Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-04-07

Henry Johnson Estimates Bal
anCe in General Fund July |.
WOMAN JURY BILL ADVANCED
Provides Women on Juries and Sepa.
ration of Mixed Juries in Separate
! Rooms When Not Considering
/ Verdict.

| MadisOn.-On July 1 the state of
Wisconsin will have in its general
fund balance of $11 100000, accord
ing to a recent statement by the state
treasurer, Henry Johnson, who pre-
! diets a fiOurishing financial program.
Johnson says his statement is not
issued for the purpose of influencing
! tax legislation, but is given the people
of the state for the purpose of showing
I the general financial condition of the
commonwealth.
Following is the statement by the
Estate treasurer:
According to my estimate at this
time there will be on July l. 1921,
about 81 100000 In the general fund.
In addition to this, we have $SO0,000
coming from the federal Government
! for equipment of troops during the late
war, which no doubt, If effort is made,
can be collected. Only One-half of the
railroad taxes are included in above
statement. The last half, due next fall,
will amount to about So 100000. These
amounts, with other revenue coming
in, should be sufficient to run the state
government if the legislature does not
venture into new enterprises.
Glenn 2. Turner of Madison, a mem
Der of the Nonpartisan league and for
mer Socialist member of the assembly
/ from Milwaukee, has been denied the
! right to visit the assembly chamber by
a vote in the house, which carried 81
! to 25. The ructiOn arose over an al
legged movement started by Turner to
have ASsemblyman II. W. Shields of
/ Waterloo, Jefferson county, either
vote with the Progressves or resign.
+ Petitions circulated in Stokes district
asked that Stokes change his course of
action in the legislature in the future.
The house adopted a resolution which
declared that such petitions were "an
effort to intimidate a member of the
house" The resolution bars Turner
from coming into the assembly be
cause of his activity in this matter.
No sooner had the resolution been
adopted than a motion to reconsider
was entered, which comes up for
consideration on April Z. This is the
first time that the legislature has taken
such action in % years.
There are now registered at Madi
son 249 lobbyistS-nearly double the
number of members of the Legislature
and more are coming on every train
Every bill calls forth a new delega
ton. Any man who appears even for
one minute on one bill must be classi
fed for that day in the lobby.
Women are more numerous in the
lobby at this session than ever before.
Probably it is their admission to citi-
Zenship and the vote that has stirred
interest in legislation. Most women
appear on legislation of social turn.
Others make speciality of measures
supposed to correct high prices, the
bane of the housewife.
Several organizations are represent,
ed permanently The Wisconsin Ass0-
citation of Progressive Women, which
is linked with the La Toilette Progres-
sive movement, has several represen
tatives; Mrs E. Ledwith Mrs. Jacol
.Fehlman, Mrs. Lillian Davis, Miss
Gena Thompson and Mrs. E. c. HoebeI
all of Madison. The Citizenship Study
club, Milwaukee, is represented b!
Mrs. Alicia S. Upham, Mrs. Clinton
Barr, Miss Ellen L. Minahan, Mrs
Gavie L. Nichols. Mrs. E. M. Bassle'
and Miss Ella Seligmann Milwaukee
Other organizations and their WON
en- representatives are: WiscOnsil
League of Women Voters, Luella Nj
Hardy. Milwaukee; Parents ano
Friends Association for the Deaf
Frances Wettstein and Mrs. Ida
Ragsdale; State League of Nursing
Education, Mrs. Adelaide Northam
Ell B. Smith and Sue n. Norman
Wisconsin State Nurses association
Marian Rottman, Milwaukee; Wiscon
sin Nurses club, Levina Dietrichson,
Milwaukee; Milwaukee association.
March c. Smith; Women's Fair Price
league Mrs. Frank Howe, Mrs. C.
Duncan, Mrs. Louise Fuellermann and
Mrs. o. w. Jackowski-Pet
The Mark bill providing for the es
Establishment of comfort stations in
parks and camp sites was advanced to
the third reading. The senate ordered
TO engrossment the Nye bill providing
that where employers shall be in doubt
,as to the age of prospective employees
the county court shall determine the
age.
Stamp Will Bring Response.
Here's a tip to those who write leg
islators and desire answers: Enclose
postage-and there will be no doubt
about the answer. So much mail has
been received Of late by legislators
pense to supply postage. ION $500 for