Telegram-herald., 1891-07-01
DEMOCRATIC JUGGLERY
The Senatorial Apportionment Bill
Showed Ahead OF Its Order.
A TYPICAL DEMOCRATIC LOyE-FEAST
sJAsk" ana sAr' fndalss I'm . Chia Desi'
sat No bioo.i shsd-rso stsens Dose
fsr AAsy serats-JAnsts
over the W sfid's Fair.

tion Committee reported out the NUM-
eipal Election Dali and 1t was ordered
printed. The General Election bill
was then taken up and the rest of the
morning session VIA exhausted IN
amending the fTst thirteen sections
When the noon hour arrived it Was
tabled and recess Was taken until l;50
When the House reconyened two To-
cal bills were passed. The Senatorial
AppCFtlOnnIenL oill was then declared
20 be upon the order OK the third read
ing, although the record showed II 10
te On the general order
A Clever fise. of Jagglery.
The speaker ruled the record incorrect,
and Il was amended To conform. The
biu sas then placed upon It's passage,
pending which representative DIekenid
tEspuDiicanl addressed the House IN
substance that he could not ST stilt and
passlvely consent 10 the passage OF
bill which was such manifest overrid-
ing IF and tramDllng upontne constitu-
ton OF the state. lie then read from
., sayi lug Il vas the duty OF the Legs
ALgTe to SIMPLY divide the state into
&eNC-A+t4H ~ A-N
then called attention % the Twenty
seventh district (Republicanl. with a
POPULATION of o., 100. ana the twenty
ninth tDenlOcrauc), with population
cf O.0OO, and toe Twenty eighth Dem
ocTatlcl, with a population OF 40,1O0.
or tness two Demceistic districts bay-
ing less population 10y 10000 than one
Republican district. The Twenty NTH
district isepuhlicanl has So .55i ana the
wenty-fourth u, mocrauc) t6,OC0;
the Iwer ty-sixth (DemocraLic), 5000;
tie Twelfth (Democratic). Al 900; the
ThiTteenth tRepuhlicap), 5000; tile
Eleventh (DefnCcTatlcl 1900, and the
Seventh ttsepublicar). 9l,OoO. The
gerTyni@nGer cOntemplates
Twenty Democratic Districts
and twelve Republican. The average
population OF Democratic districts be-
ing IS ,O0o, and IN Republican districts
1000. A district having Democratic
majority can have a Senator with
population 20, COO less than a Republi-
can district. No sueh bill has ever
passed, aud he warned the majority that
tae spirit of far play and justice per-
yated al meu regardless OF party, and
sucn = bill could only bring disaster to
the party adopting 1t. He then offered
q substitute based upon population
DIVISION, but 1t was rejected by vote
OF - nays to Al nays Representative
Jack Haywood then sent up an amend
nlent TO substitute the Fifth for the
Seventh ward of trand Rapids. in the
Seventeenth district, and made an
earnest
Plea for tho Democracy
OF the seventh ward and charged Frank
Iiosford. Representative Wnlte and
Senator Doran with hostility to him.
self. Representative White repiied
with some warmth. as follows: The
vocal explosions OF my colleague are
not unlike those of \ sky rocket. but
they have no power for good or harm.
Like the monkey IN Artemus Wards
show, be - an amusing little cuss. The
division OF Kent county IS better po!It-
icaiIy and geographically 1t IS fair and
uDOtjectIonable. The gentleman from
Ottawa bas incorporated 1t IN his sub
futute. No word Of protest mas come
from the voters of Kent county and the
personal wishes OF my cole ague should
not prevent the passage OF this bill.
My colleague rSmtuds me OF the little
hll that attempted To toss the railway
piuek. hut d MS Judgment"
Hayward ;etor,ed that the
Language OF Pin Head
had no effect upon him, aud the
amendment vas tAen rejected, as wa !
one by the same gentleman To strike out
the Sixth and seventh wardsaud sul'sti-
tute the Eighth and Ninth. Several
other amendments 10y disafeeted DEM
ocrats were rejected and the oil passed
by a vote Of 81 to 80. Representatives.
Carpenter. Chisholm. Cook, Curtis,
Hayward, Lester. Miller aud Tripp,
Democrats. voting no with the KepaD-
leans,
The NC-ld's Fair bill was taken up
and the House refused To concur in the
Senate amendments By = vote of 2S 10
40. and a committee of conference was
requested, with Representatives Cook,
Doyle and C. l.. Eaton on the part OF
the HOusc.
surprise was then sprung upon the
IeUse 10y a motion to discharge the
COumittee on Judiciary and tate al
fairs. from the further consideration of
the Dodge bounty ball. Representative
Bsrkworth moved 70 table the motion
and the motion was lost by g 60 10.
aud the committee was discharged. To
casual observer this
Looks 15ke . Club
with which o. compel action upon the
Orth bill for a reduction Of the liauor
tar. Tie radicals of the majority IN
sat that il will be party suicide 10 adj
jOurn W tnOut fulfilling the ante-elec-
ii0n party piedges. After passage of a
Detroit local school bill in which the
Wayne county delegation exhibited the
usual symptoms OF brotherly love. the
consideration OF the election nili was
resumed and at s .. m.
n passed the House nv n vote OF IS 10
nothing. aud Wa gwen immediate
effect. The senate has practically been
IA state of idleness the entire day.
Extra compensation was granted TO sew
ersl committee clerks. the pafoe bail for
increasing the specific tax upon the
grUSs earnings Of fast freight lines and
car ioan3ng companies from to 6 per
cent. was rgsurreeted and again killed.
The bill decreasing the tolls upon tele-
phone nsesss ges. lost n thrd resding
last wees. was re-reierred 60 the JUDD.
cisrY snd state Affairs Committee
18fufiy