Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-04-29
SENATOR OFFERS
IRISH MEASURE
Resolution to Recognize Erin Ex-
peCted to Cause Sharp Fight
in Legislature.
WILL Be UP on THURSDAY
Bill Calls on Congress and the Presi-
dent of the United States to Rec
ognize ireland as a Free and
independent Republic.


Madison-There will be a sharp
fight in the legislature over the reso-
luton offered by Senator Huber of
Stoughton to recognize the Irish re-
public.
This resolution follows the line of
a similar one offered by Senator La
Toilette in congress and calling upon
the President of the United States to
recognize the republic.
The resolution recites that for over
700 years the people of Ireland have
exerted, through force of arms as we'll
as through parliamentary laws, their
claim to free and independent govern
ment to which the nation of Ireland
entities them and through which they
might recognize for themselves the
right to happiness which is inherent to
all people.
For upwards of 100 years" de-
clared the resolution, sit has been the
settled policy and principle of the Uni
ted States of America to uphold the
principle on which is founded our ma
ton. The people of the state Of Wis
consin, firm in the conviction that the
principle Of self-determinatiOn in gov
eminent extends to every nation whose
people are united by common political
ideals, and that the people of Ireland
are so united, believe that the govern
ment of the United States, without
violation of any Of the usages of inter-
national law and without giving any
other nation just cause for i'll will, can
and will do all in its power to encour-
age the recognition of Ireland as a
free and independent republic"
The resolution then calls upon con-
gress Of the United States and upon
the President to recognize the Irish
republic. Because of the fact that
similar resolution has been introduced
by Senator La Toilette there are many
here who predict that there may be a
lineup when this resolution comes up
for consideration on Thursday.
The senate, after some words, sent
back to the highway committee the
Perry bill giving the railroad commits
sion power over the bus lines that
compete with existing street car and
steam roads The fight for the return
of the bill was made by Senator j. II.
Dennhardt, who said there were hum
dreds of people who desired to appear
in opposition to this legislation.
A memorial 90 congress asking the
retention of the present excess profits
law ana condemning the proposed
sales tax measure was offered in the
house by Assemblyman A. M. Miller
of Outagamie county. The resolution
was sent to the committee on revision.
This will put the legislature on rec
ord on the entire financial program
pending before congress.
The assembly struck from the pub
lie health bill the amendment offered
by Assemblyman T. w. Bartingale last
week for the placarding of houses for
social diseases and then sent the bill
to passage, providing that pneumonia
shall be classed as a communicable dis
ease.
Four bills by Assemblyman Lucas,
aimed at changing the negligence laws
Of the state, were killed. Lucas
claimed that his bills were in the in
terests of injured persons, but Mathe-
son and others said the measure would
help ambulance chasers.
The bill appropriating 100000 emer-
gency money to pay claims for
slaughtered cattle suffering with tu-
berculosis was concurred in. Passage
was given to the Volmer bill empower
ing the city of Milwaukee to furnish
materials and do the work of resurfac-
ing of macadamized streets.
Senator Ney's bill to pay the ex-
penses of county clerks attending an
nual conventions was killed because it
did not include all county officers.
The house rejected an amendment
by Freehoff to extend state aid to all
agricultural associations and con-
Cured in the Clark bill fixing the aid
TO county fairs at 80 per cent. Huber's
bill rewriting the state humane aid
law and extending the powers of the
humane officer was concurred in.
Within ten days the Matheson dry
bin will be on its way to the governor,
1t having been engrossed in the senate
by vote of 22-11. The bill will prob
ably be concurred in by the house, and
the present plan is to message the
measure Immediately back to the SEN
ate. The one amendment which was
attached was originally rejected in
the house, but has since been APP
proved by the Wisconsin Anti-Saloon
League. Otherwise the Matheson bill
stands just as it came from the COM
mittee Of the house.
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Failure for Lake Port Cities.
Lake port cities lost their fight in
the assembly when the Edwards bill,
permitting the state to share in taxes
on grain held at terminals, was
passed, Sc to a. The bill now goes to
the senate. Port cities have been per-
mitted to keep all taxes collected on
stored grain and they made hard
fight to prevent the state from sharing
to the extent of 10 per cent in the
revenue. The bill was killed, recon
sidered, engrossed and passed, and
each time was the subject of debate In
the lower house.
Second in Road Construction.
With $50 miles of concrete road
surfacing contracted for this year,
Wisconsin is in second place in push
ing construction on paved roads, sur