Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-09
MICHIGAN
EVENTS NOTED
THE PRIMARY BILL HAS PASSED
THE HOUSE AND NOW
TO THE SENATE.
FLOOD OF AMENDMENTS
The Fight to Emasculate the OH
Was Fierce But Futile. and Now "
Is Up to the Senate.
How Il Went Through.

The house finally passed the DICK
'nson direct nominations bill, WIN
only one serious change from the Dill
as passed in committee of the whole
.hough the minority kept the friends
If primary reform busy for severai
hours arguing against and debating
with their amendments and proposed
excisions. The final vote was "A 10
I, and the seven were Reps. j. ,. Mon
zoe, F. T. Bennett. Dougherty, Double,
Knight, Beeman, Simpson.
Tinkering with the bill began almost
as soon as the house sat, and con-
inued for hours. Rep. Waters moved
| % substitute go per cent where the
bill OF 1905 had 40 per cent, requir-
ng that plurality TO nominate can
iidate. This was the first thing 10
come up, and therefore the first thlng
20 go down, and it went by vote OF
80 to "a.
The Campbell amendment to the
penalty clauses came up for more ais
,ussion. This amendment forbids the
purchasing of space in a newspaper,
and by the Technology of the section
makes it bribery and felony Rep.
Miller, of Detroit, succeeded after one
Of the Miller-Campbell debates, IN
substituting what perhaps should be
called the William Alden Smith
clause" This provision makes II a
felony for:
Every person who directly or indi-
-ectly pays for space in any newspa-
per- which space is used or is intend
I'd to be used for the purpose OF as
sisting or hindering the nomination
If any candidate to any Office, whether
.ocal. state or national; and every
person being the owner or part owner
If any newspaper or controlling IL OF
any interest thereon or in any com
/ oany owning any newspaper or con
; rolling the same who uses or pro
cures to be used said newspaper TO
Advertising purposes in order TO as
sist him in securing the NOMINATION
!: 20 any office.
/ This is to make it an offense for tn
E owner of a paper 10 use 1t TO forwar'
: ais own candidacy for office.
0 Chapter provides that 1t is Eel
!, )ny for candidates TO hire workers o
4 cav for space in any newspaper. Thl
5 is made punishable by fine from $40
n % $500 and six months Imprisonment
!, Rep. George Lord, of Detroit. move
d 10 have the entire newspaper claus
s eliminated, but this was lost as bein
I out of order Reps. Miller. Greusel an
e L'Esperance voted for the substt'
d ton.
- Rep. Colby moved to add prohib
y ton against cards and posters, givin
IS a humorous description of bill-pastin
5. campaigning in Wayne county, but IN
:, amendment and the humor both WEI
p, down pleasantly
D; Rep. Turner now made motion
II strike out subdivisions 4, 5, 6, ar
8: of the penalty clauses. Rep. Cam
.; DELL moved to amend TO retain sectio
- Z. the corporation bribery clause. Tn
amendment was accepted by Rep. Tu
8, ner. Rep. LEsperance moved
p amend by retaining also subdivisic
ir 3 the Miller advertising section. Tn
% was accepted. Then the house vote
IN TO retain the rest of the clauses al
%: then the bill went to a vote al
rt passed. The briberies in question we
az termed 'misdemeanors" instead OF f
40 onies.