The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-25
DOINGS AT LANSING.
WORK OF THE STATE LE0iS-
LATURE.
An Impartial Record of the Work Accom-
plished by Those Who Make Our Laws
How the Time Has Been Occupied Dur
Ing the Past Week.


Both Houses of the Legislature Tues
day afternoon voted for United States
Senators. James NJ. Mcmillan received
the entire vote of the Legislature for tho
long term and Julius Cesar Burrows was
elected for the term of four years. John
Donovan, of Bay, the only Democratic
member, voted for Mcmillan, thus max
ing his election unanimous. For the
short term, however, he declined to vote
for Burrows, and cast his ballot for John
Strong, of Monroe, the nominee OF the
Democratic party in the State convcn-
ton at Grand Rapids last June. An at.
tempt to sidetrack all municipal legisla-
ton until after the bills prepared by the
municipal commission should be disposed
of, failed In the House, that body refds-
ing to concur in the resolution passed by
the Senate last week. The House passed.
n bill amending the charter of the city OF
Detroit. The general bills prepared by
the commission will be pushed in the hope
that future municipal legislation may be
cut short and a long session or the Legis-
lature avoided.
The two houses Of the Legislature met
in joint session Wednesday noon and
James III. Mcmillan and Julius Cesar
Burrows were formally declared elected
In the evening reception was rendered
the Governor, Senators Burrows and Nc
MILAN, Schuyler S. Odds, John Patton,
Jr., and the members of the Legislature.
1t was conducted on q grand scale, and
the State solons were given an elaborate
banquet The Legislature has arranged
a long adjournment for the purpose OF
allowing the committees to visit the State
institutions located in the Upper PENN
sula Very little legislation is being
ground out.
The Senate Thursday concurred, after
considerable discussion, in the House
resolution for the usual ten-day adjourn
ment to give the State institution COM
mittees time to visit them. A resolution
was adopted limiting the mileage of visit
ing committees to 3 cents per mile and ex-
penses to So per day. The House also
adopted n sweeping resolution, intro
duced by Farmer" Kempf, of Wash
tenaw, requiring the heads of the several
departments TO make a detailed report OF
the number of clerks employed, salaries
paid, how long employed. their previous
occupation, average number of hours per
day they are occupied, whether the en-
ployment be permanent or temporary, the
an estimate of how much will be required
to maintain the departments for the COM
ing two years.
The Legislature was in session less than
an hour Friday. The Senate adjourned
and the House followed suit after TWEEN
ty-minute session. The members fitted
at once to prepare for the start for the up
per peninsula on the biennial junket.
Several legislative hearts were broken,
however, by the passage of resolution
limiting the mileage of junketers to 3
cents per mile and their expenses to S1.3O
per diem. The following nominations
were sent to the Senate by Governor Rich:
George W. Hill, Saginaw, State Inspector
Of Salt; Freeman b. Dickerson. Detroit,
member of State Fish Commission; Geo.
A. Hart. Manistee, Trustee of Northern
Asylum for the Insane; Arthur b.
LOOMS. Major and Military Secretary;
james e. Vincent. Lapeer. Major and
Judge Advocate; William A. Gavett, De-
troit; Frank III. Latta. Battle Greek;
Barnard S. Kaufman, Marquette, and
Lou Burt Detroit, Colonels and Aides
de Camp.