The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-03-19
THE STATE CAPITAL.

Weather service--Lovvering the Oh Test
--Pi otccting the Deer--Stopping Com.
pound Interest-No More Foreign Lam
guages for Common schools = General
Notes.
From Our Own Correspondent
LANSING. March o.
At last the Greusel- ii ueston contest case
in the Senate Is ended. At the opening of
the session Mr.. HUI ston came hire with
his certificate of elect ON and was sworn in
as Senator from the Third District. Mr..
Greusel, Jr.. son of the ex- Senator, pre-
scented notice of contest in which he
claimed that an error had been made in one
precinct of the district or III the figures OF
the county canyassers, that made appear
that Hueston was elected while he
(GrueseD was really elected by
majority of 80, and therefore
asked for recount of the ballots cast in
the disputed precinct The Senate Jud ci-
AIRY Committee delayed action on the
case until last week. but began early in the
week to take testimony in the case. and on
the 9th caused the ballot-box to be brought
from Detroit and the ballots to be re-
counted in presence of both the interested
parties and many spectators. The result
showed that, instead Of the 92 majority
Mr. Greusel hoped for, Senator Hueston
had majority Of 90 in the disputed pre-
cinct, and clear majority in the whole DIS
trict of 119. Thus DIR. Hueston will retain
the seat he filled last session. and SO far
this. That disposes Of all the contested
cases in this Legislature. the House Ju-
dietary Committee having recently reported
that the man who sought to Dust Speaker
Clark had no grounds for contest even.
THE WEATHER SERVICE.
The House spent large portion Of the
9th on bill ito increase the efficiency
OF the Michigan weather service. The
bill is for the adoption of signals to be dis
played at all railroad stations and tele-
graph Offices, and on the sides of trains Of
cars, so that persons can even know as the
express train whirls past just what the
weather will be in the near future, and
just when a severe storm of rain or wind,
or both, will come. and thus be warned in
time TO secure their hay or grain, and be
benefited in hundred other ways. Such
law is in force in Ohio. and is said to
have saved large amount to those who are
affected in their business by good or bad
weather. The consideration of the bill was
not completed, and il is hard to predict as
to its prospects of success or failure.
LOWERING THE OIL TEST.
Another bill that called out q long
discussion in the Senate last week is one
to reduce the test on illuminating oil from
120 to ITO degrees flash test. and to reduce
the inspection fee from 13 cents per barrel
to cents. The consideration of the bill
called ont spirited debate. but it was not
completed, many Senators fearing to lower
the test and thus cause such terrible
explosions as were so common in our State
a few years ago before the high test was
adopted.
PROTECTING THE DEER
A half day was spent by the Senate
in the discussion Of the bill that passed
the House some days previous 10 prohibit
the hunting OF deer with dogs. All at
tempts TO amend or kill the bill
f,iled, and it was finally ordered to
third reading. but when that or
der was reached next day some of
its friends were about and il WINS thought
best 10 tab e the bill. With full Senate it
is bound to pass. and then the who esale
slaughter of the deer, that if not soon
stopped will exterminate their race entirely,
will be ut an end, and those hunters who
go to the northern portion of the State
with 500 hounds will have dead dogs to
take home wi h them, as the bills gives
residents of the deer cointry the right to
shoot dogs on sight if they are found chas-
ing deer.
NO MORE COMPOUND INTEREST.
After spending large part of two days
on bill to repeal the law that
now provides for compound interest
falling due on written contracts, tho
House passed the bill by a. small
majority on thin House. 1t was
shown that now man who pays nearly
but not quite the interest due on
his mortgage gets no benefit. SO far as
stopping interest is concerned, and is
simply credited with so much paid, while
compound int rest is figured and collected
on the whole all the while, and in the end
the mortgager finds the mortgage owns the
property and he has no redress. The law
to be thus repealed, should the Senate also
say yes, stands as compiler's section 1899 of
Howell's annotated statutes, and reads as
follows:
The people of the state OF Mich gan enact,
That when any installmeut OF interest upon
any note, bond, mortgage, or other written
contract shall have become due, and the
same shall remain unpaid, interest may be
computed and collected on any such install.
ment so due and unpaid from the time at
which IL became due, at the same rate as
specified In any such note, bond, mortgage,
or other written contract not exceeding 10
per cent. and IL no rate of interest be speci-
per centum per annum.
NO FOREIGNERS NEED APPLY.
The House bill ito prohibit the teaching
Of language other than the English, and
studies other than the English language in
the primary schools Of this State. except in
certain cases." caused long discussion in
the House, and then the bill passed-yeas
63. nays 8.
MERE MENTION.
Few die and none resign" is the old
saying, yet Engrossing Clerk Will w. Han
nan resigned on the 4th inst. on account of
the continued sickness Of his wife.
When bill from the Michigan Congress
Water Company came in for 375 gallons Of
the lansing mineral water ut 10 cents per
gallon, the solons woke up to the sup
posed fact that the State would soon be
bankrupt, and so ordered the supply
stopped.
The Republican State convention to be
held here on the 18th is expected to bring
to the capital city crowd Of politicians
who can nominate State ticket and see the
Legislature grind all in the same day.
Speaker Clark was excused from attend
ance on the duties of the House on ,he Sd.
for the first time he has been absent for
any length OF time during the session.
An important meeting of prominent rail-
road men is expected here on the 10th,
when the Senate committee will consider