The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-11
BLAINE WRONG
ON HULL BILL
Judge Slater Thinks Gov
ernOr Has Matters
Balled Up.
KENOSHA LOSES AGAIN
By Governors Veto, Measure
City Was Interested
In, Is Defeated.

Madison, Wis. - > = Governor
Blaine today vetoed the Hull bill
specifying the place of trial of divorce
actions and the measure to permit
transfer of inmates of the boys or
girls industrial schools to the reform
atory or industrial home for women.
The Hull bill, the governor said,
was useless because its provisions al
ready are followed, being part of the
present court rules. Under the pres
ent law, the place OF. trial of divorce
cases is in the county in which the
parties or either of them, lives. The
bill would permit the judge of a court
in such county to enter an order
changing the place of trial.
'"This is identically what the law
is today" the veto message said.
Counties near Milwaukee, particularly
Kenosha, were interested in the meas
ure, the Kenosha legislators declaring
their county did not want divorce
cases of Milwaukee people.
The bill to permit transfer of boys
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to the reformatory or industrial home
for women, when, in the opinion of
the board Of control their conduct is
found to be detrimental to other in
mates of the institutions, is uncon-
stitutional, Governor Blaine stated.
1t denies the right of trial by jury,
the right to be confronted by wit
nesses and due process of law, he
said, and makes detrimental incorri-
gibility an offense.
Judge Slater Gives Legal Situation.
Judge Slater pointed out this noon
that Governor Blaine in vetoeing the
Divorce Bill, of so much interest to
the congested courts of Kenosha
county, had not seemed to grasp the
distinction between the law as it holds
at present, and the proposed law as
presented in the Hull bill.
cit is true" said Judge Slater,
"that the law at present says that the
place for commencing a divorce ac-
ton; that is the proper place, is in
the county where one or either of the
parties resides. But, it also provides
that if a divorce action is commenced
in the wrong county the case may be
heard unless the defendant within
twenty days after the action is
started, moves to transfer to the
proper county.
eve, in urging that the law be
changed to compulsory hearing in
the county where either or both re-
side, were asking through the Hull
bill, for a remedy Of the situation
which brings cases from other coun-
ties into our courts here. When Gov
ernor Blaine says This is identically
what the law is today he certainly
is mistaken. The Hull bill does pro-
vide that the Judge of the county in
which either or both reside may enter
an order changing the place of trial,
but this also is not identical"
Shearer Not Surprised.
When the governors action on Ke-
nosha's divorce bill was made known
to Assemblyman Conrad Shearer this
morning, he expressed no surprise.
"I'm sorry that he did," was his COM
ment, "but I'm not surprised. He
vetoed the Kenosha bill two years ago
Kenosha some submerged land in the
lake in exchange for the Simmons
playground property. That was done
through no love for this county. l
believe that his present action was
| taken in the same spirit"
The Kenosha divorce bill was intro
duced last February by Senator George
Hull of this district, and it was passed
in the senate only after lively dis
cussion had threatened to kill the
measure. Judge John c. Slater of the
municipal court, District Attorney
Lewis Powell, and Assistant City At
torney Richard Cavanagh appeared
appeared before the legislative COM
mittee at Madison, and after consid-
cradle argument were able to get a
re-hearing of the measure. The bill
then passed the assembly after a
vigorous defense by the Kenosha
county representatives, Dow Vincent
and Conrad Shearer.