Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-01-06
RADICAL CHANGES IN STATE
GOVERNMENT PREDICTED.
Sweeping Changes Favored by the
Administration Will Come Be.
fore the Next Legislature.


Madison-More radical changes in
state administration and government
than the State of Wisconsin has ever
seen are directly around the corner
the corner marking the converting of
the 1928 regular session of the Wis
consin legislature which meets here
at high noon next Wednesday,
January 10.
Important Embryo Laws.
These sweeping changes, number
ing well-nigh a dozen, are the more
imminent because they are favored
by the administration, which holds
big majority in the lower house and
what is considered working ma
jority in the senate. The most i'm
portant of the embryo laws are:
/. Unemployment insurance.
2. Repeal OF the secrecy clause of
the state income tax law.
3. Removal of the personal prop
erty offset clause of the income tax
law, whereby property tax receipts
pay nearly one-half of the income
taxes.
4. Old age pensions.
5. Revision of the educational sys-
TEN, including the establishment of
junior colleges.
6. The Hirst highway bill to lay
most of the states share of road
building costs, amounting to $4,000
a year, on the car owners.
z. The wet and dry issue.
8. The Huber initiative and refer
endum amendment to the state CON
stitution to make alteration of the
constitution quicker and easier
8. A surtax on non-productive
lands held for speculative purposes.
Expect No Hard Fight.
In spite of this array of striking
legislation, no hard fight in the two
houses seems probable. The admin
istration has a working majority and
seems determined to establish high
water mark. The administration is
committed partially TO most Of the
above proposed measures, the only
brand new bill being that providing
for old age pensions, and the only
one doubtful is the wet and dry is
sue.
On the booze question alone, the
administrations support is split.
Many of the La Toilette Blaine par
tisans are wet and many are dry
The unemployment insurance bill,
introduced in the 1921 session and
defeated by narrow margin, will
be re-introduced, Senator Henry
Huber, Stoughton, has announced.
Tax Problem.
The tax problem viii be the cen
ter of the Administrations attention.
Repeal of the secrecy clause is ap-
parently certain Of passage. The
sweeping program of the tax com
mission outlined II changes that will
be pushed, including g constitutional
amendment to allow the legislature
TO set different rates Of taxation TO
distinguish between real property
and securities, credit, and loans.
The old age pension law will be
introduced by Sen. A r. Carey, il
has been announced. Senator Huber
has announced he will re-introduce
his amendment for the initiative and
referendum, and several other bills
Of the like natcre are expected to be
presented to allow the legislature Il
choose among them.
School Measures.
The junior college law passed by
the 1921 legislature and vetoed by
Governor Blaine, will come up again
Appointment Of county school super
intendents instead Of election is an.
other measure favored strongly By
the state board Of education.
Twelve hundred bills were intro
duced in the 1921 session. There ii
every evidence that the 1923 session
will have just as many.
A rebuke to the state legislator,
for one Of the commonest indoor
sports Of past sessions is contained II
the legislative platform Of tn