The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-07
kENOSHA GETS
new STATESO ON
City Will Have Own Rep
resentative in Lower
House of State.
GOV. BLAINE SIGNS BILL
Junior College Bill Is Killed by
Veto but KenOsha Teachers
Will Get Pensions.

Kenosha county is to have two as
semblymen at the next session of the
legislature, as late Tuesday afternoon
Governor John J. Blaine signed the bill
providing for the new division of the
state for representation in the state
legislature. The new law which be-
comes effective on publication today
breaks up historic lines for Kenosha's
representation in the state law making
bodies. The senatorial district is made
over to put Kenosha in with Walworth
county instead of Racine county and
Racine county is given district of its
own. Kenosha county will have the
predominating vote in the senatorial
district. The two assembly districts
of Kenosha county will be of nearly
equal population. The first district
will be made up entirely of city terri
tory including the territory of the first,
second, third, fifth and sixth wards,
while the second district will contain
the towns of the county and the other
wards of the city.
First Real City Assemblyman.
representative in the state legislature
as the man from the first district will
necessarily be Kenosha city man.
For long time the big industrial in
terests of the city have felt that they.
should have someone who would be
direct representative of the big tax
paying interests of the city. The new
districts of Kenosha county are both
laid out with view of making real
political scrap at each election.
Assemblyman Farr is resident of
the first Kenosha county district and
there is to be no representation for the
second district in case a special ses-
sion of the legislature is held as the
reapportionment of the state does not
become effective until the next general
election in 1922. Senator Buck of RAJ
cine will continue to represent Keno
sha county in the state senate until the
new senator is elected.
Junior Colleges Killed.
The hope that Kenosha might get a
junior college under the new state law
went glimmering this morning when
Governor Blaine announced that he had
vetoed the Nye bill which proposed to
establish five junior colleges in the
state. This law was passed by the
legislature by large maj orities, but the
governor in his veto held that the state
could not afford to put on this new
program of educational activities. The
vetoing of the bill will come as a great
Ison inf M 1o4 -
leaders. Kenosha was mentioned as
one of the five cities in which Junior
colleges would be located but it was
admitted that. the city was not in a
financial condition to furnish funds for
such project.
Teachers Pensions Saved.
The governor signed the bill revis-
ing the state teachers retirement fund
law and the fund will now be placed
on a business basis and one which is
expected to give assurance to the
teachers that the pensions promised
them under the law will be paid. The
retirement fund for teachers is to be
financed by one-sixth increase in the
income taxes of the state with the
understanding that the fund is to re-
ceive $1,000 600 annually. More than
500 Kenosha county teachers are in
terested in the fund. Mrs. Mary D.
Bradford who has just retired as SUI
Fperintendent of the schools, is one of
the trustees of the state fund. Under
the law, she is entitled to her pension
after more than 80 years of work in
the schools Of the state. She will re-
ceive in the neighborhood of $4,000. 90
year.