Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-04-03
HELD
THROUGHOUT STATE
Members of Legislature Go Home
to Cast Votes.
VOTE FOR LOCAL OFFICERS
Lawmakers Are Using Spare Time to
Talk Over the Wilcox Grade
Crossing and Marketing
Measures.
BY FRED L. HOLMES.


Madison, April 1.-The Wisconsin
legislature is marking time for few
days, giving the members an oppor-
tunity to vote for local officers
throughout the entire state today.
The members have also seized upon
this opportunity to talk over some
matters of legislation with those at
home. Many of the senators declared
that they desired an opportunity to
talk with home folks about the Wilcox
grade crossing bill, which is a trou
blesome question in the upper house.
This measure would put the entire ex.
pense of making a grade separation,
ordered by the railroad commission,
upon the railroad company. The rail-
road companies claim that the bill is
unfair and it was only by vote of Is
to 16 that action was delayed until
after the election recess.
Elections held in Wisconsin today
are of minor Importance from a state
wide standpoint. A judge is being
elected to the state supreme court.
There are two candidates. Justice
Marvin B. Rosenberg of Madison is
candidate to succeed himself on the
supreme bench and julius T. Dthmar
of Elroy seeks the same position. The
nominees for circuit judgeships are as
follows:
First circuit-ElIsworth Burnett
Belden Of Racine, incumbent; no op-
position. Second circuit branch five
Mflwaukee-Gustave G. Gehrz, nom
partisan; John G. Kleist, Socialist; to
succeed William J. Turner, deceased.
Eleventh circuit-William R. Foley of
Superior, incumbent by appointment
| and w. T. Kennedy of Amery Four
teenth circuit-Henry Grass of Green
| Bay, incumbent.
Ten cities of the state that are NOW
dry are holding wet and dry elections
as follows:
Ashland, Superior, Rice Lake, Bara-
boo, Madison, Stoughton, Edgerton,
Beloit Markesan and Town of Merton
| in Waukesha county.
When the legislature reconveneS on
April s Senator w. p. Olson of Blan-
chardville will make a further attempt
to get through his bill for a naodifica-
tion of the whey butter law in Wiscon-
sin. He now will take the tack of ask
ing the legislature to change the name
from whey butter to ice cream but.
ter.
The fish and game committee of the
assembly is having a bill drafted de-
signed to restore game fishing in Lake
Winnebago and it's tributary waters.
The measure will empower the conser-
! vation commission to take out all the
dispose of whatever game fish are
taken in the nets to pay the cost Of
the work.
The solution of the problem came
after over two hours of arguments be-
fore the committee over the Simpson
bill to permit gill net fishing.
There is every indication that the
legislature will pass the bill offered
by Assemblyman Petersen of Mari
nette increasing the fee of jurors from
So to 81 a day. This measure would
apply to all jurors in all the courts of
the state. The bill was unfavorably
recommended in the house, but when
it came up for consideration it was
passed by the assembly with only
few scattering votes in opposition. In-
asmuch as the measure is Of state
wide Importance it will have more
than a local interest if concurred in
by the senate next week, as now seems
probable.
There is a bare possibility that the
Wisconsin legislature may find it nec-
essary to increase the income tax rates
Of the state in order to produce sufa-
cient revenues to meet growing state
expenses. It now seems probable that
there will be state tax. The in
creased demands for highway con-
structiOn and the call from the chari
table and penal institutions of the
state for more buildings and improve
ments indicate that it may be impos-
sible to avoid state tax, as has been
done for several years past.
At the suggestion of Assemblyman
C. G. Coe Of Barron county, the lower
house of the wisconsin legislature
will, on the evening Of April 10, give
consideration to the G. G. Hanson bill
for increasing income tax rates. This
is the only bill pending in the lower
house of the legislature involving an
increase of income tax rates. 1t pro-
vides that On all net incomes in ex-
cess of $4,000 a year the rate shall
be l. per cent.