The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-09
GOSSIP.
L,os Letter from Our Lam
FI.s correspondent.
PROGRESS IN LAwMAKISe.

pRl)lihE1O
,.... Neglected Towards the
''D' neck Speaker Gordon ON
tie '''.."-ruyestigation of the Par
e'''' ~, wisom-Taxation oil TEL
Con- observation-disclosures 70 '
on at looks as if moth
.,,cular account is to es-
|Dy ., poi" at the hands of the
s"s seizure. Already special
ave been appointed to in
e, =" roilroads, the management
soldIers home, the manner III
IVA wjxom, the soap-eating
p sS,aIued his pardon. the merits
oD'' voting machines. and plans
l ..S,Dg the acoustic properties
s.,.r Of representative hall
a' ,nsse committees have thus
v considerable work, and
Creations always take much
'',s from delaying business be-
me absence Of the members
:, them. it makes a taxpayer
Shen he contemplates the prob
,,h Of the session. 1t is an open
hat in spite of the constant ef-
,be part of the presiding ofh-
nu.b business, very little prog
thus far been made. although
',lature has been in session sixty
IN conversation with Speaker
,he other day he deplored the
n there is invariably but a pare
Dresent at Friday sessions. He
NJ the only way to remedy this
for the house to refuse requests
r. Of absence, and 1t Is not I'M
i that this may be resorted to.
,l,tsd that the situation toward
her part of the week under ex-
circumstances is that forty men
the public business that they
box after their private business,
sIxty men neglect their private
8 in order that they may perform
tes for which they were elected.
thorough Investigation.
are those who believe that the
bgation of the pardoning OF Con-
EIxom will develope some sensa-
details which will not be particu-
10 the credit of some persons who
been much in the public eye In this
of late. The fact Governor Pin
has given to understand that the
was urged by the prison physi-
n the ground that Wixom had but
days to live, whereas that official,
III as Warden Chamberlain, knew
be- Of the application until after
hrdOn was received at the prison
jtty conclusive proof that the gov
was sorely deceived by whoever
De alleged facts before him.
committee proposes to go to the
b. Of the matter and place the
where 1t belongs. Although there
bctually no money in the deal, the
remains that Wixom made Guard
kma, with whom he negotiated. be-
| that there was $4,000 in 1t for him.
committee propose to learn II pos
M Wiersma secured services of
b by promising to divide with them.
IA recent meeting of the Farmers
|of the legislature, an organization
numbers nearly fifty legislators
|are farmers in it's membership, the
\ Of the taxation Of telephone COM
Fs was briefly discussed. Represen-
e Atkinson stated that the supreme
Of the United States had just sus-
d the Ohio law providing for the
zion Of these companies, and that
'Ould procure a copy of the opinion
+ court and see what could be done
bis regard in Michigan. The inn
ION has obtained from this circum-
&C. and has become general. that
property Of telephone companies is
taxed in Michigan. The fact is,
'yer, that Act No. 16S, of the public
Oh 1881, covers this matter most
tually. 1t provides that the officers
'lephone companies shall annually
sworn statement covering all
property Of every name and ma
and constitutes the auditor gen.
land commissioner and state treas
special board to assess such
ery' The rate Of taxation is the
ase rate OF state and county taxa
III 'he state, so that those compan-
dy as much as any individual prop
owner Last year the Michigan
pnohe company paid the state taxes
esating S25,573.66. This will prob
ue news to many legislators who
'nuy are not posted on the subject,
gu as 10 a greater portion of the
ms Of the state.
Poor Comfort for Keer.
representative James Kerr Of the
~ saginaw district, whose seat was
week declared vacant by a strict
so.e' probably can now fully APP
a'e 'ne feelings of the dead man
: erstwhile friends meet together
pass ''. resolutions of coincidence. Aft
,ls nred him out on his head, the
u Vi the house very graciously
a., n''i certificate of character by
' ,S resolutions declaring him q
., t.now and that he was not re.
l..,. ior any Of the frauds and ir.
a alleged to have been com.
Ia. AZ the election. Some people
' SS believe that II would have
= S more manly for the major.
a m ave come out boldly and de,
a : 'nat either Kerr or Baird wa.
y instead OF splitting the diff
4 anu holding that neither re.
Wiz majority of the vote cast. thu,
as. 'ne district Of representation
Az. s, the special election to b,
,Ivin. VIII ?, Many believe, too. tina