The true northerner., 1883-03-23

Hard Picking for Rep0rters-AnotheR
Political Wedding-Win Not He In
creased ut Present-A Second Time In
vestigated-Investigstin tho Fish Com
mission-Sundries.
from Our Own Correspondent
LANSING, March 10, 1888
During no week of the session in which
the Legislature has pretended to work ut all
has so little Legislation been accomplished
as since my last Returning on Monday
evening, the House found itself without a
quorum and the Senate with not much more
than one, 80 neither house did much work
that evening. On Tuesday fair days work
was done in each house, but next day,
Wednesday, both houses adjourned at IL a
IN. on account of the Democratic State Con
vention held in the city on that day. Next
day, Thursday, both houses did the same
Convention held here On Friday both
houses again did full work. but In the after
noon the House adjourned over until Mon
day evening, March IL The Senate showed
a little mere regard for the peoples time
and money, and held session this forenoon
that lasted two hours and then pat
termed after the House and ad-
journed until Monday evening. Thus
say, this has been emphatically
WEEK OF CONVENTIONS,
and the items Of legislation, that Is, those
of any special Importance, are like hens
At the risk of writing what you may per
haps have from other sources, l may say in
regard to the
TWO CONVENTIONS
held here this week, spoken of above, that
hot otf ha hav vi n
for its Chairman Hon VIM p. Wells, OF De-
troit; and for Secretary Bro. A. ]. Shaks-
.peare, of the Kalamazoo Gazette. The latter
had for It's Chairman Bro. w. ID. Fuller, of
the Newaygo Tribune and for Secretary Mr..
Innes, of Grand Rapids In order to bring
about the
MUCH-DEsIRED FUSION
the Democrats decided to nominate one
candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court
and one for Regent of the University, and
leave the others for those who were to follow
the next day. They accordingly nominated
for Justice John W. Champlin, of Kent; and
for Regent Arthur NJ Clark, of Sanilac The
Greenbackers nominated Thomas T. Sher-
wood of Kalamazoo, for Justice, and Chaa
j. Willett, of Gratiot, for Regent After
considerable counting on both sides, the alli-
ance was formed, by large majority, and
the Chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee announced TO the latter convention
that the nominees of that would be placed
on the ticket with those of the former one,
and supported at the April election; and
THUS ENDED THE CoURTsHIP.
The House Joint resolution relative tO IN
creasing the salaries of the State officers,
which we copied in our last, was reported on
the 9Th, read third time and finally tabled
On the 9th II was taken from the table and
an amendment proposed that should provide
for giving the Lieutenant Governor a salary
of 81 900 per annum, and members of the
Legislature $500 per year. The amendment
was amended so as to cut the legislators down
to $500 per year, after which the whole
amendment was voted down, and then on
the final passage of the joint resolution it
was defeated by vote of yeas =, nays ~.
1t was reconsidered to day, and tabled for
future action Yet 1t is reasonably safe to
conclude that the salaries of the State officers
WILL NOT BE INCREASED
at present, and though the resolution passed
the House by vote Of yeas "a, nays Is, Mich
igan's Governor must pinch along while
longer on his 81 600 per annum In the SEN
ate Senators Gullifer and Mercer alone
voted yes while Senators Austin, Belknap,
Bliss Button, Fast. Frisbee. Hine, Hueston,
Jenison, Koon, Manwaring, Norton, Phelps,
Roost, Seymour, Shaw, Shoemaker, Strong
and Taylor voted no.
TO BE AGAIN INVESTIGATED.
As heretofore indicated, serious charges
were presented several weeks ago, by one
Oscar ID. Chapman, of Wayne county,
uSdlllhI t0t IIldUaRtintnL OI Une
for Educating the Deaf and Dumb at Flint
and an investigation asked for, which was
ordered by vote of the Senate, the regular
standing committee being charged to make
such investigation AS will be remembered
it was charged that the officers of the in
stitution allowed son of the complainant
to go home while sick with malignant
type of diphtheria they claiming then and
since that no cases of that disease had been
or Were in the lnstitution), in consequence
of which two little daughters OF the family
contracted the disease and died, while the
mother was seriously sick with the same
dread disease. On Feb. % the committee
made u long report, in which they cited atfi-
davits from officers of the institution, ply
sicians of the city Of Flint and others, and
reported that the officers of the institution
did all in their power under the circum-
stances, and that the charges as specified in
said petition OF Oscar ID. Chapman are not
well sustained As published the atfdavits
OF the officers state that no signs of diph-
liberia appeared ut the inst tuition until the
evening of Nov. 8, while a printed postal
card dated Nov. Is addressed to parents and
guardians, signed "F A. Platt, principal" is
now in possession of Senator Hueston in
which an explanation is made that forty five
cases of measles had been running at the in
stitution but had run their course, after
which follows this language: But in addi-
tion to this, on Tuesday, Nov. Z, two plainly
marked cases of diphtheria appeared attend
ing the measles The complication of the
two diseases makes IL more serious The
patients are isolated from the other pupils,
and will have the best medical treatment
possible, and skillful. careful nursing.
Should your child be taken sick, you will be
informed Immediately" The discrepancy
between the two statements both claiming
to be official, seems to call for further inves-
tigation On motion of Senator Hueston,
special committee was therefore on the 9th
inst ordered to make a full and thorough
investigation, send for persons and papers,
etc. The committee as appointed consists
of Senators Hueston, Fast and Belknap.
Later in the day, at the urgent solicitation OF
the committee who made the former report,
the committee was added to the special
committee, to act in conjunction with them,
and given power to make an 1ndependent
report il they 80 desired
THE FISH COMMISSION INVESTIGATION
is in progress the committee having spent
the early part of the week in taking testi-
mony at Detroit and at present the Com
mittees on Fisheries of both houses are on
similar business at the State hatcheries at
Paris. Kent county. What the investigation
will bring forth of truth or falsity of the
charges of official misconduct has not yet
been foreshadowed or even limited at by any
member in position so to do.
sUNDRY REFERENCES.
BY direction of President Crosby the flag
over the Senate chamber was placed at hail.
I'M asf On the 9th I'm honor of the late Gov