Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-05

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preme Judge-Minor Notes.
from Our Own Correspondent
LANSING, Feb. II.
Last weeks storms kept most OF the
here over last Sunday, so work
WIS promptly begun with this week, and as
, consequence much has been done, al
though il may not show on the surface as
having been such a specially busy week.
The time for the introduction OF bills IS
rapidly drawing to q close. Next Wednes-
day (25th) will close the fifty days IN which
bills can be introduced. and so large part
of the work now being done is the prepar-
alton and introduction OF bills. AS tney
are coming in hundred per day, ana the
night the number is bound to be very
largely increased before the gate Is consti-
tutionally shut, and will no doubt be fully
equal to that of the last session.
PRoHIBIToRY AMENDMENT PASSED.
II seems to be for the present House 10
pass measures that have been tried Tor
wears, and as often failed. SO with the
prohibitory constitutional amendment that
failed in both houses in 1881 and again In
1883, for the lack of vote or two. Inc
House Joint resolution came up IN COM
mittee of the whole on the 18th, ana was
passed to the order of third reading without
a word of argument on either side. Next
day the hall was well filed with eager spec
tators, many ladies being present, and wnen
the order was reached the measure was sup
ported by Messrs. Chapman, Black, Park
hurst Mccormick, Marley, Watson,
Messrs Wright, Brant, McNabb, Baker,
Barry and Holman, and then the roll
was ordered. AS it was knewn that 1t
would not lack more than one or two votes
of the necessary two-thirds the call. was
watched with breathless interest, and when
the announcement was made that 1t had
received Just 67 votes and was carried, the
audience gave vent to loud cheering and
wild demonstrations for several minutes.
OF the 81 Republican members only two
voted no, and they were more Labor can
didates than Republicans, while three were
absent. The vote in detail is as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Adams, Bardwell, Bates,
Beecher, Beekman, Bentley, Black, Boyn-
ton, Brown, Campbell, Cannon, Carlton,
A. T. Case, j. A. Case, Chapman, Cole
man, Collins, Coomer, Cross, Grocer, Davis,
Dickson, Diekema. Divine, Eldred, Estee,
Gardner Gibbs, Hampton, Hayes, Houk,
Howell, Jones, Kelly, Lincoln, Makelim,
Malcolm, Manwaring, Marley, Mason, Nc
O'Keefe, Oviatt, Parkhurst, Post, Potter,
Richardson, Rumsay, Sellers, Snyder, Sta
pies, Stark, Swift, Town, Ulrich, Voorhees,,
Watson, Weber, Weiss, Virgins, Williams.
Wa" NsSSSSs&Meesss Hi Baker Barry. Blacker.
Brant, Conrad, Dalin, Dodge, Dunbar,
Egan, Engleman, Ford, Gleason, Ham,
mond, Hankerd, Holman, johnson, Long,
McClelend, McNabb, Powers, Shorts. SUIT
ton, Matthew, Waltz, Wellman, Wilson,
Wright-27.
Absent-Messrs. Brandon, o. N. Case,
Cossitt, Harper, kirkpatrick, Northwood.
Twenty-Five votes are needed to pass the
amendment in the Senate. OF these the
Republicans have Is, all of whom have
pledged themselves in caucus to vote for it,
but it is extremely doubtful if four Demo-
Gratis or Greenbackers can be found to do
the same thing.
Following is the amendment as it passed
the House:
Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to Article 4 of the Constitution. of this
State relative to the liquor traffic
Res0lUed by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Michigan,
That there shall be submitted to the electors
of this STATE, for their approval or rejection.
the following amendment to the Constitu-
ton rQf this State tn stand no SAHtias' 40 nf
SECTION 40. The manufacture, gift or
sale of spirituous. malt or vinous liquors in
this State. except for medicinal, mechan-
ical, chemical or scientific purposes, is pro-
hibited, and no property rights in such
spirituous, malt or vinous liquors shall be
deemed to exist, except the right to manu-
facture or sell for medicinal, mechanical or
scientific purposes under such restrictions
and regulations as may be provided by law.
The Legislature shall enact laws with suit
able penalties for the suppression of the
manufacture, sale, and keeping for sale or
gift OF intoxicating liquors, except as here
in specified; be it further
ResOiued That the said proposition shall
be submitted to the electors of this State
at the next spring election, to take place ON
the first Monday in April, A. d. 1886, and
the Secretary of State is hereby required to
give notice of the same to the sheriffs of the
several counties of this State in the same
manner that he is now required to do in the
case of the election of q Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor, and the several townships
and cities in this State shall prepare suit
rof OF against SAID proposition. Each person
voting for said proposition shall have writ
ten or printed, or partly written and partly
printed on his ballot the words: Amend
ment to the constitution relative to prohibit
ton of the manufacture. gift, or sale of
spirituous, malt, or vinous liquors and the
right of property therein-Yes;" and each
person voting against said proposition shall
have written or printed, or partly written
and partly printed on his ballot tho words:
Amendment to the constitution relative TO
the prohibition of the manufacture, gift, OF
sale of spirituous. malt, or vinous liquors
and the right of property therein-No."
The ballots shall in all respects be canvassed
and returns made as in the election of Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor ~
SEPARATE HOMEOPATHIC COLLEGE.
1t is quite probable that the bill to close
up the homeopathic college in connection
with the university, and establish il as a
separate State institution at Detroit. will
pass, as the wider field for private practice
would enable the regents to secure better
talent for professors at the salaries now
paid.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
The consideration of Representative
Ford's bill 10 restore capital punishment
has been made a special order for Thurs
day, the Goth. Such bill almost passed
the House in 1881, and as murders are
growing more frequent in this State. il is
quite probable that the bill will now pass.
ANOTHER SUPREME COURT JUDGE.
The House on the 10Th passed n bill.
yeas SO, nays SO, for an additional Supreme
Court Judge, to make the terms of those
officers ten years instead of eight and To
increase their salaries frem $1,000 to S.
600. This, il it passes the Senate, as IL
will very likely do early next week, win
give State conventions an opportunity to
nominate two judges instead of one. At