The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-01
SENATE IN TEST
ON GUARD BILL
Effort to Kill Bill is De-
feated But Vote Shows
Senate Ready.
WANTS BODY BLOW"
Wife Of Senator LaFOllette
Wires She Is in Sympathy
with Movement to Abolish.
BY. Associated Press Leased Wire)

gBy- Associated Press Leased Wire)
Madison, Wis.-Socialists sponsoring
the bill to abolish the Wisconsin Ma
tional Guard won a tactical victory in
the state senate today when they were
successful in preventing move to
suspend rules and take up immediate
consideration of their proposal. The
measure was made special order of
business March 7th and in the meal
time a second hearing will be held be-
fore the senate affairs committee to-
morrow to consider the Socialist pro-
posal. When the Hirsch bill providing
for abolition of the guard was reached
on the calendar, its author offered a
substitute amendment which would re-
peal the continuing appropriation Of
acknowledgement. This was done to
force over consideration until the next
calendar day and to give time for an
other demonstration by those favoring
abolition. The final defeat of the en-
tire bill is assured.
Burke Seeks Immediate Action.
Senator Timothy Burke of Green Bay
in an effort to get immediate consider
alton moved at once to suspend the
rules of the senate, declaring that it
was time for the legislature to deter
mine whether Wisconsin is European
colony or an American state"
Sore e1r2ia; stsati4n senators Joined
the Socialists however in voting down
the motion to suspend rules and with
a two-thirds vote required it was lost
II to 10.
Senator Theodore Beney of Sheboy
gan tried to block acceptance of the
amendment by contending that it was
not germane to the original bill. Henry
Huber, president pro-tempore, ruled
his motion out of order and then the
proposal was set on the calendar fol
next Wednesday. Vote on suspension
CT the rules follows:
For suspensions Bentley, Burke.
Clark, Czerwinski, Gilman, Kuckuk,
Lange, Moran, Morris, Ridgway, Roethe,
Skogmo, Smith, Staudenmayer, Titus,
Werden and White.
Against suspensions: Barber, Bilgri-
en-, eastman, Ca5person, Carey, Heck,
Hirsch, Huber, Kemp, Polakowski,
Quick, Sevecson and Teasdale.
Senators voting against suspension
Of the rules explained that they did
so to permit consideration by the up
per house of both the Polakowski bill
passed by the assembly and the Hirscn
bill in the senate, at the same time.
A poll of the upper house shows that
the bill will finally be killed almost
unanimously except for the Socialists.
Mrs. LaFollette for Abolition.
Mrs. Belle c. LaFollette, wife of
Senator LaFollette, in telegram to
Miss Ada L. James Of the Wisconsin
Women's Progressive association, today
declared that she is "heartily in sympa-
thy with the purpose" of the measure
before the senate calling for abolition
of the Wisconsin National Guard. SEN
ator LaFollette last week declared his
opposition to the proposal. Mrs. La
Toilette in her telegram said:
81 have not had opportunity to ex-
anime the measure passed by the Wis
consin assembly regarding the state
militia, but l am heartily in sympathy
with its purpose.I The reorganization
act of 1920 makes the National Guard
a component part of the United States
army, available for any employment
anywhere in the United States in time
of emergency and available for war
anywhere in the United States or else
where. If the state may lawfully de-
cline to be parties to this plan, they
have the power to strike a body blow
at the militarism and imperialism I'M
der which the world is now staggering.
Such action on the part of the states
will afford the foremost practical ex-
ample of the peoples determination to
renounce war as a means of settling
differences. The need Of such an eX-
ample is urgent. hope Wisconsin sue
ceeds in blazing the way"