Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-05-06
The State Legislature.
Lansing. May !. 1905.

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Adjournment talk has been more
definite and confident the past week
and proposal that seemed to meet
general approval was for the cOnclu
sion of the business session on May Is
and an adjournment one week later
Mr.. Mckay prepared house resolut-
ion To that effect, and to help along
that purpose, a resolution by Mr.. Read
Of Manstee was adopted. restricting
the consideration Of local bills 10 Mon.
days and Fridays. The Monday SEES
sionS begin at nine O'Clock i'm the even.
ing, upon the return Of the memb ers
from their homes, and Friday sessions
begin at nine O'Clock in the morning.
and only occupy the morning, before
they depart for their homes: and so
the time contemplated for work on
local measures in the house is only
about tiye hours in the week. The
facility with which the rules are sus-
pended, however. may make the pre-
ference in behalf OF the more impor-
tant general bills not SO manifest in
practice as in theory.
The one thing Of most vital signif
canoe and Of most uncertain result in
the matter OF adjournment, is the sub
jcct of primary reform, so called.
That is, uncertain as to time 1t may
take more time, or it may take less, to
reach the result, but the confident pre-
dictiOn is here ventured that when
reached that result will be the enact
ment of law substantially in accord
ance with the bill that has passed the
house by an almost unanimous vote.
and Is now In charge OF the senate com
mitlee on elections. 1t is as certain
as can be predicted of any action of "A
legislative body that the measure will
finally come out OF the senate not
greatly altered from that which went
in with such general approval.
When this will happen is not so GER
tain. The senate last Wednesday
adopted a resolution instructing the
committee TO prepare a com
parative digest OF the various primary
bills abefore the senate; and in order
that the committee should not have
too soft snap in that job. Senator
Sheldon introduced brand new bill
Of his own, which would go into the
hopper with the rest. AS the Wavue
county judicial election recount com
mittee on the part OF the senate con-
81 Is Of the elections committees hey
could probably make ~ progress with
their digest before this week, and il is
easily probable that no report may
come from that committee upon the
dill committed to them, before next
week. But dOn't get nervous. We
nave the assurance that seed time
aud harvest shall not fail: az. as the
'eeh was diligently sown by the repub-
lean party last fall, the harvest $
soon coming due, ana il is due o be
cape bl lrr sam party. The enact
nent # d primary election law WIS
and it viii b. performed.
With that subject out of the way,
here would be little difficulty in dis
posing OF the other necessary business
IF the session within the limit sug
yest.d above. And if q go many of
he local bills fail to come in under
The wire, or # they get disaRreebly In
he way Of the more important DuSi-
less it will only emphasize the import.
lnce Of such constitutional changes In
,ur legislative practice as shall relieve
he central lawmaking body OF the
most of that petty detail.