The Yale expositor., 1905-01-06

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members OF the receiving party. whicl
included the wives or the Officials
named.
Speaker of the House.
II is a foregone conclusion that Rep
resen.dtive Sheridan +. Master O:
Kalamazoo will be elected speaker o.
the house. In fact, it will be no sur
prise If no opposition worthy of the
name develops in the caucus. The
talent is, however, ut sea as to the
nominee for speaker protein. Repre-
sentative William j. Galbraith oil
Houghton would not be a bad gIess
Charles 5. Pierce, who ably filled the
position two years ago, will be re
elected chief clerk. and will reappoint
Paul II. King of Cass, journal clerk
and +. u. Hamilton of Eaton, bill
clerk. At the conclusion of the ses
sion. Mr.. Pierce will return to his
duties as deputy secretary of state, an6
Mr.. Hamilton will succeed Henry
Humphrey as state accountant.
First of It's Kind.
The legislature which will convene
at high noon tomorrow will be the
first of its kind in the history of the
state. Never before has there convened
in Michigan Il legislature which was
made up entirely of members of the
same political party. Several years
ago. it will be remembered, the famous
John Donovan of Bay was the sole
representative of the Democracy in the
Michigan legislature. This year the
minority party has no representation
whatever.
Economy will he the watchword II
the leaders of the party can control the
situation. Governor Warner is in
sistent upon this point and will bt
watchful from his point of vantage
1t is not intended to be in any wist
penurious nor to lose sight of the
Importance of the state and the facl
that it is rapidly increasing in popula
ton. 1t is believed, however, that
material saving can be made withom
crippling amy legitimate interest
There is little doubt that movements
now on foot having for their object!
the creation of new boards and com
missions will he emphatically side
tracked, and that the tax budget vii
be kept down to the lowest possible
point consistent with n proper regard
for the legitimate needs of the state.
Most Important Matters.
Doubtless the most important mat
ters that will engage the attention OF
the legislators will be the enactment
of a primary reform law and rear
rangcment of the law creating the
state tax commission and defining its
duties. 1t is yet too early to predict
the final solution of these two veXeC
problems. but there is evidence of aI
earnest effort TO solve them correctly
and in n manner that will have The
approval of the people of the state.
1t is expected that the elimination
from the constitution at the last elec
tion of the provision limiting the in
PRODUCTION OF bills to the first fifty
days of the legislative session will tenG
to materially expedite the work. Here
tofore but little in the line of actua
legislation has been accomplished dur
ing the first fifty days of the session
because all hands were waiting unit
the last bill was in the hopper before
squaring away for business. Now this
excuse can no longer obtain.
New Constitution Defeated.
General regret is expressed at fail
ure of the people TO ratify the propo
sition to convene convention TO make
a general revision of the constitution
Although a majority of the electors
who voted on this proposition last No
vember favored it, yet it was not car
ried, inasmuch as the constitution re
quires that it shall receive a majority
of the highest number Of votes cast n
the elction, whereas less than half OF
the entire number of electors voted OF
this question.
Governor Warner has not yet de
cided upon the persons whom he vii
appoint to all the principal offices al
his disposal, there being one or two
still in doubt. The following have
however, been officially announced:
Commissioner of railroads, Theron
| W. Atwood, of Tuscola; dairy and FOOD
commissioner, a. G. Bird, of Ingham
deputy dairy and food commissioner
Colon G. Lille, of Ottawa; adjutant
| general, William II. McGurrin. of Kent
assistant adjutant general, James n
Cox, of HoughtOn; quartermaster gen.
eral, James II. Kidd, of Ionia; assistant
| quartermaster general, Walter G.. Rog
ers, of Wayne; inspector general, Car.
A. Wagner, Of st. Clair; assistant in
spector general, William n. Theilmann
of Houghton: aides-de-camp, with ranL
of colonel, Sanford Il. McGraw, Frank
y. Leland and Arthur l.. Holmes OF
Detroit. and w. e. Stewart, of Gene
see; private secretary and military
secretary, Arthur Z. Loomis, of Ionia
The governor will announce his selec.
tion for labor commissioner during the
present week.
Farmers Want Legislation.
The executive committee of the
state grange met here last week and
appointed legislative committee