Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-07

pspsrs a tie STATE had d<nAsded a. IN
sssf.g slsoa and h~. - q eitlzsE. ASKED
tass IL a.4xht be nost thorough one.
He favored . special COMMITTEES com
po~d 81 lawyers and denounced the
ATTAIN Il appointing . secret committee
vSsca hsid sGng s6AnnsksS ssspsss0A
Mr. Biahop could s1s recall . s~nafe
os house eouoittse which had nos bssn
partisan in com pjsssoo q lssss. The
state nswspapsrs Had ~shoSa up tns
rottsnnesu II the lossktusson. and he
did noe APPEAR ~ stsArh very much I'm.
portAnce 10 IN Investigates. Ne osn-
cladsd by aaesing IA smecdmsnt
authorizing the eommittse appointed Ia
employ legal aud stenographic ssi~n.
edr hsrkwosth thee tosDk the noos and
believe his ears. Mr.. bishop hal at
yers on the oommittee and here he vas.
With an amendment asking the state %
80 " the exp~nse Of hiring legal talent
Mr.. bsshop had also rii,euied him for
rejecting upon the ability Of the pres
snt standing co&mlttee. and here he
wAs. casting = most SERIOUS reflection
upon the ability u that csm@Itte He
then tax occaaiou - deny Mr. New
kirk's statement that hs had ever OPP
possd the appointment OF lawyers on
the Detroit election committee. a. he
hail not taken tho oath Ut Office when
the COMMITTEES wss appointed There
we're fifteen ar twenty lawyers Oh tho
nSDr of ths house and Il WOULD not IL
necessary TO sesd Mr. Nowkirk. Mr..
Bishop az even himself on the invcsti-
eating trip. lie did not want IN 60 and
~o,Ad gladly stay and help the house in
d,sy-nsing of busincss He Was not as
dissDurtoous la tho senate as MIR. New
kirk for he had not had II Impressed
upon his mind that the senate had PER
sisicntiy refused Ia concur An action
taken by the house.
Mr.. Bu1zell said he did not believe
there Was an instances where the state
had hired legal talent To prosecute an
investigation. Mr.. Bishop thought
there Was an instance and Mr.. BuzIell
asked for proof. which Was rot forth
coming.
Bishops Motion Carried.
Speaker Tateum here relipquished the
chair Ia Speaker pro tenn Moore and
ably be confronted at Jackson by prom
in@nt legal talent he thou. hit Mr. Bishops
amendment a good one. Tie also said
that he had been assured by the lieuien-
ant governor that in the event Of the
adoption of the resolution. he would ap-
point democrat on the senate standing
COMMITTEES t. take the place of Mr..
Wilkins. who 10 III.
Mr. Bishops amendment ~as then
put to a vote and declared carried.
Mr.. Crippen then moved that two
democrats be- addssi 20 the committee.
The motion was lost. Mr.. Watson's
substitute Was then adopted. and the
resolution IA amended was adopted 10y a
vote IL ~ 10 ~. the democrats voting
against IL.
As tho state prison committees reso-
luton had sl-o been placed on the spe-
cial order. il was the next thing To be
taken up. Mr.. Barkworth moved that
IL he referred hack To the committee. IA
he thought the house would ind use for
IL after il became convinced that n
thorough investigation was necessary.
Tho motion prevailed.
Mr. kirkwood. the only democrat
n.omber u the house committee on
state prison. then rendered his resigna-
ton a. a member IT the committee
The chair refused tn accept il and sub
mitted il to the house. The house re-
fused To accept il.
The.Grand Rapide olice bill. amended
~ ~ IN give the policemen authority to
make arrests in any part II the state in
stead Of within the city limits. a. at
present. was passed by the house this
afternoon. II is reported that opposi-
ton to il will develop in the senate.
The house took recess until I'D
p. m.
Bishops Hill Passes.
There was barely quorum when the
house was called Ia order tonight and
spDn afterward there was no quorum
present, and to make the session profit
able. thu house went into committee Of
the whole. passing a number 81 bills. in
Guiding Mr.. Bishops anti free pass bill.
Before the committee Mr.. Anderson
brought up the Grand Rapids public
works bill. which was given its third
reading. Mr.. Anderson noting that
Their. were not sufficient members pres
ent 10 pass the bill and give it immedi-
atc passage. had il laid upon the table
He will bring it up tomorrow and it
will undoubtedly pass and be- given i'm.
mediate effect. The bill fires all but
one member 81 the present board and
reduces its membership to five. making
the mayor an active member.
Two Grand Rapids delegations were
given audience by the governor today.
and considerable secrecy surrounds their
action. II il known. however. that both
delegations urged upon the governor the
appointment 81 Neil Mcmillan 81 Rock
ford a. state oil inspector. The first
delegation vas headed by William Alden
Smith and Fred Maynard. and met the
governor this morning. The second
delegation. received this afternoon. was
headed 10y Thomas Davis. Sheriff
Lamoreaux and John r. Gould.