Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-02-19
FEWER MEASURES
ARE INTRODUCED
Wednesday Last Day to Present
Bills to Legislature.
MUST GO TO COMMITTEES
Wisconsin Country SchooIteachers
Probably Will Be Granted Higher
Salary-Senate Passes Bill
Making Minimum SIS.

Making Minimum SIS.
Madison,-The flOodgates for the in
PRODUCTION of legislative bills are now
closed. For the past five weeks any
member of the legislature has had the
opportunity to introduce bills. Here
after all new bills must come in
through committees. The present indi-
cations are that there are about two
thirds as many bills at this session as
at the session two years ago.
Wisconsin may give it's soldiers dis
charged hOnOrably from the service
three months pay. The measure to
accomplish this purpose was offered in
the senate by Senator L. E. Cunning
ham of Beliot. He takes the position
that congress is moving slow; that the
boys are entitled to the money and that
the state should pay it and later recOl-
lect it from the federal government
The assembly killed the Bennett res
OlutiOn asking the state tax commits
sion to file statement of the earnings
of profteers.
Wisconsin country schOOlteachers
may be given a higher salary. The up
per house of the Wisconsin legislature
has sent to engrOSsment bill increas-
ing the minimum salary of country
teachers from $40 a month to $50 a
month. The original bill as introduced
asked for $50 a month. The commit
tee recommended $50, but when the
senate received the measure it boosted
it to $40 This latter is in line with
the suggestion of State Superintend-
ent c. P. Cary The amendment for
the $40 increase was offered by Sena
tor Witter and was adopted IS to 3.
In the assembly Hellweg has offered
a bill for the semi-annual payment of
taxes, and another measure would
make the penalty for stealing an auto
mobile from 10 to 20 years in prison.
Another bin would make the opening
of a grocery store or meatshop in any
part of the state on Sunday a violation
of the Sunday law, punishable with a
heavy fine.
Assemblyman Lersche, Calumet, has
gone after the packing plants. He has
offered q memorial asking the federal
government to own and operate the
plants. He claims that the big Five"
should be taken over by the govern
ment
A veritable flood of bills greeted the
legislature Wednesday which was the
last day to introduce bills in the
house.
Upward of 700 bills are now be-
fore the legislature for consideration.
Many of the measures have been intro
duced by title only
Now that the national prohibition
amendment has been ratified the pro-
hihition party in the state of WiscOn-
sin will probably disband If it does
it will be the first time in so years that
the Prohibition party" column has
not appeared on the state ballot. Will
liam c. Dean of this city, recent Pro
hibitiOn candidate for governor, says
that the future of the party depends
on whether it is intended by the states
to enforce the dry amendment now
that it has been passed.
I'VE are going to stand pat and see
what the government does" says Mr.
Dean. IF it thoroughly enforces the
prohibition amendment we shall cease
to be a thorn in the flesh"
Cities of Wisconsin will have an OPP
pOrtunity to acquire street railway
property along the same lines as they
may now purchase other utilities if
the bill to be offered in the lower
house by AsSemblyman NJ. f. Johnson
is enacted into law The measure to
accomplish this purpose has been
drafted by City Attorney William
Ryan, Madison.