The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-03-06

STATE LEGISLATURE
Brief Chronicle of Matters of Imponantance.


The way business was taken hold Oi
ana pushed on Thursday really gave
the Impression that the legislature has
awakened 10 the necessity for doing
some work. though minor bills were
chiefly considered. That general
primary election law will bc passed
Is BOW evident. though provision
That Will continue state conventions
VIII probably Ice worked I'm by having
the law cover tile election OF delegates
10y the people at large To- such con-
Nentions. which Is claimed Ia be neces.
sary in order 10 formulate party plat.
forms.
IL h also likely that each county
viii be- permitted t0 select It's own
method OF nominating candidates for
county Offices. and II the people de.
eide In favor OF continuing tO nom.
mate county. city and township Of
hcers In convention that system will
be continued. Under such bill. IL
follows. OF course that nominees
Tor congressman will continue to be
named by conventions.
The total 81 appropriations asked
HAS now been swcllcd To nearly s.
lOc.OUc. Senator smith. chairman OF
the senate finance committee to-day
gave 0ut the following amended re-
port:
Total amount previously
acknowledged ---..... IS. OGj. los "a
Additions
Road making experiments 10000 90
|. ;. experiment station. 25.OOO on
Total ............-----..S 5000. los 81
The governor has appointed Mrs
MARY &. Spencer. OF Lansing. as state
iilrirllu The fo,T-ycar term FOR
which Mrs. spencer IN nominated will
hsEiu April next. lie has also nom
innted Arthur hin. Saginaw, to hc
mruhhcr state board OF forestry com.
mls-ioners, term ct four years. begin.
rim July !. 1909; John x. Bailey. of
MacLinar Island. to be- member ct
Macknac Island state purk commits
sion. f"- the term of ten years. begin
ninl June 80. 1907.
FriEry SAW the senn1a without
quDruir. aud ended with M business
don" The house had "a quorum. hut
The SESSION lasted only about an hour.
two gv three local measures being
PASSED The bills were two. relating
counties. bill amending lac Saginaw
charter - to collection of tIxcS aud
the bill creating the new township ul
McEachrru.
The SESSIONS Will lee ro~trrae 40 .
~ "a Monday. hut the wueb 80 Ian.
Sine will probably not hr 20 long one.
uu lcrount of the Republican state con
Ncnilnn ard Michigan club banquet
which viii take place iu l'vtrOit. Fri.
dry. u %. expected that nearly all OF
the Republican members viii attend
rle=V events. aud that au. ad iourument
VIII hr taken Thursday night
a delegation OF lnpccr ciii2cnS pro.
test against the passage Or % Till pro.
viding t"r go epllrptic colony Supt
" 4 Tpl-lIsr. at the stare insane
'IsvlHm lt lapecy John lieycner Of
the huurl ut control. y X Johnson
and County CicrL ! ~ BidwcfI appear.
eel hriou. ilr committee to object 10
the rrmovai ur the cpiirrti, patients
from fur ilprer institution
Friend Palmer worked Toe wears 90
got from tn, national government Iu
award 20 Michigan OF It's WAY claims
hut was nrVcr able tu get any paw
from th" state FOR his WORT Repre-
sentative DENLY haI introduced rc.
solution iusiructibg the board Of 80.
duur> Io examine Mr. p1.msV'~ claim
% ptv.
Another labor Till provides that So
week 81 iR fouseholder'S wages
shall bc exempt irouI the provisions
Tor tho rtrn.shrr law. Thh, VIII prob.
ihly stir M ~, oct fi-lh over gar.
nislrc proceedings
Ferry las Introduced Il bin provld.
inL 10" ynlorcd regiment of state
troops. 10 il the same ine.i~iirc which
Representative Amrs rathvtrd IN 1901
ard which failed iu pass.
The spuit" cunliru'pd The uomin.
alton at James M"NuaEInon. OF Cllu-
met. and Wtu. Kelly. of Vulcan. as
mrmh,rS nj tile board OF control Of the
College Of Mines.
Representative Dernis has revived
the hill 20 have women placed on the
bOntds uf control OF state lnStltu.
tions where there an Inmates OF the
weaker sex.
The Till approprIating $4,000 FOR
the semi-ccniennial celebration OF the
opening ct the Sault Ste. Marie canal
was passed 10y the house Thursday.
Representative Lane will Toe able 10
leave Mercy hospital IN about two
weeks. but be viii not he able 10 ~.
| tara TO the Legislature.
CONDEMNED NEWS.