The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
CROSS PURPOSES.
:, pingree and the Senate
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/, IS FULLY REcIPROcATED.


Down and the Amenanea
ped "a rar Bounty Bill Defeated
Be" v lin victory In Both Houses
rger' raxation of Real Estate
''s.ss. -rishsrmen'' Fears
Mich. March l6.-Last week
!. ," syentful one in the ieslsla. ,,,rs
~ ,bIngs Of an interesting nature
ned and that is more than ' can
n :, many a week In the Garner
plo ', .ession. Several of these
oOmbined tended to show very
..vely that the governor uis''Ae
u'" nate which he has taken no
lns :. ~ CONCEAL is reciprocated fully
inning down of Ex-Governor Luce
nlaee on the Ionia prison poaro'
poy Morgan wook OF Detroit
- on the state board OF cor
'.ns and charities, the practicai
,shmept Of the office of state stat
sn "a which Governor Pingree pro-
- onnoint ex-Mayor Cox OF Bat
Crock the refusal to adopt state
,.,or Moore's amendment 10 the oee'
hountv bill so as to place the ap-
'ano Of weIghmasters and inspectors
,hs hands of the governor. ana the
from the state affairs committee.
a. m wholly Of Pingree men, OF the
nrovIding that all vacancies taking
he,ore or during the legislative
.,., shall be filed before adjourn
Z, % that the senate may pass upon
nominations, are samples OF the
.,ma,t accorded the chief executive
~. INNER house. These incidents
,,n,v 90 to confirm the opinion ex-
-.ssad several weeks ago that 1t Will
oar easier for the biblical camel to
I through the eye Of needle than Tor
nv Of the so-called Pingree measures
90 through the senate. Plenty or
,sm NAV pass the house. but that Is as
8, as they will get on their way to be-
Iome laws in this year Of grace.
A Bishop In the Senate.
:, "a a singular fact that not more
|u.n one or two persons have discovered
|,bat the senate numbers among It's
rsmbers a genuine bishop. In its efforts
n secure some one to open the daily ses-
sIons with religious exercises the sem
ate has run the gantlet Of about ell the
Protestant clergymen Of the city. has
frequently pressed into service Rev. G..
Id Miller, one Of the assistant sergeants-
alarms, and, at times, has called upon
State Senator Nudge, who Is clergy
man. and State Senator Campbell. who
Is not. but has never learned that all
this while bishop has sat in the cham
Der unsupported. The person referred
10 Is State Senator Blakeslee Of Berrien,
who is one of the three ruling bishops
Of the Reorganized Church OF Jesus
Christ Of Latter Day Saints. Bishop
Blakeslee is not gifted as speaker. al
though he has no difficulty in stating
clearly and forcibly what he may have
on his mind, and for this reason he has
been assigned the duty of handling the
financial affairs of the church, duty
which he performs with signal ability
He confines his church work to thi:
feature, although having full authority
TO perform all of the functions or ar
elder In the church.
Victory for the Changers.
The grangers won q decided victor!
in both houses last week. This was II
connection with the bill making an APP
preparation for the travelling library
Five thousand dollars was asked for TIL
purpose for the ensuing two years. bu
the senate cut this to $4,000. The bill
hung fire in the house for two or thre
weeks the disposition of the committe
on ways and means being to cut the ap
preparation still further. About thi
time petitions for the passage of the bi
as originally drafted began to come i
from the oranges all over the state
These petitions stated that the farmin
community received the greatest bene
fit from the travelling Libraries and tn
grangers earnestly protested agains
the cut. The result was that the orig
inal amount was restored, and when tn
bill was restored to the senate the
body went back on its former action
an almost unanimous vote. Had 1t M
been for the grange petitions 1t Is eS
tremely doubtful IL the appropriate
would have exceeded $1,000.
There Is little doubt that the bill to n
peal the law providing for the taxatio
Of real estate mortgages will become
law. 1t passed the senate several dal
ago by a decisive vote, although II
senator's engaged In quite lively scra
before the vote was taken. 1t has
ready been favorably reported to Il
house. and a careful canvass shov
that a majority of the representative
are in favor of it's passage. AS amen'
ed In the senate the bill restricts q
exemption TO mortgages on Michigf
real estate, and limits the rate or Il
terest that can be contracted In SUI
mortgages to Z per cent. The arg
ments used in favor of the bill
that. while the mortgage tax law w
designed to reduce the rate OF intere'
Its practical effect has been to increa
1t, the borrower, in nearly every ]
stance, being required to pay the ia
1t was furthermore urged that anoth
effect of the law was to drive Michig
capital to other states.
Foreigners on Public Work.
State Senator Lawrence's bill requ
Ing that foreign-born persons shall
come citizens of this country before
titled to work on public improvement
ETC., called out much discussion In I
senate last week. and was finally
ferred to the judiciary committee
an opinion as to its constitutionality.
was discovered that 1t not only prevei
the employment of non-citizens on pt
lie works. but any other line OF wo