Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-03-13
PLAN TO WELCOME
WISCONSIN TROOPS
Legislature Cooperating With
Gov. Phillip.
TO DEDICATE NEW BUILDING
Elaborate Ceremonies Will Be Held
Next Fall When All of States
Soldiers Will Be Congregated
for the Greeting.
By FRED L. HOLMES.


Madison, March 1.-THE Wisconsin
legislature is cooperating with Cover
nor Phillip in laying plans for Welcom-
ing returning Wisconsin soldiers from
France. Elaborate ceremonies will be
held at Madison and Milwaukee to well
come the soldiers after they have been
mustered out Of the service. Governor
Phillip is perfecting the plans as rap
idly as possible. Senator Timothy
Burke has offered a bill in the legisla-
ture providing for Il legislative COM
mittee to cooperate with committee
appointed by Governor Philip and a
military committee to make plans Tor
this enthusiastic welcome. There is
also a movement on foot to dedlcate
Wisconsin's $7,2O0,000 capitol bulldog.
This dedication viii probably be a
feature of the homecoming. Advices
received by the adjutant generals de-
partment Indicate that the three Wis
cOnSin companies Of the Rainbow" dl-
vision will return to Wisconsin early
III MAY anu llIdl inc LII l.. quinn vi
vision, composed OF the Wisconsin Ma
tioaal Guard, will arrive in Madison
early in June. The ccremOnials are
planned for early in the fall, when all
soldiers from Wisconsin will be con-
grogated For The welcome. Governor
Phillip has made the suggestion that
these soldiers could be tented in the
parks and at the fair grounds of Mil
Waukee.
The big hearing Of the legislature
this week will be held on Thursday
before joint committees of senate and
assembly over two bills for the estab-
Iishment Of Il marketing commission
in this state This is the only meas
ure that the Republican party is COM
mitted to enact at this session of the
legislature The bills on this subject
are different; one provides for q mar
keting commission Of three members,
with complete power Of SUPERVISION
and the other provides for a marketing
bureau under the supervision of the
state department of agriculture.
The equity farmers of the state are
for the marketing commission plan.
The state may not build memorial
statue of Theodore Roosevelt in Madi-
son, and it will not appropriate $4,000
for statue of Abraham Lincoln to be
erected in Milwaukee.
Assemblyman Joseph Klein, Milwau-
kee, appeared before the committee to
argue in favor of a joint resolution
which he had introduced. He said it
was proposed to construct statue
costing in all approximately $150,OOO,
and that more than $4,000 has already
been contributed by the Milwaukee
SchOolchildren, and he asked the state
to give $4,000. He was told that 1t
was impossible to appropriate money
upon a resolution.
The Klein resolution reads:
"Whereas, Abraham Lincoln was
and is deeply loved by all the people Of
this state and nation.
"WhercaS he set the best example
of any president in simplicity of man
nerS; and
"Whereas, this state has never seen
fit until now to erect proper me-
mortal TO him III appreciation Of the
great service he rendered to this ma
ton.
"Whereas. over 100000 schoolchil-
dren OF. Milwaukee county have al
ready donated about $4,000 toward
such tribute; now. therefore, be it
"ReSolved by the assembly and SEN
ate concurring, that the state join with
milwaukee, county in erecting wor-
Thy memorial to Abraham Lincoln, to
be erected in that county; and be it
further
"Resolved. that there be appropri-
ated out of the state funds the sum of
100000 for that purpose, to be paid
rs soon rs the governor approves of
the form of memorial"
The high school tuition fee will prob
ably be advanced at this session of
the legislature. No one appeared in
opposition to the Kuckuk bill, which
would increase the fee from $50 a
year to ST. a year.
New bills offered were:
Benfey-Providing that records in
Juvenile delinquency cases shall be
sealed records, only to be examined by
order of the court.
Benfey-Providng salaries for cir
cult judges of $500 for terms begin
ming before July l. 1919, and $500 for
terms beginning after July 1, 1919.
Benfey-Requiring the state print
ing board TO publish rosters, historical
records and annual proceedings of
Wisconsin military organizations of
the Civil, Spanish and World wars.
Senator Schultz has introduced his
new language bill requiring that read
ing, writing, spelling, pronunciation,
English grammar, composition of the
English language, arithmetic, geog-
raphy, civil government of the United
States and the state of Wisconsin ele-
ments of agriculture and history shall
be taught in every district and public
graded school in English, prohibiting
the teaching of any foreign languag