Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-04-02
ASK RETURN Of
THE TELEPHONES
Legislature FavorS Restoration of
System to Private Ownership.
NORMAL BILL IS ADVANCED
Without Opposition or Debate, House
Approves Appropriation Measure
Carrying $2,239, 956-Hopes to
Keep Employment Agencies.

| Madison.-Action by the Wisconsin
legislature favors the return of the
| telephone system to private owner
| ship. The senate, after short debate,
| passed the Kandutsch resolution me-
morializing congress to return the
telephones to private ownership at
| once. Voting against the resolution
were the four Socialists, two Demo
| Gratis and four Republicans, as fol-
lows: Arnold, Dyer, Kliest, Zumach,
| Jennings, Mulberger, Conant, Huber,
| Severson and Staudenfnayer. The as
sembly has already adopted this reso-
| luton.
With only the voice of Senator Jen-
| nings in opposition, the upper house
| of the legislature adopted the Burke
| resolution memOrializing congress to
| reduce representation in congress of
those states which in any way denied
the franchise as defined in the four
teenth amendment.
| The state will not pay the expenses
Of political candidates attending party
conventions at the capital. The house
killed the Markham bill to pay a per
| diem of So and actual travelling ex-
| penses by a vote of 50 to II.
BY vote of 81 to the house killed
| the Otto bill which would compel a
candidate to sign the party platform
| adopted by its party. Without a word
| of opposition or debate the house adj
vanced the normal appropriation bill,
carrying an appropriation of 1929
| 956. This action indicates that there
I will be no opposition to the measure
III the lower house.
The senate advanced bill prohibit
ing the red flag in the state of Wis
consin.
George P. Rambrecht, chairman of
| the industrial commission, will go be-
| fore the joint legislative finance com
mittee this week and ask for an emer-
gency appropriation of approximately
| $4,000 for the maintenance of 80
free employment agencies in the state
! for the next year.
1t will cost about $50, $50 to operate
and maintain the offices until July /,
and in presenting the matter to the
finance committee Mr.. Hambrecht will
make a negative report, in which he
will declare he cannot bring. himself
to see the propriety, the justice of
closing a single office at this time.
He will ask for an emergency con-
tingent fund for the continuance of
the offices until such time as congress
can be called in special session to
make the deficiency appropriation and
to pass the civil sundry BILL which was
pending when it adjourned on
March 4.
The 30 offices have been maintained
in Wisconsin for the last six or eight
months through the cooperation of,
the federal government, the state and
municipal governments, and thousands
of positions have been filled through
them. During the big rush on war or
ders last fall more than 10000 work
men were allocated between August 1
and October 81 and since the signing
of the armistice and the canceling of
millions of dollars worth of war CON
tracts the free employment agencies
have been a powerful factor in aiding
industry and labor to get back to the
peace basis without serious loss and
without labor troubles.
The decision of Judge E. Ray Ste
vens in ordering a scent street car
fare In La Crosse, after the railroad
commission on September II, 1918,
had ordered a 6-cent emergency rate,
| is one of the prime topics of discus
| sion before the legislative members,
| and at least one senator declares that
| he believes it will have an effect on
| the confirmation of Carl D. Jackson as
| a member of the state railroad com
| mission. The Stevens decision shows
| that a number of other state commits
| sionS, New York and New Jersey in
particular, had refused to grant emer-
| gency rates under the same general
facts as were advanced in the La
Crosse case.
Before the session of the legislature
there was opposition to the appoint
| ment Of Mr. Jackson, whose term ex
| pired last February. Farmers and la
Dor organizations officially passed res
olutions against him. His name was
sent to the senate for confirmation
three weeks ago, but on suggestion OF
Senator H. c. Schultz, Milwaukee
consideration was delayed until April
| 10, to await the action of the Cover
nor on the c. E. Hanson bill which
permits the recall of appointive of
ficials by the legislature.
Plan Green Bay-to -the-Sea Route.
A movement is being pressed al
Green Bay to include the Fox river