Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-03-18
ASSEMBLY KILLS
HANSON MEASURE
Asked Repeal of Personal Prop
erty Offset Income Tax.
HEEDS PLEA OF BUSINESS
New Bill Is Being Drafted by Senator
Severson Which Will Permit In
spection of Records by Public
Officials.

MadisOn-The Wisconsin assembly
killed the Hanson bill to repeal the
personal property offset to the income
tax. by a vote of 90 to 81. The bill
was killed at the insistance of the bus
mess interests of the state, which de-
clared it would double the already
heavy burden of a state income tax
which handicapped Wisconsin business
men in competition with rivals from
outside the state. Meanwhile the SEN
ate is thoroughly stirred and almost
evenly divided over the question of re-
pealing the present law requiring that
state income tax records be kept Sc
cret After sharp words and hot
fight the senate has sent back to COM
rittee the Severson bill to repeal the
secrecy clause.
Ii IS understood that a new bill will
be drafted by Senator SeversOn which
viii permit the inspection of state in
come tax records by public officials,
hut VII prohibit idle curiosity seekers
from examining them.
BY a vote of 80 to % the assembly
Pngrossed the COe bill which will re-
quire foreign corporations to pay 81
per 1000 on their authorized capt.
tai This places them on the same
footing as domestic corporations. The
judiciary committee had unfayOrably
recommended the bill. This measure
was introduced by Assemblyman G. G..
Coe at the request of Secretary of
State Hull, after the supreme court
had held the present law limited the
state to charge only on ISSUED" CAPT
tai
Governor Phillip sent to the senate
the denomination of Carl D. Jackson
10 succeed himself as railroad commits
siOner. Under the new rule of the SEN
ate according to which the governor 5
nominations are laid over for ten days
and then considered in committee as Il
whole, the senate will not he able to
e act on the nomination until the COM
ing week. The term for which Jackson
is appointed ends the first Monday of
February, 1925.
The assembly took another unusual
step when it refused to print, despite
Socialistic pleas, petition of 1000
residents of South Kaukauna asking
that the legislature pass laws allowing
the organization of trades unions, an
eight-hOur day and removal of the in
junction weapon against strikes.
In the senate the time lately was
devoted to Milwaukee legislation, but
the passage of bill TO make the teach
ers' salary minimum $500 for that city
is of statewide interest as creating a
new standard of salary for the state
TO follow. Senator Bennett introduced
Il resolution asking that income tax
figures be given in confidence to the
committee on corporations in aid of
the proposal to run down prOfiteers in
Wisconsin war contracts.
Senator Jenning introduced q bill TO
change the eugenic marriage law by
requiring women to file affidavit of
hygienic condition. Men must, under
this bill, provide physicians certifi-
cate of fitness to marry as hitherto.
There will be no immediate decision
by the legislative committee on the
amnesty resolution. Attorney Henry
+. Cochems, Milwaukee, who appeared
for COngreSSman-elect Victor f.
Berger in the trial of the five Social
lists sentenced by Federal Judge X. M.
Lands TO 20 years Imprisonment for
violation of the espionage law, spoke
before the assembly judiciary commit
tee for the Gilman joint resolution
memoralizing congress to extend am
nesty to political prisoners.
THE espionage law should not re-
main on the statute books one minute
longer" declared Mr.. COchems. "All
the convictions under it were not hon.
est convictions. Some of them were
the fruits of bitter passion. Men, law
abiding, and men who loved the cOun-
Try and its flag as surely as you men
of this committee do. were written
down with degrees of sentences melted
out to the fOulest criminals.
THE treatment of some of these
men after their conviction has become
acknowledged to be scandalOus in the
var department. recognized by PreSi-
dent Wilson and Secretary of War Ba-
iler Today the public dare not think.
The press does not dare to speak.
towards shrink in fear and brave men
hesitate TO tell the TRUTH
Frank G. Smith, representing the AS
Sociation of Commerce. Milwaukee.
spoke against the resolution. No re-
port will be made by the committee
for u month, 1t was announced.