Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-06-25
HEAT BRINGS IRRITATION
LEGISLATORS SWELTER IN HOT
CHAMBERS
Indefinite Date for Adjournment
Big Measures to Dispose Of
University Week-PersOnals
Madison. June q. 19l


University Week-PersOnals
Madison, June %. 1919.
The extreme weather of the past
fortnight has affected legislative men,
bers much the same as rabies affect
the dog kingdom in hot periods. Each
becomes ''snappy" ard irritated and
1t is with difficulty that members con-
centrate on official work when mer-
curry registers at 80 in q legislative
chamber. As a consequence last
Thursday afternoon twelve senator's
had gone home or were leaving for
home when a call of the senate was
clamped sGown, and the sergeant-at-
arms and his assistants sent out to
bring in the absentees. Senator Ben
nett was founa on an outgoing train
to meet an important engagement
with constituents in Jackson county.
and so advised the messengers who
apprehended him. His status in the
matter was not unlike others of the
twelve absenteeS, except that ne did
not attempt to conseal his wherea-
bouts. All leaves of absentees have
been withdrawn in the senate so il IS
probable we shall have a full member
ship this week.
The work of the session is nearing
a close. Only a few bills remain to
be disposed of, but most of them are
important: The marketing bills, the
soldiers relief measures. educational
revision matters, foreign language
legislation, the far-reaching LIQUOR
enforcement bills, three or four of
them, and other things that it would
have been much better to have dis
posed of at a time in the session when
cooler judgment prevailed As it is
all this array of especially intricate
subjects must be handled on the run
But it has ever been thus, and prob
ably will continue so as long as men
are human.
Indications are that this heavy
work will not be ground out the pres
ent week, and if not the Fourth of
July adjournment will carry matters
to the week following, possibly later.
Governor Philip is pretty handy
with his veto pen this session, and ap-
parently he shows no fear or favor
in the consideration and approval or
disapproval of measures. It is very
significant that his cool Judgment is
not at fault in this exercise of power
from the fact that no determined eff
fort is made to pass any measure
over his veto.
Unless Governor Phillip vetoes the
bill, Wisconsin will have a general
dog license law. The two houses have
passed one 1t provides that female
CANNES shall wear a IS license tag,
males So. In the interest of sheep in
dustry farmer members of the legis-
lature insist that too many worthless
dogs in almost every community has
crippled sheep industry.
The early attempt at the opening of
the session to pay the soldiers a fit
ting reward for their valor during the
world war, has taken new impetus
sssa psSt week ~, sAa~sg 81 ,,.,a..,..s
are before the senate, all to the same
purpose, but by different routes. All
propose the levy of general state tax
for SIS, 100000 to be put in the tax
rolls and collected next December
One would give each soldier SO per
month for each month in the service.
fathers and mothers of deceased SOL
diers to receive the reward. The sec
ond would give each soldier, sailor,
marine or nurse $40 per month, none
to receive less than $50 who was
sworn into the service. The third pro-
vides the same as the second with the
added clause that the property of sol
diers or that of their fathers and
mothers, shall be exempt from this
special soldier tax levy. 1t is believ-
ed the last clause of the third propo-
sition would be found to be unconsti-
tutlonal. That one of these proposals
will meet favor of the legislature
seems quite certain. If so the final
analysis may be to submit the pro-
posed benefit and tax levy to a gem
eral referendum and permit the peo-
pie to vote on the whole proposition.
A basic eight-hour work day for
all classes of people in Wisconsin,
passed the senate. There are no ex-
emptions to the rule. To it is at
tached a clause for referendum vote
of the people. In the assembly, where
it must run the gauntlet, several bills
of similar import have been killed
The lower house might, with some de-
gree of propriety, prescribe that peo-
pie retire with the chickens and arise
with the laggards; whether they shall
use postum or real coffee for break
fast.
This is commencement week at the
state university and all has been bus
tie with students and instructors and
parents and relatives are here to wit
ness their kindred receive their col
legate degrees. Notwithstanding that
war took something like five hundred
young students, the graduating class
approaches 500. Tomorrow the for
NAL graduating exercises are held, a
procession of that great number form
ing and marching to the place where
formal exercises are held.
The alumnus of our famed educa-
tional institution are here in legion
for reunion. The dignitaries of the
gathering number among them Bish-
OPP Fallows, one of the 1853 class.
So far as the writer is advised the
only Vernon county graduates at to
morrow's commencement are Esther
Neprud of Westby and Catherine
Munson of Viroqua. This makes the
fourth in each of these families to
receive degrees here.
Personal
Mrs. Hope Munson-Nuzum and Miss
Doris Dyson motored from Virodua
to the capital city on friday, the lat
ter to visit among her former college
friends, and Mrs. NuZum to attend
class reunion and witness the gradu-
alton of her sister catherine. Miss
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