Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-04-07
JOINT SESSION OF
LEGISLATURE HELD
Unprecedented Meeting Of Both
Branches of the Assembly.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION UP
House Finally Passes the Evjue Liquor
Referendum Bill by Vote of SIS
to SHOW Goes to Senate
for Action.

Madison.-When both houses met in
the assembly chamber TO hear argu-
ments about industrial education it
marked an event without precedent
since Wisconsin became "A state.
First the assembly adopted Il resolu-
ton calling for a Joint committee of
the whole. When 1t reached the senate
1t was discovered that there was no
such procedure in the rule book. and
the senate changed 1t to a joint CON
Yention. 1t finally resulted that while
Lieutenant Governor Dithmar and
Speaker Whttet presided in dignfied
state, with the clerks ut their posts, the
senator's and asSemblymen were ab-
sent, there being no rule to require
their presence, Members of the com
mittees occupied front seats and Wis
itors sat In the members seats
The bills discussed embrace about all
the theories Of industrial education
Superintendent Cary opposed one IA
vored by Dean Birge, representing
President Van Hise. which divorces the
industrial education work from the
work of the schools. aud gives the
state hoard of industrial education the
control. 1t is the contention of those
in favor of the bin that capital and
labor know best how to conduct indus
trial and vocational educational inst-
tutionS, and the school men claim the
educators should be in charge
Excitement In Senate.
The senate INDUCED It's first excite.
nent of the session when Senator
Schultz moved call Of the house and
kept the members behind locked doors
until he decided he had been unduly
excited by the arguments and with
drew his motion. the call being raised.
Il all happened when Senator Bennett
moved indefinite postponement of the
Schultz bill which originally took away
the powers of the railroad commission
az they apply 10 municipal waterworks
departments. The bin was amended
and the senate was about to eugroSs It
when Senator Bennett moved 10 Kill It,
The Milwaukee senator, evidently be-
lieving he had lost his fight, moved the
call. After the call was raised the
senate proceeded to vote his way
Referendum Bill Passed.
The assembly passed the Eyiue
liquor referendum bill by vote Of 90
TO 81. The bill must remain In the
house OF hours 10 await any motions
which may be presented for reconsld-
GRAFTON.
For Vocational Education.
'1'he national congress has recent
ly enacted law known as the Smith
Hughes law for encouraging In the
various states the teaching OF voca-
tional subjects" said State Superin-
tendent Cary In an interview These
subjects Include agriculture. home
economics and trudc. The various
states of the Union must enter into an
obligation to match dollar for d0lAr,
the money offered by the federal gov
eminent, in order to get the benefit Of
this fund. There is to be federal
board to administer the fund aud there
must be some sort of state bourd to co
operate with the federal board The
maximum amount that the state Of
Wisconsin could get next year is S37.-
$50 and In order to get this amount Of
money the legislature would have 10
appropriate an equal amount from the
state treasury. This amount increases
year by year until II amounts annually
for the state of Wisconsin to S176,0O0,
or for a period of ten years, It Win
amount in the aggregate to over
81 100000"
Dispose of Many Bills.
The assembly killed the DuGy reso-
luton to amend the constitution SO as
to extend the credit Of the state TO set
tiers in northern Wisconsin. ii killed
the Kent resolution memoriaIizing con
gress In favor Of public ownership and
operation Of railroads. II engrossed
the Everett bill increasing the quallii-
cations for teachers; the Rosa bin in
creasng the time under which an ac-
ton may be brought for seduction and
the Bradley BILL providing fot the pub
lie ownership OF opera houses and
recreation cenlers. The assembly by
vote Of IL lo - engr0~Sed the Rogers
bill % pay members Of the legislature
10 cents mileage tn aud from the CAPT
tai not oftennr than once I'm 80 days
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