River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-04-14
State Legislative News
BY G. E. Hanson

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Interpolation and removal of appoint
i've state officers by the Legislature
was advanced to engrossment by the
House on Friday, following sharp
debate as to whether removal be by d
majority or three fifths vote of each
house. An amendment to make it by
three-fifths vote was rejected "A to
80 after which the bill was advanced
46 to %.
The debate swung around the poll
tics of the situation. Assemblyman
Matheson said that a majority vote
was not sufficient protection for an
appointive officer whose character,
ability and standing might be attack
ed in the heat of politics
j. C. Hanson interrupted to say that
the premier of France, or England,
can be removed by majority vote OF
Parliment..
Assemblyman Peterson commended
that any officer who could not submit
his case to a majority test in either
House was unworthy to hold pubic
position. Assemblyman c. Z. Han
son explained his bill in great detail.
Assemblyman Dahl argued that be-
cause the legislature delegates APP
pointive power to the Governor by a
majority vote it should have the pow
er to remove by the same vote.
School children will no longer be
required to be vaccinated or stay out
of school during the smallpox cpl
denies, if the senate concurs in the
Peltier bill, passed AS to ~ in the
lower House Friday. This, bill makes
vaccination optional and does not al
low health officers to keep children
out of school who are not vaccinated.
The Higgins bill for a five-cent
street car fare was killed AZ to 70,
The Titus resolution to amend the
constitution authorizing the state to
provide funds for reforestration was
concurred in.
Taking up both Friday and Satur-
day calenders, the Senate worked for
two hours Friday mainly on local mat
tiers.
Assemblyman Campers bill to make
elections for two officers and super
yisors annual met with defeat in the
upper house by IL to 10 vote. The
bill would have repealed the act OF
1913 providing for three-year term.
The Nye bill to extend the time OF
local tax payment to six months as
Mylwaukee's law now exists, Yves pass
ed and sent to the Assembly. The
Senate gave final concurrence to the
Young bill permitting counties to
raise the maximum rate of interest on
highway bonds from 5 to 6 per cent.
There will be lineup in the legls-
lature this week with most OF the
farmers on one side and many OF the
representatives from city districts on
the other side over the market COM
mission BILL
So many amendments were offered
to this measure in the house last week
that it was necessary to lay the bill
over for Wednesday of this week for
consideration. Reports of the market
commission indicate that the scope
of the present law is too limited in
application. Many of the provisions
of the bill before the legislature were
drafted by Alvin c. Reese attorney
for the marketing department. The
fight for the present marketing COM
mission bill will probably be led by
Assemblyman F. w. Ploets of Mil
waukee county.
The principal amendment which has
been offered to this bill and which
strikes direct at it's vitals was offered
by Assemblyman L. l.. Pierson OF
Milwaukee. This amendment would
exclude manufacturers and factories
from the provisions of the measure.
Under the terms of the Pierson
amendment the word products" in
the bill refers to agricultural and
dairy products and other products OF
the farm. Another amendment which
has far reaching effect would scale
the appropriation of the marketing
department from s125,000 to $4,000.
There has been q big protest from
business interests of the state against
the bill in its original form. They
claim that the measure is too drastic.
The farmers are determined to make
fight for the bill as it has been re-
ported from the committee and a
sharp debate is anticipated.
The Senate members of the reap
portionment committee for the dis
tricts in Wisconsin We're appointed
Thursday afternoon by the committee
on committees. They are Claire B.