Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-01-29
GRAYLING. MICHIGAN. THURSDAY. JANUARY 20 Is9l
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

OK the 20th. bills were introduced I'm the
House TO repeal the law establishing the
Detroit and Birmingham Plank Road;
amending the charter OF the city of jack
son; increasing the salary of the Clerk OF
Grand Rapids Superior Court from $1,000 TO
$1,000. Connor's resolution for limiting the
date for the introduction OF bills to Feb. 10
was referred to the Judiciary Committee
for report upon its constitutional features.
Bills were introduced In the Senate making
an appropriation of s200.025 for support OF
the Michigan University and a purity of
election bill The nomination of John III.
Buggie. of Coldwater, as member OF the
Board OF Control OF State Public Schools;
Mr.. Gundrum, OF Ionia, member OF the
State Board of Pharmacy; Robert Whaley
Flint, member OF the Board OF Trustees of
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum; that of John
Prldgeon. Jr., Of Detroit, member OF the
Detroit Metropolitan Police Board, was not
acted ON.
A LIVELY fight began on the 21st. between
the Senate and the House. The Democratic
majority In both houses caucused and
agreed to limit the usual ten days adjourn
ment for inspecting the State institutions to
five days. In the Senate three Patrons of
Industry Senators, who attended the Demo-
cratic caucus. voted with the Republicans
for concurrent resolution increasing the
length of the recess to eight days on the
ground that the institutions could not be
visited In less time. The resolution was
adopted, but will probably be defeated In
the House. A resolution that the commit
tees should receive only actual expenses
and no mileage was presented In the Senate,
but tabled by the Patrons of Industry Sem
ators. An intensely bitter feeling over
the affair has grown up between tho two
houses.
FROM their action on the 22d there seems
no further doubt that the three Patrons OF
Industry Senators have permanently Joined
fortunes with the Republicans. They joined
with that party In voting to take the ap-
pointment of a committee to reapportion the
Congressional and Legislative districts out
OF the hands OF the Democratic President Of
the Senate and leave it to be selected by
the Senate. The three Patrons hold the bal
ance of power in the Senate, and by voting
with the Republicans can thwart the plan
of the Democrats for redistrlcting the State.
IL Is said that the p. of /. members of the
House are astonished, and still firm In al
legiance TO the Democrats. The matter Is
the sensation OF the hour. Because OF the
Senators detection, the Democratic House
Will oppose any special p of l. legislation,
and the result may be the most turbulent
session In the history of the State. The two
Houses are In a deadlock over the length of
the recess to be taken for the purpose of
visiting the State institutions, and this con-
diticn is also due to the action of the three
Senators above named in voting with the
ReIu blicans.
THE House brought the Senate to time on
the cad. and concurrent resolution was
adopted providing for an adjournment un-
I'll the 2Sth During this recess the commit
tees will visit the various State institutions
with view to investigating their need, and
also the advisability of following out the
recommendations of Gov. Winans relative
to the consolidation OF the numerous man
aging boards now existing. 1t is possible
that radical action may be taken with
reference to the State Mining School at
Houghton, for just before adjournment a
resolution was passed citing the fact that
seq. 900 had been appropriated for this in
stitution during the last four years. and
but twenty persons graduated at an expense
of $11 900 each, and iustructing the COM
mittee to consider the advisability of abol-
ishing the school.