Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-06-02
Gov. Blaine Requests Leglsla-
ture to Amend Bill.
LEGAL RULING CAUSES ACT
Attorney General Holds Home Made
Wines Cannot BE Manufactured
Under Mathewson Bill With lts
Search and Seizure Clause.

iHeuL DiIt lOT IHe purpose vi SoiicN-
ton. Three main reasons are given
by Governor Blaine in asking for the
recall:
First, that the Mathewson bill
should be put into harmony with the
federal enforcement act.
Second that amendments be incOr-
porated which will clarity the present
bill, All antiquities should be taken
out of the present measure.
Third, revision of the present pro
vision of the bill to allow 'the manu-
facture of wine and beer for private
and family use, and not for sale"
If no action is taken Governor
Blaine will either have to sign the
measure or veto It, He makes no in
timation in his message as to the
course he will take In case of fall
ure to recall.
Change In the present prohibition
laws to permit the manufacture and
sale Of light wines and beers was OPP
posed by the assembly 46 to 40,
through the defeat Of the Person res
olution memorlalizing congress to
amend the Volstead ac~
The antiprofiteering bill drawn by
Attorney General Morgan was en-
crossed by reclamation in the assem-.
bly, after an attempt TO cut out the
$4,000 appropriation had been killed
rs to o.
The Commons unemployment pre-.
vention measure was indefinitely post
poned by the senate. The upper house
refused consideration of the bill by a
vote of 16 to 49,
The change of representation ON the
educational boards of the state may
be put through this session of the Wis.
consin legislature. The house has just
received from the senate, where Il was
passed, the Titus bill which would en-.
large the representation of the boards
of normal school regents and univer-
slty regents from two to six members
at large The additional four mem,
hers will give Il place on the board for
two farmers and two representatives
of the manual trades, according to the
provisions of the measure.
Members of the senate will have to
vote on memorials to congress, The
attempt of Senator Bird To- have legis-
lative business defined to - dude such
memorials was defeated by n vote OF
Is to Il, 1t requiring twothirds for
the amendment to the senate rules de
fining Legislative business" to he
adopted.
Assemblyman Fowler's bin for q
four-year course in the normal schools
of the state. and for the granting OF
the degree of bachelor Of education
was killed In the house. The substi
tute amendment by Dahl TO prohibit
four-year courses in normal schools
was adopted by a vote of 46 to 40, The
entire bin was then killed.
The Fowler bin was opposed In n
Dahl. He salt that this would result
In turning the uornal schools into uni
versltles, Asseshblyman u. J. sum
merville. suggested that such bill
would lead to additional expense.
Women of Wisconsin are demanding
has been introduced In the legislature
to take the place of the Conant biz
which was killed In the lower house
some time ago. The Couant bill would
give women the right 10 serve on
juries. The new bill extends greater
privileges to women.
Women of the state are demanding
that the legislative record be made on
the new bill There is every indication
that IL the hin is legal II will be one
of the measures upon which the WON
en- of the state shall make their cam.
paign in the different legislative dis
trictS year from this fall
There are many here who predict
that the next session of the legislature
may see several women representa-,
tives.
No state has women members In the
upper house, but Il number of states
during the past year had women mem
beers in the lower house. Conservative
Connecticut leads with FIVE womer
members In its legislature. Kansas ant
Colorado come next, with four each
California and Utah each have three
New Hampshire, New Jersey ant
Oklahoma have two apiece. Idaho
Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Nevada
New York. Oregon, Vermont, Nortl
Carolina and Washington each ven
tured one.
Reapportionment Plans Submitted.
Fifteen proposed plans for change
in the reapportionment of the eongres
sional districts OF the state have bee
submitted TO the responsiveness
committee for consideration. Will
the committee has made no dehnit
statement as to what action II Intend
to take on the apportionment OF col
gresSional districts there is every II
dication that bin will be presente
on the subject, II is probable thu
congress will increase the number
congressman. In that case some Apo
fIonments win have to be changed.