The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-05-18
AT DAcCERS OVER THREE BILLS
Constitutional Convention, Pr
mary Election and Prison
Binder Irvine Plant.
indications Are That tho Bill Creae-
ing a state Immigration Com
mission viii Become Law
Other Matters.

Lansing. Mich. May 1i.-As the end
OF the legislative session approaches
the usual session and clashes between
the two houses are being experienced.
All the accumulated differences OF
opinions that me session has produced
must now be Ironed out and all the
legislative jockeying INDUCED in. Just
at present the two houses appear To
be endeayoring TO wear out each 9TH
er's patience In connection WITH three
more than usually important MEASURES.
These relate to primary elections.
prison binder Irvine plant and the plan
for convention TO draft proposed
new constitution for Michigan. These
three measures are In various stages
or completion and fraught with vary.
ing complications.
Each hluse has passed a constitu-
tlonal convention bill, the senate beat
ing the house out 30 far as time Is
concerned by about twenty-four hours.
| The house. however. chIcroformed the
senate bill with nestness and dispatch
and passed a radically different bill
Of its own creation.
Goes 20 Conference Committee.
The result will be a conference CON-
mittee which will undertake TO adjust
the matter The senate stood for n
small convention, reference being had
/ 10 numbers, provision being made In
the bill passed by that body for sixty
delegates, Ave 10 be elected In each
congressional district When this bill
was sent over TO the house there was
latter body the Monroe bill reported
! by is own committee on revision II
the constitution. The house stood by
ia own member who introduced mis-
bill and promptly rejected the senate
creation and a. promptly passed Rep
resentative Monroe's bill after amend.
ing II so ns 70 make the number OF
delegates 10 the convention 100 In
stead II ils as originally proposed.
This bill calls for one delegate from
each representative district IN the
state. fixes the compensation OF dele.
gates az 81 per day provides that
candidates FOR delegates shall he nom.
mated in August by the various pol.t.
cal parties. either NJ primaries or 10
convention as these methods have been
adopted by tho several districts. pro.
vides for an election IN October aud
for getting down 10 business In No
ycmher The principal points OF dis.
agreement between the two houses
have 10 do with the number Of mem.
bers 81 the convention and the COM
pensation they shall receive. As
above noted the senate bin provides
FOR sixty members az $40 per day.
while the house stands for 100 mem
bcrs nc 81 per day Doubtless a con-
ference committee will take hold Of
the matter during the present week.
situation Il Amusing.
The situation over the primary cleo
ton bill ~ somewhat amusing 10 the
man in the grand stand. II will be re-
called that as passed by the house
the bin provides for the nomination
Of candidates for United States SEM
tor and eliminates the 40 per cent. pro.
vision OF the present law, thereby Civ
ing the nomination for governor and
lieutenant governor TO the candidate
polling the highest number OF votes
regardless OF what percentage OF the
total vote that number may be- These
are the rocks on which the senate fac
lions split Those who oppose the
house bill are willing 10 waive their
objection 10 the provision relative 10
United states senator's. but are eternal
~ opposed TO the elimination OF the
percentage clause OF the present law.
The division IA 40 close that the stu.
alton just now seems 10 be that one
side "is afraid and the other dissent. "
Thu. result IL that me bill IL permitted
10 calmly slumber in the care of the
L committee on elections which favors
the measure as II came from the
house. Each side IL in constant fear
that the other will take advantage o.
the temporary absence ~ some OF the
opposition senator's ~ precipitate ac-
tlor on me bill This ia not likely TO
happen. however. but IL Is evident that
whichever il the winning side VIII
have no more than vote 10 spare.
Binder Irvine Plant Blii
After receiving the house bill APP
proprating $4,000 FOR a binder Irvine
plant In Jackson prison the senate
prison committee reported favorably
upon IL and IL then went, under the
rules. 20 the committee on fnance and
appropriations There II still remains.
| I'm the meantime the senate got busy
and passed bill carrying an appropri.
alton " $4,000 FOR a new priscn I'm
the trap rock district Of the upper
peninsula. the plan being 10 have the
inmates OF this prison crush rock for
use by fhe various municipalities OF
/ the state 10 improving their highways