Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-06-04
TO PASS BILL TO
END LABOR FIGHTS
House Favors Measure Creating
Cancellation Board.
HAS APPROVAL OF GOVERNOR
New Eieht-Hour Bills TO Be introduced
in Senate-Three Weeks Vacation
for State EmpIoyees-Bonus
for Soldiers Favored.

Madison.-Tha proposed state board
of Cancellation bill to settle labor dis
putes will be passed by the lower
house Of the Wisconsin legislature as
recommended by Governor Philip.
The bill was advanced by vote of "A
to % and will go through the lower
house this week without further 0ppo-
sition. All substitutes offered were
killed.
The bill creates board of concilia-
tion of three members, to be appointed
by the governor for a term of three
years. The board shall investigate Ia
Dor disputes and make a finding of
facts. There is no machinery for en-
forcing the award of the Cancellation
board and 1t is expected that public
sentiment, once the facts are known,
will remedy conditions. There will be
| another fight over the eight-hOur bill
In the assembly. Assemblyman bet
finger, Jackson county, has moved
reconsideration of the vote by which
the bill was killed.
Meantime two eight-hour bills are
being drafted for introduction into the
senate. One bill will probably come
through committee and the other will
DC offered by an individual member on
the floor.
State employees will be given a
three weeks vacation. This was indl-
Gated when the assembly, by vote of
60 to- s, concurred In the Jennings bill
providing IS days for employees who
had been employed by the state for
one year or more. The Socialists tenn
bill to make sure that sscrubwomen
were included.
The Wilcox joint resolution to
amend the state constitution so that
the state may raise money for high
way purposes was killed in the lower
house of the legislature. The resOlu-
ton provided that the state may ere
ate a debt for highway purposes Of
not to exceed In the aggregate more
than per cent of the last assessment"
Pass soldiers bouns law No trou-
rle raising the money In Price coun-
ty."
Iae above telegram has been re-
celved by Senator A. Fl. Wilkinson
from Michael Barry of Philips. Sen
ator Wilkinson said that he was re-
ceiving many letters favoring the pass
age of the bill providing for the raising
on the voluntary fund of $12.000,000 to
aid returning soldiers. 1t has been de-
cided by the authors of the bill that
Liberty bonds shall be accepted as
cash and that contributions to the
Sl2,OO0,OOO fund shall be exempt from
taxation under the income tax law. II
Is proposed to distribute the money on
the basis of $40 month for each
month of service, the minimum bonus
TO be $50.
The assembly passed. the Sell bill
providing for codification of the labor
laws OF the state. On motion Of G. Il.
Hanson the assembly tabled the Sever
son bin providing for greater publicity
of state income tax returns. The house
killed the c. NJ. Anderson bill for the
regulation of loan sharks. 1t adopted
an amendment and then laid over I'M
I'll this week the Vaughan bill
making the county instead of the town
the unit for payments under the moth
er pension law.
BY vote of 81 to 40 the house en-
crossed the Nolan bill giving cities, vii.
lagos and towns with large populations
larger representation on the county
boards of the state At the present
time each town, village and every ward
of the city is entitled to one represen-
tative on the county board. The No
Ian bill amends the present law by
giving towns, villages and wards of
cities having population of more than
1000 inhabitants two representatives
on the county board.
The assembly passed bill appro-
priating $4,000 for rebuilding the G..
A. Il. arch at Camp Randall.
BY vote of AT to 20 the assembly
passed bill establishing basic eight
hour day for women except those EN-
ployed in domestic service.
The assembly concurred in the Pull
len bill creating the office of state hui
name agent and appropriating $500
annually for his force.
A resolution to amend the constitu-
ton was offered In the assembly to
give the legislature power to fix the
salary 0f the lieutenant governor.
Gov. f. l.. Philip issued a procla-
nation setting May % - the date to
commemorate the states SEVENTEEN
birthday.