Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-06-11
REGENTS BILL IS
KILLED BY HOUSE
Act Provided for Farmer-Labor
Members Of Boards.
CIVIL SERVICE BODY DOOMED
Measure Engrossed Doing Away With
State Commission ard Creating
Office CT acknowledgements
merit by Governor.

merit cy Governor.
Madison.-No law viii be passed ct
this session o. the legislature requlr-
Ing the governor OF tie state 10 ap-
point farmers and laboring men on the
toards Of regents Tor the higher edu-
atIOual institutions Of the state. Tie
farmer organizations t tie state have
demanded q law Of tkss character.
Senator Titus bin for the appoint
ulent Of six members Of the boards Of
regents Of the university. normal
schools and the state board Of educa-
ton al large. Two OF whom shall be
women, two farmers and Two appoint
ed from tie manual arts trades. was
Killed in the house b a vote Of - 10
20.
Al first the bill was refused indef-
mite poStponement by a vote OF 81 to
IS. Then tie assembly refused 10 en-
gross the bin. The attack on the
measure was led by Assenlblyman
CLARK ". Perry Of Oshkosh. He said
thar it would be as sensible 10 have
two butchers or tvo blacksIniths on
he board and that il was up TO the
governor 10 appoint whom he pleased.
AssemblyInan John L. Dahl wanted to
know if he Gid not believe in d repre-
sentative board Of regents. This
stirred the ire Of Assenblyman Perry.
who charged politics.
Tie committee program for redue-
ing tie size If some OF the unirnpor-
tant commissions II the capitol was
favored il the assembly. The bill
changing the conservation commission
from three members. 70 one member
vas engrossed. This one member
would be appointed by the governor
for a six-year term at a salary Of S4,-
200 annually.
without debate the house engrossed
tie biil abOilshing the state civil serv-
ice commission and creating the Office
II civil service examiner, appointed by
the governor for six years. at a salary
Of 5000 annually.
Not a few interesting resemblance
TO noted personages are visible ln the
legislature. For example, how Ike
Gen. U. S Grant il J. c. Hanson, as
penblyman for the east Dane county
district. with his cl0se-cropped gray
bair: and there is Senator George
Staudeumayer Of the Columbia
district. who IS something Of a replica
81 General Pershlng. while Assembly
man Rush Bulls Of Eau Claire might
" readily taken for Thomas r. Mar
SHALL vice president during the VII
son reign; and who IS not reminded
someR hat Of Abraham Lincoln when
John p. Grandlne, assemblyman from
Forest county. begins the leisurely OPP
GRAFTON Of unwindlng himself prepara-
tory to speaking. and OF Daniel Web
ster In the square and solemn visage
and beetllHg broE Of Assemhlyman
Conrad Welttenhiller Of Platteville.
Then comes Speaker Riley S. Young,
a irritable John p. Rockefeller facial
Iy. If not at golf or In oil.
Attorney General William ]. Nor
gan, in an opinion, declared that the
Dahl surtax rider attached to the
teachers retirement bin by the assem-
bly, was constitutional
The lower house amended the bill to
the extent that the property tax pro-
vision which is TO raise the needed ST.
100000 annually be replaced by a sur
FAX clause. The surtax amendment
put a fractional tax on incomes over
$1,000 and up to and over $4,000 when
Ii one-mlll tax Is assessed.
Deputy Attorney General Ralph Vi.
Hoyt. in an opinion, states that the
constitutional requirement of uniform
ity of taxation is not violated for two
reasons: first, the uniformity rule of
the constitution with reference to the
property taxes does not apply to In
come taxes, and secondly, because the
uniformity rule applies only TO the
levy and assessment of taxes and not
TO the distribution Of taxes after they
have been collected.
The fact that the city Of Milwaukee
Is already supporting teachers pen.
sion system Is not at all conclusive
upon the constitutional question of the
amendment, Mr.. Hoyt says. That Is a
matter solely for the legislature TO
consider in determining w4at is a just
distribution of the burden be holds
The ingalls, party convention bill
was sent 10 engrossment In the house
by a vote OF A 10 40. This bill pro-
vides for a party convention system,
for the nomination of state candidates
and :he drafting Of platform. Others
may be candidates. but the machine
viii be back Of the men indorsed by
the convention.