The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-04-14
Opponsa u OF Bill Busy.

Oh the luCtSuTe udNt Dctll SNCttuliSiy
knEk. Q GeIe&atfOn Of hotel keepers
and business men from various parts
OF the state being the latest to appear
before the house committee on liquor
traffic to protest against the bill. The
members Of the committee are divided
to 4 on the proposition to report the
bill favOrably, and the latest action OF
the committee in pOstpOnng further
action until the 18th inst. is cOnsid-
cred an indication that the bill may
never leave the hands of the commit
tee. The hotel men are fearful that
II the law il amended, as proposed by
this bill, to enable townships, wards
and cities to adopt local option instead
Of having the county the unit as at
present, many OF them may be put ont
Of business. They argue that Il bar is
Just as essential in a city hotel rs n
barber shop or cafe. and that the
passage of this bill would put them
out of business in many instances.
Continued delay means the death Of
The bill, and both sides can be de-
pended upon to put in their best ticks
betvvsn nnw and April IS.
Anti-CiGarette Measure.
The anti-cigarette bill is now up TO
the senate, having passed the house
late in the week. II is an extreme
measure, the penalty applying to any
person who has cigarettes in his pos
session for the purposes Of sale.
Another of Representative MingS
f.,l,
week has also passed the house. This
is the anti-hazins measure, which
makes it mayhem to use nitrate OF
silver in putting the freshman through
course OF sprouts. The house has
furthermore agreed TO the Cheboy-
gan representative bill which aims
death blow nj tradingstamp
scheme. a similar measure is pend
ing in the senate, and it is probable
that law putting these schemes out
Of business will be enacted.
Hospital for Consumptives.
Some progrGeft is beiNg made in the
effort that has been put forth for a
number Of years to secure an appro-
priatiOn for a state hospital for con-
Sumptves. This matter has been be-
fore Il number Of legislatures, but not
until this year has il been possible TO
secre Il favorable committee report.
The sum asked for is 100000. but the
house committee on public health has
cut this in two and recommended
$4,000. with $4,000 per year for
maintenance. The bill has the earn
acf OF tho ATinbiuor NToIioo1
society and the physicians of the state
generally. BY the terms of the bill
as reported only citizens Of Michigan
can be treated at the proposed institu-
ton. The bin has yet rocky road to
travel as it must now meet with the
approval OF the ways and means COM
mittee before it can come before the
house, and this committee is endcavor-
ing to hold all appropriations down TO
rock bottom.
AZ TO Surety Companies.
For two or three sessions of the
legislature an attempt has been made
10 amend the law governing the oper-
atoms Of surety companies so as to per
NIT such companies to furnish bonds
who believe in making it difficult for
these dealers to procure bonds have
rallied their forces and defeated the
attempt, going to the other extreme
and requiring that the bondsmen must
be residents Of the particular town
ship, village or city in which the pro-
posed saloon is to be located The
fight is on again this year and the sell
ate has passed the bill by just ore
more than the necessary II votes.
There will be "doings'' when the bill
is considered in the house and it is
hardly probably that it will pass that
body.
Salary for Legislators.
Another effort to give the electors Of
the state an opportunity to change the
methohd of compensating the legisla-
tors is being made, the house having
passed the Eichhorn joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the con-
stitution providing for an annual sal
airy of $500 in lieu of SO per day and
mileage as provided by the constitu-
ton as it now stands. 1t is argued
that the fiat salary would result in
materially shortening the legislative
sessions and cutting off numerous in
cidertal expenses Ia the way OF print
ing stc.
In view Of the fact that the war
dens Of the several penal institutions
OF the state appeared before the house
committee on state affairs and argued
forcibly against the Manzelmann bill
prohibiting convict contract labor, It is
believed that the bill will not pass.
The bill provides that the convicts
shall be employed on state account
only, the idea, Of course, being to do
away with competition between con-
Wet and free labor. While the war
deps MI deplored this competition,
they naintafnsd erhs the effect OF
such lay % - ypUposed would be
6serstfous N sxexy way 90 FAR as the
evsshvs eea 1n.aesgRp Of the coDvfcts