Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-03-01
LOOKING IN
ON THE
LEGISLATURE

Madison, Wis.-The Dahl income
tax bill will go to the assembly backed
by favorable report from the assem-
bly, committee on taxation, as a result
of a committee vote following pub
/ lie hearing at which business men
from all parts of the state protested
against added taxation burdens on
industry.
There is no intimation of the view
the joint finance committee takes Of
the Dahl bill or the Severson income
surtax bill The Dahl bill will have
clear sailing in the assembly, but it
probably will strike q snag in the sen
ate, where the repeal of the personal
property offset is strongly opposed.
The Severson bill, favored by Gov.
Blaine because it does not repeal the
personal property offset, is before the
/ joint finance committee and may die
in committee unless Senator Sever
son demands a vote on his proposal.
Business men have centered their at
tack on the Dahl bill as imposing the
/ greater burdens on industry.
Senate Kills Eugenics Measure.
With the killing by the senate of
the Barber bill, which provided for
the physical examination of women as
a prerequisite to securing a license
to marry in Wisconsin, fresh fight
4 over Wisconsin eugenic statutes looms
in the assembly.
Assemblyman Newcomb Spoor has
! introduced a measure repeating the
existing statute, which provides for
the examination of men, and requires
physicians certificate of health be-
fore license to wed can be obtained.
Senator John eastman of Denmark
was vitriolic in his attack upon the
Barber bill in the senate, declaring
that this bill would teach our young
women that it is perfectly proper to
disrobe without blush"
Pension Fund Requests Grow.
There have been large increases in
the number of children coming under
| the mothers pension law since its in
auguration in 1913, according to the
state board of control whose report
was filed with the legislature. Start
/ ing with 1877 families aided in 1918
| the number of families aided in 1921
was 1884. There were 667 children
given aid in 1913 compared with 9,159
| in 1921 and the expenditure has in
creased from $9,638 in 1913. to $780,
84881 in 1921
Successful operation Of the twIne
plant at the penitentiary is also re-
ported. The revenue derived from the
operation of the plant in 1921 amount
ed to S452,15899 and the new profit
for that year was $49,786.38. The profit
of the plant for the last year was
/ s35.464.26.
The report declares that the two
state institutions for the care of the
acute insane are crowded: that the
receive about 1900 patients annually,
which is their capacity, necessitaulng
limitation of the treatment to one
year. 1t declares that the best au-
/ thorities favor two years of treatment
and a recommendation is made for
s250,O0O addition to the hospital at
North Oshkosh.
Senate Holds Back Job Bill.
The Commons unemployment in
surance bill, sponsored by Senator
Henry Huber, will not be hurried to
the floor, according to indications.
The senate judiciary committee, which
heard arguments in a public hearing
on the BILL seems inclined to revolve
in it's mind the widely divergent
statements by its friends and foes
| the former contending that it is a
cornerstone to civilization, the latter
that it subsidies idleness and means
an end to profitable industry.
Poll in Senate Favors Guard.
Defeat of the proposal to abolish
the national guard was shown to be
assured by poll Of the state senate,
where administration members plan
to join with the opposition senators
in killing both the Hirsch and Pola-
kowski bills Gov. Blaine is exert
/ inc his influence to cause the meas
ures to be disposed of by the upper
house in order to relieve him of the
necessity of yetoing them.
While determined to keep state
military force intact, there is an
almost unanimous feeling that the
finance committee should report out
an appropriation bill for the guard
greatly reduced from the budget re-
quests.
The assembly voted in favor of
bill by Assemblyman John w. Eber,
Milwaukee. to repeal the special YER
dict statute ami enact a statute pro-
viding for a general verdict in court
action. The bill was recommended
for passage by the committee on Ju-
dietary but met with bitter opposition
on the floor. After considerable par
liamentary jockeying, however the
bill was ordered engrossed by a vote
of 81 to 20.
Senator w. A. Titus bill providing
for the appointment of two farmers
and two representatives of labor on
the university board of regents, the
hoard Of regents and of the normal