Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
BLAINE FORCES TO
CONTROL SESSION
DAHL CHOSEN ASSEMBLY SPEAK
Err AND HUBER PRESIDENT
PRO TEN OF SENATE.
MESSAGE ASKS TAX LAW CHANGES
Governor Recommends That Incomes
Yield Larger Share of Revenue
Opposes Increased Expenditures on
ighways-WouId Bar Big Trucks.

IiSlO Larger OHdTS " iASSSliNS
Opposes Increased Expenditures on
Highways-WouId Bar Big Trucks.
Madison The fifty-sixth Wisconsin
legislature convened at noon on jan
uary 10. with Gov Blaine in control
of both branches.
Administration supporters had a
walk-away in the assembly, John L.
Dahl of Barron county being chosen
as speaker without opposition.
The Blaine program was put through
the senate by a narrow margin with
the assistance of three socialist votes.
Senator Henry Huber of Stoughton
a staunch supporter Of the governor.
was elected president pro tempore
over Senator Timothy Burke of Green.
Bay, choice of the anti-Blaine forces,
the vote being IL to Is.
Blaine's program went through in
the senate as follows:
President pro tempore - Senator
Henry Huber of Stoughton.
Chief Clerk. w. Schoenfeld,
Edgerton.
Sergeant at arms Charles Leicht,
New Lisbon.
Committee on committees - Sena-
tors Severson, Huber and Ridgway.
The vote for president pro tempore
of the senate was:
For Huber Senators Barber, Bill
grien, eastman, Casperson, Carey,
Heck, Hirsch, Huber, Johnson, Pola-
kowski, Quick. Ridgway. Schuman,
Severson, Staudenmayer, Teasdale,
Titus
For Senators Bentley, Burke,
Clark, Czerwinski, Gentleman, Kuckuk,
LANCE, Mahon, Moran, Morris, Roethe,
Skogmo, Smith, Werden, White.
Senator Gentleman of Milwaukee, a
pronounced wet, who had refused to
vote for Senator Huber because of the
latter's prohibition record, switched
over in favor Of pro-Blaine candidates
for other offices.
For chief clerk of the senate F. W.
Schoenfeld defeated Col. O. G.. Mum
son, Is to IA.
The first vote on ergeant-at-arms
of the senate was Is to is tie be-
tween Vincent Kliepinski, Milwaukee,
and G. A. Leicht, New Lisbon, the tie
being broken in favor of Leicht, Blaine
man, by the vote of Lieut.. Gov. Com
ings.
The vote in favor of a pro--Blaine
committee on committees stood 10
to 13.
From the beginning it was conceded
Dahl would sweep the house for the
gpeakership. FTe was nominated by
Assemblyman F. j. Peterson of Mil
waukee e. G. Shaffer, Madison, was
reelected chief clerk without opposi-
ton.
Three candidates tried out for ser.
geant at arms. T. w. Bartingale of.
Chippewa county, was first with Sc
votes; Richard Rolfe, Milwaukee, Sec
ond with 9, and Gerold Maloney, Lady
smith, third with 4.
Blaine Asks Tax Law Changes.
Sweeping changes in the states sys-
TEN of taxation constitute the out
standing recommendations in Gov.
Blaine's annual message to the Wis
consin legislature, delivered at joint
session of the two houses in the as
sembly chamber.
Most important of the changes
which the governor proposes is that
by which the amount of money raised
by taxes on real property and on in
comes "be in definite ratio" Real
property, Gov. Blaine holds, is now
burdened to the limit and can not be
further taxed.
The governor suggests that thought
should be given to plan for ultimate
ly repeating the personal property
tax and substituting therefor the in.
come tax.
Opposes High Road Cost.
The governor declares himself op.
posed to excessive expenditures" for
highways preferring to meet the fed
eral appropriations dollar for dollar
and not expending more than $780,
600 year. He also believes that the
cost of maintaining the highways
should be borne by motor vehicles in
proportion to their weight and cylinder
displacement rather than on the basis
of fiat amount. He would deny the
use of the highways to heavy trucks
and passenger autos which "unreason-
ably destroy the roads. He sees IL
these heavy trucks a menace to the
entire highway system.
Would Increase Exemptions.
Other recommendations of the gov
ernor with regard to taxation are:
Exemptions of the state income tax