Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-04-11
THE CIGARETTE CRAZE.
The Anti-Cigarette Bill Will Probably
Become a Law.
The Legislature at Work Again.

There is strong probability that jack
sons anti cigarette bill will become a law.
The act forbidding the sale of tobacco to
minors was deemed impracticabl0, but the
mousse IS ripe Tor the passage of something
that VIII curb the cigarette evil, aud when
the venerable but agile Mr.. Jackson Of
Monroe announced that he had measure
which he believed would Just fill the bill,
the house lay back on its oars and waited
patiently. The bill is in the form
OF substitute To the original bill,
recommended by the committee on state
affairs, and is stringent to a radical degree.
1t prohibits the sale OF cigarettes in Michi-
gan in every form, and even goes SO far as
10 exclude the kinds OF paper used for
wrappers. Representative jackson is
loaded with chemical and statistical argu-
ments regarding the material used in manu-
featuring cigarettes, and also has in his
favor an overwhelming array Of petitions
from leading educators and citizens. They
senate may materially modify the bill, but
majority favor restraining measure.
The Governor has approved the acts
amending the charter OF Kalamazoo, at
taching Garfield 10 Traverse township, and
amending the fence viewers law.
Numerously signed remonstrances have
been presented in the senate against the
bill to incorporate Highland Park, a strip
OF land on both sides OF Woodward avenue,
Detroit, as a village, also a1davits show
ing that misrepresentation had reon used
in getting the bill thus far advanced,
The Governor has approved the bill au-
thorizing the shooting of ducks in the
spring.
The house passed the bill amending the
railroad law so as to bring the upper pen
insula roads under the provisions regard
lng rates. Heretofore the upper peninsula
roads were permitted TO ch Ige five cents
per mile. Under this law theY may charge
i've cents per mile for any distance less
than five miles, and not over three cents
per mile for longer distances.
Representative Abbott's hanging bill has
been fayorablY reported, with an amend
mcnt limiting the number of spectators TO
an execution to the sheriff his deputies,
and the physicians. The number of depu-
ties IS not limited.
The house has passed the senate bill pro
hibiting junk dealers from pure hasing OF
minors under Is, without the written con-
sent OF the latter s parents or guardians
The Governor has approved the bill rela-
tive TO grinding wheat for toll at iour mills;
permitting the organization OF con panies to
establish camp-mceting grounds; fixing the
time when the terms of county officers
shall begin, aud the resolution asking con-
gress TO authorize the building Of winter
bridge across the Detroit river.
The Detroit boulevard bill s have passed
the house by en- overwhelming majority.
One bill corsoldates the present park and
boulevard boards into one board, and tho
other bill empowers the city 20 issue $780,
600 in improvement bonds
The judiciary committee Of the house gave
a hearing the other niplt on the bill tn in
crease the Liquor tax TO 500 year, making
the amount uniform on beer and whislxey.
A very formidable opposition 10 increasing
the tax was manifested.