The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-01-13
PROMPTNESS IS
! SOLONS' PROMISE
If Carried Out a Short Ses-
sion of Legislature
- Is Assured.
DECKS ARE CLEARED FOR ACTION
No Contests of Importance in the
t. Organization of the
Two Houses.
Recommendation That Junketing De
H. Done Away with Finds Respon-
sive Chord-The Commit
tee Assignments.


leIansing, Mich, Jan. 10.1The leg.
lS1ative decks are now cleared for ac-
tion and solons are practically unani
nous in their promises of decisive ac-
Hon on all important matters and the
dispatch of work with a promptness
that will gladden. the hearts of the
Taxpayers of the state and insure a
Short session.
hSThe goll lace and claw hammer
Goat period, which always marks the
Induction of new corps of state Of
Hcials into Office has been passed, the
NO houses have chosen their officers,
= The gubernatorial messages have been
read, the senatorial caucus has been
held, ard when, upon the reconvenine
of the two houses tomorrow evening
the presiding officers have announced
the standing committees, the real bust
= mess of law making and unmaking will
be entered upon.
II Thus far the session has been wholly
Hevoid Of excitement. In the organiza-
Hon of the two houses there were no
contests worthy Of the name, while
the selection In joint caucus of a
candidate for United States senator
rvns unanimous, julius Caesar Bur
VOWS receiving the vote of every legis.
, tator Matters in this connection have
been decidedly different in some years
gone by, and. it may not be improper
to remark, present indications are
n fol -
BUSINESS in years not so far in the fu-
cure; for there still remain quite a few
ambitious statesmen in Michigan. But
more of this hereafter
Messages Well Received.
The messages of Governor Warner
and retiring Governor Bliss were very
well received by the legislators, who
gave special attention to the state
nents covering the financial needs of
the various state institutions and 9th
er interests. There is a general dis
position to economic manifest among
the lawmakers and there is reason to
hope that while no interest will be
handicapped in any way, all will be
held strictly TO imperative needs and
no new projects encouraged. The
state has developed so rapidly Of late
Years that its actual current needs call
for the appropriation Of a vast sum
and the taxpayers should not expect
to escape with a levy such as amply
provided for all of these needs q de-
cade or more ago. 1t is folly to find
fault because state expenditures are
materially greater today than they
were sin the good old colony times"
or shortly thereafter. The sooner the
Taxpayers take a businesslke view of
this situation the better they will feel
regarding it, and the less disposed will
they be to curse the legislators, who,
after all, are simply their own Great
ures.
z Accommodations for Veterans.
While, as previously stated. the dis
position appears to be to discoura ge
the enlargement of state institutions
and the creation of new ones, it is pos
sible that extensions must be made
in some cases to meet existing condi-
lions. For instance, the state board
Of corrections and charities resolved
at fits last meeting a few days ago that
the 10 veteran soldiers who are sleep
Ing in the basement of the hospital
and dormitories at the soldiers home
I'm Grand Rapids should be provided
with wholesome sleeping accommoda-
lions above ground, and that the
Known increase of men who will en-
ter that institution make necessary the
erection of more commodious build
ings. The board mentioned scans the
estimates Of the various boards and in
stitutions required by law to report
to 1t very closely and makes recon-
mendations such as the one embodied
I'm the resolution referred to only when
the need appears to be imperative.
The recommendation of Speaker
Master in an address made upon TAX
ing the chair after his election that
junkets be done away with finds ap-
parently a responsive chord in the
hearts OF the legislators generally. In
tho Judgment of the speaker, it will
be economy for the legislature to take
nm adjournment for week while all
the committee visiting of state insti-
buttons is being done The purpose Is
10 have all this visiting done at the
same time and not permit it to delay
work throughout the entire session,
rs In some former years when a COM
mittee or two was absent at n time.
Speaker Master sat down hard on the
junket feature of former years. Civ
ing the members Of the lower house
TO understand that neither the insti-
tuition officials nor the communities in
which the state institutions are locat-
ed had any desire to entertain wish
tors I'm train load lots.
Game Laws DO Not Suit.
One OF the singular things observed
BY those who have watched - course
OF legislation through several admin
sstrations Is the evident inability to