Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-02-24
S0L0NS HITTING STRIDE.
Administration Leaders Have Com
pleted Plans TO FOrestall Lengthy
Legislative Session.

The Wisconsin legislature will
hit ITS stride toward shortening the
present session from now on saws
Madison dispatch
Alarmed over the prospects of
the session extending over into
July and August, administration
leaders have gotten toget ther and
completed plans, which if carried
out, will keep the session within
Iune, The first step toward hasten
ing the end OF the session was taken
last week when the assembly pass
ed motion offered by Assembly
man Arnold c. Otto, Milwaukee.
TO have chairmen of committees re-
port each week the number of bills
in committee and the status they
are in. This step was the direct
result of a caucus of republican
leaders. The caucus also opposed
the salary increase. This has re
suited in one member declaring he
will oppose the administration
program throughout the session.
The talk of blockading work of the
finance committee BY the holding
up of revisors' bill 2s, is not taken
seriously. Though it was natural
ly expected that some dissatisfac-
tion would result from the opposi-
tion to the $500 increases in men,
bers' pay, it is believed that the
assembly will follow the action OF
the senate aud pass the bill II is
claimed that the holding up of the
b Il blockading work OF the Joint
finance committee, in that the bill
provides for the REMEMBERING of
the appropriation statues, and un-
til the laws are remembered the
committee will be unable to report
on appropriation bills
Thus far the work of the legisIa-
ture has been very slow 1t has
now been in session cl Sc on 10 six
weeks and barely more than a doz-
ell measures have passed both
houses.
More than a hundred bills are
slated for hearings. OF most gen
eral importance throughout the
state is the state aid armory bill,
introduced by Senator Roy p. Viii
COX, Eau Claire. / he measure pro-
vides for the appropriation of $50,
500 annually TO build three armor-
les a year. The bill has the APPROX
al of the adJutant general and IS
supported BY officials from all parts
of the state. 1t is claimed that at
present only half dozen compan-
les ont of the entire S. in the state
militia, have armories. The others,
it is said, use dance halls and barns
to drill in. The bill provides for
a dollar for dollar cooperation on
the part of cities with the excep-
ton that the cities must furnish
and pay for the arnlory site This
will come up before the committee
on state affairs Wednesday.
Other measures OF more or less
importance to certain committees
slated for hearing this week were:
A bill to appropriate TO Mike
Morrin, a Chippewa Indian, OF
Bayfield, a sum OF money therein
named as compensation for loss
sustained DY nln tof reason oI the
seizure OF certain nets.
A bill to appropriate a sum OF
money for maintaining, strengthen
ing, repairing, adding to and sup
ervising the system OF levees on the
Wisconsin River in the counties Of
Columbia and Sauk in the vicinity
of Portage
A bili providing for distribution
of official documents to the law
library Of Marquette university.
A bill to detach territory from
the town Of Florence and TO create
the town OF Fern
Moose Meeting.
Ironwood lodge No. go, J.. o, o. II.
a..