River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-04-07
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STATE TREASURY
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 / the state of
| Wisconsin will have in its general
fund a balance of $11,000,000, accord
! Ing to q 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
the general financial condition of the
| commonwealth.
| Following is the statement by the
| state treasurer:
According to my estimate at this
| time there will be on July i, 1921,
about $11 100000 in the general fund.
In addition to this, we have 100000
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 $3,300,000. 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 P. Turner of Madison, 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
vote in the house, which carried %
| to %. The Fuetion arose over an al
legged movement started by Turner TO
have Assemblyman III. w. Shields of
| Waterloo, Jefferson county, either
vote with the Progressives or resign.
Petitions circulated in Stokes district
asked that Stokes change his course of
action in the legislature in the future.
The house adopted resolution which
| declared that such petitions were IAN
| effort to intimidate 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 25 years.
There are now registered at Madi-
| son 249 enthusiastically double the
number of members of the legislature
and more are coming on every train.
| Every bill calls forth new delega-
ton. Any man who appears even for
one minute on one bill must be CLASH
| 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 housewives
Several organizations are represent
ed permanently. The Wisconsin Asso-
citation of Progressive Women, which
is linked with the La Toilette Progress
| sive movement, has several represen-
tatives; Mrs. E. Ledwith. Mrs. Jacob
Fehlman, Mrs. Lillian Davis, Miss
Gena Thompson and Mrs. f. G. Hoebel
all of Madison. The Citizenship Study
club, Milwaukee, is represented by
Mrs. Alicia S. Upham, Mrs. Clinton
Barr, Miss Ellen L. Minahan, Mrs.
| Gavie l.. Nichols. Mrs L. NJ. Bassler
and Miss Ella Seligmann, Milwaukee.
Other organizations and their wom-
en- representatives are: Wisconsin
League of Women Voters, Luella NJ.
Hardy. Milwaukee; Parents and
Friends Association for the Deaf,
Frances Wettstein and Mrs. Ida c.
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-Peter
The Mark bill providing for the es-
adjustment of comfort stations in
parks and camp sites was advanced to
the third reading. The senate ordered
to engrossmentv 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.
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