The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27

atOriaI AppOrtiOu anent-Thc High
why Hill Passed - miscellaneous
References.
LANSING, May 81, 1881.
The Ontouagon aud Brue River railroad land
grant III one among the matters of legislation
that has called out ~ much discussion * any
other ono item OF proposed legislation this SEES
sion. 1t mas ii led legislative halls and hotels
with interested lobbyists ever since the session
opened in January. They have explained their
cause to all who would listen, and yet, the av-
erage outsider who does not live in the Upper
Peninsula, or own property there, Is not able
TO grasp the lem tn and breadth, the height
and depth OF the question in al It's bearings
upon the company that proposes to build the
road aud take the grant, the canal company
that claims TO be entitled to the grant and those
who claim to be homesteaders AID settlers.
The bill has been discussed for three days in
the House, has finally passed the committee Of
the whole with some amendments, and now the
vote is TO be taken on its final passage on the
25th inst. The bill ID in the interest Of the
railroad company, and there is good reason TO
suppose that 1t will pass.
Another much-discussed proposition is the
UNION. DEPOT BILL
which is being pushed by James f. Joy, the en-
tire Board OF Trade OF Detroit, and many
prominent men of the city and State. and OPP
posed by q company organized few days ago
calling itself the g Transit Railway Company"
composed OF Bella Hubbard, his brother-n-law,
King his SON, representative Hubbard,
John Atkinson, and one or two others,
who claim to have organized their company Tor
the purpose OF I'M dlng transit railway along
the river front for few miles IN order that
other railroads of The Stale may get their bus-
moss TO and from the manufactures and ware
houses along the river. The union-iepot side
.r .toina fhat llaH fruf,
company do ot intend to build road, but to
simply block and obstruct the depot scheme
They therefore ask the Legislature to allow
them to condemn the lands belonging to Hub
bard and King, through which they must pass
20 get to the site where II Is proposed to build
tho union depot and pay them all their land
Is worth, not twice as much, as they ask them
to do, as it il claimed. The railroad commit
tees OF the two houses have held several meet
ings OF late, and both sides have presented
their case through their ablest speakers, and
the end Is not YET.
SENATORIAL APPoRTIos MENr.
The Senate has Just passed bin Tor the APP
Dortionment OF Senators IN the 5 ate Legislature
ginder the census Of $780, to correspond to the
~one recently passed by the same house regard
ing Representatives. 1t divides the S.ate into
the same number of districts nov (the con-
slitut1on limit ng the number to thirty-two) az
follows First District Fifth, Seventh, Ninth,
Eleventh and Thirteenth wards of Detroit !;
Second District, First. Second, Third, Fourth,
Sixth and Eighth wards of Detroit Third Dis
trict, Tenth and Twelfth wards of Detroit,
and townships of plymouth, Canton, Van
Buren,, Sumpter, Huron Romuus, Nankin,
Livonla, Redford, Dearborn Taylor, Browns
town. Monguaeor, Ecorse and Springwells and
the City of Wyandotte; Fourth county of
Washtenaw Fifth, county OF Monroe; Sixth,
county OF Lenawee; Seventh, county Of jack
son Eighth. county OF Calhoun Ninth,
counties of Hiilsdale and Branch Tenth,
counties of Kalamazoo and st. Joseph !;
Eleventh, counties of Berrien and Cass; Twelfth,
counties of Van Buren, and Allegsn; Thirteenth,
counties of Eaton and Barry; Fourteenth, coun-
ties of Ingham and Clinton: Fifteenth, county
of Oakland; Sixteenth, counties of Macomb and
Lapeer; Seventeenth, county of st. Clair Eigh-
teenth, counties OF Sanllac and huron; Nine
to nth, county OF Genesee; Twentieth, counties
of Livingston and Shiawassee; Twepty-hrst,
counties OF Iona aud Montcalm; Twenty
county OF Kent; Twenty-tmrd, counties of Otta-
wa and Muskegon; Twenty-fourth, counties OF
Gratlot Isabella and Midland; Twenty-ifth,
county of Saginaw; Twenty-sixtb, counties Of
Mason, Lake, Newaygo and Oceana; Twenty
seventh, counties OF Mecosta, Osceola, Wexford
and Manistee Twenty-elghth, counties of
Grand Traverse, BenZle, Leelanaw, Mantou,
Antrim. Charevox, Kalkaska, Missaukee aud
Emmett; Twenty-nmth, counties Of Cheboygan,
Pressure Isle, Montmorency, Alpena, Otsego,
Crawford, Oscoda, Altoona, Josco, Gladwin,
Roscommon. Glare and Ogemaw; Thirtieth,
counties OF Bay and Tuscola Thirty first, conn
ties OF Marquette, Menominee, Delta, School
craft, Chippewa and Macklnaw; Tnirty-second,
counties of Houghron, Ontonagon, Daraga,
Keweenaw and Isle Royal.
THE HIGHWAY BILL,
before alluded to III these letters, being Z" bill
to revise and consolidate the laws relating TO
the establishment. opening, Improvement and
maintaining of highways, and the building, re-
pairing and preservation OF bridges within this
State" has huaily been disposed of by its pas
sage by the Senate ON the 18th.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
The Ionia House OF Correction investigation
is in full blast, and is expected TO occupy sew
seral days yet While the committee has az yet
made no report, nor even returned from 1onia,
itis generally understood that the investiga-
ton has developed at least bad look on the
part of Warden Grafton, and to outsiders it
seems as though some Of the charges OF mis-
management and neglect on his part have been
sustained by the testimony.
The House has not yet had the vote on sus-
tanning overriding the Governors veto on
the Howell Compilation bill, and it Is supposed
that the friends OF the bill arc keeping it back
as long as possible in hopes to secure the miss
ing votes that ii would seem cannot be had
when wanted TO pass 1t over the veto. Very
many measures can get majority that fail for
want OF tho two-tLirds vote.
The House on the 10Th passed the Senate
bill appropriating $4,000 to pay the expenses
OF M cnlBal part Ill the lOrktOWn celeDfAtlOn
by 65 yeas 70 nays.
Now that the session is so far advanced, the
job OF keeping the members together In no
small one, and 1t IL becoming common occur
renee TO have q call OF the House-as many a.
two in q day-in the House, but the Senators
have had Int one thus far during the session.
The House some days ago passed bill to
prohibit charivaIi parties, and prescribe the
puu shmens therefor but the Senate yester-
day 'sot down +" on it's to IL. 1t is stated,
on good authority, that such foolish attempts
to DO smart on the part of young men as this
bill sought to pi ohiLt have been the occasion OF
NJ lear. one or two murders in our State during
the past year.
Esrly in the week the House passed bill
approprating s25,O 90 for frescoiDg and deco
rating tie Capitol. This work has not been
done before, as 1t was desirable that the wall,
should become thoroughly seasoned before II
was begun. In view OF the enormous appro
priations already made this session, the Senate
COMMITTEE on APP ropriations and Finance chi
the figures down to $4,000 and limited tn,
work to the Governors rooms, the main corr
dor, ETC., thinking that the worl
could thus be commenced now and another
appropriation made for the balance of the worl