement of the
Schultz bill which originally took away
the powers of the railroad commission
as they apply to municipal waterworks
departments. The bill was amended
and the senate was about to engrOSs 1t
when Senator Bennett moved to kill it.
The Milwaukee senator, evidently be-
lieving he had lost his fight, moved the
call. After the call was raised the
senate proceeded to vote his way
To Train for Public Service.
The bill introduced by Senator Bar
wig, providing for the training of men
for public service in the cities, counties,
in the government and in civic Organi-
cations was engrossed by the senate.
Senator Wilkinson offered an amend
ment which made it clear that this bill
applies only to administrative offices.
Senator Schultz said this was Il splen-
die measure and he hoped he might be
the first to enter this new school
in an interview Senator Barwig said !:
''The senate took the first step to give
Wisconsin new prominence No state
university in the country has under
taken as yet to provide this kind of
training in public institutions and this
despite the fact that the great cost Of
government is in the local units. This
rs step to provide the public with
men as we'll trained as the representa-
tives of private interests"
The veterinary division Of the de-
partment of agriculture is planning an
active campaign for the next TWO years
TO meet the serious situation arising
out Of the spread of tuberculosis among
the stock of The state" says c.. p. Nor
CORD, commissioner of agriculture, in
an interview
To License Architects.
At the request Of the Wisconsin
chapter of the American Institute Of
Architects, AsSemblyman F. n. GRASS
of Door county has presented bill in
the assembly for the licensing of archi-
tects. 1t provides for a new state COM
mission of five members to be appoint
ed by the governor One member of
the board shall be member of the
faculty of the University of Wisconsin
or the state architect and the other
four members shall have been archi-
tects in the state for at least ten years.
The members shall be appointed for
one. two, three, four and five years
AamIannuaI Examinat!Oc.