The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-02

LANSING, April %, 1879.

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This week has witnessed the great fight
upon the liquor question. and those OF
us who are still in the land of the living
are casting about to find the dead and
wounded. The friends of the Mosher bill
(the Maine law, on a final vote in the
House, found that they were only as one
to three. This, then, settles that bill
for this session. Your correspondent,
who is very radical upon the temper
ance question, personally regrets the
defeat of so manifestly just and right
eous public measure. The fault lies
not in the bill, but in still too lax pub
lie sentiment. If so, this is not the
proper place to discuss it. The question,
in my judgment, is the question of the
day and age. It is of far more practi-
cal importance to the people than all the
schemes of all the politicians in Congress.
THE SENATE TAX BILL.
The Senate discussed the bill in con-
nection with the following points:
What shall be the tax:
On retail dealers in spirituous liquors.
On retail dealers in malt liquors.
On wholesale dealers in spirituous liquors
On manufacturers Of spirituous liquors.
On manufacturers Of malt liquors.
When shall the law take effecty
In committee of the whole Thursday
these figures were adopted: Retail malt,
sos; retail spirits, 5000; wholesale malt,
$3.50; wholesale spirits, 800; manu-
featuring spirits, $400; manufacturing
malt, up to 1900 barrels, $65; every ad-
ditional 100 barrels, $25 The question
as to when the act shall take effect was
postponed for future consideration It
will be noticed that the above-naned
figures are about 33b per cent. higher
than those in the present State Tax law.
This announcement will be gratifying
to all those who wish for large reve-
nue. from the sale of strong drinks. AS
stated last week, these several sums
must all be paid i9a dduance. Under
the present law many dealers slip out
at the end of the year. There was a
big fight over the proposition to tax all
druggists, but the taxation was determ-
ined on, 16 ayes to 8 noes. Although
much valuable time has already been
consumed in the discussion of this
measure, the end is not yet. The real
fight has hardly commenced. The
question at this time far overshadows
all others, and is the chief topic in the
Legislature and on the streets.
VOTE ON THE MosHER BILL.
The following is the vote on the pass
age of the so-called Mosher Prohibition
bill 1t will be found interesting read
ing, and profitable, perhaps, for refer
ence in years to come:
Yeas-Abbott, Alien, Baldwin, Barnes, Brad
ley, Brown, Burton, Cheney, Curtis, Cutcheon,
ton, s. w. Hopkins, johnson, Lanbach, Nc
Allistor, McNabb, Mosher, Palmer, Pray, Ray
mond, Robertson, Heed, Sherwood, 3. A.
Strong, Thomson, Thorpe, Twadell, Wilkins,
Nays-Bedtellyou, Bennett, Bowen, Briggs,
Bradfield, Campbell, Carleton, Carpenter,
Chase, COttrell, Donnelly, Estab rock, Fergu
son, Girardin, Goebel, Greene, Griffey, Hender-
son, Hill, Holt, G. II. Hopkins, jackson,
Knight. Kuhn, Kurth, Ludington, Lewis,
Littell; May, Mccormick, McGurk, Mil
Pailthorp, Parker, rarsons, Phelps, Powers,
Probert, Robinson, Sawyer, Shattuck, Stanch-
fried, Stearns, Stevens, j. Strong, Turnbull,
yanfliet, Walton, Ward, Waltz, White, Yerkes,
Young and the Speaker.
Yeas, "a; nays. So
Absent from the hall and not voting, Willet.
Absent on account of sickness, Blackman,
Hall, Moe, Ross, STARTS and Turck.
THE PLANK-ROAD LAW.
A somewhat stubborn fight took place
in the House Tuesday, on Senator
Weir's bill, amending the Plank Road
law by adding the following as a new
section:
Coo % No nlank road cop,nanv ORGANIC ad
subject TO the provis Ons Of this act, shall, with
out the consent of the local authorities, keep
or maintain toll gate within the present OF
future corporate limits of any city or village;
and no such company shall collect toll for any
portion of its road, within such limits, on which
pavement is maintained by such municipality.
The assent of any such company to this amend
ment shall not be necessary in order to make
this act applicable to such company.
This matter at this time has local
bearing as affecting Detroit interests
That city has plank-road fight upon its
hands.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
William Crosby, Esq, who has been
Deputy Secretary of State for more
than four years, has rendered his resig.
nation, which has been accepted.
The House has been having tussle
this week with the Interest bill.
A bill has been introduced for the
erection of new blind asylum, the
Flint institution being too crowded.
The petitions asking for the Detroit
boulevard aggregate 1875 names, head
ed by Senator Chandler.
State Treasurer Pritchard and Audi
tor General Lattimer are in New York
on public business. CIV. III.