Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-04-18
OPPOSES
CHANGE OF TIME
Resolution Asking Law Be Re-
pealed Is Adopted.
ONLY ONE VOTE AGAINST 1T
Senator Roethe Declares Federal Act
in Pushing the Clock Ahead an
Hour lnterferes With
Nature.

Madison upper branch of the
Of the Wisconsin legislature is against
the demand of congress to put, the
| clock ahead one hour. The senate, with
only one vote in opposition, has adopt
| ed resolution by Roethe asking that
| the law be Immediately repealed.
Roethe brought historical precedent In
to the debate to show that the federal
law interefered with nature.
| George Washington, the father of
his country, never told lie, but by act
| of congress every clock Is liar" Sen
ator Roethe said. THE whole scheme
is deception. While the war was on
no one complained, but when congress
ended in the mixup the law was left
when there was no need of it. know
Of but two instances in history when
nature has been interfered with in this
way. One was when Joshua command
ed the sun to stop and 1t stopped, and
the other was when congress command
ed the sun to stop, and again 1t stood
still. But when Joshua won his vic
tory he permitted the sun TO go on its
way. In the case of congress, when we
have defeated our enemies congress
still insists on regulating the sun"
The senate amended the Wilcox
grade separation bill so as TO prac-
ticalIy destroy its effect 1t then en-
crossed the measure by a vote of 16
TO IS, with Senator Wilcox in opposi-
| tion.
The legislative visiting committee in
Its report filed last week, recommends
a considerable number of improve
ments in stare institutions, which it
finds in many cases inadequate to the
| demands now made upon them.
The committee recommends an APP
preparation of 100000 for the pro-
posed women's reformatory at Tay-
cheedah. near Fond du Lac. to COM
plete buildings as soon as the work
can be economically undertaken. Moth
ing has been done there and the prop
| erty is nonproductiva The committee
was much dissatisfied with conditions
at the state school for the deaf at Del
| avian.
To enlarge the home for the feeble
minded at Union Grove, an appropria-
tion of $644,000 is recommended. SO
that $50 inmates may be cared for.
Eventually, the report says, the insti-
tuition should be enlarged to care for
1000 persons. Satisfactory conditions
were found at the industrial school for
girls. Milwaukee, but owing to the
value of the site the committee recon-
mends that the location be sold and
the school re-establiShed In small
city.
For the state prison at Waupun a
number of small appropriations are
recommended, aggregating $11,059.
The report says a modern dollhouse,
to cost $4,000, is needed, as the pres
ent dollhouse is unsanitary. For the
central state hospital at Waupun $101.-
600 for new buildings Is recommended.
For the state rcfarmatory $4,000 is
recommended for compilations. and So
600 as a revolving fund for the opera
ton of quarry An $4,000 supern-
tendent's cottage is recommended for
the Northern Hospital for the Insane,
and a power plant and sterilizer at the
tubercular sanitarium at Wales, and
appropriations of $4,000, of which S4.-
600 is for a hospital, is recommended
for the boys industrial home at Wau-
kesha.
Over the vitrioic prot SITS of the So
cialist faction, the university approprl-
alton bill for the next two years, car
rying $6000,000. was finally enacted
into law.
The final vote on the measure was
so to 81, the Socialists casting united
vote against ii and being supported on
the roll call by Messrs. Bartingale.
Ballard. c. e. Hanson, Killa. Lorfeld,
Mitchell and Owens.
The nomination by Governor Philip
Of former Senator Platt Whitman to
succeed NJ. ]. Cleary as insurance COM
missioner for the remainder of the
torn ending June so next was pre-
scented to the senate.
Senator Roethe moved that, out of
respect To an honored fellow senator,
all rules be suspended and action be
taken at once.
This was carried, 80 TO Z. the noes
being Senators Arnold. Boyer, Huber,
! Kleist. Severson. Schultz and Zumach.
Milwaukee Socialists want to hang
medals on every man who has served
as lawmaker at this session. but are
afraid to offer the message themselves
SO are seeking some hon-SociallSt to
do the job.
Opposes State Tonnage Tax.
Tax Commissioner T.. II. Bodden OF
Milwaukee is opposed 10 the proposal