Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-03-19
Cosby Letter From
The State Legislature
By O. ID. Brandenburg

Zine tax and federal aid, with
lone of these amounts raised by
irect taxation and amass $4,000,
100 for construction and mainte-
ance, eliminating s7,448,000 of di-
'ect tax" The gasoline tax goes
nto effect AprilA1.
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At Washington a republican con-
Tesional conference adopted re-
olution STIMULATING that no senator
ttending a party. conference would
)e bound by any action taken, bit
would be entirely free to act upon
ny matter as his judgment might
ictate. It's different in the Wis
onsin legislature where the admin
stration folk caucus on every lead.
ng question and later stick faith
ully to the majority ruling. But
is lamentable course just the
anne, and must prove most hunil.
ating to thinking members.
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The long expected bill from Gov
rnor Blaine to extirprate the two
x-ofTicio members of the highway
commission has been introduced by
he senate committee on highways.
While doing away with the two ex.
low members of the commission,
he measure substitutes two ap-
ointed by the governor. The COM
mission will consist of five mem.
)ers all appointed by the governor.
One will be required to have tech
lical knowledge of highway mater
ais; one a knowledge of highway
engineering, one with farming
knowledge, one who is a resident of
a city, and one a member at, large
Gnder the present law the commits
lion consists of five members, three
If whom are appointed by the gov.
rnor and two are designated as the
state geologist and the head of the
college of engineering at the state
University. Gov. Blaine favors the
Elimination of w. o. Hotchkiss
state geologist, and Prof. F. e
rurneaure. dean of the college Of
ngineering, University of Wis
consin.
The legislature is after the sale
If olemargarine. The house has
;mended and passed the MINER bill
which prohibits the use of any
larry products in the manufacture
If cleo. The bill now goes to the
senate for consideration Farmei
members are a unit for it..
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A bill empowering the fedora
government to take over the over
low lands of the Mississippi river
bottoms territory in Wisconsin was
Introduced in the senate finance
committee, and is backed by j. G
Leach, chief of the division of fish
cries. Washington, D. c. The ma
tional government proposes to use
he Mississippi bayous as a refuge
md breeding place for game fish t
De shipped to all parts of the Unit
I'd States. Each year the Mississ
.ppi overflows its banks with tn
result that fish, especially bass. arr
carried over to the bayous where
hey leave spawn. There are, thou
sands Of young fish in these over
flow lands. which, if they
could be captured, would provide
wisconsin with millions Of fish an
lually for restocking streams. Wis
sonsin is getting about fifty pei
cent of the fish available in these
,ayous at present, amounting last
year to twelve lrloads. II the lane
we're coded to tho government the
total production would aggregate
IS per cent available to Wisconsin
according to the Washington Glvis
ion chief.
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The house fish and game commit
tee will not agree to the protection
of blue herons, bitterr& and king
fishers more the pity. All do liyl
on little fish, but how pretty, pic
turesque and interesting! It's moi
a complimentary attitude in which
legislators should wish to be foun"
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Prof. John r. Commons, Uni
versity OF Wisconsin labor expert
spoke in behalf of the bill pro-
viding compulsory membership in
employers mutual employment in
surance companies which came up
for hearing before the senate lab
or committee. The bill is modelled
on the accident compensation law,
Every feature of the bill has is
counterpart in the accident COM
peneation law. 1t makes the en-
ployer responsible for unemploy-
ment over a period when 1t is the
fault Of the employer and no one
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