The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-15
STATE SOL0NS TO
MEET TOMORROW
Capital Buzzes With Activ-
ity on Eve of Meeting
of Legislature.
BUSY SESSION SURE

lature meeting at midday Wednesday
will run head-on into pack of trou-
bles, most of which it inherits from
the 1928 session.
Tax revision, gasoline levy, the in
vestigation Of alleged graft and scan
Gals in the statehouse, and amendment
of the Severson prohibition enforce
ment act lead list Of a dozen OF
more potential sources of combat
which will rock both houses by the
time the session is we'll under way.
The speakership battle in the as
sembly will be preliminary. 1t will
reveal the comparative strength of ad-
ministration and anti-administration
forces. Assemblyman Herman W.
Sachtjen, Madison administration lead
er, goes into the Republican caucus
Tuesday night with a heavy lead, but
whether he can win control of the
meeting and bring over wavering mem
bers is still matter of doubt. Ac-
cording to his supporters, close to Be
of the 100 assemblymen are pledged
to Sachtjen.
Sachtjen's most aggressive opponent
William Olson, Monroe, has the sup
port of the drys and many farmer
members. Conservatives are backing
Assemblymen Charles B. Perry, Wau-
watosa, and Wallace Ingalls,, Racine
Supporters of the other candidates
Clinton G. Frisco, Mauston, Alfred M
Warden, Washburn, and Charles E
Tuffley, Boscobel-are expected to
swing to either Sachtjen or Olson ii
more than one ballot is necessary at
the caucus
Senate Republicans will have no
caucus, but the progressive members
will meet this afternoon to make
plans to capture the organization Of
the upper house. Nineteen senators
rated as progressives have been sum
moned to the conference by Lieut.. Gov
Henry A Huber. If the 19-who in
clude such nti-administration sena-
tors as II. j. Severson, Iola--can be
held in line, Gov. Blaine's friends will
control the committee on committees
which names of the personnel of the
upper house committees. The caucus
also will select the progressive choice
for president pro tenn, Senator How
ard Teasdale, Sparta, coming in for
most mention.
With their organizations completed
Wednesday, the two houses will listen
to the governors message Thursday
morning and then plunge into mass
of difficulties which may keep them in
session until summer.
1t is now believed probable that the
controversy precipitated at the 1928
session by Senator Severson's famous
resolution calling for an investigation
of state departments and officers will
be revived. Senator George Stauden-
mayor, Portage, an administration ady
herent, already has indicated he will
call upon Severson to submit proof OF
his charges.
The governors tax revision pro
gram, which has been blocked in the
last two sessions, will be up again
Gov. Blaine's principal plank is te
shift more Of the burden of taxation
from real estate to incomes. The gas.
oline tax, vetoed by the governor in
1928, will provide another battle. All
factions favor tax, but there is lit
tie agreement to date on how the re-
venues are to be distributed.
Attempts are likely to be made ia
modify the prohibition enforcement
law, Milwaukee legislators will be par
tieularly prominent in that activity
Appropriation measures will cause the
usual amount of trouble, for many de-
paremtnts, particularly the state uni
versity, the normal schools, and the
state board of control, are proposing
Important building programs which in
crease their budget estimates by sew
sral million dollars.
Other important matters scheduled
to come before the legislature at this
Iession are:
Consolidation of various state de-
partments.
Substitution of one-man tax COM
mission for the present commission OF
three.
Abolition of the railroad commission
Eith one commissioner in it's place.
Program of reforestration.
Repeal of homestead exemption.
Abolition of ex-officio positions on
state highway commission.
Unemployment insurance.
Ratification of child labor amend
nent.
Amendment of minimum wage law ia
eliminate constitutional objections.
Repassage of initiative and referen-
dunn amendments.
Prohibition of appointment of legis-
ators to state Offices.
Revision of election laws, providing
larty circles for independent electoral
lates and clarifying law regarding in
dependents.
Old age pensions.
Licensing of automobile drivers.
Compulsory liability insurance fol
automobile owners.
Regulations requiring all automo-
lilies to stop at grade crossings.
Modification of insurance laws.
State insurance for national guards.
men.
Amendment of drainage laws.
Amendment of state divorce laws.
Correction of situation by which the
orestry amendment, through draft
ng error, places an apparent limita-
ion upon highway expenditures by
he state.
Puts Raw Oysters