The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-04-03
STATE LEGISLATURE
Brief Chronicle OF Matters OF ImpOrtantanCe

members OF the advisory board on
pardOns. IL heinE taken for granted
that there II trouble because OF his
eXcellcrcy's move to have the member
ship OF the board cut down from four
10 TWO. Tie board Is said To- he behind
With its work and the plea is made
that with az extension 81 the time 10"
which they may draw pay and an
increase of the per diem. they would
de- 81. 10 is claimed that an lnNcSti-
CATION of every ease before them has
caused the work 90 drag and that
former boards acted on very many
cases on the ~cCrctary's reports %
them.
IN important proposition which is
likely 90 br considered hy the house
committee pu ways and means. Is that
there stall he attached 10 every ap
preparation bin Tor supplies ~ state
institutions proyiso that such sup
plies. u they IN, such things as clothes.
food CO.. furniture. shall be- purchased
from Michigan persons. hrms or cor.
porations Much OF this business ~
claimed To- have gone 10 Chicago aud
Milwaukee iu the past
There is a scheme behind tile bin
recently passed 10y the senate permit
ting brewers 10 establish branch lgCu-
Giles upon payment of $50 conditions!
upon their paying one brewers hcense
~ $50. at least. that Is what AN cN
pcrienccd man iu liquor matters says
This man declares that II the bill goes
through biz cities like Detroit are like.
~ Ia lose about one-half of the revenue
they now derive from saloon Licenses
and iu Detroit this runs sOmcthin.
over S2jU.Oup u year
senator Baird has perfected his long
threatened primary reform bill Tor the
whole state. There h In the bill ~"
provision whatever for any direct vote
of the people oG nominations, state.
congressional, county or city. IL pre-
serves county conventions 90 elect del
cgatcs 60 state conventions In fact,
al the principal features ~ the pres
cut system of making nominations are
retained The principal change pro
posed IL that cducuses all over the
state shall be held on the same day
designated on the hill 80 that the
swap" caucuscs for the election of
delegates % all conventions 10 be held
in q wear NOW 80 often held In conn
try distictS, may be- done away with.
Should the Colby bill. providing Tor
direct nominations. pass the house. u
will 20 To- Baird'S committee on eleC-
tons in the senate and there rs little
doubt that Baird will substitute his
hill FOR Colhy's. aud the concessions
made To friends ~ primary reform 10y
Baird are likely to Ice all that they
Will get in this legislature.
State taxes are small compared TO
what the people Of Michigan pay Tor
running cities. counties. townships
school districts aud villages. Judging
10y what the state tax commissioners
say la an addcndum TO their annual
report. Ia fact. state taxes have de
creased, while municipal taxes nave
jumped. The report SAYS: We in.
wife the attention of taxpayers To this
fact: that for every 81 - paid for the
support OF the state administration
Sill 10 u paid 10y them for local pur
poses The average American citizen
- too apt 10 hnd fault with those
things for which he Is largely 90 blame.
II uue.half the time which he spends in
grumbiing at the great increase In
taxation was employed in attending 10
the selection of proper officials TO ad
minister the assessment and taxation
laws. there would be such y reduction
la taxes paid within the next two years
that the work of the tax commission
would bear It's fun fruition aud the
hundreds OF millions uf dollars which
10 has added 60 the rolls so cqualizc
the expenses Of government that they
would no longer Ice an unreasonable
burden To any property holder IN the
state"
The legislature is taking things easy.
so Tar Both house and senate meet
Tor 81 hour or less every Monday
night GA Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday they usually devote about
three hours every afternoon To the re-.
cepiion Of committee reports ana 10
consideration of. and action on. bills
in committee of the whole and on third
reading. short sessions Of the house
are held Friday morning. while sell
dom do enough senator's remain n
town to make . quorum OF the sen
ate Tor the weekend session. Of
course during three forenoons and as
many evenings OF each week consider
aide cumi;itIcc wort, Is done In both
branches Of the legislature. Legisla
ltlNs VINO. TWO lhhuth~ aEp. were llt-
dieting thar jhia legislature would
finally adiolrn 10y the irsi week 10
Nav. HOW So ~ their heads dubious
Is and ,lv. % ,onSs ~ though Vol
bp r.pt grinding Hrrs until June
The prospects for lcgislati~a on
freight rates are growing dim. Ii had
been proposed that in the April eicc-
ton the electors uf the state should be-
asked 10 vote upon an amendment Of
the constitution permitting the estab-
lishment OF freight rate commission.
Railroad men asked for u hearing AMI
II was fixed FOR Tuesday night Of the
18th. hut the committees were then u.
formed that the Michigan Central aud
Perr Marquette lawyers were not
ready. Hence the hearing was de
ferred Tor two weeks which VIII make
% too late Tor action before the clec-
ton. aud the proposition will not 20 To-
the voters until the fan election of
1901. even if the bill should pass the
legislature.
Rep. Nandcrcook says his PROPOSE
ton To the louse state affairs commit
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