Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-01-26
THE LEGISlATU...-:.
Work OF the Session Nav On

abolished n peculiar part OF legislator
in Michigan. the Introduction of sAel'
eton bills. Formerly, when all BIS .l..d
10 be introduced during the first 90 days,
everybody who had a bill in nina Dds
not prepared, would introduce bill Ivy
title, as, a bill to amend the act pro
viding n charter for the city of Detroit
Then III he wanted 10 put in the real
bill later in the session he would take
that title, and add the real bill. very
large number of the bills introduced III
the last session were only titles, and
lots of the titles were never used.
But this year, the 1913 bills intro
duced in the house are all real bills
Last year they had l31 bills after three
weeks, a large number Of them 'skel-
etOn bills So in the senate. they have
56 real bills, and last year they had u
skeletons. But just as soon as we settle
the budget. and pass few necessary
general laws. Wen shut down, and the
man who delays his pet measure Will
get left
Speaker Master is keeping up his
campaign for a short session "A yigor-
ousiy as he fought for the abolition of
the junket. The senate leaders say their
work can be done as soon as the house
is done.
The house was in session just half
an hour on Saturday and adjourned
Until Monday night The senate lacked
one member OF having quorum. When
the legislature takes a weeks recess
next Friday to allow the committee on
upper peninsula institutions TO take
their junket. one month, or one-tifth Of
the session Will have been completed.
Rep. Ming. OF CheDoygan, will intro
duce bill providing for capital punish
melt
Rep. Wallace. OF Newaygo. introduced
n bill calling for an appropriation of
$40 coo To empower the state TO take
charge OF the tuberculosis sanitarium o.
Or. j. {. Branch. n, White Cloud. for
two years, for experimental purposes.
Rep George Lord. of Detroit. is very
confident that his bill providing for eX-
else commissions to handle the liquor
traffic all over the state will pass and
hec0me law. but says he has made
some changes in his plan. II VIII pro-
vide that when "a saloOnkeeper takes out
a license, certain conditions as 10 the
conduct Of LIS place Of business shall
be imposed, and II he violates them his
license shall he revoked. This matter is
10 be in the hands of a license board or
commission for each county, to be APP
pointed by the governor. The number
to be appointed in each county has no.
yet been determined upon, but the
boards are to he non-partsan. As intro
duced, the bill will provide that there
shall not be more than one saloon for
every 800 inhabitants.
Senator Moffatt presented bill max
ing an appropriation OF $500 TO be
used for the completion OF two build
ingS for patients of the Northern Mich
igan asylum.
Representative Herkimer. of Monroe,
has revived his bill to prevent tee-
graph or telephone companies from
trimming shade trees or setting poles
without the written consent Of the
owner. If company and property
owner cannot agree the railroad com
missioner is 10 decide. Herkimer says
farmers AL over the state demand
the passage OF the bill
Wednesday afternoon President Pro
TEN. Glasgow of the senate. presiding
over the joint session Of the house and
senate, declared Julius c. Burrows
elected senator for third term for
six years from March 4 next. This
declaration was made after the sec
retGrieS of both houses had read the
proceedings Of the sessions OF TdcS
day, at which each house voted IMAM
imousiy, on roll call for reelection
OF Senator Bu~rows.
The announcement by Mr.. Glasgow
WAS received with applause from the
floor, and a large crowd of ladies in
the gallery. w&o shook thc'r handkcr-
chiefs. The joint convention then adj
iourned.
Reps NIanZelmann and Duncan. OF
Detroit have convict labor bills. Mr.
Manzelmann's bill would abolish the
contract labor system. and cOnfinc the
work of the cOnvicts TO making arti-
cles for use in state and county insti
tutions. Mr.. ManZelmann has obtained
figures from Warden Vincent of the
price paid per convict by contra ctors
whose work is done at Jackson prison.
and the wages n freeman would re-
ceive, working at the same trade
Some Of the figures follow:
Wire brush workers Convict. % td
81 cents free. $50 to So. Broom maxi
ers-Convict, 80 to 30 cents; free. So,
Granite stone cuttA"s Convict 81
cents: fro. 81 20 So.
IF the work OF those convicts, in.
stead of coming at those rates into
competition with free labor, were put
into work needed by states and coun.
ties" said Mr. ManZelmann, 1--WE
might make money like New York i'm
stead of giving $4,000 allowance To
Jackson prison every year. New York
made S99.993.S9 last year"
SOIpa gpu1 fore pptn biN (.1nS u.
Cropsey and Brown, cavor all uppes
peninsula committees goilg together.
Some favor each committee making
a separate trip TO its own institution,
This is the plan OF Doherty, Baird,
Moriarty, and the house leaders.
Trips are also talked OF for the com.
mittees on fisheries, minerals and geo.
logical survey.
Rep. Powers or Branch, Introduced
bill in the house calling for a $4,000
maintenance appropriation for the
state public school. for each OF the fisi
cal years 1866 and 1867. He alsd
asked $1S.351 for especial purposes.