Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-24
LEGISLATURE IS
IN FULL SWING
End Of Two Weeks Sees SGS-
sion al Mid-SeaSOn 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.

bers-Move to Make Boards Pay
Way-Two Plans to Curb Liquor.
Madison, Wis, Jan. 23-Instead
of 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, beyont all
doubt, that the members are here for
business and viii 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 f. 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
anu II NCNAAAS W bt III q idtA " dt vi
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 10 the grind of dis
cussing and passing on bills. The f.
nance committee is following closely
the recommendation 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 Philip is a member.
All appropriation measures We're
considered weeks before the legisla
ture met Now the program Of f.
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 a disposition or
the part of members of both houses
not to again consider these matters
in detail
Appropriation Passed On.
Among the appropriation bills the
committee has passed on the fol-
lowing:
Buttermakers. $500 year,
Cheesemakers, $500 a year
Cranberry growers, $3.50 year.
Cheesemakers' and -dairymen's as
ISOLATION. 1000 a year
State board of education, $4,000 a
year.
Executive department, $16.1l0 for
;he first year and S1S,110 for the sec
ond year.
Firemen's association, $4,000 a year.
Geological and natural history sur.
vey, $4,000 year.
Board of health, $4,000 a year for
administration; $500 to prevent
blindness among children; $3.50 for
ny GENT idboidbOlg.
Historical society, $4,000 a year
$500 for books.
State insurance department, $4S, 900
a year, cut of about $1,000.
Law library, $4,000 year.
Memorial hall, $4,000 a year.
National guard. 100000 a year.
Printing board, $22,5O0 for two
years.
Agricultural experimental associa-
ton, $4,000 a year
Agricultural department, $4,000 Il
year.
State fair. $4,000 a year.
Attorney generals department, $50
900 a year, with contipgen fund of
$4,000
state banking department, $4,000
the first year aud $4,000 the second
year.
Legislature Has War Furry.
The legislature had its little war
furry last week. when the house
adopted the Carl Hansen peace mem
oriaI to congress. This memorial in
dorses the act Of congress authorizing
President Wilson to call a conference
of the great governments to formu-
late A tribunal which shall hear the
disputes of nations.
Assemblyman J0hs P Donelly OBJ
iected to the adoption of the resolution
on the ground that the Legislature two
years ago held to the wise policy Of
not flooding congress with resolutions
and petitions
Assemblyman Carl Hansen said his
resolution called for nothing new,
merely expressing encouragement and
sympathy with respect to the presi-
dents efforts to bring about peace and
urging him TO act under provisions
already set up by congress.
Assemblyman d. s. Burnett said
that if the United States intended to
do cleaning up it should clean off its
own doorstep tMexicol before it set
out to clean up Europe.
There was general debate in which
several members said they could see
no harm in the adoption of the resolu-
lion, which went through by a good
note.
The legislature has been in session
two weeks and there has been a nota.