Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-04-22
SENATE MAY ACT
ON DRY MEASURE
Substitute Amendment to Math-
eSon Bill Offered by Morris.
DRASTIC FEATURES REMOVED
Drys Agree to Cook Amendment-Re-
quests for Appropriations for Y.
of w. Do Not Contemplate In
crease in Facult, Salaries.

Madison.-The wet and dry fight
will be staged in the senate this week.
The MathesOn BILL which passed the
house, will be made the subject of an
attack and a substitute amendment
which removes many Of the more dras-
tice features has been offered by Sen
atOr Oscar Morris.
The drys contemplate asking for
the passage of the Matheson bill as 1t
passed the house with one exception.
They have agreed to the so-called
Cook amendment, which removes that
feature of the bill which gives prohibit
ton officers power to cast a person
into Jail for failure to answer any
questions asked by the prohibition
commissioner or his deputy.
r. =. Hutton, superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League of Wisconsin, re-
Gently issued a statement in which he
declares that he has Is out of 33 votes
of the senate pledged for the dry en-
fOrcement bill An independent can
vas of the senate would Indicate that
Huttons count is correct. This means
that the Morris amendment Will prob
ably be rejected by vote of IS to 10.
"Aside from a few loopholes there
is scarcely any difference in the Nor
ris bill and the Matheson bill, except
as to length" said r. Z. Hutton in
statement made public: 1.-THE Morris
bill is so long that 1t would probably
have TO appear in the official newspa-
per as a continued story and we
should all die of old age before the
last chapter was printed
"The paramount objection is that IL
the senate passes the Morris bill there
will probably be O deadlock with the
assembly which passed the Matheson
bill, and no bill will be passed. Wis
consin will continue as a "moonsEin-
ers' millennium )" and. since she will
be one Of only four or five states with
out an adequate state code, we shall
be advertised through the grapevine
channel as the hoboes' haven and bar
flies bonanza, with the result that
AAE lAttuDcAS VI tllpSt tIibtS Will iieuu
this way from every direction"
That the requests for appropria-
tions for the University of Wisconsin
for the coming biennium do not con-
template expansion in any depart
ment except the increase in staff
necessary to take care of the in
creased enrolment; that no further
increase in faculty salaries is planned,
and that the institution is now run
ming with a smaller staff in proper
ton than any time in the past ten
years are points emphasized by
Business Manager II. ]. Thorkelson
of the university in a statement.
"The special session of 1920 enabled
the regents of the University of Wis
consin to place faculty salaries at a
point substantially so per cent above
the salary rate of 1914, as com
pared with an increased cost of living
at that time Appropriated 100 per
cent" he declared. although wages
had risen far more than the proposed
salary increase, the regents had no
expectation of attempting to meet the
entire cost Of living, but to place sal
aries on a permanent basis and ulti-
mately to bring saalries up to par of
1924 as the cost of living declined.
Although foodstuifs are coming down
slowly, and other costs accordingly,
still rent, with the scarcity of build
ing, remains high, but the university
is making no request for further in
creases in salaries, as the session of
1920 enabled the university to eStab-
fish scale comparable with that of
surrounding state institutions.
Comparisons have been made with
other institutions, and budget studies
made by other institutions indicate
that the average of Wisconsin is now
below that of Michigan university anc
slightly above that of Minnesota anC
Illinois.
'The university, however. faces tn,
problem of increased expenses due tC
the fact that the large influx of stu
dents in 1919, which then affected the
freshmen classes only. has passed thi,
year to the sophomore class. and II
the coming biennium will greatly in
crease the attendance in the Junior
and senior classes. where the cost OF
instruction is higher than in the fresh
man class
The regents are asking. for 1927
%. a sum of $2,965,4 65, and for 1922
% a sum Of $3,097 200, which mean.
AN increase for 1921 - Of PRACTICAL,
50 per cent over the appropriation.
for l920-21."
Rail Bill Killed In Senate.
There will be no legislation at thi.
session to compel the railroads Z,
bear the entire cost Of grade-crossin.
separation. The bin was killed in IN,
senate by a vote of PHI and an