Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-07-16
WILCOX REMAINS
ON COMMISSION
Senate Defeats Appointment of
Fred H. French as Member.
TO MODIFY ANARCHIST BILL
Senator Wilcox Says That to Advocate
Strike Might Be Construed as In
juring Property-Governor
Netoes Risk Bill.

Madison.-Fred NJ Wilcox remained
on the state industrial commission
after the senate, by a vote of 16 to IL,
had defeated the appointment of Fred
81. French as member of the indus
trial commission.
Governor Phillip sent in the name
of Mr.. Wilcox for the appointment.
The senate confirmed Wilcox's name.
The appointment of Fred French OF
Milwaukee as a member of the state
industrial commission in place of Fred
NJ. Wilcox of Appleton, was submitted
TO the senate two weeks ago by Gov
ernOr Philip.
For the French experimentation
nett, Bird, Buck, Burke, Clark, Cum
bingham, Jennings, Mulberger, Nye,
Stevens, Witter-12.
Against the appointment-Arnold,
Bentley, Boyer, Bilgrin, Conant, Den
hardt, Fons, Huber, Kleist, Kuckuk,
Olson, Severson, Skogmo, Stauden-
mayer, Wilcox and Wilkinson-16.
The senate, by unanimous vote, has
stood by it's original soldier bonus bill
TO raise $15,000,O00 by direct taxes and
surtax on incomes to pay bonuses to
soldiers. The senate has defeat
ed the assembly bin for the referen-
dun to the people on August 10.
Senator Bird offered an amendment
to the old senate bill providing for a
referendum to the people. The Bird
amendment was defeated, 20 to 5.
Senator Rothe offered substitute
bill providing that two-thirds of the
amount raised should come from in
come tax and one-third by a general
tax. The ROthe amendment was de-
feated, 20 to 6.
The vote was then taken on the
original senate bill, which resulted in
a unanimous vote for the measure. If
the assembly concurs in the senate bill
it means that soldiers from Wisconsin
will be paid $40 a month for the time
that they were in the service, with a
minimum of $50 1t also means that
One-third of this amount shall be
raised by surtaX on incomes and the
remainder by 3-mill tax on the gen
eral property of the state. If any coun-
ty desires to raise its money by bonds
instead of by direct tax it will be per-
mitted to do so.
A modification of the syndicalism
bill which was passed in both houses
of the legislature last week is now pro-
posed in the senate which body be-
aieves that the provisions of the meas
ure are too drastic. The insertion of
a comma by the assembly was a suffi-
cient amendment to bring the bill back
to the senate for further consideration.
The measure was there subjected to
criticism of Senators Skogmo and Will
cox.
%'As it stands this bill penalties any
action which may suggest injury to
the property of another in any man
ner," Wilcox said. ITO advocate q
strike might be construed as injuring
the property of another. To go away
from job and leave the tools on the
dump might do the same thing. 1t
changes very radically the common
law definition of conspiracy. This bill
makes the mere discussion of such a
matter a crime. In common law, in
order to have a conspiracy one must
not only show previous discussion but
also the commission of an overt act"
Senator Skogmo asked that the bill
be put over until later in the week,
no
are interested In the bill have made
this request to obtain time for con-
ference. The senate granted the re-
quest.
Each session of the legislature will
have to settle the question of adjust
ment of the salaries of state employ
ees. At no session of the legislature
in Is years have so many salary
changes been made, and yet the legis-
lature felt that the method of ap-
preaching the problem was unscien-
tific. A special legislative committee
was prc0oSed TO make a full investiga-
ton of the salary question and recon-
mend adjustments to the 1921 legisla-
tive session. Governor Philips veto
of that plan means that the legislature
will have TO cope with the individual
cases as they come up.
Urgent needs are taken care of by
the Perry bill, which provides a 20 per
cent increase in salaries of state en-
ployees who receive under 81 200 per
year, with the proviso that no increase
shall be allowed sufficient to carry
such a salary above $1,000.
Hog Cholera Warning Issued.
Warning 10 farmers to vaccinate
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