The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-04-14
JETS WEEK MAY SHOW RESULTS
Long Pending Controversy Over
Baird Bill Settled by
Compromise.
Governor Warner Would Bring Mich
igan Private Banks Under the
Supervision of the State
Banking Department.

Lansing, Mich, April l1.-N now
books as If there would be something
Hotng along primary election law lines
In the very near future. This week
promises todevelope substantially what
the action of the legislature will be in
this direction. Today the house will
outside the Ivery-Double bill, which
Comes nearer rejecting the views Of
Governor Warner than any other meas
tire thus far introduced. 1t is con-
structed along the local option lines
laid down in the last Republican state
platform. and it is this plan that the
governor has consistently advocated
for months. He advocated it frankly
in every speech he made during the
campaign ana has been equally as
ffanh in expressing his opinion since
his election and Inauguration.
h Public Hearing in Senate.
In the senate public hearing on
the general subject of primary cleo
tion law is to be held Friday of this
week 1t is expected that this meet
ling will be largely attended. citizens
of the state generally being invited to
be present and express their views.
When these two discussions have
been held. it is probable that the at
Inosphere will be so clarified that an
accurate prophecy of the 1inal outcome
can be made The files of the two
houses are fairly loaded down with
primary election bills which simply
differ from one another iii glory, as it
were, so that the taste Of the most
faStidious can be satisfied without
making it necessary for the lawmak
ers TO leave their seats.
Sportsmen who come to Michigan
each year from all parts Of the coun-
try In quest of fish ana game WIN be
Interested in the announcement that
the long pending controversy over the
Baird BILL which prohibits the spring
&footing of ducks, has been settled by
q compromise. The introducer Of the
bill has consented to permit the
slaughtering of ducks in the spring,
providing the commencement of the
open season is changed from March 2
10 March 10.
Shorters the Season.
This, it will he noted, shortens the
season thirteen days. The senate game
committee before which this compro-
mise was agreed to also decided to
permit the shooting of redheads,
tduchs, of course, not newspaper cor
Respondents An added provision
prohibits the killing Of quail for a
period Of two years, and to limit the
Humber of partridge that may be shot
cir tn
Hr provision will protect song birds OF
al kinds from slaughter.
The discussion of this bfll developed
the fact that there was quite a gen.
eral disposition on the part Of men,
bera-Df the committee to require trout
fishermen to obtain a license and pay
4sfee- Some Of them desired to make
this fee as high as $40 for non-resi-
Hepts and 81 for residents of Michi-
gan This was believed by the state
game warden to be excessive. No
Rpount was agreed upon, but Senator
Ratrd gave notice that he would in
Edduce a bill making the fee So for
Tesidents and 80 cents for non-resi-
dents.
2: Supervision of Private Banks.
Although himself a private banker,
Governor Warner is very much in
Favor of bringing these institutions I'M
der the supervision of the state bank
itg department There are several hum
dred Of these private banks in Michi-
gan, and the governor is convinced
that the interests of the depositors
zyould be greatly advanced by having
them under state supervision, subject
TO examination, etc. He believes that
had such Il law been on the statute
books during the past few years sever
al disastrous failures of private banks
would have been avoided. AS stated
dn a previous letter. several previous
attempts to pass such a bill have been
defeated
BY way of assisting the proper cele-
brafion of the fiftieth anniversary of
the completion Of the st. Mary's Fails
ship canal, which win take place M
Sault Ste. Marie i'm July, the senate
has bill making an appropriation OF
E1aOOO.
In Memory Of Ecx- Gov. Luce.
Arrangements are being made for
NILS HOhOi W 1uc hhcihViJ VI hA-OON-
ernor Cyrus q. Luce, who died a few
days ago. Tie two houses have ap-
pointed special committees to arrange
for memorial service to be held in
representative hall on the 25th inst.
1t is understood that United States
Senator Burrows, Congressmah wash
dngtnn Gardner and Former Insurance
Commissioner Milo ID. Campbell will
Deliver memorial addresses. Major
pampbell was private secretary 60
Governor Luce during his term as
chief executive.
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