Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
WISCONSIN TO
GUST |. ". VI.
Senate Passes Anti-SyndicaIist
Bill e to 4.
EXPECTED TO WIN IN HOUSE
Measure Aimed at Sabotage and Other
Unlawful Terrorism-Drastie Pun
ishment for GuiIty-Nye Sol
diers' Bill Coneurred In.

oIcrS Bill NonCurfeo IN.
Madison.-Members of the l. w. w.
viii be driven from Wisconsin by
force of law. The senate, by a vote of
% to 4, passed an anti-syndicalist bin
and the measure will be concurred in
by the house.
When Senator Nye brought up the
bill Arnold, the Socialist leader. OBJ
jected to the introduction and asked
Nye what the bill meant
'If Socialism means what Socialists
say 1t does. the bill will not affect the
Socialist party" Nye replied.
Arnold persisted in his objection and
the senate suspended the rules in or
der to receive the bill. Speaking on
the measure Arnold declared that the
Socialist party believes in a process of
peaceful evolution and that II does not
advocate violence. He expressed the
fear that such a measure will be taken
as a slap at the Socialist party and
added that he could not see the need
for such a law. Senator Nye said he
did not think the bill was aimed at
the Socialists.
The bill is aimed at criminal syndi-
calism, sabotage, malicious damage TO
property and other unlawful terror
ism. 1t says: Criminal syndicalism
is prohibited and any person guilty
thereof shall be punished by fine not
exceeding $1,000 or Imprisonment in
the state prison not exceeding two
years, or by both such fine and inn
prisonment, at the discretion of the
court"
BY vote of 81 to 10 the assembly
concurred in the Nye bill granting TO
discharge soldiers an opportunity to
obtain an education in the higher In
situations of learning in Wisconsin at
state expense. The state will pay $50
a month for the education of these re-
turned soldier boys under a system
similar TO the S. A. T. C. system which
was used during the war. Early last
week this bill was nonconcurred in,
but Assemblyman G. II. Hood of Bara-
boo moved a reconsideration. When
the measure came up the house re-
considered the bill by vote of 60 to
20 and then concurred in the bill.
The assembly killed the bill appro-
priating $4,000 to the state depart
ment of education. This department
has a contingent fund of approximate
ly $4,000 and, with the $4,000 which
1t now has on hand as a surplus, will
have TO make ends meet. The state
department of education desires a
larger appropriation than that which
is granted by the legislature.
Although the assembly last week
sent TO third reading the SkogmO bill,
bringing employees of hotels and res
taurants under the industrial comnss-
sion, Assemblyman KIbatski of Mil
waukee moved a reconsideration and
killed the bill by a vote of 46 TO SO.
Buckley claimed that the Socialists
had permitted Gamers to be exempted
from an eight-hour bill and that there
was no reason why hotels and restaur-
ants should be brought under a law If
Gamers were not. Klein claimed there
ants should not be brought within the
supervision of the state industrial
commission. Assemblyman Ruka
claimed that hotels were already over
burdened with restrictive legislation.
The bill was then killed. The defeat
of this bin means that only one eight
hour measure has gone through this
session of the legislature. This was
the Masiakowski bin which brings
women employees in factories and
ships under the eight-hour law and
limits the amount of overtime TO six
hours a week. Gamers are exempted
from the provisions of the Masiakow-
ski bill.
The assembly killed the bin provid-
ing for a fish aquarium at Mckinley
beach at Milwaukee and refused TO re-
consider the vote by which Ii killed
the bill holding employees obtaining
transportation with intent to defraud
as guilty of misdemeanor.
After attaching an age limit the SEN
ate engrossed the Wilcox bill for sup
Elemental education and Americaniza-
ton of aliens. The bill now provides
that workmen under twenty-five years
of age who are employed In a commu-
nifty In which there is vocational
school must either have a mastery of
the English language tqual to that Of
the third grade or they must attend
the school equivalent 10 eight hours
per week until they learn the Ian
guage. Farm laborers and domestic
servants are exempted from the meas
ure.