Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-12
Education Bills Die In Senate


nine state normal schools.
While a few legislators, including
Speaker John L. Dahl and president
pro tenn, Henry A. Huber, will be on
hand for several days, to receive bills
as they drift in from the governor,
Monday nights session virtually
wound up the business of the session
The normal school appropriation
bill was killed, IA to II. when the sen
ate adopted the report of its confer
ence committee which refused to re
cede from its position that funds
should be without the imposition of
surtax on incomes.
A moment later, the report of the
senate conference committee which
also had refused to recede from its
position against surtaxes, was adopt.
ed, Is to H.
The action Of the senate spelled the
death of the two appropriation meas
ures as the assembly conference com
mittee refused to recede from their
position in favor of surfaces.
Hint Special Session
With the adjournment of the legis
lature, the only hope of strengthening
out the tax middle is through spe-
cial session Of the legislature. There
is a general feeling that the governor
will call a special session in the near
future in final effort to have the
legislature act favorably on the uni
versity and normal school appropria-
lions. He announced that he was at
work on a plan of procedure, but he
declined to discuss the matter In
detail.
The normals are hardest hit by the
killing of the bill as the finance coEa-
mittee had provided an increased ap-
preparation of 100000 for these insti-
tutions The continuing amount al
lowed for operating the university is
in excess of that granted by the
finance committee.
Old Age Pension Bill Killed
After attaching surtax rider which
would have raised about 100000 by
an assessment of one-tenth of the
present income tax return on incomes
above $4,000, the assembly killed the
Gary old age pension bill by vote of
45 to %.
The measure would have given $500
a year to dependents Of 70 years OF
age who were living at their homes.
The measure had been previously
passed by both houses but was
brought up for reconsideration.
An amendment by George Nelson
attaching the surtax rider was
adopted 81 to 16.
Referendum, Recall Up to People
Two amendments to the state con-
stitution, one providing for the initia-
tive and referendum, and the other
for the recall of public officials. have
finished their way through the 1923
Legislature.
Both amendments were formally
submitted to the 1925 session in two
senate resolutions concurred in by the
assembly. If approved in two years,
they probably will be submitted to the
1925 November election for final ap-
proval of the people.
The initiative and referendum al
lows the electorate to start and pass
and kill laws, independent of the leg
islature.
The "recall'' amendment allows a
recall election on any elective officer,
after he has been In office one year,
by petition of at least Is per cent of
the qualified electors Of the district
from which he was elected. Only one
recall election would be held in one
term of any officer.
By a vote of 81 to IL, the senate re-
iected the amendment to the Schuman
bill financing the $1,000,000 campaign
against bovine tuberculosis by a one
tenth surtax on incomes. Senator
Skogmo said that so per cent of the
people who paid income taxes lived in
cities and that it was audacious to ask
them to bear the burden of loses from
cattle diseases by tuberculosis.
The house engrossed Senator Cash
mans bill for an interim legislative
committee to study the problem of de-
fectiyes. 6elinruents and dependents
and report to next session of the
legislature. It is proposed that the
committee investigate more econom1-
cal ways of dealing with dependents.
An appropriation of $4,000 is pro-
vided for the investigation.
Private detective agencies of the
state will not be forced out Of bust
ness as a, result of the senate's action
in defeating an assembly committee
hill. 10 to 13. The bill, the agencies
contended, would have forced them
ont of business, by forcing their oper-
atiyes to register at every place they
performed any work and by imposing
a heavy license fee.
The governor has signed bill
amending the workmen's compensa-
tion act. which will increase the total
cost of the act by 9.5 per cent. In dol
lars and cents this means that en-
ployers will pay $335,OOO more per
wear. Injured workmen will receive
increased benefits amounting to lS.S
pei. cent.
The assembly killed the Bentley bill
which sought to regulate chiroprac-
TORS. The vote was 81 to "a. Tho
1-i1Iiro of the hill means that there