Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-06-11
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.

Urinary reform was shunted 10 the
side track by the senate Thursday, ana
the so-called machine men won Out.
The question was whether the senate
would accede 10 the request or the
house that the Baird bill be returned
10 the house, the intention being 10
amend 1t by putting in members Oh
me legislature and county officers. Inc
house members had learned that the
senator's intended 10 appoint CONFER
ence committee, in accord with the re-
quest made last week, the senators
expecting 10 let themselves out IN TINS
way, realizing that with the short time
left IN which To do business. no Dlll
could be agreed upon. Accordingly
the house withdrew its request FOR
new conference committee. having be
fore the senate the request that the
Baird bill be returned The long de-
bate did not change vote. On the
roll call the matter was referred 10
TIE committee OH elections 10y the FOL
lowing vote:
Binder Irvine will not be made in the
Jackson prison as the bill 10 establish
the plant was killed by the house on
Thursday, so an appropriation OF S4Oo-
OOO will not come into the tax levy mt
present. The bill evoked warm de-
bate, 1t was noticeable that nearly all
the farmers were in favor OF the bill,
and Representative Shea declared, in
strong speech, that organized labor
also favored 1t. The roll was called
and the bill defeated 40 10 A.. The
nays were: c. s. Adams, Ashley, Aus
tin. Bolton, Brown. Campbell, Colby.
Delisle, Dennis. Ferry Fisher, Greusel,
Hallenbeck, Harley, Hemans. Higgins,
Holmes, Hunt, William Kirk, John
Lane, o. b. Lane, Lowell, Mccarthy,
Morrice, Newberry, Nottingham, Os-
born, Paddock, Petit, Gardner,
Powell, Reynolds, Richards, l.. c. Rob
inson. Rodgers, Sanderson, Sheldon,
Siggins, Vandercook, Wade, Walker,
and the speaker-42.
The Paddock bill TO tax sleeping cars
Is laid TO rest and a careful eXamina-
ton Of ii shows that it would really
have accomplished little If anything
had it been passed. The tax commits
Sioners have estimated that if the
sleeping car companies would pay
taxes on their cars according 10 car
mileage in Michigan. the amount of
their annual tax would be about $40
900. Since 1887 practically nothing
has been paid to the state on this class
of property. the legislature steadily re-
fusing 10 put through any measure that
would be effective. On the basis of
computation given above, the amount
that the state has lost in sixteen years
since 1887 is about 100000.
Representative Dunns bill providing
that liquor dealers on the st. Clair
Flats might escape with n $3.50 H.
cense fee and he permitted TO do bust
ness six months in the year, failed to
pass in, the house. Members figure
thattE any deviation from the regular
s5G l Is made, It VII HI sEs4te pre-
| lauohffCt liquor men all over the state
wno want to do business only part OF
the year
Early in the session there was con-
test of the seat of Representative Wer-
line, the Menominee Democrat. II is
customary in such cases for the !egis-
lature 10 order the expenses of the con-
testants paid Werine did not put
in his Dill until recently, when he pre-
scented an account Of $500. Represen-
tative Colby's committee on elections
cut this down to $3.50, and at that
amount II was allowed by the house.
Among the bills passed was the one
providing for four additional oil inspec-
tors, for which Inspector Judson has
been lobbying. though it was intro
duced by Senator Glazier, and which
was defeated few days ago. Roug-
ers, Of Muskegon, opposed it. saying,
1T is an outrage that any state en-
ploye or head Of department should
lobby here for such a measure, and we
ought not to permit it,"
The bill to reduce the number OF
members Of the pardon board and in
crease their pay has been passed by
both houses, the houses having put il
through on third reading this morn
ing. Representative Morrice tried to
have it amended so that the rate OF
pay for members would be 50 per day
ms at present. instead of 81 as pro-
vided in the bill, but the motion was
defeated
Some legal defects were found in the
act relative to manufacturing and mer-
camille corporations passed and signed
some time ago These defects were
remedied in the house committee on
private corporations and the bill as
amended was re-enacted on motion Of
Representative DENLY. 1t is expected
that the same action will be taken by
the senate early next week.
The legislature will quit work next
Wednesday, June 10, with final ad-
Journment June Is. Such was the reso-
luton adopted by the house Wednes-
day and concurred in by the senate
Thursday.
The governor has signed the Not.
tingham medical bill containing the
amendment empowering the medical
board OF registration to revoke the H.
cense Of any practitioner who inserts
an obscene advertisement.
Immediately after this action was
taken the house resolution TO quit work
next Wednesday came up, ana it was
concurred in by viva voce vote.
IL s. Earle's bill TO establish good
roads bureau came up and Colby raised
the point that it would not be consti.
tutional. but ii was passed.
Nays Barnes, Burns. Cook. Farr
Glasgow, Goodell, Lockerby. Scrpps.
Scullen. Simons, Vaughan, Weekes.
Woodman-13.