Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-04-21
SKOGNO 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 suspen-
sion of rules, 20 to l., the Skogmo bill
providing for statewide vote on full
suffrage for women in November,
1918. The bin now goes to the assem-
bly,.
After the bill had been engrossed Ia
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 a crisis
Of this Kind aud should not be elected
to office.
at was the most pitiable tiascO In
the history OF congress" said Mr..
Burke. q 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
sembly passed the state council for de-
Tense bill. providing for a commission
of l. citizens to mobilize Wisconsin's
resources. The bin was rushed to the
senate, where 1t was passed. - to ..
Assemblyman Charles +. Hart of
Oshkosh has offered joint resoiu-
tiOn providing that all the expenses Of
war shall be paid out of the income
tax. He has also offered a bin which
provides that the dependents of men
who enlist shall be cared for by tire
government. The state allowance for
one dependent Is 500: two dependents,
$50; three dependents. $40; four de-
pendents, 500 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
10 extend the credit Of the state to set
tiers. II killed the Turner bill to limit
the hours Of labor on county work to
eight hours. the Kent bill to repeal the
couuibutory negligence act. and the
Hart bin for the payment Of a fee by
corporations employing aliens
WORD of Caution" to Auto Owners.
The assembly adopted a joint resolu-
tion 10y Carl Hansen, providing for the
distribution to auto owners Of pam
phlets entitled ~ 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
Il bill which viii allow the destruction
of beaver dams when they cause farm
lands or highways to be flooded. The
measure is The outgrowth OF Il 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 il 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 ont 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
friets may exchange teachers for one
year with districts of other states. the
objects. according 60 Mr.. Turner, being
to prevent the teachers from getting
into n 'rut" and to benefit by the ex-
change of ideas. Mr. Workman spoke
for the bin, and incidentally took all
credit from SIR. Turner when he in
formed the members of the house That
Mrs. Turner had conceived the idea
and Ind drafted the bill.
The house coneurred in Senator Hu-
ber's bin which authorizes cities.
whether organized under general ar
special charter TO lease or purchase or
acquire. by gif; or devise. land and
buildings to he used for rest room pur.
poses by the general public
Emergency Conservation Bulletin.
Under the caption, Serve the Ma
tion-More Food This Year Is Patriot
ism" the agricultural experiment sta
ton OF the University of Wisconsin has
issued an emergency poster bulletin to
the farmers If the state. The bulletin
declares that whether this nation has
enough food 90 feed itself and help sup
ply the worlds needs depends largely
upon the harvests Of the North this
summer. The granarieS Of the world
are the lowest they have been in years
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