Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-20
ON ITS LAST LEGS
DEMOCRATS WAxED ELOQUENT
Over Their Pet Msssurs's Dou1nnx
Committees Prspsrine - vlsix -
Stass Insnsusions.

LASsIse, Mich, Jau- lathe Ninor
Law MAS completely knocked ont OF tho
box IN the senate this sfternoon and
viii he deeently buried by tina houos
tomorrow afternoon. The republican
representatives will hold . caucus 10
the morning 10 arrange 20 hnish the
prellmlnarles-
The senate galleries were vel filed
early IN the afsenaooa by . crowd of
spectators OF both sexes. VITO had come
III anticipation Of seeing = lively row.
They were disappointed, however, ss
the light was strictly oDe-s.ded altar.
the republicans. according 10 . pre-
arranged plan, refused 10 sag
a word. A number Of demo-
Gratis put themselves on record
ss being opposea 90 the repeal ef the
law, but the heat Of debate Was lack
ing, the republicans listening calmly
and voting unanlm Gus y when the op-
portunlty presented itself. The bill
came np IN committee Oh the whole,
with Senator Garyellns presiding SEM
ator Medlniey presented the majority
report OF the judiciary committee IA
yorlng the immediate psrssg GO OF the
oiii offered by senator Melss 10 repeal
the Miner election law.
Tried To Delay n
Senator Doran presented a miror,fv
report oblecging 20 TIE D passare ot the
bill Tor = number of sehec uied reasocn
and moved that the bisl be printed Tor
the use Of mcaters. The motion WA
lost by a vote Of s 10 10. The bill waa
then placed on It's third reading. after
which Senator Turnbull arose aud sad
he did not believe there waa any JUS
tice IN taking away from the people
the right 10 vote by districts
His vote had never counted un-
til last year for presidential
election. If the law WAS repealed he
felt confident that IN two years men,
bers would be sent 10 re-eDact IL.
Senator Doran said that the Miner
law was contemplated by the frsmers
of the constitution and was favored by
the Patrons of Industry and Others.
He regarded the republican party %
dead If il uaonkeyed with the law
Senator Burt Strengthened up AZ this
Juncture and eaid he had hoped the
passage of the Miner law in Michigan
WAS q step towards the eliminating
from politics of the solid north and the
solid south. He would have supported
the law as eagerly had it been a repub-
iican measure a. he now supports it.
Senator Morrow had originally op-
posed the Miner law, hut he vas nov
unable to understand how he could
have been 90 obtuse. He was
further shocked at the action or
want of action Of the Republicans In
not taking the floor to defend them
selves. In lieu thereof re would read
what . republican politician-James
NJ. Ashley of Toledo, had TO say abeus
il. lie immediately put his threat
into execution and read at great length
an article from the pen OF the eminent
gentleman referred TO.
Weiss BIN Passed.
When he had finished everybody
heaved SIGH Of relief and the passagc
of the bill put TO O vote and carried by
vote of 20 TO g. Senator Clark moved
that the resolution relative TO toe eiec-
ton of United States senators hy the
people be reported out at once by the
committee on federal relations. On
motion of Senator Fiesheim, Senator
Clark'e motion was tabled.
The house did not.hold morning ses-
sion today and will not do 80 for the
balance of the week. The concurrent
resolution from the senate relative 20
adjourning Saturday until January 80
was adopted.
Among the Kent county appoirt-
ments is James A. Stoops, frat ass.s-
tant janitor OF the house. Mr.. Sfoops
was originally appointed on the senate,
but Speaker Tatcum found an expef-
fenced hand wss needed IN bis depart
ment and had him transferred.
Preparing Tstp
The committee on mining school,
mining interests and states pflson oau-.
cused IN the senate TINS morning reis-
tive to the trip 20 tire upper peninsula
10 visit state institutions there. lt WAS
decided TO extend an invitation 60 the.
upper peninsula delegation 20 accom-
pany the psrty, siso Lseuterant4G 4Go<--
ernor Giddngs, Secretary Atwood and
Speaker Tateuni. The party viii leave
Detroit Sunday morning Ia = epen1Al
car. The delegation also contemplate
yisit to the Wisconsin legislature now
in sef.iou NJ Maeseon