Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-02-27


senatorial proposition up to the law
makers. He stuck to his scheme in
the face of bitter opposition. News
papers that supported him in his two
campains for the executives chair
were ignored By the governor.
Legislature In Special Session.
The feature of the first day of the
extra session of the Wisconsin legis-
lature was the reading of the message
of Gov. Philip, who presented it at
joint meeting of the two houses in
the assembly chamber.
The governor gave his reasons for
calling an extra session, the chief ones
being the method of filing the vacan-
cy in the United States senate, caused
by the death of Paul o. Husting, and
the necessity of providing for state
bond issue to secure money for war
purposes.
The governor explained why he sub
mitted the other seventeen subjects in
the extra session call to the legisla-
ture for consideration and action.
His message urged enactment of the
following legislation:
Bond issue of $1,0O0,000 to meet
state war expenditures; that sum suf-
ficient to cover expenses since July l,
1917, be sold Immediately and balance
held in state treasury to meet future
extraordinary expenditures.
Revision of drainage law to accord
with report of special investigating
committee, which would make it neces-
sary to have thorough investigation of
all drainage projects before work is
undertaken.
Broadening of soldier vote law to
permit qualified electors in military
service to vote whenever 200 or more
of them are stationed in any place
within the territorial limits of the
United States.
Law to prohibit melting or attempt
ing to incite instruction or sedition,
and prohibiting the teaching or advo-
eating of disloyalty to the national gov
eminent, or interference with or dis
enlargement of preparations for ma
tional or state defense.
Act to authorize the manufacture of
skim-milk cheese, but in such form
that it cannot be sold as a substitute
for full-cream cheese.
Amendment of banking law to per-
nit state banks to deposit part of their
assets with regional banks, in order
that money realized from the sale of
Liberty Bonds may be held in state
banks until the government requires
it.
The two houses were quickly or
ganized, new members being sworn in
by Chief Justice j. B. Winslow, of the
state supreme court. They are Griffith
Thomas, of the Iron-Vilas county dis
trict, Republican, succeeding E. e.
Everett, of Iron River, who resigned
to accept an appointment of the state
board of control: Walter Witmann of
Manitowoc, Democrat, who succeeds
the late Carl Hansen, Democrat; P. V.
Lawson, of Neenah, Republican, who
succeeds the late William Armenian,
of Neenah, Democrat, and Herman
Marth, of Wausau, Socialist, who sue
ceeds D. S. Burnett, of Wausau, Re-
publican, who resigned to enlist in the
engineering corps of the army. Louis
Fons of Milwaukee, Republican, Eighth
district, who was elected to fill the va
cancy caused by the expulsion OF
Frank Raguse, Socialist, for alleged
disloyal statements year ago, took
the oath of Office.
Charges Against Labuwi.
Assemblyman o. p. Vaughan, of
Wauzeka, introduced a resolution
adopted by the members of the coun-
ty councils of defense and county food
administrators, asking the assembly to
investigate the handling of Red Cross
society funds by Assemblyman w. ].
Labuwi, of Neosho. Mr.. Labuwi has
denied the charge.
Twenty bills covering the subjects
contained iii the extra session call
were introduced, eleven in the senate
and eight in the assembly.
Senator Platt Whitman of Highland,
introduced the bill providing for a
state bond issue to raise $1,000,000 for
war purposes, the rate of interest to
be limited to AZ per cent; Senator
Burke put in the bill providing for the
punishment Of persons making disloyal
statements or holding meetings and
making speeches tending to incite
riots: Senator w. M. Bray offered a
bill amending the child labor laws and
that boys under IL years of
age shall not sell newspapers on the
streets; Senator Isaac P. Witter intro
duced the bill amending the profess
sional nurse registration law so as to
provide for shortening the courses of
training of nurses during the continu-
ance of the war; Senator Everett put
in bill to revise the drainage laws;
and Senator David Y. Jennings of Mil
waukee fathered the bill bringing I'M
der civil service number of employees
of Milwaukee county who are not now
under the law.
Hit at La Toilette Blocked.
La Toilette men in the legislature
scored a victory when republican
members of both houses adopted reso-
lutions heralding the loyalty of Wis
consin, but emitting the name of the