Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-14
EQUAL SUFFRAGE FAILS
The Senate Refuses 70 Pass q On q
Marrow Vote.
WHITES ELEPHANT on TIE TABLE.
The TRICKY Apportiesasns hin Lteesy 70
oiaabss--nesel ntI rinksrsa u
Doyte's Fish Biit Gess
. Shaking Up.

0LAssrSe, Mich, May l3.-The SEN
ste's morning session WAS shcft. In
executive session it confirmed the ap-
pointment OF Henry F. Homer 70 fill
the vacancy In the Wayne county jury
commission, caused by the death of
Orlando r. PattingiIl. The w. G. T. U.
Of the State flooded the senate with
petitions for municipal suffrage for
women. After disposing of some un-
important measures the Senate took =
recess until afternoon.
The Senate this afternoon considered
the bill TO give tue right Of suffrage to
women in municipal elections. Senator
Mines was its champion and made
twenty minutes speech for 1t. Senator
Smith made another attack on the
proposition fully as ridiculous as his
first effort. Senator Wilkinson re-
viewed the subject from Adam and Eve
down to the present time. After all
which the bill failed to pass by fourteen
yeas to fifteen nays. Senator Doran
voted no.
Hotel dill Fixed Up.
The Senate fixed up Representative
Doyles bill TO amend the law for the
protection of Hotel keepers. They
struck out that part which the Cover
nor objected to, the provision for the
sale of baggage without legal proceed
ings. The Governor held that this wss
depriving man of his property with
outr"d due process of law" The Senate
has got an elephant on its hands in the
shape of Representative Whites repre-
sentative apportionment bill. 1t was
recalled from the House for amend
ment, by the insertion Of provisions for
Dickinson county's representation. Be-
fore making this amendment, it is nec-
essary to recOnslder the vote by which
the bill was passed. Senator Fridlender
moved to reconsider, but Senators Tay-
lor and Mines objected to the motion,
because the time limited by Senate rule
for reconsideration had expired. AS
the Democrats cannot muster the neces-
sary twO-thirds vote to suspend the
rule, it 10 q sumner. The bill was
tabled to discover some way around the
difficulty. This may call for some
more Of Jack Strong's parliamentary
skill.
Doyle's Ptscatoriai Pet.
Representative Doyle's ''local option"
fish bill received great shaking up In
the House this afternoon. 1t has been
before the house in every conceivable
manner, in season and out of season,
and the House has seemed utterly
incapable of getting rid Of 1t. The bill
prohibits the catching of fish in the In
land lakes and rivers, unless permitted
by the Board of Supervisors of the
county. The lawyers quarreled ovnr.it,
on constitutional grounds, and motion
was made to send it to the Judiciary
Committee. The House had no con-
fidence IN the: lawyers ever agreeing on
the bill and voted that motion down.
Then the ghost dance proceeded. The
bill failed OF passage. and after more
wrangling it WAS reconsidered and
tabled, making the second time. 1t was
then referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee. Representative Doyle's bill to
amend the act to protect Ihn-keepers
has been returned to the House by the
Governor and sent over to the Senate,
for amendment so as to dodge the
Governors objections. The Senate has
asked the House for return of Repre-
sentative Whites representation appOr-
tionment bill, presumably to provide
for Dickinson county's representation.
The House spent the whole afternoon
on Representative Richardson's bill to
increase the rate Of specific taxation on
railroads. 1t was, discussed from all
stsndpoints, legal, constitutional and
political. The bill finally passed by 81
yeas to 10 nays. A recess until even
ing was then taken.
Representative Whites bill to author
ize the sale of the Whitney and Saun-
ders property at the Soldiers home at
net less than $1,000 and to apply the
grounds passed the committee of whole
this eveninp