The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-11
THE STATE CAPITAL.

tslation--" Local Option" Law-The Pro-
hibitory Constitutional Amendment
Legisiators' Salaries-Ingham's County
Seattle Compilation Question Settled
Another OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Veto
State Institutions ENTHUSIASTICALLY
References.
From Our Own Correspondent
LANSING. April "a, 1888.
This has been tho most stormy and excit-
Ing week Of the session. unless, perha g. we
ought to except some of the more eventful
during the Senatorial contest No matter
Of legitimate legislation has called out SO
much discussion, or 80 earnest, as have
those that refer directly or indirectly to the
rnAPFIc IN INTOXICATING LIQUORS
The question in all its bearings Is ono Of
peculiar interest az IL affects, indirectly,
many thousands Of the families Of our State
IN land and indirectly all the others
Good men differ, and honestly SO. as TO the
wisest and best methods of Gripping and
controlling it,
The famous and accidental
-LoCAI-oPTIoS" BILL,
Of which we gave somewhat OF an explanA-
ton In our last has occupied the boards be-
fore large audience In the House for quito
portion of the week AZ then indicated, 1t
was returned from the Senate on the I'D,
after that body had held it long enough to
cause the fact that it bore the executive ap-
proval and date OF same to be spread on the
Journal On the 9th the House began its
consideration, and never in the history OF
this or any other session OF the Michigan
Legislature did the proceedings smack loud
cr of the doings OF a genuine mob. The
friends of the bill desired 10 cause to be
spread on the journal u record similar to
that spread on the Senate journal, and then
to have the bill returned to the Governor for
deposit with the Secretary of State. This
intention WAS just what tho other side didn't
intend should be done If they could prevent
it With half dozen men on their feet at
once, all seeking for recognition by the
chair, every conceivable parliamentary tao
tic wa resorted TO, and the scramble lasted
most OF the ternoon, until at last the Clerk
was directed to spread the bill with all its
signatures attached on the journal. In the
meantime the Governor sent message to
the House asking for the return to him OF
the bill This request was complied with
next day, and on the 9th the Governor sent
q message to that body saying that he had
deposited the bill in the Office OF the Score
tary of State, thus making it now, if it was
not before, the law of the State. 1t is an
nounced that many Of the leading men in
the Democratic party waited upon the Gov
ernor and brought every argument in their
power to bear TO induce him either TO veto
the bill or take his name from IL, in order
that those who voted to concur when they
didn't want to do SO could have another
whack at the bill. This he positively re-
fused to do. 1t Is known, OF course, that the
law will not be very far reaching in its ap-
plication, as it oniy applies to villages that
are incorporated and large portion OF all
villages are Incorporated under q special
charter rather than under the general law.
The Senate also wrostled with another
local option bill, on the 24th, entitled "a bill
to amend act No. 259 Of the session laws
1881, by adding thereto six new sections,
comforting authority on the electors OF local
municipalities TO prohibit the sale or spirit
uous or Intoxicating liquors In the local
tiles, and providing penalties for sales in
violation OF such local prohibition" but I'M
like the other and smarting under the scor-
ing they were receiving from certain of their
constituents for ALLOWING the other to be-
come law, many re used to vote for 1T, and
IL was lost by the following vote:
Yeas-Senators Austin, Duncan, Fast Gull
ifer, Jennison, Monroe, Norton, Shaw, Taylor
and White-l0
Nays-Senators Bliss, Frisbee, Greusel,
Hne, Hue ton, Koon, Manwaring, Penning
ton, Phelps, Richardson, Richmond, Romeyn,
Roost, Seymour, Shoemaker and Strong
10
An attempt to reconsider the vote failed
on that day, but succeeded on the next and
the bill was tabled.
THE PROHIBTTORY AMENDMENT
The Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to article of the constitution of this
State, relative TO the prohibition of the man
ufacture and sale of spirituous, malt and vim
Gus liquors and the rtghts of property therein,
except for mechanical, medicinal and sacra-
mental purposes, and to provide punish
ment for its violation by adding two new
sections thereto, to stand as sections 4g
and So" that had been for some days on the
table waiting for full Senate, was, on the
18th, taken from the table and put on its
immediate passage. After an attempt had
been made to so change it as TO provide for
the submission of two propositions to the
people, one the prohibitory amendment as
proposed, and the other one providing that
~the Legislature shall have power by levying
taxes or assessments thereon TO regulate the
manufacture, gift or sale OF spir tuous, malt
or vinous liquors in this State, so as to pro
vide against evils resulting there trom," and
voted down-yeas II, nays 1.-THE Joint res
olution was then not passed for the lack OF
a two thirds vote the vote being:
Yeas-Senators Austin, Belknap, ButtArs,
Duncan Fast, Frisbee. Gullifer Hance, Hine
Koon, Manwaring, Mcmahon, Monroe, Nor
ton, Pennington, Phelps, Shaw, Strong, Tay-
Tor, White-20
Nays-Senators Bliss, Greusel, Hueeton
Jcnnison Mercer, Richardson, Richmond,
Romeyn. Roost, Seymour, Shoemaker-ll.
The vote was reconsidered, yeas, u nays
10 and the resolution tabled, but il can
hardly pass the Senate.
In the House "a similar Joint resolution
was brought TO vote on the next day (2tth),
and suffered the same fate as in the Senate
for the lack of two-thiTds vote the follow
ing being the vote:
Yeas-Representatives Alvord. Bennett
Bentley, Bishop, Brown, Black, Candy. Car
penter Coleman, Darragh, Davenport, Dick
son, Dlller, Farmer, Fyfe, Garvelink, Good
man, Hardness, Hayes, Himebaugh, Howard
Howe, Howell, Hull, Keith, Kelsey,
Knight, La Du, Martin, Palmer, Pengra, Per
ham, Pierce, Pitt Potter. Ranney, Reed
Rose, Sellers, Shepard, Snyder, Stone
Thompson, Van Deusen, Van Loo, Vincent,
Vinton, Warren, Wheeler, White Willett
Wilson, Woodruff, Wyllis, Youngs, Speaker
So
Nays Representatives Adams, Barnard
Bettinger, Bixby, BOlger, Bonnell, Brant
Blacker, Cas-, Clark, Colwell, Coots, Devlin,
Dodge, Dunstan, Ellis, Fletcher, Gleason,
Grant, Gray, Gregory, Hopkins, Johnson,
King, Leltch Meyer, Morcum, Noeker, Parks,
Phinney Riopelle, Robinson, Rummel, Tin
ham, Williams, Wright-&
Representative French subsequ emily ap-
peared. and desired to have it recorded
that he would have voted yea had he been
present No attempt was made to recon
slider by the House, and that doubtless,
docs away for another session with al
possibility of passing the much asked for
prohibitory constitutional amendment.
PAY OF LEGISLATORS
The Senate on the 9th passed, by vote
of - veag GuSL tine necessary tWO-thiTd q