Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-02-28
Bray Bill MAY Be BEATEN

mayer of Portage. Two years ago
Senator Staudenmayer voted for the
Biehler bill, which was similar in all
essential provisions to the Bray bill Of
this session. Now comes the announce
ment Of Senator Staudenmayer that
he will vote against all convention
bills at this session.
To reward the long fight. which the
late Senator Robert Glenn made be-
fore the legislature for the establish
ment of a state park at the juncture
Of the Wisconsin and Mississippi
rivers, Assemblyman Kurtnacher of
La Crosse has offered bill TO name
the park Glenn State park"
| Slam at University Prom.
/ The Junior promenade, the leading
| social function of the college year at
the university, has been made the sub
iect of joint resolution in the lower
house offered by Assemblyman Pieper.
| The resolution characterizes the prom
as a scene of splendor, 'in which the
charms of the Creators most perfect
creation-the woman-was shown in
its natural state without being dimln-
ished TO any marked extent by any use
less wearing apparel" The resolution
asks thar tie prom be restaged so that
| moving pictures MAJ De taken. Ii then
provides thar every movie show house
in the state shall be compelled TO dis
play these pictures for ten days and
that the money collected for admission
shall no nplxr .Nh no
University of Wisconsin shall receive.
The resolution further asks that the
salaries of professors attending the
prom be reduced to $500 annually, sin
order that these gentlemen may learn
how 1T is for farmers and labOrers to
be taxed for supporting an institution
like the University of Wisconsin, with
its highball freaks and other social
stunts connected with the high cost of
living and paraded under the name of
high Ideals
New Exemption Bill.
Senator Charles III. Everett of Ra-
cine has prepared and offered a new
exemption bill in the upper house. 1t
wipes out the present fiat exemption
of $50 and provides a scale of exemp-
tons ranging from $40 to $50. The
Everett measure provides that the
earnings of any person OF persons hav-
ing a family dependent upon them shall
be exempt in execution in amount for
each month in which such earnings are
made or earned as follows:
IF any person or persons have de-
pendent upon him or them one or two
persons, $40; if three or four persons,
500. and if five or more persons, $50,
provided said exemption shall not ex-
coed three times the monthly exemp-
ton in all said time"
Labor leaders here say that they in
tend to fight the measure
Would Reorganize Board.
Apparently the officials at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin are in favor OF
the Whittet bill for the reorganiza-
ton of the state board of education.
The present board of education. which
prepares the educational budget for
the educational systems of the state,
is composed of the governor, secretary
of state and state superintendent,
with one representative of the regents
of the university and one representa-
tive of the normal schools of the state.
The Whittet bill provides for the
elimination of the state superintendent
and secretary Of state. 1t would ere
ate a board of seven members, COM
posed of the governor. four members
to be appointed by him and one rep
Fesentative for the university and one
for the normal schools.
To Expedite Work
TO expedite the work of the leglsla-
ture by getting all of the bills out.
Speaker Whittet has held an informal
meeting of the members with the bill
drafting department and it has been
agreed that all of the large measures
should be reported out of the commit
tee on revision at once and sent TO the
garious committees for hearing. 1t is
Hoped by this method to have all of
the larger measures considered in
committee by at least one house before
March 3.
Along this line every committee of
the legislature VIII liDN bt NthbCAlNh
to file a weekly report with the legis-
lature showing the status of each bill
in the committee. and any action
taken in regard TO it h" .hc committee.
Novel Railroad BIZ.
Assemblymap Pieper's DILL for the
fixing of railroad passenger fares in
the state is attracting considerable at
tention. Iieper is not exactly salts
fed with the railroad service in the
state. and his bill calls for a One-cent
passenger fare for the character of
service furnished at the present time,
two-cent fare for improved service and
four-cent fare for pa-lor-car service.
School Savings Banks.
"A school savings bank" is one of
the unique proposals offered at this
session of the legislature. II was rec
omm AIDED In the report Of State Bank
irs Commissioner A. T.. KuOlt, and q
bill to accomplish the purpose has been
offered in the lower house by Assem-
bIyman Frank B. Metcalfe, Milwaukee.
The states of California and New York
have Institutions of this character.
The federal court of appeals has up
held the right of the Wisconsin tax
commissioner to refuse information in
court relating to income tax returns.
The separation of the brewery from
the saloon so far as their financial man.