Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-04-23
SENATE OPPOSES
CHANGE OF TIME
Resolution Asking Law Be Re-
peaIed Is Adopted.
ONLY ONE VOTE AGAINST IT
Senator Roethe Declares Federal Act
in Pushing the Clock Ahead an
Hour lnterferes With
Nature.

Madison.-The upper branch Of the
of the Wisconsin legislature Is against
the demand of congress to put the
clock ahead one hour The senate, with
only one vote in opposition has adopt
ed a resolution by ROethe asking That
the law be Immediately repealed.
Roethe brought historical precedent in
to the debate to show that the federal
law interefered with nature.
George Washington. the father of
his country, never told lie, but by act
of congress every clock is liar" SEN
at0r R0ethe said ''The whole scheme
is a deception. While the war was on
no one complained, but when congress
ended In the miXup the law was left
when there was no need of 1t. know
of but two instances In history when
nature has been interfered with in this
way. One was when Joshua command
ed the sun to stop and It stopped. and
the other was when congress command
ed the sun to stop, and again It stood
still. But when Joshua won his vic
tory he permitted the sun to go on It's
way. In the case Of congress- when we
have defeated our enemies congress
still insists on regulating the sun"
The senate amended the Wilcox
grade separation bill so as to prac-
tically destroy It's effect. II then en-
crossed the measure by vote of 10
10 10. with Senator Wilcox In opposl-
tion.
The legislative visiting committee I'm
its report filed last week, recommends
a considerable number of improve
ments In state Institutions, which II
finds in many cases inadequate to the
demands now made upon them.
The committee recommends an APP
preparation of 100000 for the pro-
posed women's refOrmatory at Tay-
cheedah. near Fond du Lac, to com
plete buildings as soon as the work
can be economically undertaken. Moth
ing has been done there and the prop
erty is nOnproductive. The committee
was much dissatisfied with conditions
at the state school for the deaf at Del
avian.
To enlarge the home for the feeble
minded at Union Grove, an appropria-
tiCn Of $644OO0 is recommended, so
that $50 inmates may be cared for.
Eventually, the report says. the insti-
tuition should be enlarged To care for
1000 persons. Satisfactory conditions
We're found at the Industrial school for
girls. Milwaukee, but owing to the
value of the site the committee recon.
mends that the location be sold and
the school re-establIshed In a small
city.
For the state prison at Waupun a
number Of small appropriations are
recommended, aggregating $11.059
The report says modern dollhouse.
10 cost $4,000, Is needed, us the pres
ent dollhouse Is unsanitary For the
central state hospital mt Waupun St0i,-
600 for new buildings Is recommended.
For the state reformatory $4,000 is
recommended for competitions. and So
900 as a revolving fund for the opera
ton of quarry. An $1,000 superln-
tendent's cottage Is recommended for
the Northern Hospital for the Insane,
and a power plant and sterilizer Mt the
tubercular sanitarium at Wales, and
appropriations of $4,000, of which S4.-
600 Is for a hospital, is recommended
for the boys Industrial home at Wau-
kesha.
over the vitriolic protests of the So
cialist faction, the university appropri-
alton bill for the next two years, car.
rying S6O00.000. was finally enacted
into law.
The final vote on the measure was
50 to ~, the Socialists casting a united
vote against II and being supported on
the roll call by Nnssrs Bartingale,
Ballard. c. f.. Hanson. Killa, Lorfeld,
Mitchell and Owens
The nomination by Governor Phllipp
of former Senator Plat Whitman TO
succeed NJ. J. Cleary ms insurance COM
missioner for the remainder of the
term ending June 80 next was pre-
scented to the senate,
Senator Roethe moved that, out of
respect to an honored fellow senator.
all rules be suspended and action be
taken at once.
This was carried. % TO I. the noes
being Senators Arnold, Beyer. Huber,
Kleist. Severson. Schultz and ZumaCh.
Milwaukee Socialists want to hang
medals on every man who has served
as n lawmaker at this session. hut qre
afraid TO offer the message themselves
so are seeking some non-SoCialist to
do the ioh