The Yale expositor., 1897-03-05

The sugar beet bounty bill was
passed by the House after hot fight
in committee of the whole, and it is
thought there are good prospects of its
becoming a law. The bill provides
that the state shall pay to Michigan
manufacturers of beet sugar, made
from beets grown in Michigan, a
bounty of 1 cent per pound, provided
that the beets shall be bought from
Michigan farmers at the rate of 81 per
ton. The principal opposition to the
measure was because the total amount
of bounty to be paid was not limited.
The fight of the previous day making
a special order for the consideration of
railroad legislation on April 13 was re-
newed and Rep. Atkinson succeeded in
having il passed. Two resolutions for
an adjournment of a week to take in
the inaugural ceremonies of President
Mckinley were presented to the House
and both were tabled. The only other
measures passed by the House, besides
few of merely local Importance were
these: III. Il. 2s5) reviving the corpo-
rate existence of slack water companies
lot Improvement udNiBdDlS
(I B. 1O4) for the compensation of
county agents for visiting the children
of reformatorics who are farmed out.
In the Senate the principal event was
the passage by vote of 25 to of the
bill TO prohibit the coloring of oleomar-
gerine and other limitations of butter
A concurrent resolution appropriating
81, 500 for Michigan exhibit at the
Tennessee exposition was left in the
air by first being passed and then re-
considered Senator Bostwick offered
a resolution condeming the murder of
DR.. Ruiz by the Spaniards in Cuba,
but it was tabled. The following bills
were passed by the Senate: Is. Il. 24)
for the equipment of laundry and cleo
tric lightning plant for the eastern
Michigan asylum at Pontiac; Is. Il. 1927
for the incorporation of national So
cieties of Colonial Danes of America in
Michigan Is. b. 81 for the care and
use of the Abbott voting machines.
After spending IL Sunday at home
among their constituents the legisla-
tors returned to Lansing well con-
vinccd that the tax payers did not like
the idea of the legislature adjourning
for Il week to take n junket TO Presi-
dent McKinley's Inauguration. Conse-
quently it was allowed to drop. Never
theless. arrangements having been
made for Gov. Pingree and his military
staff and a number of state officials to
take the trip, about Is or 20 members
OF the House and several Senators de-
cided to attend the inaugural with the
governors party. The Senate passed
two bills: (S. B. 13D For the repeal of
the law for the collection of sociologi-
cal statistics; Is. B. 1907 for the repeal
OF the law for the collection of statisti-
cal information regarding the deaf,
dumb and blind. In the House reso-
lution was adopted providing for
committee TO investigate the method
by which Dave Wixom, "a life prisoner at
Jackson. gained pardon, 1T having been
alleged that it was secured by false
representation ON the part of a prison
official The House agreed to the fol-
lowing bills in committee of the whole:
Permitting copOrations to be sued in
chanccry in circuit courts, the same as
~ dctlptlS ~ ldNs ibiONhtlhS lOt d NSht
county insane asylum and permitting
the state to pay for the incarceration
of patients therein; providing fine OF
from s. TO $40 for wearing high hats
at the thcater; for branding
of buckwheat flour when not pure.
An attempt was made to cut down
81. 600 appropriation for the pay of the
agricultural college students who
work at eight cents an hour upon the
state farm, to total of Sl0o or $500.
80 action taken.
The House committee on the Baird
Kerr election contest made majority
reports. The Republicans-thc major
ity-favored the unseating of Rep.
Kerr and giving John Baird, of Sagi-
nav. the seat. claiming Irregularities
and giving Baird a majority of one
vote The silverites reported in favor
of Kerr retaining his seat
The safe in the Clearfield, Pa, post
Office was blown open and $1,000 worth
of stamps and $500 in cash stolen.
THE MARKETS.