Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-01
THE LEGISLATURE.


II Is taken for granted that there is
40 chance for the bill 10 exempt mort
cages from taxation To become law,
even though the measure went through
the house. Gov. Warner opposed the
measure, and this was one of the few
measures upon which his influence
was not effective in the lower house,
but In the senate Warmers opinion
that mortgages ought still to remain
on the tax rolls Is likely TO prevail.
Chairman Jones, of the senate com.
mittee on taxation, as well as Senator
Doherty, also member Of the commit
tee, favor the bill, and it may be re-
ported out, but 1t is not likely TO get
enough votes on the floor TO pass IL.
President Pro TEN. Glasgow, who is
also on the committee, Is strenuously
opposed to the bill.
There is one class of corporations
in Michigan that floats around without
any legal existence. According to cleo
trical men lighting concerns simply
go ahead and do business without any
powers or imposing any restrictions
other than those imposed upon the or
binary individual. 1t is asserted that
when the DENLY general law for the
incorporation Of industrial concerns
was passed two years ago, the law un-
der which electric light companies had
been doing business was wiped out and
nothing was substituted.
Two bills to remedy this condition
have been introduced in the house.
One is the Stockdale bill It's author
comes from Allegan, where the big
water power plant is located, and it's
owners would like the right to send
its Juice all through southwestern
Michigan, but they find it hard to get
the right to put in their wiring. Stock
dale's bill therefore prescribes that
such companies may condemn rights
OF way for their wires, and this pro-
vision in the bill has stirred up some
opposition, making Judge Stockdale
hesitate to push it. Some of the best
members of the house, however, in
GLIDING Representative Benton, of
Worthwhile, say that such companies
ought to have just as good a right to
condemn rights of way for their wires,
under proper restrictions, as the cleo
trio roads nave to do so. a bill for
which purpose was passed by the pres
ent legislature
The development of electric lines
and water power plants is among the
features OF modern progress, says
Benton, 'and | believe the law should
provide that old fogies, whoever they
may be, should not be able TO block
such enterprises"
Senator John Bairds primary bill
passed the house Wednesday with
hardly a hitch, and at last the two
houses and the administration have
agreed on a primary reform measure
to be submitted to the people. The
bill passed by a vote of SO to s, the
largest vote cast in the house this SEES
sion, only three members being alb
sent. All amendments were defeated.
Everybody stand pat if you want
this bill to pass. The senate has had
change of heart and is looking for
this bill TO kill it if it goes back there"
With that stentorian declaration
Representative Simpson of Van Buren,
Wednesday afternoon tore away from
the Michigan Central lobbyists their
last chance to hang up the bill allow
ing the encouragement to investigate
the books of the company in the states
efforts TO recover $4,400,000 of taxes
held back by that road.
The result of the fight was that Rep
resentative Heald's motion TO suspend
the rules and put the bill on its imme.
date passage was carried by 20 to "a.
The roll call was as follows:
Yeas-Adams Or. NJ, Agens, Att
ridge, Beal, Benton, Bland, Bosley,
Brockway, Clark, Decker, Dewey,
Dickinson, Duncan, Durham, Ellis,
Fairbanks on. W., Fairbanks, Earl,
Fisher, Fisk. Greuscl, Hanlon, Harris,
Head, Herkimer, Holmes, Hudson,
Hunt, Ivory, Jerome, Kelley o.. La,
Ladner, Lane, Lord, Mccain. Mccall,
Mccarthy. McCracken. Mckay, Man
zelmann, Mapes, Merritt, Ming Mon
roe (J. HI, Morrice. Nank, Noting
ham, Parker, Petit, Powers, Prosser,
Schantz, Scott, Shook. Simpson,
Smith, Speer, StJckdale, Stone,
Stroud, Thomas, Tiffany, Towner,
Vance, Van Keuren, Wallace, Ward,
Waters, Watt, Wayne. Whelan-70
Nays-Adams %. H., Austin, Bail
lie, Bunting, Byrns, Garfield, Double,
Dunstan Eichhorn, Galbraith, Gordon,
Higgins, Kelley (S. H., knight q. b. 4,
Knight CIV. Al, Lowell, McAuley,
Monroe G. s., Oviatt, Partlow. Read,
Robinson, Scidmore, Stannard, Turner.
Walker, Mr.. Speaker-27.