Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-01-21
Senator Huber Offers ResoIu-
tons to Permit |. and r.
FAVORED BY GOV. BLAINE
Stouqhton Man Declares Constitution
al Amendments Should Be Adopt
ed in Wisconsin--WilI Bring
Government Closer to People.
BY FRED |. HOLMES.

DUN and recall were offered in the SEN
ate today by Senator II. A. Huber of
Stoughton.
In his statement Mr. Huber pointed
out that the initiative and referendum
is a means of popular expression on
| legislation.
| He said there was scarcely state
in the Union which does not explicitly
| provide for the use of the initiative
and referendum in some form. Twenty
| states have adopted the initiative and
referendum for statewide measures or
have provided for the application of
the principles of the initiative and ref
erendum and % states have adopted
the referendum alone. Certainly when
Massachusetts and Ohio have adopted
| the initiative and referendum in recent
| years Wisconsin ought not to lag be-
! hind.
Mr.. Huber declares tifar the recall
has been adopted by the states of Ore
gon, California, Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho, Nevada. Washington, Michigan,
| Kansas and Louisiana
/ EuuSiliuklOlldl
amendments should be adopted in Wis
consn," said Senator Huber Cover
nor Blaine has recommended these
amendments to the legislature and
! believe that their adoption will result
IN bringing the government closer to
the people Before a change can be
made in the Wisconsin constitution it
| must pass two successive sessions of
| the Legislature and then be approved
by the people This win be the first
| legislature to which the amendments
have been reported"
Governor Blaine will call a special
| election in Green Lake county this
week to fill the vacancy caused by the
| death of Assemblman Samuel Owens
| of Green Lake county, whose funeral
was held Tuesday afternoon.
Assemblyman Edmund b. Grunwald
of the Fifth Milwaukee district, the
| baby of the present legislature, is so
| youthful that he could probably de-
| fend the title as youngest member
against all who have claimed the hon
| or in past sessions.
Mr. Grunwald was twenty-oHe an
March y. He cast his first vote for
| hmseh-and got elected.
what am | going to do up here?'
pondered the infant Grunwald, who
was being carefully looked after by two
( older Milwaukee members. "Well, I'll
watch the others awhile and get my
bearings before l start to overturn
things with new ideas"
In amateur athletics he is well
| known, both as q swimmer and boxer.
He served with Company l, Nineteenth
infantry. Eighteenth division, during
the war
Mr.. Grunwald is brother of John
L. Grunwald, private secretary to Con
gresham Kleczka.
blue sky law governing sale of
nnimproved land to settlers in north
ern Wisconsin viii be proposed as one
Of The important measures of the pres
| ent session of the legislature affecting
agriculture. Senator w. A. Titus of
Fond du Lac announced. He is pre-
pairing legislation to safeguard the
NlNNhASlli immigrants ~ lIlG HOIlHSIl
sections of the state.
Under the proposed law application
would be made by the seller to the
state immigration commissioner at
Madison. Before tire sale could be
contaminated an investigation would
he made by the county agent or an
agent of the immigration commission
er, to establish the agricultural posi-
bilitieS of the land. Terms of the pro-
posed law would either give the agent
authority TO refuse a permit for sale
or facts of the case could he nut by
the agent to the prospective buyer.
leaving final determination up 10 him
after he had been given the facts.
There is great need for protective
legislation safeguarding settlers from
buying farms which, after great time
and labor has been spent in clearing
them, prove to be unsuited for agricul-
ture." said Senator Titus. Large
areas of the northern part OF the state
are exceptionally wen adapted to ag-
riculture after they are cleared. and
there appears to be no reason why
buyers should be invelgled into pur-
chase of land unfit for farming"
Wisconsin would become a Mecca
for settlers if assurance could he
given them that the land they were
buying was fitted for agricultural pur-
poses. the senator explained. He said
that land companies would benefit
rather than suffer from the application
of a law which would keep bringing
large numbers of substantial buyers
to the state.
Constitutionality of the proposed
law was declared TO be unduestioned.
because of the fact that courts have
upheld the blue sky law in its applica-
ton to the sale of stocks and bonds.
Iegislation of the proposed nature Is
de elared 10 be unique by the leeiSla.
tive reference library which has found
no precedent ea which TO