Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-05-07
ATTEMPTING To SPEED UP
LEGISLATORS LONG FOR HOME.
SWEET HOME
Work of Session far from Finish
Deaths Invade Bodies-Minimum
Wage and Hour Bill Contest
Madison. Man 4. 1919.

wage and Hour Ball contest
Madison, May 4, 1919.
The first deaths in the legislature
occurred during the past week. As
semkiymsn l.. w. Gibson expired sud
denly on Thursday evening without
the slightest warning to his colleagues
from heart failure. And out of re-
speet to his memory both houses sus-
pended business Friday morning, on
official announcement of his passing
Speaker Young appointed a committee
to accompany the remains to his home
at Medford and attend the last rites.
Our MIR. Carter was one of those Sc
lected.
The other death is that of Mr.. j. w.
Leonard of Fond du Lac, stenog-
rapher and efficient man on the cleri-
cal staff of the writer's senate force
of subordinates. Mr.. Leonard had
been weak during the session. He
died suddenly from a hemmorhage.
The chief clerk was directed to accom-
pany the remains to Fond du Lac, but
designated his first assistant to per-
form the service.
The Skogmo committee marketing
bin passed tiie senate with but slight
opposition, and now goes to the as
sembly, where a similar measure is
bending. A joint hearing will be had
II appears certain that a fairly work.
able scheme for marketing products
will be mapped out and agreed upon
as a compromise between extremes.
A delegation of senators and assem-
bly, men are absent at New York mem
bers of the official and military con-
tingent of the state who go there TO
welcome the famous returning crack
soldier organizations.
No definite understanding has been
arrived at concerning the legislative
financial bonus or complimentary rec
I ognition of our soldiers in the world
war. Constitutionally, it is thought
no tax can be levied to that end. How
to secure the eight to twelve million
dollars is the rub. The legislative
mind conceives that the boys have won
recognition, but how to make the finan-
cial outlay is the very important ques-
| tnon.
| A minimum wage scale and eight
hour working day, made so by law,
are two problems the solons have pom
uSISu over buJ as NSN diIlNeu at no
conclusion. Speaking of the hour pro-
position Senator Roethe wrote in his
newspaper very truthfully to this eff
feet: ''No one seems to want to come
under the proposed new eight hour
law. Amendments to the bin for ex-
ceptions include farm labor, firemen
police officers, persons engaged in the
manufacture of butter, cheese and 9TH
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or cream and provisioning and supply
ing of marine vessels, nurses, men en-
gagged on highways, logging and lum-
bering operations and preparation of
perishable goods, railway employees
engaged in interstate commerce, can
neries and theatres and domestic help,
Nothing much left that we can see but
the printers, who work as high as
heart disease if included" Ii is the
old, old story of applying the brand
to your neighbours OK.
By practically unanimous vote in
both houses, the legislature adopted a
resolution memorilizing congress to
suspend the present daylight saving
schedule of time. Farmers set up the
contention in their petitions that it is
an expensive Interference with then
affairs.
Members of both houses have awak-
ened to the realization that "May is
upon them with not more than one
half of their work accomplished after
seventeen weeks. They have voted to
hold sessions five days a week, hold
committee meetings each day and keeT
the grist in the hopper continuously in
hopes of concluding their work by the
first of June. / do not believe, work
as they may, that the session can be
brought to close before July first.
The government is supplying many
activities in the capital city to speed
up Victory loan activities. This week
we have been entertained by a pipers
we have been entertained by a pipers
for two days by noted aviator. This
time the flights were from the lake in
hydroplane. There are to be other
feats in the near future.
The "dry" bills will be on the docket
this week with their usual acrimonious
. contentious. o. G. M.