Telegram-herald., 1891-04-16
CANNOT GIVE EN- UP
THE NIl-PlSS BILL IS REFERRED
To Two Committees by the noass-
Whiss's AppsrtisnnssAt sehs0s-sss-
sry Bills Reported and fsssed In
Bsth BEsae hss of LsgisiAtaEs.

LassIss, Mich, April l5.-The Senate
Immediately after conyenlng this morn
ing took . recess until 2o'cioek, 10 al
low committees an opportunity to WORK.
At the afternoon session the Senate
demonstrated the policy Of giving Its
committees an opportunity 10 work.
The Committee on judiciary reported
Representative Miners bali for the cleo
ton of Presidential electors, amended
80 as 70 make it still better for the DEM
ocrats. Instead Of electing two electors
a. large, the Senate amendment pro-
vides Tor dividing the State into an
Eastern and Western district Tor the
election OF those two. Senator Prindie
made a minority report. Inc appor-
tonment committee reported the Bas-
tones Congressional apporIonment
ball, as substitute Tor Senators fafAs
and W!thingt0n's bills
TINS 10 the Patrons bill, and was re-
ported IN accordance with the commit
Tee agreement OF last evening. The
Committee Cn ElecIionss fAyorably
reported Senator WithIngton's civil
service bill. The Committee on Fin
ance and Appropriations recommended
the passage of senator Sharps Tree en-
plOyment bureau bill. The Committee
On Railroads favorably reported Repre-
sentative Dafoe's bill 10 tax fast freight
lines, ETC., q per cent instead OF 81 per
cent. as At present.
Insurance Rebates Killed.
Senator Flesheim's insurance bill,
requiring all Insurance TO be taken by
agents IN the State. and forbIddlng re-
bates, was finally passed this afternoon,
but Senator Doran secured an amend
nlent excluding from the provisions Of
the act mutual insurance companies
and companies participating Herewith.
This amendment, the Senator says, is
satisfactory TO Grand Rapids parties.
Representative Bathey's bill to re-
organize the sixteenth and create
the thirty-first judicial district,
which the House passed tod,y,
was also passed by the Senate.
The Senate also passed, this afternoon.
several other bills; House bills making
an Appropriation of 5000 for the Pio-
neer society; requiring certain terms of
the iosco circuit court to be held IN Au
Sable; Representative Barnard's bill TO
acquire the rights of toll roads IN
streets. In committee of the whole
Senator Mines famous railroad bill
was passed, and also Senator Bough-
ner's ANTITRUST bill.
Extra Pay and More Courta
The House opened up on the regular
order OF business. The Committee on
Roads and Bridges reported favorabiy
Representative Gibbons' bill regulating
the tune for the completion of highway
work. 1t provides that all work, now
authorized or required by law to be
done under the supervision Of overseers
oil highways, shall be completed be-
tween April l and July IN each year,
and 1t shall not be lawful for any over
seer OF highways To- do, or permit to
be done, any such work at any other
time.
The Committee on Elections reported
substitute for the RhIne's voting ma
chine, which proposes kind of "local
option" scheme
Representative Miner moved 10 take
from the table the Senate bill to give
the members OF the Upper Peninsula
an extra compensation of 81 per day
for the session. "What is the particu-
lar merit OF this BILL" asked Represen-
tatlve Chisholm. "that it should be
pressed sor' Representative Watts said
his colleague, Representative Bark
worth. wished to discuss this bill, but bs
was absent and he hoped the bill would
not be taken up now. The House de-
cided, by . small majority, to take up
the bill. Representatives. Tripp and
Holden opposed the bill. while Repre-
sentssives Barnard and DIekema advo-
Gated it "a just. A call of the House
was ordered and the absentees brought
IN. The vote on the bill was taken un-
der the call and resulted in the passage
of the bill by 80 yeas to 80 nays. Ii was
gwen immediate effect just before
the announcement of the result Repre-
sentative White changed his vote from
mo" to aye" "Death-bed repent-
snce," said Representative Denning, of
Msnlstee. ''Is better than none and
there is room for more" The House
passed Representative Bathey's bill
making another judicial Circuit. IL re-
organizes the Sixteenth. composed of
St Clair and Macomb counties, by de-
tachlng st. Clair 10 stand alone as the
Thirty-fifst. Macomb county is too
small tn Ego il alone" but the next
Legislature will be expected to make
some rearrangement OF circuits before
the judicial election of 1898. Represeh-
tative A. +. Fe$cuson's bull to amend
the oil inspection law, which has been
under consideration IN the House for
several days past. was passed by the
House tois morning and ordered TO take
effect July next.
Representative w. B. Jaekson's bill.
providing form of organization under
the general railroad law of those CON-
panIes operating under SPECIAL charters.
was passed by the House IN the after
noon representative Dodge's bill 10
distribute the liquor tar and devote il
20 the highway fund came up on the
order Of third reading and was sent TO
the Committee on Judiciary.
Representative Appcrtterm.nt
The House IN committee of the whole
took up Representative Whites ball 10
spportion anew the Represents tives
among the several counties and dis
tricts OF this state. The bill az re-
ported by the Committee ou Apportion-
ment distributes the Representatives as
follows: Wayne. I2; Kent. 8; Saginaw.
a Bay. 3; st. Clair. 3, AIegsn, Berrien,
Calhoun, tsenesee, Ingrshsm, Ionia.
Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lenavee. Ma
cpusb. Marquette. Aenouinse. Mon
roe. Musksgon. Oakland, Ottawa.
Tu~cola. washtensw. each z.
Barry. Branch. Cas-. Chnton, Eaton.
Gogebic. Grstiot, fI.lIsdsle, Huron, Isa-
bella. Ispeer. Livingston. Msnistee.
Mason. Mecosts. Aonteslm. Nsvsygo,
Creaus. osn5isc. 81 awassee, -. 1osersh
Van Euren esen ]: Midland and Glad
vin. 1. Clare, Rs seonInson and ogeuaw
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