River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-05-26

nor upon majority vote recommend
alton Of the legislature. An amend
ment was Incorporated into this bill
in the senate the past week which
makes the governor the official who
shall make the actual removal, in
stead of the legislature. This is one
of the most important bills at this
session of the legislature and will
/ place under control of the Legislature
/ important state commissions and de-
partments upon whom the Legislature
has heretofore no check. This bill
passed the senate last week by vote
Of 20 to / and comes back to the house
4 for concurrence in small amend
ment. There is every indication that
it will be concurred in and sent to the
| governor.
Gov. Blaine expected to sign this
week the Matheson dry enforcement
| bill. This measure reached him on
Saturday and there is every indica-
ton that he will approve of it.
One of the features of last weeks
session was spirited debate over the
| Huber resolution for the recognition
of the Irish republic. This resolution
was finally passed by vote OF 70 to
5.
One of the principle fights of this
weeks session Of legislature will come
over the Dahl taxation bill which has
been unfavorably recommended BY
the Joint committee on finance. This
| bill revises the present income tax
rates. 1t fixes the exemption under
state income tax law the same as I'M
der the federal law; it repeats the
personal property offset and the
secrecy clause of income tax law and
provides for the taxation of dividends
on bank stock.
The senate killed the committee Dill
which provided for the retirement
of justices of the supreme court al
ter they had reached the age OF 70.
The vote for killing was II to z.
Senator Titus bill providing that
two farmers and two men represent
ing the manual trades shall be placed
on the state board of education ana
the board of normal school regents
was sent to engrossment. Engross-
ment was also given to the Nye jun
ior college bill. This provides Tor
the establishment of seven junior col
leges in the state to receive state AID
for giving the first two years OF UNIV
ersity work.
The Grimstad bill for the taxation
of land values, along the lines OF the
Ralston- Nolan bill in congress was
killed in the assembly by vote Oh
AZ to 27. This was one OF the new
proposals for legislation at this SEES
sion and while voted down many OF
the members declared there was mer-
it in the bill, but they did not fully
understand it. This bill was drawn
by Prof. John R. Commons OF the
university. Mr.. Grimstad said this
bill would help put an end to tenancy
in this state. He declared that very
few farmers would be hit by the
measure. Before the land surtax be-
comes operative lands and improve
ments to the extent of about S3O,OOo
aHe exempted.
"Since the bill will not hit farmers
of the state to any extent, who then
will the bill hit" ask Assembly
man Grimstad. "The spectators IN
large cut-over lands, the monopollsts
of mineral beds, water rights and
water fronts and public franchises,
and the owners Of valuable city lots.
These are the ones who the bill VIII
hit and not the farmer who earns ms
honest bread with the sweat OF ms
brow.
"The greater merit of the bill lies
in the fact that it will stimulate vac
ant lands and natural resources into
use: encourage production, widen the
market for agricultural and other
1 products, and give the producing men
and women of the state more OF the
comfort and happiness of life that
belongs to them"
! BY vote of IL to Z the senate has
concurred in the A. M. Miller resolu-
ton memorializing Congress against
the proposed sales tax measure. rms
resolution passed the house some
weeks ago.
BY vote of 10 to 3 the upper
house passed the Skogmo resolution
for a constitutional amendment fol
/ initiative and referendum. THIS re-
solution would provide that bills
might be proposed by the people but
that no changes could be made to the