Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-09
VETS and DRYS
TRY TEST VOTE
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
Dav.

MduioOu. -LuuFSQdy, May 8, is the
date set by the Wisconsin legislature
for 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 on the wet and dry
issue. 1t was 48 to 35, opponents Of
the bill being in the minority. The
vote follows:
Ayes-P. M. Anderson. Ballard, Bart
ngale, Bulls, Carter, Chapple, Chill
sen, Chapman, Coe, Dettinger, Downs,
Edwards, Gilman, French, Frohmad-
er, Givson, Grimstad, Grindell, C. e.
Hanson, ]. c. Hanson, r. M. Hanson,
Hellweg, Hineman, Hood, Jensen, A.
Johnson, ii. f. 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
48.
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.
O'Brien, Petersen, Porath, Roethel,
Ruka, Sell, Sievers, Simpson, Week,
Weeman, Nottingham, Zarnke-35.
Absent or not voting. @. Ander-
son, Conner, De Fer, Fletcher. CAM,
Graas, Hewett, Markham, Melvin,
Mitchell, Mutter, Otto, Perry, Ruling,
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 8 per
cent alcohol shall be regarded as in
~toxicatinS; liquor of / per cent, non
intoxicating, and the liquor containing
between l and 8 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 a 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 a hot fight before a marketing law
is finally established.
Action on the Marth r~esolution,
which provides for a ~referendHli vote
on proposing and enacting laws at the
polls was put over rs 4 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. Philipp's land
commission, appointed last October,
with Dean Fl. L. Russell Of the uni
versity agricultural college as chair
man, has been introduced in the legis-
lature by Senator A. II. Wilkinson,
chairman of the joint finance commit
tae. 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-
quiring licensing Of real estate dealers
in certain lands.
The assembly refused to pass the C.
e. Hanson bill, giving the legislature
power to recall appointfve officials over
the veto of the governor. 1t was We
toed while tho appointment of Carl
D. Jackson as a member Of the railroad
commission was pending before the
senate.