The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-04-24

dhhhNhh lll0NN - not ~ fAf'hNlN'
an institution as some OF Mlchigan's
other lock.ups. rs IN shown 10y the
appropriations To- bo reported The
amounts to be- allowed for prison
maintenance being S2O4.OOO. of which
S1S,Oh Is FOR the prison at Marquette
white Jackson. with more than twice
~ many conyicts. has cost the state
S2c.bh less The reformaiory al
lonia has hccn more expensive than
either. the Amount allowed for that
place being SSS.OOO Altogether the
prisons cosl $l9.OOU less In i'O3 than
1901. There was big jump. how
ever. since 1890. the amounts FOR that
year and 1900 being Si3S.Wu. or So"'
No less than an 1901 and 1907. IN
sane usylums are much more cNpen'
slNc than prisons. the amount sp'h'
FOR the care OF mental unioriunaic-
during these two years being Sl'-'d.'
III. an increase OF SlEDuSa over lN'f
aud 1900. The amounts spent Tor th'
various asyhms Tor 1901 "nd 1902 are
Pontiac. S;i@'iOil: kalnmnZoo. S'iNo''
3t1: Traverse city. $;IiS. l:ii; Iona
SNS,A59; Ncwberry, Sl23.S19; Wayne
StOt .1B
4. i. Navin aud other members Of
the Jackson prison board were given u
hcar.L'. 10y tho house and senate com
mitt"cs uu tho proposition 10 ESTABLISH
department FOR the manufacture ol
binder twinc iu the state prison. MI
NHN.n said that other states had tri"u
with Success the manufacture ct bind
cr Irvine by prison labor on state ac
count. II is proposed To mouWaciur,
the twiup for sale to the farmers Ui
th" state direct from The prison. Geo
Burns. president oi the Detroit Tradcs
Council. iudorsrd the plan. declaring
20 % step toward the ub0liShucut OF ia,
prison contract labor system.
Senator Waterbury has ukcn from
the table his bin providing for the 300.
terrhungc Of freight between elrctri,
and steam railroads aud had IL referred
Co the committee uu railroads. lie
also presented several petitions froI
h.S district asking fpr the passage of
this bill Tie measure provides fCi
The interchange of freight between
steam and electric railroads and the
regulation thereof I'm ca'sr matters OF
diffcrcnc, arise between the roads li
the regulation uf bushes, the railroad
commits .ipuor determines all disputes
II looks n II there would De- no ac
ton on the Colby primary bill fol
some time. The senate could have OF
dcrrd the hill printed much sooner. bui
nothing was done until "Wednesday
when. on senator Baird's motion. IN,
hill WIS returned in tie house That u
be printed q. amended. Tin" house ai
once utcpded tu the request. hut rs tn,
Hill Is "a long one. IL will probably be
late before copies can bv obtained
Some of the doubtful senator's are hc
ginning 10 be- anxious that something
should Ice done. as they are hearing
from their constituents.
Tho legislature, having passed ~,
bill for the regulation of tontluc an,
dcheuturc companies. Secretary OF
state Warner Is preparing FOR q vigor
Gus campaign against this class ol
companies. There is said to hc u,
doubt whatever of the signing of tn,
bill Foreign companies engaged Do
selling mining or oil stock uu the IN
stallmcut plan are said to come within
the purvlcw ct the new law ami thai
tho business will not be- permitted 10
Michigan.
The most interesting appointment
matter now before the governor Is that
~ OH Inspector VIM. Judson. who's,
term Will expire July | next Durinl
the pas; week JudSOn has spent somi
time In Lansing. as havr Gen. Greer
and some others of .Iudson's opponents
n II asserted. however. that GOV. Bliss
L. la 60. 4.
Charles J.. benjamin. OF Saginaw
whom the senate tried Ia land In tbs
office OF gam" warden.
Tho house has adopted resolution
providing that a committee" OF i've
FROM the house and three from ia,
senate shall bc appointed to go to still
water. Mimi. penlten,iary To invcSii
gate the binder Irvine industry In thai
institution. The Iunket, II the rcSOlu
ton goes through. Will be- one of thu
longest that ever went out OF Lansing
and will give the junketers nice hi
for mileage and expenses.
Rep. Batcheldcr Is not knocking th,
casino proposition for Belle Isle any
more. He says the hard criticism he
offered on the subject last week was
inspired by a clause In the bill provid
ing that the issue of bonds OF SljOOO
should not De included In the bonding
limit. Now that the bill has beer
amended to include the issue In thS
limit. he thinks the bill isn't 80 bad
after all.
4 bill passed by the house allows
! embalmcrS. outside OF cities. To ISSUE
burial permits In certain cases whcr,
| the township clerk Is not ayaiiahl,
! within reasonable time after a doctor
/ has issued certificate Of death. Bu
township clerks receive all focs. az
usual Township clerks are sometimes
miles away from the embalmers.
The vote Of Combs. of Lcnawc'
county. stood alone when the hous'
was tested rs To the sincerity 81 IN,
oft .rXpresscd desire Tor an early ad
| iourpmcnt Combs himself was th'
only man IN the house who voted 10
| his resolution setting the date of fina