River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-05-19
State Legislative News.
BY c. E. HANSON

Madison, Wis, May 10 Pierce
county will remain as a separate as
sembly district with a population Of
2l,663, according to the announcement
made by the apportionment commit
tee of the legislature this week. A
bill will be drafted upon this subject
changing many of the assembly and
senate districts of the state by the
end of the present week. There will
be no change in the tenth senatorial
district according to present plans.
The senatorial district will be COM
posed of counties of Buffalo, Pepin,
Pierce, and st. Croix with population
of 70,865.
Under tie reapportionlncnt OF the
state into assembly and senate dis
tsicts tentatively announced tnis
week by the legislative committee,
Milwaukee, Racine and Jefferson each
gain one additional assembly district.
Winnebago and jefferson each lose
orr assembly district and the third
is lost by the reconciliation Of the
counties of Adams, Marquette, Green
Lake and Waushara. There are a
number of other changes in the as
senlbly districts Of the state.
The reapportionment of the scnat
orial districts as tentatively announc-
ed will Iegislate out Of office, Senat-
ors j. Henry Bennett, Viroqua, and
John Conant, Westfield. Vernon Coun-
ty, where Senator Bennett lives is
placed in the district with Senator f.
E. Roethe, Fennimore. As Senator
Roethe is a hold-over senator it will
be impossible for Senator Bennett
to come back to the next legislature
if the tentative appoltionment is APP
proved. Senator Titus, Fon du Lac, a
hold-over senator, is placed in the
same district with Senator Conant,
whose term expires next year. This
would prevent Senator Conant com
ing back to the legislature next year.
Senator J. H. Dennhardt, Neenah,
Winnebago County, is
placed in the same district with SEN
ator Henry Kleist Of Calumet. Their
terms of office expire next year and
they can become candidates against
each other. Milwaukee gains sem
atoriaI district and there. are many.
other slight changes in present dis
tricts, but none other that would leg
islate present members out from the
next session.
This apportionment of the legis-
lative districts comes as the result
of the new census. The average
OF each assembly district
is 26,32O and for each senatorial dis
trict, 79,777.
Assemblyman c. E. Hanson made
fight in the legislature during the
past week in favor Of the Fowler bill
permitting the establishment OF four
year courses in normal schools and
granting of degree of bachelor in edu-
cation. He declared that many people
now deprived Of an education could
be able to attend normal schools Il
this bill were passed. Although de-
feated an effort will be made to re-
vive it at this weeks session. The
fight against the bill was led by As
semblyman A. E Matheson, James
vile, who said that this measure
would iniure the small colleges of
the state and would be detrimental to
the university. Assennblyman Fow-
Ter declared that the university is at
tempting to lord it over the educa-
tional institutions Of the state
By a vote of AZ to 80 the assembly
killed the ingalls, bill which would
emasculate the present primary cleo
ton law. The ingalls, bill provided
for party convention and the adopt
ion of party platform. Assembly
man John L. Dahl, Barron County,
denounced the measure as plan to
return to the old caucus system which
had long ago been defeated.
Four more weeks of legislative ses-
sion is the prediction Of the leaders Of
all the factions in the legislature. The
senate has passed the resolution fav-
oring an adjournment on June 18th.
The assembly has passed another res
olution which provides that all bills
in committee mrst De referred to the
calendar after May 81. These prelim-
inaries are but independent drives to
bring the session of the legislature to
close. There are only 200 bills still