River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-05-08
Proposition to Postpone Action
Affords First Showdown in
the Legislature.
TO Be CONSIDERED THURSDAY
Bill of State Affairs Committee To.
gether With All Amendments to
Receive Attention on That
Day.

uote set ny the Wisconsin legislature
Tor the big wet and dry fight over en-
forcement of the prohibition amend
ment to the constitution.
The assembly voted TO make the
state affairs committee bill, and all
amendments thereto, a special order
OF business on that day. Prospects
are the bill will be disposed of at an
evening session.
The vote to postpone action was
the first test vote or the wet and dry
issue. It was 48 to 80, opponents of
the bill being in the minority. The
vote follows:
Ayes-P. N. Anderson, Ballard, Bart
ingale, Bulls, Carter, Chapple, Chill
sen, Chapman, Coe, Dettinger, Downs,
Edwards, Gilman, French, Frohmad-
er, Givson, Grimstad, Grindell, c.. E.
Hanson, j. G. Hanson, r. M. Hanson,
HellWeg, Hineman, Hood, Jensen. A.
Johnson, Ell. T. Johnson, J. e. Johnson,
M. e. Johnson, Kandutsch, Kaney,
Larsen, Lorfeld, Mathison, Mcdowell,
Cakes, Olmsted, Olson, Owens, Pier
ron, Ploetz, Porter, Scharpf, Schroed-
er, Webster, Williams, Young, Best
4S.
Noes-Ansorge, Bauer, Becker, Bow
man, Buckley, Burhop, Czerwinski,
Delaney, Donnelly, Jordan, Kiesner,
Killa, Klein, Knappe, Luhatzki, Kurt
enacker, Lerche, Marth, Masiakowski,
McClone, Metcalfe, Miller, Nolan,
OBrlen, Petersen, Porath, .Roethel,
Ruka, Sell, Sievers, Simpson, Week,
Weeman, Nottingham, Zarnke-35.
Absent or not voting. G. Ander-
son, Conner, De Fer, Fletcher CAM,
Graas, Hewett, Markham, Melvin,
Mitchell, Mutter, Otto, Perry, Ruffing,
Sheldon, Smith, Vaughan-17.
Three amendments to the bill. One
by Downs make the attorney general
the enforcing officer and does away
with the objection of many members
to creating an excise commissioner.
The same amendment provides that
manufacturers and sellers of extracts
and medicines containing alcohol must
obtain permits which will be revoked
on evidence that such medicines are
being sold for beverage purposes.
An amendment by Kaney provides
that, in case the federal constitutional
amendment is declared null and void,
the state prohibition enforcement act
also shall become imperative.
An amendment by Weeks provides
that liquor containing more than 3 per
cent alcohol shall be regarded as in
toxicating; liquor Of 1 per cent, non
Intoxicating, and the liquor containing
between 1 and per cent shall require
prima facie evidence of Intoxicating
power. 1t means that in every case
evidence must be shown in court that
such liquor caused or failed to cause
intoXication.
The joint committee marketing bill,
known as the Skogmo bill, passed the
senate, "a to 4, under suspension of
rules after an attempt to put consid-
GRAFTON before joint convention of
both houses failed. The bill will go
to the assembly, where several substi-
tute amendments pend, to be acted
upon next Thursday.
Feeling evidenced in the first skirm.
ish on marketing legislation forecast
ed hot fight before marketing law
is finally established.
Action on the Marth resolution.
which provides for referendum vote
on proposing and enacting laws at the
polls was put over rs z special order
of business following introduction OF
amendments by Senators Wilcox and
Roethe
A land settlement and rural credits
bill, the result of investigations and
reports of Gov. e. L. Philips land
commission, appointed last October,
with Dean III. l.. Russell of the uni.
yersity agricultural college as chair
man, has been introduced in the legis-
lature by Senator A III. Wilkinson,
chairman of the joint finance commit
tee. The phase Of the report which
deals with private real estate activities
in selling lands has been Incorporated
into a bill, which has been passed, re-
curing licensing of real estate dealers
In certain lands.
The assembly refused to pass the c..
E. Hanson bill, giving the legislature
power to recall appointive officials over
the veto of the governor. 1t was We
toed while the appointment of Carl
D. Jackson as member of the railroad
commission was pending before the
senate.
Declare Assessors inefficient.
Twenty-one threshing machine out.
fits, valued at more than $4,000, es-
capped taxation in Racine county last
year because of failure of assessors