Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-03-10
THE LEGISLATORS.

appropriation OF SIP 900 for that Institution.
HousE-The bill presented by the organized
BARRIERS OF the state prohibiting BARRIERS
from working Sunday was the subject OF n
lengthy and learned discussion between the
committee OF BARRIERS, number OF the best
takers from the Seventh DayAdventist con-
ference and several Representatives. The
measure was not passed upon. The village
or Atlanta, Montmorency county, has, by
law, been located II miles north OF It's actual
site for several years. bill was passed
correcting this error. Bills passed:
Amending the charter OF Gladstone; rein
cooperating Cass city; amending act 80 OF
1867 for the Incorporation OF street railroads.,
so as TO enable township boards TO issue
franchises TO street railways; reincorpO-
rating the village OF Atlanta; incorporating
GobleVille; Incorporating ThOmpsOnyille:
Incorporating standish; authorizing High
land Park To borrow $4,000 to build sewers;
authorizing Houghton TO levy special taxes;
Incorporating Highland PARK; amending
charter OF Bay City; authorizing Pontiac
asylum 10 sell cemetery grounds.
SENATE Forty day The Worlds
Fair appropriation OF $4,000 created the
most discussion OF any measure yet before
the senate committe of the whole. substi-
tutes OF OOOJ ana S20OO were ohered and
the first substitute was finally agreed upon.
motion To strike out the provision for two
additiohal members on the commission also
prevailed. The committee arose and re-
ported the bill which was then put upon the
third peading. The vote resulted: yeas, 10;
nays, II. A motion TO reconsider and table
was, chffltu anu Intrt tue Oil ItSlS WIN
little chance of its being called up again.
The senate adopted "A resolution TO adjourn
from Thursday, arch to " onday evening
March -. The Senate committee OF the
whole has agreed TO the bill appropriating
S10.sGj62 TO the Home of Girls at Adrian and
that appropriation, SlO2,22O for the state
Normal school Bills passed which were OF
more than local importance: keincorporat-
ing the village of Leonard Oakland county;
Incorporating the village of Algonac, II.
Clair county, Incorporating Standlsh:
Arenac county; TO authorize the boutd OF
trustees OF Houghton TO tax property for a
contingent fund. HoUsE.-Mr. Barkworth
offered protest against the action OF the
house In passing the resolution OF w. W.
Ferguson, adopted Feb. O. in deprecating the
lynching OF eOlored men in the South The
speaker refuse q to receive the protest. Mr.
Barkworth then procured the official in
dorsement of the clerk 10 the effect that 1t
had been duly presented rules ont or order
and not to be received "a cOuched in disre-
spectful and supplementary language"
B) "A vote Of 81 10 Ia all reference TO the
protest and the action OF the speaker was
eXpunged from the record. Mr.. Barkworth
maintained that any MEMBER can protest
against any official action of the House or
speaker and have the protest entered upon
the journal and he will test the matter be-
fore the supreme court The joint resolu-
ton for an amendment TO the constitution
so as 10 provide for county and township
boards OF highway. commissioners was de-
feated. The resolution met with opposition
from members from agricultural districts.
The bill TO allow the use OF the Rhines vote
recorder i'm elections OF this state in cities
and counties that may choose 10 adopt 1t
came up In the House on Its third reading.
Mr.. Gordon moved an amendment, which
carried, authorizing the use OF other or
similar mechanical voting machines. The
friends of the Rhines bill did not like this
amendment, and after an hours discussion
they procured "a re-reference of the bill to
the committee on judiciary. Bills passed:
Amending the constitution so as To a How
Bay and Saginaw counties to maintain a
system of county supervision OF roads; in
cooperating Luther; appropriating SlG5 900
TO the Soldiers Home at Grand Rapids.
sENATE..-Fortv-second day-No session.
| HoUsE.-Mr. Barkworth offered "A protest
| against the action of the House on the pre-
yious day in eNpunging from the journal
| the previous day all reference to the
| speakers decision against his protest
against the resolution passed Feb. 9 con-
demning the lynching OF colored men in the
| southern states Mr.. Barkworth said the
action of the ma iority OF the House in vot-
| ing to eNpunge his protest from the Journal
was unconstitutional and revolutionary.
| Mr. Newkirk and Mr.. Tateum in reply
claimed that any member had right to
| protest and also that majority OF tho
| members had right TO eXpunge the protest
| or any other matter they desired IL IL were
| not so the Journal would be filed with im'
proper protests from disgrunteed Repre-.
| sentatiyes. The discussion then became
| general and In order to cut OF present de.
! bate and give all "A chance to study the mat
! ter a motion was made to postpone, but 1t
| was lost Matters became very warm and
taken. The protest was rejected. MIR.
| Barkworth then offered another protest
| against the action of the House in refusing
10 adopt his resolution for the restoration
| To the journal OF the resolution eXpunged
| the previous day. During the discussion
| Mr.. Tateun-who had called speaker Pro
| Tenn. Moore to the. chair-and Mr.. Ewing
came very near having personal encounter
over the statement OF Mr.. Ewing that
| Speaker Tateun had sent note TO MIR.
| Widely asking him to make a motion to ex-
/ punge. The prompt action of Speaker Pro
TEN, Moore In calling the quarrelsome
members 10 order was all that prevented
trouble. The House adjourned without act
| ing upon the last protest.
SENATE.-Forty-third day-Bills passed:
For dam across the Chippewa river at lsa-
| bella City; appropriating so, S65 for the n
dustrial Home for Girls; amending the act
OF Incorporation OF mutual benefit associa-
trustees OF lands belonging to the Michigan
Asylum for the Insane; appropriating
SlO2.220 for the State Normal school.
IlOUsE.-The only unfinished business was
the motion to eXpunge Representative Bark
worths protest from the journal. IL was
laid on the table. Representative Bathey
offered "a resolution reciting that whereas 1t
is reported through the press that Repre-
sentative Moore, OF Wayne. has been ap-
preached for the pu- pose of colrnpting him
in the interest of a certain electric lighting
company, a committee OF three Democrats
and two Republicans be appointed to inves-
tigate and report all the facts TO the House.
selection of the committee to the discretion
OF the speaker and the investigation was or
dered. Then came Il budget of petitions for
the passage of pending bills for the taxation
OF church property, and for home for err
ing women. bill to amend the charter OF
the city OF Port Huron by providing for the
consolidation OF That city and Fort Gratiot.
was withdrawn from committee of the whole
and placed upon its passage. 1t went
through but there were not enough MEM
bers present to give IL immediate effect. A
Senate bill providing for an amendment TO
the constitution by which members of the
legislature shall receive $50 and mileage
per session, instead OF per diem compensa-
| ton of 50, was considered In committee OF
the whole. The Senate placed the compen-
sation at 5000, but the House committee on
judiciary increased IL TO $3.50 The commit
| tee on judiciary reported a bill I'm favor OF
| female suffrage. IL was placed upon tho
general order and will be printed Repre-
sentative Mckinstrys bill requiring the
| year in which fruit, fish, soups, etc, are
| canned to be plainly stamped upon the can,
went through the committee of the whoe
| without objection or amendment as did Rep
| resentative Gordon's joint resolution amend.
| ing the constitution relative to male con-
| victs In the prisons of the state so as to pro-
vide that they may he employed in the con-
| struction, building aud repairing of public
| roads, highways and bridges.
George Shirley, aged 8, was killed
about eight miles north of West Bay