Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-24

this year.
r
The memory of the oldest legislator run
ratb not hack 10 the time when Prof. Henry
Clark the so-called state phrenologist
was not one of the prominent characters OF
the state capitol. He Is always on hand 10
make known the characteristics OF such OF
the members as can be prevailed upon to
have their bumps" examined. The PRO
lessor" put IN his appearance late TINS session.
lint he .bobbed up serenely" one day last
week. and commenced his chronological
stndv Of the craniums of Michigan law max
ers.
Sometimes the subject under manipulation
NAYS the Professors fee himself, and often
the necessary stipend is put up by some
facetious friend. Bat that money Il eIpec-
ted is evident from the means the PROBES
sor,, takes TO introduce himself, which con
sists of neatly printed card, on which IL
the following from one of Robert Burns
poems.
Leather the siler, man, gather the siller,
Frae rich man. frae poor man frae mer-
chant, frae miller
The omnipotent passport,
Go through fire and brass for IT. -,
Neither wisdom nor learning, nor virtue Will
Go Gather the silier man, gather the siller."
+
The hill of Robertson of st. Clair taxing
druggists who sell liquor $500 year. the
same as saloonkeepers, was earnestly de-
hated in the house the other night. In the
main. the bill was favored a. proper meas
pre. The sale of liquor a. beverage, by
druggists, was declared to oe an EVIL 10 De
regulated. and druggists who keep bar "on
the side" should be made TO pay saloon
tax A motion to strike out all after the en-
acting clause prevailed, but Mr.. Apin de-
manded the yeas and nays, and ON concur
ring the record showed yeas 40, nays -,
The extraordinary in the number of In
.,aond feoble-minded who have become
;nrnates of state institutions Is attracting the
attention Of thoughtful men, lhe general
fnnd of the state Is called upon TO furnish
nearly one million dollars for this year ano
next for the care of the insane. Ihere l.
roll founded suspicion that many persons
90 confined IN these institutions who are
80 in the proper sense of the words insane
Tba demands of the new Institute IN Lapeel
for the feeble minded are urged a. relle
% the crowded insane asylums, modifying
,beir terms of admission. Interest IN TIM
snhiect l. increasing, and plans are on 100
for an investigation that Will lay before th'
naxt LEGISLATURE facts which Will account 10
the tremendous increase IN state expenses II
this particular. and suggest remedy
+
Animportant substitute has been reported
Tor the Moore bill which provides that Tn
several boards of control shall employ a
many prisoners a. may be necessary IN max
no and supplying all articles for use IN Tn
different state institutions, and no othe
manufactured articles shall be purchased o
nsed in any such institutions, when the sam
articles are or can be made, or suppheu III
nv the prisons of the state. In Marquette XII
s,oSo "a, and ali the boots and shoes needed b.
the state institutions shall be mace jackson
rriaon will manufacture all the brooms an
pIotbing. while Ionia prison will make all IN
fnrnitnre needed; the state printing an
hnokbinding shall be done with the excep
Gon of the legislative journal; Jackso
srison will also be the place where the stat
oil establish a plant for the manufacture Q
ov,,;nes and steam pumps, The bill apprt
1-istes $4,000. $4,000 of which Is Tor IN
stabiishment of printing plant, SlO,V
g. tbe engine and steam pump plant, an
g. 600 for the boot and shoe industry
Naronette. According 20 the provl7ion7
&c hill. all convicts not needed Tor the mar
nfacture Of goods shall De eihpogeu un"'
the state account system.
II
Tho report of the state insurance commi
-, states that on January j, there we
siU" ;,i,t stock companies doing business