Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-04-29
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LEGISLATURE Il
Madison, Wis.-Further steps to
solve the taxation problem in Wiscon-
sin were taken by the assembly when
1t adopted the ingalls, resolution for
an interim committee Investigation of
the tax situation and passed the Ed
wards bill to repeal the $500 home
stead exemption. The votes were 81
to % and 56 to 81, respectively.
Assemblyman ingalls,, Racine, told
the members that his proposal would
take the tax problem out of politics.
The situation could be studied by the
interim committee without influence OF
the controversies and contests such as
occur during the sessions, he said. He
pointed to numerous tax bills pending,
particularly in the senate, as showing
a need for the committee.
The law allowing $500 tax exemp-
ton on each homestead was passed
two years ago and took thousands of
dollars from the tax rolls of the state.
Many cities are said to have had their
total taxable property reduced to such
an extent as to seriously curtail their
income.
Senate OVerrides Blaine Veto
Overriding the veto of Gov. Blaine
on the Roethe bill to amend the Huber
Jail parole law, the senate by vote
of 20 to 10 repassed the measure and
sent it to the assembly for concurrence
in its action.
The Huber parole law has been the
target for attack by legislators who
claim that it permits the sheriff of
any county to release convicted pris-
onerS to any person who represents
that job will be offered to the pris-
oner if paroled. This has worked the
return of many a bOotlegger to his
trade. it has been claimed. Under the
Roethe bill, prisoners would either be
kept in Jail or given employment I'm
der supervision of the sheriff.
The senate sustained the veto Of
Gov. Blaine to the Schumann bill to
discontinue disused highways and the
Barber bill relating to hunting of
wolves with dogs.
G. o. P. Party Name Saved
Administration forces have been de-
feated in action taken by the assembly
oil laN
changes.
A bill drawn by Atty. Gen. l.. Ekern
to give the state central committee of
d party power to change the party
name was showed under. This meas
ure is said to have been drawn to
make possible the formation of a new
party with the added advantage of
giving the state central committee au-
thOrity to capture the republican par
ty in Wisconsin. But SO loud were
the conservatives in their protests that
the support for the bill was dissipated
and it was killed.
Anti-Blaine forces capped the eli
max, however, by engrossing the In
gals bill for return to the old-time
party convention system of naming
candidates. This was a system which
Senator Robert M. La Toilette, after
years of effort, knocked out in his
early days.
Deduction Plan Defeated
After the administration tax bill had
become law through official publica
ton, the assembly voted down resolu-
tons to permit the introduction of
bills calling for amendments that
would have repealed the offset on the
Occupational tax, and provided
per cent offset on personal property
Both resolutions were sponsored by
Assemblyman Miner.
The first resolution, for, the intro
ductiOn of bill repeating the occupa
tional tax offset for coal docks and
grain elevators, received a vote of "a
to %, and would have been adopted
had not Speaker Sachtjen held that
it must receive a two-thirds majority
because it involves suspension of the
rules.
The second Miner resolution, to au-
thOrize the Introduction of a bill to
incorporate the per cent deduction
clause in the new law was defeated
by 81 to %.
Admins ration supporters vot d
against both of these proposals for
restoring features of the original tax
bill as approved by Gov. Blaine.
May Ask U. S. Forest Preserves
The federal government would be
invited to establish forest preserves in
Wisconsin under the terms of a bill
introduced in the senate.
According to word received at Madi-
son the federal government is ready
to enter Wisconsin with such a plan