The Yale expositor., 1903-04-10

from Tire upper peninsula who are op-
posed 90 b.. The evident intent OF these
mcinbcrs Is to- defeat the bill 10y any
scheme that may be worked. and the
plan seems Co be- 90 delay oil! nrar
enough Go the close of the session so
that the hill will die. The game was
o. have Representative GIlhralth. al
houghtuu. 0lftr Dis substitute and then
have Gallup move Go put the whole
matter over iu order that the Gal
bruith measure might br printed AMI
properly considered hy the members.
bd bUith acknowledges that hc has
had his substitute iu hand for week
ug more aud hc could have had IL print
Cd az amy time hut hc waited. fherr
were iuss enough mcmhCrs oi the
house apparently la favor Of reform
WHO were willing TO play Into the
hands ul tho convention men to pre-
vent immediate action az the bill,
though the direct voting advocates had
u majority when 10 came o. roll cal.
\ feature OF the situation Is that the
ten Democrats OF TIE house denhhd
that the bin be- amended 80 that vo'-
crS 40 the primaries VII! not Ice com
PEELED 60 swear TINT they VIII support
tie party whose ticket they wish q"
vote in the primaries and that The pro.
vision that urly such parties aS nave
had = per cent Of the vote ~ the last
previous election shall have their bal
lots printed. Dee cut ont. colby ana
other friends OF thc measure have 10y
uo means given mp the hight hui they
will probably defer To- the wishes OF
the Democrats in order To make sure
uf the pasSag, OF their hill The meas
urc WIS made a special order Tor next
Wednesday az 80. and 800 copies OF
the Galbraith substitute were ordered
printed. This latter bill would retain
all conventions except those for unmin-
ating candidates Tor local offices. II
provides u uniform day for the election
OF delegates tu conventions in order
that "Suap' cauCuscs muy hc done
away with and Delegates Ca conveu-
lions be elected directly 10y the people.
Representative Rodgers. of Muskc-
gon. wanted to cut down the appro-
priatiOn Tor the soldiers Home az
Grand Rapids from Sl3l.uOp To STA.
uon. aud iu support Of his motion hr
declared The larger amount Is not
needed. lie pronounced the SUM
asked Tor "a bare faced robbery lie
declared that deaths are constantly
cutting down the number OF inmates,
hut the sums asked from the state for
the support oi the institution ire grow.
ing right along Rodgers declared
that the home Is being used rs
boarding house for the whole Judd
family. lie said that the command.
ants daughicr-n.law is employed "a
a matrnu and pays nothing for her
food. and Rodgers had also heard that
Judd's son has taken his meals nc the
home f.r four years without paying
for them. His motion was defeated.
State land Office bills are not prov.
ing very popular In the Legislature
one OF them. 10y which the commi~-
sioHer would Ice empowered 10 lease
state lands. has already gone down
to defeat in the house Another one,
introduced by Rep. Stone. OF Lenawcc,
has passed the house 10y the small ma
iority OF L.. ana Is now on the gen.
crll order OF the senate Some ot
the opponents OF this measure say the
members of the house did Dot thor
oughly understand what they were
voting ON. or results would have been
different Representative sheldon. Of
Bay city, is frank In expressing his In
depreciation of the motives by which
the Till was passed. lie feels he has
not had fair treatment iu not being
given hearing 10y the senate commit
tee before the hlll was reported out.
though one had been PROMISED him.
\ proposed bin which IL il under
stood. was drawn mp lay former Rep
rcscuta,ivc r. T.. Wells. provides for
q $1,000 state veterinarian. and pre-.
Scribcs at length for the preventing
the spread of disease among cattle. n
would permit him 90 hire help 40 SO
q day for each assistant, and the scope
Of the measure may be- seen in this
clause: The state veterinarian shall
have power % employ. at the expense
OF the state. such persons. ana pur-
chase such supplies aud materials as
may he necessary to carry into full
effect all orders 10y him given"
Henry ltussel. 81 the Michigan Cen
trail. talked To the house and senate
committees on railroads FOR half an
hour IN opposition o. the proposed con
Stitutioml amendment To allow the
~ AANlNNAAf w 'AfNAF ~ AtAithNtAt AtAN ~
commissions Harry Il. Gustin ana
Frank W. Fletcher. Alpcna lumber.
men. appeared Co argue FOR q rate-iiX
ing commission. citing as instances OF
inequalities In rates the log rates.
which they declared had nearly
doubled Of late.
The senate on Tuesday devoted con
siderable time 10 discussion Of the
hill approprlatIng $1,000 for a Mich.
ignn exhibit at the worlds fair and at
the evening session the hill came up
on third reading and the vote stood IL
to L.. hut President Fuller ruled that
IL would take n two-thlrds vote to pass
the measure on the ground that "
provided FOR an appropriation Of state
money Cor private purposes. The bill
was tabled.
The house committee of the whole
agreed 10 the bill prohibiting tcle-
graph or telephone llnemen from trim
ml1g shade trees without consent OF
the owners Of the property IL does
not apply 60 cities where the matter Is
regulated by ordinances.
The Joint resolution submitting 20