The true northerner., 1899-02-01

Der OF the legislature snOulu lOrnl one
of the junketing party was killed, and
its membership will be confined to the
committee and correspondents. To
await the reports on these visits the
legislature has adjourned until Febru-
airy Z.
Gov. Pingree stirred up the legisla-
ture with a special message in which
he interpreted the constitutional pro
vision relative to legislators salaries,
TO mean that the per diem of three dol.
lars is for actual attendance upon legis-
lative session and that Legislators are
entitled to no perquisites of any nature.
% lie, therefore, declared it illegal to
.frQnt rge per diem and mileage for visit
81 tate institutions, although this
} been the practice for many years,
n there has long been in force
which provides for the payment
expenses Of these committees.
%k 40 I was inspired by the action
O'NO oe in deciding that all the
Ao ould accompany the com
OlO.OO Ae upper peninsula This
scinded Several members
&1C M message. which was final
=, the judiciary committee.
$500 Jt comb combination nat e@ is Isl, being @
N Gov. Pngree. There is
Our of candidates midi at $ is already
tO-date repuScan af1nsn 'ps for
IN oootov,; elton of state officers. This
oOA ASe slate. as now given out. is
11n0QrC: For governor, Roscoe ID.
serving his second term as
be ple;s..n,ernl for auditor general. raj
Wilkinson, now deputy auditor
Cor state treasurer, ex-senator
Warner, of Oakland county.
1tative Taziman. of Livings-
has introduced bill i'm the
MO making it compulsory on
SOrtne ons and exercise the fran
Bucklen"eN Of sroo @ or pTrsf imprisonment p"nrs
teed ten days for any voter
lge of 20 years and not alb
ne state or incapactated by
shall fail to go TO the polls
neral election and cast his
Spring Pl5:s' Ps% s:ns e =: :n@.2.s $ j; + A es;
hem away from the polls
al rhich has been followed in
les in the state where the
streng% the two dominant parties is
about eS-y divided.
The comihittee on general taxation
has induced the house to order printed
10000 copies of-the Dudley bill which
goes the CReever-Atkinson bill one bet
ter by providing that the commission to
be created shall assess all the property
in the state instead Of confining its at
tention to the property of railroads
express, telephone and telegraph com
panies.
\ companion bill it is said to the At
kinson meas re will be introduced pro-
viding that t,e board Of assessors pro
posed i'm the Atkinson bill shall have
power TO 90 all over the state. straight
ening up inequalities and making taxa
ton more equitable. they to be given
power 10 see that their orders are
obeyed There is also talk that instead
of assessing railroad property AT the
average rate at it's cash value. as pro
vided in both the Atkinson and Dudley
Graham bill, the Pingree men may
amend their measure to make the taN
specific one assessed on cash values.
Representative Sutherland and Me
Lean seem TO think that there is some
thing wrong in the system Of buying
the other fellow a drink. and they have
given joint notice that they would
bring i'm a bill TO prohibit the practice
of treating.
The senate killed the house bill pro
viding for sending representatives, il
each company of the Thirty-third anc
rhirty-fourth regiments to Cuba anC
Porto Rico 10 eNhume and bring bacl
bodies Of Michigan soldiers The rea
son assigned was that the state already
has one representative and the war de
partment has appointed two. The com
mittee of the whole adopted Senator
Graham's amendment to the Chamber
EItain house bill providing for the relic
aEa care Of sick and disabled Michigan
soldiers of the Spanish war, the amend
ment stipulating that the expenditure
authorized shall not include anything
for medicines or attendance prior to tn,
act taking effect
Resolutions offered in the house ask
ing Michigan congressman TO oppos
the seating Of Congressman-elect Rob
erts will be considered February
TO which date the legislature has ad
iourned. The resolution was followe,
with bill which prohibits the teach
v ing of the doctrine of polygamy i
Michigan.
A bill prohibiting all hunting wit
dogs in this state has been prepared b.
Representative Hall, of this county. Nj
Hall does not think il fair TO permi
hunters who have trained dogs TO XII
= off all the birds during the first FEY
days of the open season. He think
there would be more equality abou
the proposition il the number of bird
killed were made to depend on til