Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-01-25
LEGISLATIVE JUNKETS.
Speaker Carton Has Found Very
Difficult Problem to
Solve.
EOLONs MAY HAVE TO ADJOURN
While the Committees Are Visiting
the Nariou, lnstitutions-Pro.
posed New Laws.

Lansing, Mich. Jan. 22.-NOtwith-
Standing the nrm stand taken by the
pr>iding officers of the TWO houses
al the opening OF tie session against
legislative junketng. the present IN
dicatiOns are that ii may be absolute
~ necessary for the legislature 10 adj
jOurn while The committees visit
the various state institutions. In fur
therance OF the non junket plan the
| house. adopted a resolution InstructlnS
tAo committees To confer With Speak
er Carton dbu-lt their trips and auth
| OrlZiuG the speaker TO arrange these
visits - THAT too many members
would mol hc absent al tEc same time.
speaker Carton has I0iHl this "a Nci}
difficult problem lo >oiNe la view Of
the fact tDar each member OF the
house L. inclined tu r,>cu amy inter
! ference with his desires Ia Tins d.rDc-
ton and the further tacl THAT uo ,ur h
resolution haS been adopted hN the
senate N hose committees are inclined
10 make their visits an ohrc and are
! DESTROYS CO.. haNu. tu, house commit
tees accompany Them
Already The joint committees on
| Marquette prison have departed 10
| commence their Investigation OF the
| alleged shortcomings, jon the maua2c-
| ul,ul ol thJi institution and Will he
absent tor % iur.ui-ht CO.. So. ili ad
d,tIou io thl> tHr JOINT committees ou
| fisheries AaNp arranged tp ,eaNo sal
urdaN nOgM for "trip 90 the various
! fish hatcuorIc~.
A Enjoy able "trip
| Each of THESE committees VIII take
away several legislators Who are not
members thereof. hut Will embrace
| the opportunity to make an enjoyable
trip and 10 need hot bee surprising il
ii is reluctantly concluded that IL may
after all bee a. we'll to have the juuket-
ing all done with AT the same time. rs
a matter OF TACT experience has proved
that mighty litue business will he
finally disposed Of While some thirty
members of the TWO houses are absent
The Marquette prison committee
promises 10 make the Investigation OF
that Institution very thorough. having
taken along aIl attorney. senator Muir
fin, SteHuGraphrr. etc.
The plan To- furnish relief for the
supreme court. which was mentioned
in the first OF this series of letters. has
uaterialized senator Nichols of
Iouia. having introduced a bill 10 in
vrcasp the number of Justices from
five to seven. and increase the term
from ten 10 fourteen years 80 that
one Justice VIII retire every two years.
The bill contemplate the election of
three justices this spring. one 10 sue
coed chief Justice Montgomery. W hose
term viii expire this year. and two
others 10 make the increase provided
for one of these justices i 10 be
elected for II years Ole for l. years
and one for ~ years.
The hin providing for Michigan ex-
hibit AT the Psn-American exposition
as reported ny the house committee on
ways and means. fixed the appropria-
ton al S4O0OO. and provides that S1O,-
| 600 OF this shall be- used for Michl-
gan exhibit. The number OF commits
siOneI's is reduced from five 70 three.
and cIrt t. made in the per diem al
| lOwance FOR expenses ~ thr commits
sioners. Even AT rhs There is some
doubt OF the bill passing
Tax bills Pour In.
Tax bills Of III sorts and conditions
continue to be- poured into the hopper.
! and the stream bids fair To continue
until the expiration OF the tittNday
| limit puts y stop 20 all bills. II VIII be
some time before there j. much cryS-
! talization Cf sentiments i'm favor of
| latest bills ON this subject is that ~
! Representative He"r. of TIouglIion.
! who proposes 10 repeal the tax on all
! evidences of credit Mr. Kerr has an
! other biU which rcpcal~ the law tax
/ ng foreign corporations having prop
ery iu this state Wj still another
/ which takes from tlr state tax COM
] mission aIl authority over municipal
or county assess mrut~
Tie first attempt 10 induce the
/ house to pass thc Dugley joint rcSo-
/ luton proposing constitutional
amendment fixing the salary Of leeiS-
| lator~ at $3.50 per Year iu lien Of the
present per diem. mileage and extra.
was failure. but another attempt 80
pass the measure VIII Dee made
Two bills I'm which The general pub
] lic VIII bp more diam ordinarily INFER
ostcd Wore introduced I'm both the
house 1uI senate few days ago.
They materially amrud tho laws gov
crufug the operations Of building and
loan associations FOO Nj,u.Ju one re-
to+ft,, b., .1,t-e-t il ,..ltf,u- oI. tIO. a.