Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-18
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park in Villas county was voted Thurs
day by the state senate The meas
ure now goes to the governor for
approval.
Characterizing the investigation into
alleged graft and corruption and into
the so-called kidnapping of ex-senator
Barney Moran in 1923 as the work of
cheap politicians, disgruntled office
seekers and lttle-minded, mean edi-
TORS" Senator A. e. Carey, administra-
ton leader, proved firebrand wit
ness before the senate committee.
Mr.. Carey denied any connection
with the Clark-Moran party at Benoy
heights, saying he knew too much
about the A. B. G. of politics to mix
in anything quite so asinine as that. .
Senator Herman J. Severson, who
demanded the inquiry, was referred
to as disgruntled politician.
Denial that he had performed pri-
vate services incompatible with his
public office, that he had acted as
lobbyist on the insurance code bill or
that he had been negligent in the con-
duct of his office, marked the testi-
mony- of Attorney General Ekern at
the hearing in the senatorial inyesti-
cation of the differences between him
and w. Stanley Smith, insurance COM
missioner
y h0k h1 had
done some private work for his Chi
cago firm Of Ekern and Meyers since
becoming attorney general
He defended this by saying that for
mer attorneys general, including Stur-
tevant, Owen, Blaine, Morgan, Ban
croft, Hicks and Frank Gilbert, had
not given up their law practice while
they held the office.
He wished to retain some private
income, he said, to have something
to live on when the exigencies of
politics terminated my public career"
Gov. Blaine has vetoed the assembly
bill providing for an interim visiting
committee for the state charitable and
penal institutions, which would make
the investigations between legislative
sessions.
The governor also vetoed the senate
bill increasing state aid for county
Sanatoriums and the assembly bills
permitting every county, town or vii
lage board to appoint one or more
truant officers.
BY vote Of IL to 9, the senate
killed the Padway compulsory automo-
bile liability insurance bill
Under the provisions of this BILL the
owner of a machine, upon applying to
the secretary of state for license,
would be required to obtain a liabil-
ity insurance policy from the state
covering the machine. An injured per-
son would apply to the state for dam
ages which would be paid out of a
state fund.
Concurrence in an assembly pro-
pOsal to establish the Northern Forest
park In Villas county was voted Thurs
day by the state senate. The meas
ure now goes to the governor for
approval
An attempt of the senate commit
tee on corporations and taxation to
place the administration income tax
law in better light before the people
of the state by the introduction and
passage of an auxiliary measure which
would have provided $500 exemption
on merchants AMI manufacturers
goods, farmers stock and professional
mems books, has been defeated in the
senate.
Opponents Of the fixing up meas
ure claimed 1t would be ridiculous to
try to perfect an already perfect"
tax measure as the present income law
was claimed to be by administration
senators while it was pending in the
legislature this session
Gov. Blaine has signed the anti-oleo-
margarine bill, making it a law The
measure prohibits the manufacture
and sale of oleomargarine or other
butter substitutes containing milk or
milk fats to give the product the tex
ture and flavor of butter.
The governor has vetoed the Hull
bill specifying the place ofatrial of
divorce actions and a measure to per-
nit transfer of inmates of the boys
or girls Industrial schools to the re-
formatory or industrial home for
women
Congress will be asked to Increase
the tariff schedules on dairy products
and eggs as a result of senate con-
currence in the Raihle resolution,
which declared that American farmers
were unable to compete with foreign
producers of butter, cheese and eggs.
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