The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-03-31
WARM WORDS.
Used by Michigan Senators In Re-
ferring TO Pingree.
The Governor Is Denounced en- de-
bate as a Demagogue-The beet
sugar bounty Biil De-
comes Law.
Especial Correspondence

Lansing, Marcn ZO.-l mere was VIII
talk and loud words in the senate of the
Michigan Legislature Wednesday after
noon. The lie was passed and the gov
ernor of the state was denounced as
demagogue. The bill of Senator Covell,
which requires the governor to make
appointments during the sessions of the
legislature so that they may be acted
upon by the senate, was under consid-
Grafton. 1t has been popularity supposed
that the direct object of the bill was To
prevent the appointment of Il. w. Bemis
as labor commissioner and he was re-
ferred to in debate as that Chicago an
archst." Senator G. w. Moore, of De-
troit. denounced the bill as an insult to
the governor, and said that its author
80 intended it. Senator Covell stated
that the bill simply required the gov
ernor to do what the trainers of the
constitution plainly contemplated he
would do when it was provided that all
appointments of the governor should be
approved by the senate. Covell insisted
that no true citizen would approve of
the governors plan in this regard, and
warming to his subject he said it was
greatest demagogue in the state. Sena-
tor Thompson said that Bemis was re-
ported to be a sort of an anarchist in
Chicago, and he thought Michigan had
enough of that kind Of people. Such
language as the governor has lately used
regarding the supreme court" he said,
would better become Herr Most or
Herr Altgeld." Unusual warmth char
acteriZed the discussion, at the close of
which the bill was agreed to in commit
tee of the whole and Immediately passed
10y vote of IS to 0.
The bill recently passed by both
houses making it a misdemeanor for
person to unlaw fully use or wear
badge OF the grand army or Loyal Le-
gion was vetoed by Gov. Pingree, this
being his maiden veto. The bill is OBJ
jected to by the governor because it
reaches every member of the order who
may, for the time being, be in arrears
for dues.
Gov. Pingree has fixed his official sig
nature to the bill providing bounty
of one cent per pound on beet sugar.
The law will go into effect 60 days after
missioner of the Land Office French.
who will enforce the provisions of the
! bill, has ordered 1000 pounds of beet
seed from the department of agricul-
ture. Already there are two projected
plants and companies being organized
in this state for sugar manufacture.
The long fight between the state fish
commission and the commercial fisher
men over pending legislation ended
Thursday, when a compromise bill was
agreed upon. This bill provides license
fee of SIS per year for tugs with steam
hoists, ten dollars for pound or trap
nets, five dollars for seines and gobble
nets and for small boats. No white fish
or trout weighing less than two pounds
are to be taken, and the close season is
TO be from November ! to December /, !
except in Lake Erie, where it is to be-
gin and end two weeks later. All meshes
are to be Az inches, but this provision
as not to take effect until 1000. in order
TO give present operators an oppor-
tunity to change their outfits without
serious loss.
Michigan will be a back-number state
y
The house sealed the fate of the senate |
dill appropriating $500 for state ex-
hibit by voting it down, the vote beng |
4S to al. The higher figure favored the
appropriation, but minority vote of
81 was essential to passage of the bill |
The debate on the question was lively. |
Economy was the keynote of the oppo-
sition and the insinuation that the eX-
hibition of the state would inure to the |
benefit Of wealthy miners and manufac-
turers had it's effect in the onslaught |
upon the bill.
The state oil inspectors office has
turned into the state treasury 81 ,625 |
as the net earnings of the Office for 1896. |
The total receipts for inspection were
$40, 800 and the expenses $24,605. The |
number of gallons of oil inspected dur
ing the year was 1s,164,575, of which |
only 2,so7 gallons were rejected.
In committee of the whole the house
passed the bill of Representative Will
lams placing persons conducting pri- |
vate banks, or receiving deposits, under |
the supervision of the bank commits
sioners. 1t also provides for inspection |
by the commissioner.
The senate has passed the bill fixing |
the legal rate of interest at five per cent. |
instead of six per cent. as ut present. |
The contract rate remains at eight per |
cent. and banks are not allowed to pay |
more than four per cent. interest on
funds. An endeavor was made to have |
the fund interest reduced to three per |
cent. on the grounds that more money |
would be in circulation instead of be-
ing left in the banks.
MIR. Dickinson's bill to prevent mob |
violence, which was defeated by one |
vote in the house, Tuesday. was passed |
Thursday, the vote of the previ
Gus day having been reconsidered. The
final vote was SO to %.
There were arguments in the house
for several days over the bill amending |
the Daw so that the placing of flags on |
school buildings shall he compulsory |
on the part oflthe school officials. The |
bill was passed, there being only seven |
votes in the negative.
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