The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-19


not 10 be yielded up unless a majority
OF the senate so orders.
Governor Pingree stands ready TO sign
the Merriam bill as IL passed the house.
but can be depended upon to veto II IL
the increase I'm taxes Is made any less |
than fixed by that body. In speaking OF |
the matter he said: "Of course, these |
companies ought to pay 50 ZOO, 900 or $4,- |
100000 In taxes annually, but these are |
pretty hard times and $500, 900 would go |
a good ways. We might accept the bill |
and then go in two years from now and |
make the companies pay what they |
ought to pay i would not approve the |
BILL though, If felt that il would be a
bar to our getting more tax legislation
at the next session." When apprised Of
the action of the senate In refusing to
concur in the house amendments, Gov |
ernor Pingree remarked that no special
appropriation bills would be approved
just at present. He proposes to hold
these bills up as a means of forcing
votes for the Merriam bill. These special
appropriations include $685. 900 for the
Ontonagon fire sufferers, and $1,000 for
improvements at Macknac Ilsand park,
with some to follow for Improvements
at various state institutions.
Merriam's Objection.
Senator Merriam's objection to the
house amendments Is that they are in
equitable. He says that they make the
main line of the Michigan Central pay
an increase of 1881, 200, while the increase
for all the other roads operating in the
state would be but $685. S5. With a
deadlock between the two houses, and
the governor threatening to hold up 9TH
er important legislation until he gets
what he wants in the way Of increased
railroad taxation, the prospects for an
interesting and exciting week are the
most promising, while those for the
adjournment on May 81, as agreed upon,
are just the reverse.
Another of Governor Pingree's ap-
pointees has been turned down by the
senate. This time the victim is ex-May-
or Thaddeus c. Brooks of Jaskson,
whom the governor nominated for a
place on the board of control of the
state prison to succeed Albert Stiles,
also of Jackson. Just what the objec-
ton to Brooks was is not clear. Some
think 1t was desire on the part of the
senators to block the scheme credited to
the governor to remove Warden Cham
bcrlain and give his place to Sheriff
Judson of Ann Arbor. Then, again, it
is asserted that Brooks .penchant for
kicking on pretty much everything in
sight comprised his defeat. Be that as
it may, his chances for getting a place
on the board while the present senate Is
in session are dead beyond resurrection.
Governor Pingree has already filed
three vetoes, and promises another this
week. The bill to which he objects this
time is the Holmes lien law. He says
that it is clever scheme to prevent me-
chanics from getting a lien for their
wages on new buildings. His other We
toes were of the Flint charter, curfew
and anti-cigarette bills. The first named
was passed over his veto, and anattempt
may be made to pass the cigarette bill.
The curfew bill is dead, its introducer
making no attempt to secure its passage
over the veto.
The Michigan Manual
The Michigan Manual, that much
sought after publication which has usu-
ally been ready for distribution along in
April, will not be completed until August
this year This delay is due to no fault
of the state printer and binder, however.
| 1t is simply monument to the penchant
| Of the two houses for disagreeng. For
! several sessions the state printer has
| been in the habit of getting out an issue
of the Manual as soon after the legis-
ture convened as possible, and then aft
er the April election, the legislators
would discover that the statistics of that
| contest and other valuable information
not available earlier in the year should
| be set forth in the volume, and so they
| would order a second edition printed. In
| order to save this extra expense the leg
] islature directed the state printer not to
] proceed with the printing this year until
I II was definitely decided how many
copies were to be printed, and also di-
| recting the publication held until after
! the April election so that there need be
but one edition. This order was not made,
however, until after 400 pages had been
! printed, most of which had to be printed
over again. Then the two houses
strapped for a couple of months over
the distribution of the volumes between
| them and the result Is that work on the
| publication was resumed only last week.
| The people entitled to these valuable
books will have howled themselves
hoarse long before they are ready for
| distribution, but the solons alone are to
blame for the delay.
Victory for Farmer Members.
| have apparently won a decisive victory
| in connection with the bill to repeal
| the law taxing real estate mortgages.
| Early in the session a powerful lobby of
| Detroit real estate men showed up and
succeeded in getting the bill through the
senate and there was every prospect that
the house would follow suit. Just then
circumstances began to perceived from
farmers clubs throughout the state.
These poured in so fast and numerously
| that the legislative farmers club held
meeting and marked the bill for slaugh-
ter. 1t has since been on the table. A
few days ago Representative Stoneman
made a last rally in its behalf. but he
was unable to pump any life into 1t, and
| the decisive adverse vote on that occa-
sion indicates that IL will be heard from
| no more this year
| The farmers, however, lost a point In
connection with the game bill. Those
| in the house having in view the trespass
| and damage committed by hunters who