The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-03
RECORD IS BROKEN.
i. I'D Resolutions introduced
l'' ' at Lansing.
.,.rcv OF A LONG SESSION.

- A Deciue" 49, Ar.....
pc" Made the Legislature WAY s D nomn
Is wa ,ngu.t-Dudiey Beet sugar 'ouh-
'n' ~, passed BY The House-b'iiS ITO
y 81" reduction of saiaries-Pe-
..ou.krs Liquor Bill
,.0sIng, Mich, March z'-lne p,eS
Lal' ,N,oture has broken one record
bit rs' the statesmen comprising
Pnd uN sneedily acquire hustle ana
ns y Il vigorously they wiz mahe an ~
r@A which will not De caicu,a'eu W
'n'' their constituents. Inc mn'.
eaSe ,os 70 the number or piiis intro
pro READ I'd the prospective one TO the
duceu :, The session. When the con-
)eng.h NJ, limit of fifty days curing
situtionn,,,s could be introduced was
when net week, the files contained
Teachess sse bills and joint resolutions.
totai " 81 133 over the number intro
an es'e 80 wears ago when the high
duceu ark was reached. Each house
wa'e, a the record, the totals for the
SMASH o,ne $40 bills and twenty Joint
sena. .,ons and for the house l,232 piiis
Iesoius seven Joint resolutions.
SD A. examination Of the fies py sen.,e-
who have been connected Win biie
nsa for many years, warrants
stotement that If there Is any SUD
Wv not treated or of any reform not
]ec' , a for in the vast number OF bills
waiting consideration, no one mas
~" s,scovered what they are. Every
!e' Or cranky notion that ever en-
sVOI onv ones head has found express
son IN one bill or another
''' session May Last Till August.
nil unusual number of bills intro
"a suggests the thought that the
N,.,a,,re has not been making re-
",ohle haste in disposing of it's work,
and unless a decided Improvement Is
sbown in that regard, the session VIII
drag along until the 1st OF August. The
danger Of this is all the graver because
- roanv Of the bills are in the line OF
Saoided innovations and are likely to
uroyoke prolonged discussion. The gov
s.nor,e reform bills alone are sufn-
o,art,v numerous and important to FUR
r,sh work for an ordinary session.
A very pleasant feature Of the pres
ant session is the social side which Is
hOne cultivated to a greater extent
,bon ever before. More than the usual
rumber of legislators have their wives
az daughters with them and are keep
inc house. They constitute quite a col
INV and are much given to social pleas
ures. Lieutenant Governor Dunstan
and Speaker Gordon have each enter
tained at two very enjoyable card par
ties and these, In addition to numerous
informal gatherings, have served to
make the winter pass very pleasantly.
The most important measure that has
thus far passed either house received
majority vote in the lower house last
Friday. This was the Dudley bill pro-
ydlng for the payment of bounty for
beet sugar of Michigan production
mention of which was made in these
columns a fortnight ago. The unanim-
ity Of the vote in the house augurs wei
for the fate of the bin in the senate
although it is probable that ii will mee
with greater opposition there.
No Limit to the Aggregate Bounty.
The bill came up for final passage II
the house late Friday afternoon wher
but GA members were present. The vot'
stood 81 for the bill and Z against 1t
As passed it provides for a bounty o
cent a pound, such bounty to be pai'
for seven years unless the federal gov
eminent should offer bounty, in which
case Michigan Is to cease paying one
There is no limit to the aggregate boun
ty to be paid in any one year. al
amendment to make the limit $4,000
having been voted down. Some OF thos
mh tba thn,toht that thor
was danger of the amount becoming s
large as to become extremely burden
some, but the friends of the measur
cited the experience Of Nebraska an
California, each of which pays boun
ty, as proof that this need not be feared
If the bill passes the senate Ii will b
promptly approved, Governor Pingre
having long since declared himself
be In favor of II.
Homeopathic Department OF Universit
Although a bill to coerce the regent
OF the university into removing tn
homeopathic department Of that inst
tuition to Detroit has been introduce
In the senate, 1t Is not unlikely that
Will not be pushed to a vote. The bi
was introduced at the request OF II
legislative council of the State Home'
pathic Medical society, and 1t provide
mat the one-sixth mill tax for the SUI
port Of the university shall not be avail
able unless the removal Is made. Son
such coercive measure was necessary
view OF the fact that the supreme cou
mas declared that the law ordering r
moval, which was passed two years ag
cannot be enforced, the regents bell
constitutional body whose discreti'
IN conducting the affairs Of the unive
sty cannot be supplanted by the di
eretion of the legislature or any 9th
body. The council had the bill intr
ouced on the understanding that 80
cent. or the members of the home
pathic profession in the state favor
removal. A few days ago, howev'
Professor Copeland of the homeopatf
department, met the members OF I
council here and asserted that fully
per cent. Of the profession were in I
vor OF letting the matter rest this yet
h' MS suggestion the council decid
70 make another canvass of the profe
sion before deciding whether to pu
.ne Dill to vote. II Professor Cor
amos claim Is sustained the bill "
oe permitted to die In the committee
Reduction OF Salaries.
A number Of bills on the files Of ca
mouse provides for reducing the salar