Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-07-25
ONE MORE WEEK
OF LAW MAKING
Legislature Continues Session
and Some Predict Work Up
to Early August.
SALE OF Is BEER CURBED
Pass coe Bill for Restrictive Meas
ures; Close Saloons on Sunday;
Limit Number; None
Near Schools.

Madison. - Although some leg1sia-
tors predict that the session will con-
tinue up to August 2 others hope for
the final adjournment this week. In
the meantime bills are still being
dropped into the hopper and the leg
islative grind continues.
1T is certain that the restrictive
liquor legislation will remain on the
statute books Of Wisconsin. Both
houses of the legislature have passed
a bill, in accordance with the request
of Governor Phillip, applying all OF
this restrictive legislation to the sale
of 20 per cent beer in the state. The
bill was offered by Assemblyman Q. q.
Coe and went through both houses
practically without opposition.
An attempt was made by Senator ".
T. Olson in the senate to have that
body pass the bill which was offered
some time ago, which would prohibit
the sale of any beverage in the state
containing more than one-half of per
cent of alcohol. This was ruled out of
order.
When the bill was introduced AS
semblyman G.. G. Coe explained that
he believed that all laws relating to
Sunday closing of saloons should be
made applicable to the new thirst.
parlors" that would sell 2.5 per cent
beer. His bill will also limit the num-
Der of thirst parlOrs" in any city;
will prohibit the sale Of % per cent
beer to minors and will prohibit the
sale near schoolhouses.
Many members of the legislature
will take the stump and urge the pass
age of the bonus bill which comes up
before the people on a referendum on
September 2. 81
A compromise bonus bill was worked
out by a special committee composed
of Senators Timothy Burke, Olson and
Roethe and Assemblymen Nolan. Chill
son and Ploetz The assembly won by
having the referendum feature incor-
porated into the bill. The senate won
by having Incorporated into the bill
feature which will give the soldiers
bonus, if approved by the people, re-
CARELESS of any action taken by con-
gress.
The bill provides for the creation of
a service recognition board to admins
ter the funds. Under the provisions of
the bin approximately $15,OOO,OO0 will
be raised OF this sum about one-third
will be raised by surtax ON incomes,
the rate on corporations having a net
income of $1,000 being 6 per cent and
on individuals having an income OF
$4,000 being 6 per cent. Below these
sums the rate is much smaller. On the
general property of the state a tax of
not to exceed mills on dollar will
be levied If any county in the state
does not desire to raise the entire sum
by a state tax it may provide for
bond issue and raise the sum by that
method.
Soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses
from Wisconsin who served in the
world war will receive SO month for
the time they were in the service, with
a minimum Of $50 The relatives of
any boys who were killed will receive
sum equal to the amount covering
from the time of his enlistment to
July 1, 1919.
All of these provisions of the bill,
however, are subject to a referendum
of the people, which has been delayed
until September 2 in order to give the
people an opportunity to acquaint
themselves fully with the provisions Of
the measure. Members of the legisla-
ture speaking on the floor declared
that they would take the stump at
once and urge the approval.
Two other soldier bills are pending
before the legislature and no action
has been taken on either of these
measures. The first is the Nye bill
providing for the education of soldiers
at the higher institutions of learning
in the state, and the second is the
Fletcher bill which appropriates .ap-
proximately $1,000,O00 for the placing
of soldiers on farm lands in Wisconsin.
Both houses of the legislature have
repassed the marketing bill, incorpo-
rating the features suggested by Gov
ernor Phillip, that the executive be
empowered to confirm the appointment
of the marketing commissioner. Un-
der the terms of the bill the marketing
commissioners will be appointed by
special advisory committee composed
of the commissioner of agriculture,
the attorney general and the secretary
Of state. AS it is now amended. the
appointment must be approved by the
governor.