Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

or the legislative session approaches
the usual session and clashes between
the two houses are being experienced.
All the accumulated differences of
opinions that the session has produced
must now he ironed out and all the
legislative jockeying INDUCED in. Just
al present the two houses appear tn
be endeavoring TO wear out each 9th
er's patience In connection with three
more than usually important measures
These relate 10 primary elections,
prison binder Irvine plant and the plan
for convention to draft a proposed
new constitution for Michigan. These
Three measures are I'm various stages
OF completion and fraught with vary
ing complications.
Each huse has passed conStltu-
tional convention bill. the senate beat
ing the house out SO far as time Is
concerned by about twenty hours.
The house. however. chloro :@vmed tue
senate bill with neatness and dispatch
and passed radically different bill
of its own creation.
Goes To Conference Committee.
The result will be n conference com
mlttee which will undertake to adjust
the msrter. The senate stood for
small convention. reference being had
TO numbers. provision being made in
the bill passed by that body for sixty
delegates. five To be elected i'm each
congressional district. When this bill
was sent over TO the house there was
already on the general order of the
latter body the Monroe bill reported
by its own committee on revision if
the constitution. The house stood by
its own member who introduced this
bill and promptly rejected the senate
creation and as promptly passed Rep
resentative Monroe's bill after amend
ing II so as to make the number Of
delegates to the convention 100 in
stead II us rs originally proposed.
This bill calls for one delegate from
each representative district in the /
state. fixes the compensation OF dele |
gates AT - per day. provides that !
candidates for delegates shall be nom |
mated in August by the various pollti- |
cal parties. either az primaries or i'm /
convention. as these methods have been /
adopted by the several districts. pro
vides for an election in October and |
for getting down 10 business i'm No
vember. The principal points Of dis
agreement between the two houses
have to do with the number of mem
bers of the convention and the com
pensation they shall receive. As
above noted the senate bill provides
for sixty members at $40 per day.
while the house stands for 100 mem
bers at So per day. Doubtless con-
ference committee will take hold of
the matter during the present week
Situation Is Amusing.
The situation over the primary cleo
ton bill is somewhat amusing TO the
man in the grand stand. IL will he re-
called that As passed by the house
the bill provides for the nomination
II candidates for United States sena-
or and eliminates the 40 per cent. pro-
Vision Of the present law. thereby Civ (
NJ the nomination for governor and {
lieutenant governor 10 the candidate
polling the highest number OF votes ,
egardlesS Of what percentage OF the I
otal vote that number may be. These I
ire the rocks on which the senate fac. q
ions split. Those who oppose the G
Iouse bill are willing to waive their 7
objection TO the provision relative to Il
'nited States senators. but are eternal :
V opposed TO the elimination OF the
erceDtage clause OF the present law.
The division is so close that the stu. =
ZION just now seems 10 be that ono !,
lde "is afraid and the other dissent" q
he result is that the bill is permitted :,
D calmly slumber In the care of the ;,
ommittee on elections which favorS =
1e measure as il came from the ii
ouse. Each side is In constant fear u
nat the other will take advantage OF >,
~ temporary absence OF some OF the :.
Dposition senators To precipItate ac-
on on The bill. This is not likely TO a
appen. however: but 1t Is evident that =,
'hichever is the winning side win ;,
ave no more than a vote 10 spare. :.
Binder Irvine Plant Bill. 81
After receiving the house bill APP 10
-opriating $4,000 for binder Irvine III
ant In Jackson prison the senate
'ison committee reported favorably Ia
BON IL and IL thea went under the Oi
Hes. 10 the committee on finance and I'm
preparations. There IL still remains be-
the meantime the senate got busy pr
ID passed a bill carrying an approprl- "
ion Of S350.OO0 for new prison In ST
q trap rock district of the upper n,
the plan being 10 have the ol
mates OF this prison crush rock FOR al
e by the various municipalities of he
. state in improving their highway. h,
he rock IS to be sold to the mu- n
cipalities and the prison lie thus oa
ade source OF profit 10 the stare an
ow then. we have prison industry ig
u passed by each house and sent
the other with an opportunity nj ~
ast for playing Off one against the go
her or effecting a compromise by the ,h
rms OF which both bills will become 10
vs.. While the latter is possible. it lin
not considered probable. ir
The much discussed Davis bill ex- IN
npting all credits from taxation was ,a
Sposed Of by the house last week .u
ter a discussion which continued INF
r several hours. IS anticipated in
TROUBLE AT MIDLAND.
On application OF Attorn. Beckwith