The diamond drill., 1907-04-27

illness OF his mother, tnis important
subject was not considered by the
house last week as was the program.
IL will be taken up this week, having
been made a special order A vigor-
Gus effort viii be made 20 put into the
bill certain important provisions not
approved by the elections committee.
by which IL was considered. The ma
ture OF these provisions IL clearly In
dicated by the various sections OF a
bill introduced In the senate by Sena-
tor Allen last Thursday. It being gen
orally understood that the senator rep
resents the Views OF Governor Warner
In this connection, This bin does
away with the requirement that the
successful candidate must receive 40
per cent. OF the votes cast at the
primaries, thus giving the nomination
60 the candidate who polls tho great
est number OF votes. and provides for
nominating candidates for United
States senator by direct vote. These
two provisions will. if Governor War
ner Is able 10 control the situation, be
Il luStIttu III hVu1t btits
Hard Fight In Prospect.
Possibly the hardest fight OF the ses-
sion will be waged against the adop'
tion OF these proposed amendments.
Both are very dIstasteful but the op-
ponents OF both would. II they must ac-
cept either. prefer the inclusion OF the
| United States senator idea. They will
make the fight OF their lives against
both propositions, the understanding
being that they viii sacrifice the sena-
tQrshIp to retail the perceQtage clause.
II VIII he readily seen that there Is
always q chance with the percentages
clause TO defeat the nomination OF any
candidate at the primaries and thus
throw the contest into delegate con.
yention. All that Is necessary Is %
judlciously plant sufficient number
OF candidates In various sections OF
the state so as to make 1t impossible
for any one candidate 20 poll 40 per
cent or the total vote cast An I'm
portant feature OF this bill ls the so
called corrupt practices" section. This
makes Il an offense 10 purchase drinks,
riages for the purpose OF conveying
voters 10 the polls, or spend money
for anything OF like nature in connec.
ton with ones campaign for election.
The penalty for violation Is forfeiture
| or nomination or election. The out
come OF the contest over these pro
posed amendments cannot yet be &C.
| cnratply foretoid
Appropriations VIII BE Cut.
When asked for appropriations FOR
the ensuing two years aggregating
S11, 162. 900 as compared with total ap-
proprIations OF 81, ,269.0 900 for 1905 and
1907, the legislators generally see the
necessity for much judiclous pruning.
On the other hand. OF course, each
solon wants the bill In which he Is in
terested left as II is. being willing 10
have the necessary deductions made
from the bills OF the other fellows
IL ls very evident that many approprl-
atlons will be cut. while others will be
denied in toto. IL is recognized that
tho growth OF the state. etc, makes
II necessary 10 somewhat increase the
budget. but II Is nevertheless proposed
10 keep the total very close 10 what It
was two years ago. There IL much
anxiety on the part OF various inter
ests MS 70 the final outcome and the
finance committees of the two houses
are being besieged from all sides.
4 movement Is on foot In the
judiciary committee or the house "a
make provision FOR juvenile courts
throughout the state. the deslrabilIty
or having this class OF offenders taken
care Of outside Of the regular courts
being conceded. The plan is TO estab.
| llsh such courts In every county IN the
state and IN all cities having a popu-
lation IN excess of 10000, and the
judges Of probate Of the respective
counties shall preside over the Juvenile
courts In counties In which are To-
Gated cities having population OF 90
900 or over the Judge OF probate Il
given Jurisdiction OF Juvenile cases
outside OF these cities, for which spe-
cIal provision viii be made. IL y
hoped 20 Improve the situation greatly
by not treating these offenders as
hardened criminals.
Prison in Upper Peninsula.
state Highway Commissioner Earle
who was an active and persistent on
ponent or the binder twine plant BILL
got wise 20 the situation some days
ago and Withdrew his opposition. con
Guiding 10 concentrate his efforts on
bill establishing n new prison I'm the
trap rock district OF the upper PENN.
sula. In accordance with the energetic
commissioners ideas Representative
Stannard has introduced a bill making
an appropriation OF $4,000 for the es
tabllshment of such a prison, the In
mates OF which are TO be employed at
breaking rock, which IL 60 be sold To
The various municipalities OF the state
in improving the highways Commis'
sloner Earle figures that by this meth
od the conylcts would not only be
nrnftohtv emplOXed In "A manner that