Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-09
SHORT WORK OF IL
Squa~buck Legislature No. 2
Ends in a hurry.
DANNY cAMPAu's FAST TEAM
Passed Him on the Road IN an Ex-
Pscss CzI-Ths Statesmen AL
Drew Four Days Pay.

IAxs1S8, Aug. She closing scenes
Of the special sessson a. noon today
were entirely devoid OF special interest
speaker W4ehtel left the city saturday
evening. aad Representative srgusonof
Inghsm occupied the char. The only
members responding 10 the roll call III
the house were Representatives Fergn-
son. l.. 5. Johnson, Spencer and >. r.
Jackson.
In the senate Senators layton Tsy-
ton. Car strong, Clerks Murphy and
joe Emory with two messenger boys
were the only persons present when lie
last breath Vas unwept.
The sqBawbnck senate 10 dead be-
yond recall and the popular verdict
viii be that although the constitutional
lin. tath5n pfeyeats suicide being as
signed az the cause Of its own death. Its
attempt wil be legacy TO the demo
erat party whicn it won't recover from
Ia score OF years
ei.d 10 Get Away.
The democratic members shook tbs
dust Of the eity isOln their feet As early
as pOss.bie and eve Governor Wlnans
reversed me ordrr OF migration and
with his private :, cFetary he'd To the
secIuson OF his Hamburg farm To
rumlnats over The lost cause. IL Is
likely that ne will not be- slow To DIS
cover that. Notwithstanding Danny
Campau and Frsnky Hosford have
fallen outside the breasIworks, the
sseat mas not diminished but increased
hss prospects OF denomination. HIS
first impulse was not favorable 10 call
ing a special session. and his own IN
yestgauon but strengthened ms con-
yIetlon, but wnen Campau came out ne
yielded his own CONVICTIONS and yielded
ID the seductive arguments OF the
Iaunty chairman.
The result from 4 democratic stand
point has been an overwhelming DIS
asier. The strongest thing OF all, how
ever. q the claim OF democrats that the
Brown blll VAS theirs, and To them be-
longs the credit o; a FAIR, Just non
partisan measure. The fact Is that the
real democratic ball has not and never
Will see the light OF day, but had the
democrats been able to command
seventeen votes IN the senate II would
have been passed nness the re-
publicans c5uld have by parliamentary
skiil averted Us passage until too late
20 give it IN III date effect
Paid on an Old score.
The explanation of Senator Hol-
comb's detection Is given out as de-
sire on DIS part 10 pay off old scores
and show proper resentment for the
bad faith of the democrats toward
HIM during the session Ut ~.
H.l...rx.bts hn.tnaSa ala in
very bad shape. and did he not give
them his present attention he was
likely TO 20 to the wall. On this ac-
count he expressed his purpose to re-
agn. This would weaken the party in
the senate, and possibly bs an obstacle
In the way OF all the proposed partisan
legislation, and IL was agreed that If he
would consent to remain IN his seat he
should have all the financial assistance
he needed. THIS agreement was only
partially fulfilled, resulting in a heavy
financial Ioss To him, and the spectral
session gave him an unexpected OPP
portunity % "even up and punish the
star actors in the bad faith tragedy,
which he improved with alacrity.
The incident of Chairman Campau
Ordering MS team 10 Lansing by ex-
fh'~c fu PRtaAASF VAatt W VAAt'te
IT upon the streets of Lansing on Sun
day expecting the session to continue
into the present week speaks volumes
and explains more than any other ex-
PLANTATION can how little he knew OF
the real situation and what the pur-
poses and expectations of the dem
ocrsey were with reference TO the CHAR
acter of the bill.
Danny PAID tho Freight.
Campsu took the mid-afternoon
tram 10 Detroit and his team went
back a. il came by express the same
evening, and the experience cost him
the snug sum of s62. An examination
of the stub boards of b tn the hou 40
and senate rosoFds the fact that there
were present ia the house members
clerks and employees l05. They were each
paid Tor four days Attendance, and
tis- with mileage allowed amounted
- S3.Sfl.i0. TIE total attendance In
tse senate was tiftv-,nree. and the
annuns d.-burscd for their comfort
va 81 s16.95. making a total of s.. 2ls.0
made necessary by the laundering, par
tlSsn acts Of The first democratic legis
isture ia tnirty-slx years.
Il = not probable that the state of
Michigan viii ever look upon their like
a-1tin.