River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-12
'SOLONS SOON TO
ACT ON SUFFRAGE
Previous Overwhelming Approval
Indicates Passage Before
Final Adjournment.
EIGHT HOUR BILL DISCUSSED
Recommendation Withheld on Meas.
ure Until Full Membership Of
Committee Is Present-32d
Division History.

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Division History.
MadiSon.-Early action is expected
by the Wisconsin legislature on the
federal suffrage amendment which re.
Gently received favorable action in
congress. State officials are making
an effort to get the official document
as soon as possible, In order that the
legislature may act before final ad.
journment.
Please advise earliest state suf-
frage amendment will be certified to
Wisconsin" is the substance Of tele-
graphic inquiry sent by Secretary Of
State Hull to Senator Lenroot. As
bill providing for presidential suffrage
In the state has already passed the
Legislature by an overwhelming vote
In both bodies it is assumed there will
De no opposition to the adoption Of
this amendment.
The assembly voted against an In
vestfgation by the attorney general Of
alleged outrages against Mrs. Mary M.
Shaw of Evansville, who, it Is claimed,
was forced into lions cage on armis-
dce day because she had previously
refused to contribute as much as was
assessed against her in a certain war
fund drive. The Ballard resolution
asking the attorney general to make
an investigation and prosecute the
guilty parties was killed in the house
by vote of 80 to 36 after nearly two
hours Of debate.
The assembly, by vote Of 40 to 25,
reconsidered the vote by which it
killed the Zumach bill providing for
an educational fund and ordered the
measure to a third reading. This bill
permits boy or girl, desiring an edu-
cation. to lay aside 20 cents a week
and the county will lay aside 10 cents
and the state Is cents toward the
building of fund which he can later
use in obtaining his education.
The assembly, by a vote of 60 to 8,
passed the Anderson bill appropriating
$4,000 to Ellen M. Bowers for injuries
received at the state fair grounds in
September, 1910.
The Huber bill to permit the clos
Ing of polls in rural districts at eight
o'clock instead Of five o'clock, If de-
sired by the voters of that precinct,
was sent to third reading.
By vote of % to Al the assembly
refused the passage Of the M. e. John
son bill relating to child labor over the
veto of Governor Philip.
Bills were passed by the senate
abolishing the poll tax; providing an
appropriation of $4,000 for repairing
memorial arch at Camp Randall and
state aid for the encouragement of
reading circle work.
The Otto bill exempting from state
taxation income taxes paid to the fed
eral government, over which there is
warm fight, was laid over until
Wednesday.
The committee ON education and
public welfare Of the senate took no
action on the Skogmo bill providing
for basic eight-hour day in the state,
and it was announced that action
would be taken as soon as a full at
tendance of the committee could be
had. The bill was subjected to long
arguments on both sides before the
committee.
Leave it to the large employers to
be here to oppose every progressive
measure introduced" declared Assem-
blyman A. r. Mcdonald, representing
thn ,.a;Irood HrAy,ooy, or1 oac:x,o.....
'The railroad employers opposed the
anti-coupling act, which was adopted
in congress and is now conceded by
the employers to be one Of the great
est boons to the railroad business In
the saving Of life; they opposed the
air brake act, which has likewise
saved many lives. The paper mills
in the Fox River valley which have
gone on to the eight-hour basis have
a larger output per hour and make
more money than when they were op-
Grating on the ten-hour basis"
The bill provides for the ownership
| and operation by district boards of
public utilities and electric railways.
The history of the Thirty-second di-
vision is to be published Jointly by
Michigan and Wisconsin some time in
the future. The Michigan legislature
has already voted an appropriation of
100000 for this work, to be carried
on jointly with Wisconsin, and the
Badger legislature is considering a bill
for a similar appropriation. Capt.
Carl Hanton Of Superior is the Thir-
ty-second division historian and he is
preparing complete history of the
division and its achievements.
Liquor Men Plan for Future.
Retail liquor dealers Of Wisconsin
do not expect to have prohibition and
to display their faith that the state
and country will remain wet they