Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-07
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/ The University of Wisconsin has los
its fight for an annual 100000 build
ing appropriation to run for perioC
OF SIX years, as was asked by the
regents in appearances on the univer
sity budget.
University officials had hoped tC
nave the program settled for the next
SIX years, thus obviating necessity OF
appealing to the next two legislatures
for new building funds
hstaad, the university will receive
building appropriation of approx
mately $1,500,0O0 for the biennium II
will be necessary, when this sum is
used, for the regents to renew the
appeal to the legislature for additional
building allotments.
The university appropriation bill
which is to be reported to the legis-
lature will contain these items:
For a wing for Bascom hall, SAT- ,OOC
For the chemistry building, .$3OO,O00
which is to be in addition to the $780,
OOO appropriated in 1921 and not yet
used.
For an addition to the library build
ing, S550,O00.
These buildings are to be erected in
the order named, as rapidly as the
governor authorizes the expenditures.
The operating fund of the univer-
slty each year of the biennium is fixed
sat $3,000,00O. This is an increase over
expenditures of the last two years and
1t is also an Increase over the bill of
two years ago, which provided $685.
600 for each of the two years.
The Gwidt bill taxing cigarettes at
the rate of cents package had the
support of more than half of the as
sembly when it was ordered engrossed,
Oh to 80. 1t is estimated this measure
would yield from $3,OOO,OOO to $4,000
600 in revenue, each smoker Of one
package Of cigarettes daily paying
about $3.50 year to the state.
This is painless luxury tax, and
it would not hurt anybody very much, 2
said Assemblyman S. f. Gwidt, Rhine
lander, author Of the bill. Under this
bill we will reach about so per cent
of those people who pay no tax at all
and who ought to be contributing
something toward the maintenance of
government"
The Cieszynski bill, sponsored by
the socialists, to Iepeal the Severson
state prohibition law, has been killed
by the assembly SO to 20, by indefinite
postponement. The Raihle bill to make
the act more severe, however, was
laid over at the same session, with an
amendment which would defeat it's
purpose.
There was no debate on the repeal
er. Assemblyman Raihle, Cadott, told
the assembly that his measure was
neither wet nor dry bill 1t would
make the second violation a felony,
punishable by Imprisonment in the
penitentiary, and was aimed at the
professional bootlegger, he said After
indefinite postponement was refused,
40 to 35, Assemblyman Perry, Wauwa-
tOsa, offered an amendmen1 making
the second offense misdepaeanor,
which is punishable by Jail imprison-
ment.
Senator Ben Gettelman receded
from his position on wet" legislation
when he withdrew his bills S12-S and
BIAS. The first referred to service
of search warrants and the other to a
proposal to make the Severson act con-
form to the federal dry act relating
to the manufacture Of fruit juices and
cider, notwithstanding in fact, in
homes for private use.
The assembly has refused to recon-
slider the action by which it sent the
third party bill'' to engrossment. The
measure now contains the Perry
amendment, which provides that the
pame of a political party in the state
Fan not be changed Without consent
Of the national committee of the party.
The so-called s'third party bill pro-
vides that the state central committee
Of any party may change the name Of
that party but the Perry amendment
prevents such action if the party also
has national organization under the
same name. The amendment was in
tended to prevent the republican state
central committee, now controlled by
La Toilette forces, from changing the
came of the party in the state.
The pre-primary convention bill pro-
yided that parties should call conven-
rions before the primaries to draw up
their platforms.
The senate, without record vote,
ordered engrossed a bill providing for
the sterilization of insane and defec-
tive inmates Of state and county in
situations.
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