Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-20
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
In the Coming Legislature of
Michigan.
THE LOCAL LEGISLATORS TALK
OF Matters Likely to Come Before Them
This Winser-At. s. Whites Idea
of the Liquor Mems Claims,

.I'm not in . positiont Ia tsn p0 conn.,
ing legislation, said Arthar y. White
yesterday. As Phil WachysiI says all
We democrats can do 10 to eAsats our
feet on the desks and cool the ardor OF
the other feliows and vote fol- extrava-
CANT appropriations 20 - to put the
majority IN hois. You perhsps know
that Edward TAggart headed an organ
lied movement to curtail the jurisdic-
ton of the superior court. They tried
TO work it two years ago but failed.
They will NO doubt try 1t again now
that the legislature Is republican. Ii
you would pee Mr.. Taggart he would
be able TO tell you all about what they
will ask for. presume all local meas
ures will be entrusted TO Tateum and
Anderson. as they have been in the
council and will be with tho majority.
Mayor Stuart will recommend to the
council some measures that he thinks
should Do enacted. There 10 = commit
tee on charter amendments TO which,
suppose all such suggestions will be ro-
ferred.
presume the liquor men will ask for
more favorable legislation. but what
eau they hope from republican legls-
lature, The last time they tackled o
republican legislature they spent SlO,-
900 and got the most rigid restriction
bill ever enacted. 1t was knocked out
by democratic supreme court. The
liquor men are organized to see what
they can do, but they will probably
get left"
The liquor men will aek for uniform
| licenses for liquor and beer. The
| saloon men think the men who take
| cut nothing but . beer license sell
as much whisky as the men who pay
$500 extra for whisky license. They
will also ask that druggists take out q
whisky license, as they believe the
/! druggists sell as much whisky as the
1 saioOnlsiS.
They wish uniform closing law for
| the wno.e state. In some towns the
| saloons close at Q o'clock. In Detroit
they pull down the blinds anu run al
night. They wish to keep open on
Christmas. New Years, Fourth of July
and on all holidays except Thanksglv'
ing and OF Sundaya
Senator Elect Barnard was seen in
his office and was asked what would be
done with some of the political bills
passed by the last legislature. "We
will have . good majority in both
houses" said Mr.. Barnard, land We
will kill some of those acts inside the
first two weeks, and have our own act
60 into immediate effect. l see tho gu
preme court has knocked out my
gravel road act. One Of the first mat
tiers to receive attention will be bill tC
knock out these toll roads. There viii
be no Senator Wisner to fix up some
thing to make it invalid. / submitted
my bill to some of the best lawyers in
this city, and they pronounced it per.
fectly constitutional. The bill went r.
the senate judiciary committee, OF
which Wisner Was chairman, and he
caused to be tackled to the bill the very
clause which the court pronounced un'
constitutional.
"What about the superior court bill
Do you know what that bill was? Well
it Was a~bill providing that when non.
resident of Grand Rapids cues the city
or city officer he should have the
right to have it transferred to the cir.
cut court. That was just and al
right. What show has an outsider in
that court with the jury made up oil
residents of the city. OF course, Bur.
liugham and Fyfe were scared. suppos
ing 1t Was just q starter to do away
with the superior court aud they hus.
tied around and stirred up big fuss
If I had known how much feeling
would be stirred up would not have
had anything to do with it, though
think it was . just measure. Aside
from these points do not know what
shall be most interested in this win
ter"
Mayor Stuart was asked what hi
would recommend in the way of loca
legislation and said: III have not yeI
formulated anything, but in my term
as mayor l have seen . number oil
things which might DO improved.
think / shall soon get my committed
together and get things in shape, &C
that our bills may get to the house be-
fore the day of adjournment. There
are many little things on which We
need legislation. One thing occurs e
me now. / would favor some compul
sorry check on the treasurer of thii
city. The treasurer handles too much
| money to submit his hooks to com
| ,,,,ttaa IF tho counctl for AYamin ati0u