River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-19
SKOGMO SUFFRAGE
BILL IS PASSED
Vote Law to Be Submitted to
People.
DEFENSE MEASURE WINS OUT
Only One Member OF Assembly Votes
Against Act Providing Commission
to Mobilize Wisconsin's
Resources.

Misunderstanding the opponents Of
woman suffrage by surprise, the Wis
consin senate passed under a suspen-
sion of rules, 20 to II, the Skogmo bill
providing for a statewide vote on full
suffrage for women in November,
1918. The bill now goes to the assem-
bly,.
After the bill had been engrossed in
the senate, Senator Burke attacked the
measure, pointing to the conduct of
Congresswoman Jennette Rankin of
Montana, who wept when the war res
olution came to vote. He said that
this shows women are unfit for crisis
of this kind and should not be elected
to office.
ut was the most pitiable fiasco in
the history Of congress-" said Mr..
Burke. II don't want Wisconsin at
this time to join an apron brigade;
this is no time for hysteria or govern
ment by hysteria."
War Measure Passed.
With but one dissenting vote, the as
seE1bly passed the state council for de-
Tense bill, providing for commission
OF II citizens to mobilize Wisconsln's
resources. The bill was rushed to the
senate, where it was passed, 81 to ..
ASsemblyman Charles +. Hart OF
Oshkosh has offered a joint resOlu-
ton providing that all the expenses OF
war shall be paid out of the income
tax. He has also offered bill which
provides that the dependents of men
who enlist shall be cared for by the
government The state allowance for
one dependent is $40; two dependents,
S35; three dependents, $45; four de-
pendents, $50, and S. for each depend
ent over four.
The assembly killed the Kent reSOlu-
ton for the establishment of state
printing plant, and the Poor resolution
to extend the credit of the state to set
tiers. 1t killed the Turner bill to limit
the hours 6f labor on county work to
eight hours, the Kent bill to repeal the
contributory negligence act, and the
Hart bill for the payment of fee by
corporations employing aliens.
"Word of Caution" to Auto Owners.
The assembly adopted a joint resOlu-
ton by Carl Hansen, providing for the
distribution to auto owners of PAM
phlets entitled "a Word of Caution"
The object of the pamphlets is to make
autoists more careful in driving. The
slogan for auto owners, the pamphlet
says, should be, "Stop, look and lis
ten" when going over grade crossings,
where so many accidents occur.
Assemblyman V. V. Miller introduced
a bill which will allow the destruction
of beaver dams when they cause farm
lands or highways to be flooded. The
measure is the OutgroWth of a discus
sion last week on several bills seeking
appropriations for farmers whose
lands were flooded because of beaver
dams.
Wanted State Officers Examined.
The assembly killed Carl Pieper'S
Joint resolution which sought to pro-
vide for examination of state officers
and employees upon petition of ten
members of the legislature. Mr.. Pieper
spoke in defense of his resolution,
winding up by asking the rules COM
mittee, which had recommended the
resolution for indefinite postpOnement,
for two reasons why it should be
killed. Nobody complied, but the res
olution was killed anyhow.
The assembly adopted Mr. Peterson's
Joint resolution calling upon the super
intendent of schools to see that the
"Star-Spangled Banner" and other
patriotic songs be sung more extensive
ly in Wisconsin public schools. 1t was
pointed out that few Americans knew
the words of the best of all national
anthems.
To Keep Teachers Out of Rut.
Mr.. Turner's teacher bill' was en-
crossed. This provides that school dis
tricts may exchange teachers for one
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