Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-23
LOOKING IN
ON THE
LEGISLATURE

,,.sis,n-A complete list of all state
,mc.als and employees in ali depart
- who absented themselves from
~ antics rs engage in the 1924 polit-
,.sl eampaigns, together with an ae-
.orr- Il ali time spent In such work,
4 demanded in a Joint resolution Of
,.-oa I'm die state senate by Senator
u Titus. Fond du Lac. 1t also
ssss that an sums paid by tie state TO
spor officials and employees for salary
IN avpenses during the period in
which they may have absented them
selves De lik wise listed.
The resolution is expected to bring
ont chiefly the activity of state Off
Gals ana employees in the campaign
of Senator La Toilette 'or the presi-
dencv A number of state officials
took an active part in the La Toilette
camnsign. some Of them deyoting con-
siderable time to this work.
Deny Ekern- Smit' Row Hearing
Friends Of Atty. Gen. Herman L.
Ekern failed in their effort to exclude
from the legislative record the w.
Stanley Smith letter, charging Mr.
Ekern with being biased in his posi-
zion on the insurance commissioners
recodifcation bill. Two resolutions
providing for a committee of the whole
hearing on the controversy have been
killed hy the assembly.
The letter by Insurance Commits
sioner smith. citing the employment
Of the law firm with which Mr.. Ekern
is associated. by insurance companies
since W. Ebern was elected TO his
present state office, was regarded in
circles friendly to the attorney gen
eraI rs an effort to blast the Ekern
candidacy for governor in 1926. In
this belief Mr. Ekern's friends took
steps to turn the shaft aside.
Assembly Passes Cigarette Tax
with little debate, the assembly
passed the Gwidt cigarette tax bill,
and the measure was Immediately mes
saged to the senate. The vote on pas
sage was As to %. The Gwidt bill
places a tax of cents on each pack
age If ten cigarettes of certain
weight and ! cent on those of a
lighter weight. The measure also
provides for a tax on cigarette papers.
New Conservation Bill Drafted
A new conservation appropriation
bin intended to meet the approval Of
Gov Blaine. is being drafted on the
request of the legislative joint finance
committee According to the plan Of
the eouMlttee the nonresident fishing
license fees which were raised to SO
each iu the conservation bill, recently
vetoed Is the governor, are put back
toss
Ihe change was made on account
Of objections from resort owners in
northern Wisconsin, who claim an in
creased fishing license fee would de-
crease resort patronage from other
states
IN tie vetoed measure three-tifths
Of .he fees raised would have gone to
The conservation commission to be used
for conservation purposes, bringing the
COMMISSIONS revenue to $4,000 a
year from This source alone. This
SUM under Tie new bill, Is lost to the
commission.
Tie fe'e uue from fishing and hunt
llg licenses is estimated by Commits
ST. 'r Elmer Hall at S467 600 year.
III addition, the commission gets S15.-
V7 annually from revenue derived
RON operation Of the Weeks federal
li8 law.
The vetoed measure carried appro-
paeiioas estimated at about $500 600
annually 81 the greater part of all
revenues received from all sources by
Inc commission.
Promises Real Estate Tax Lift
That there will be no state tax on
real property IN Wisconsin this year,
eespl,e authorization Of building pro,
sTalI during the next biennium of
S-e'gusl, Is the announcement Of Sen
t >.aniemmayer, Portage, chairman
"+ nuauce committee.
uus che last fourteen years the
FAX burden on general property
= .sgfns.n has doubled, and there
l1s been direct protest to this legis-
-7 against any increase in the
.s A senator Staudenmayer said
IS. .ae finance committee had Just
''sSea It's compilations and that
,ae ga tax for highways and the
acame tax for educational
iAe0e would be decrease
Feat estate taxes and no state
"2 real property.