The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-26
LANSING LORE.
A Quiet Week at the State
Capitol.
The Upoer Peninsula Representa-
tives and Their Appointing nts.
Chamberlain Leads.

LANSING, Jan. 2l.-SpcciaI Corrc-
pondence.-II, during the week now
drawing Co n close, there has been dcs
olatc spot in all the broad domain Of
this Queen Commonwealth of ours, that
spot has been the State House The
rich, melodous voice oi Speaker Gordon
has ceased to echo through adjacent
corridors and illl the House galleries
with it's clarion-toned announcements;
the busy hum OF mingled oratory, piping
remarks and illysuppresscd converse ON
the floor hls died away the omnipresent
gallery goddess hns fitted on To more
celestial fields. perhaps; that which but
yesterday blossomcd ns the rose, now
lies cold in death" The legislation has
taken ten-day recess. This has been
done TO allow the committeeman 10
make the regular biennial tour Of inspcc-
ton OF tho state institutions located in
the upper peninsula. Tho junkcting
party left Detroit on Sunday evening
last, 10y special train, consisting Of three
Wagner palace cars. Alter visiting Tire
upper peninsula asylum for the insane
at Newberry, the party will proceed 10
Marquette, thence TO Houghton, stop
ping long enough ut lshpeming 10 be
banqucttcd by the constituents OF John
Jones and TO take n peep at the mining
industry thercabout. From IIoughton,
the junketers will board their train FOR
Chicago, stopping possibly, at Iron
Mountain, to take in the sights about
the big Chaplin and pay fraternal respects
to our own Hon. A. G. Cook Although
Mr.. Cook, together with Mr.. Waite, Of
Mcnomipce, figured extensively ~ mr.
ranging the details oI this trip, TO which
the rural members OF the legislature
have been looking forward with the
anticipation Shich animates the small
boy in circus season, neither OF these
gentlemen accompanied the outfit, pre-
lerring the cheer Of their own iiresldes TO
the wear Of travel through country
with which they are 50 fnmiliar.
II would not bc startling disclosure
at this late hour to state that the upper
peninsula comes in FOR the younger
brothers portion Of the honors current
this year. The lower part OF the state
having so fully satisfied herself with Re-
publican maioritics in the late un-
peasantncss, her representatives seem
to have forgotten the section beyond
the straits to which place state Rcpubll-
can politicians have lcered their eyes
with undisappointcd confidence when m
extra hall dozen thousand Of Rcpubli-
can votes would land them safely upon
the goal of success. Notwithstanding
this sectional discrimination, or To be
more charitable, it's unfortunate geo
graphical location, the upper peninsula \
representation has the distinction OF
constituting much Of the SAVIOR OF both
houses 81 the present legislature.
Especially il this true in the House,
where three Of the nine representatives
are LAWYERS Of state reputation Mcssrs.
Cook, Waite aud Chamberlain, while the
others Mcssrs Fuller, of Delta; Shcr-
wood, OF Chippewa; Jones and Mulycy,
of Marquette and Robinson aud Smith,
of Honthton, nro men OF the best bust.
ness attainments and naturally men Of
affairs. This claim Is scll-asscftng when
considered in view az the inct that one
az the members of the delegation, Mr..
/ White. has been chosen to preside over
the select committee on municipal lcgis-
lntion, a committee formulated TO pass
Judgment upon The labOrs oi Mark A..
Brewer, G. j. Dckcma and other expert
municipal lawyers OF wide rcputc, who
have constituted n special municipal
commission by virtue of Coy. Rich's
nnpoiptmcnt, 60 formulate bills for the
proper incorporation OF cities and viii
lagos throughout the state. Another
instance wherein ability has forced
recocnition il the committee assign
ments Of Hon. A. G.. Cook The
lameniable error oI the somewhat
historical "Squawbuck" legislature In
its ill-advisod attempt TO render Michi-
qan forever and cverlastingly Democratic
by outrageous rcnpportionmcnt OF con
grcesional, representative and senntorinl
districts. together with the scnthing re-
bukc set upon their folly 10y the supreme
court OF the state. has constituted a
prccedcnt from which the present prac.
ticalIy unanimously Republican body
proposcs 60 dcducc profitable lesson.
/ While rcapportionment in some sections
OF tho state j. necessary, owing to GER
I tain incongruities, NO carcless partisan
slashinr will be done and 10 prevent
narrow partisan zeal from holding sway
over more mature judgment, Speaker
Gordon has caused the npportoinmcnt
4 committee to be composed ot the very
flower Of the iudicinl talent oi the house
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