The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-04-15
Agricultural Measure Before the
Assembly Today.
ILLINolsANs TO SEE ROADS
Gov. Small and Members of Illinois
Legislature to Be Met by Gov.
Blaine and Other Officials at
ReIoit April IS.
BY FRED L. HOLMES.

lue I0USLu Ol the pr0SeuL SSSSlOu Va ZIG
legislature and there have been a num-
Der of conferences this week to ascer-
tain if some plan could not be worked
out for shortening the session. The
present indications are that the session
will last until July 1 if things 60 on as
they have been going. There are many
members of the legislature who desire
to have the session closed by the last
of May, and these so-called "insurg-
entS" are leading a movement to rush
the work of the session.
A resolution has been passed that
all bills which have been introduced
by title carly in the session must be
reported in the house not later than
Friday, April 15. If there are any
bi Is left in committee on revisiOns at
that time they shall be automatically
cancelled by the house and never intro
duced. A voluntary committee has
been checking up the work of the ses-
sion in order to secure reporting of
all bills so that the house can have
meetings in the fOrenOOns and evenings.
The afternoons will be given over to
committee hearings. Probably not i'll
20 years has there been such a deter
mined effort on the part of members
to close up the, work of the session.
Before the weekend several impor-
tant bills are expected to be disposed
of. Among these will be the agricul-
tural bill, which comes up in the as
sembly today, and the dry enforcement
bill, which is expected to come up for
final action in the senate on Thursday
Taxation bills are also expected to be
reported to the house this week and
the insurgents" are sure that the
work of the session is now to be push
ed with vigOr.
Over 100 children from the school
for blind at GAINESVILLE will give a con-
cert in the legislative halls tonight. AT
every session of the legislature the
school for blind is invited to come be-
fore the legislature.
When Gov. Len Small and the state
officials of Illinois reach the state line
at Beloit on Friday, April 15, and be-
gin their tour of inspection of WiscOn-
sin roads they will be accompanied by
over 100 members of the Illinois legiS-
lature and a delegation of so prOmi-
nent people from Rockford. The orr
ginal intention was that, in addition to
the state officials, the party would be
made up of the senate committee on
highways. The Illinois senate. how
ever, has voted to adjourn and the en-
tire body will accompany the COVER
nor. In addition to the governor, i'll
the party will be Lieutenant Governor
Sterling, Secretary of State Emmer
son, Director of Public Works Miller,
Commissioner of Highways Bradt and
State Highway Engineer Older. 1t will
probably be the largest legislative dele
cation from an outside state that has
ever visited Wisconsin.
The party will go by special train
from Springfield to Rockford. where
they will spend Thursday night On
Friday morning they will be taken in
charge by Rockford citizens and begin
their automobile trip to the state line
at Beloit, where they will be met by
the members of the joint committee on
highways of the Wisconsin legislature
and representatives of the Wisconsin
highway department. The special pur-
pose of the trip is to look over WiScOn-
sin gravel and dirt roads and study
their maintenance, as Illinois is about
TO adopt the Wisconsin plan. From
Beloit they will run east to Lake Gen
eva and ElkhOrn, where the citizens
will serve them luncheon at noon.
Thence they will go northward to
Dousman, in Waukesha county, west
ward to Jefferson and Oregon, and
thence to Madison, arriving late in the
afternoon. That night they will be
given a dinner at the Park hotel. pre-
sided over by Governor Blaine, and ad-
dresses will be made by Governor
Blaine, Governor Small, State High
way Engineer A. r. Hirst and others.
On Saturday morning the party will
return by automobile to Rockford.
Assemblyman f. ]. Peterson's bill
abOlishing the state railroad commits
sion and substituting "the public serv-
ice commission" with the same now
ers to regulate utilities as are vested
in the railroad commission, has been
drafted.
Whatever opposition exists in the
assembly with respect to the present
commission will be modified in behalf
of the Peterson bill, but it is doubtful
whether the bill will be passed.
Mr. PeterSOnS meaSur nrovidoS for
the appointment by the governor of
three commissioners with the advice
and consent of the senate, and subject
to removal by the governor for ineffi-
cheney, neglect of duty or malfeasance
in office. One member shall have a
general knowledge of law relating TO
utilities and corporations generally
and each of the others shall have a
general knowledge of matters relating