The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-12

| tee of the house no chance at the bill,
and several members Of that commit
tee opposed the project to ignore the
committee In the premises.
Carried, 20 to 49,
More than two-thirds of the mem
bers of the house, however. favored
| the project, which was carried by a
vote of 20 30 IS. The bill was made
the special order for Thursday after.
noon of this week. and there appears
to be no doubt that it will Mt that
time be passed just as it came To the
senate.
1t Is now proposed to give attention
to the general railroad commission bill
which creates a3cOmmission of three
members with powers the same, as
far as possible. as those possessed by
the interstate commerce commission.
This bill. so its sponsors claim. will,
If ii becomes n law. go 4 long way
toward settling the veXed demurrage,
car shortage and freight rate ques-
tions.
For Protection of Life.
Senator Burt ID. Cady of Port HUI
ron, has railroad bill which he be.
lieves will go far toward protecting
the lives of railroad employees and the
travelling public. 1t makes it unlaw-
full for any railroad company doing
business i'm Michigan, that operates
more than four freight trains in every
twenty-four hours. to operate over its
road OF any part thereof any freight
train consisting of more than fifty
cars, exclusive of caboOse and engine.
with less than full train crew, which
shall consist of one conductor. one ell.
ginccr, one fireman, two brakemcn and
one 1agman.
1t is provided that the 1ayman shall
have had at least one years expert
ence i'm train service. A train of less
than fifty ears must he provided with
crew Of five trainmen, only one
brakeman being required Every NAL,
express or passenger train must have
crew of an engineer, Aeman, con.
ductor, brakeman and fiagman, and
the brakeman or 1agman shall not be
required to perform the duties OF bag.
gagemastcr. express messenger or
train porter.
Binder Irvine Plant Bill.
1t is expected that before the house
adjourns today the committee on ways
and means will make a favorable re.
port on the bill making an appropri-
alton for the establishment of a binder
49,, II, To-, l.. ,N,tea rI,;e
bill has already been favorably re-
ported by the regular prison commit
tee. 1t is not expected that there will
be any unusual delay in the consd-
Grafton and passage of this bill by
the house, and there is little reason
for supposng that it will encounter
serious opposition in the senate. Ii
will. in all probability. become a law.
Another important matter to have
early attention is the primary election
law. This will be taken up within q
few days. An influential element dc.
sircs to amend the law so as TO elm.
mate or reduce the percentage Of the
total vote east necessary to be secured
by the winning candidate, while a do
termined effort will also be made 20
include the nomination of candidate
for United States senator.
Bills Put to Sleep.
Two bills which have attracted more
than ordinary interest throughout the
state have been put to sleep apparent.
ly during the past week. One of these
was fathered and urged by the base
ball fans of the state 1t provided fOf
submitting the question of allowing
the playing of baseball Oh Sunday tc
the voters of the respective municipal
tiles. In the early stages Of the ses'
sion this bill with its referendum pro-
vision appeared to find some favor
but after the Allen bill permitting the
city of Flint TO settle the question fOi
itself was defeated in the senate, tho
chances Of the general measure waned
1t was on the special order of the
house, but day or two ago it's intro
ducer had it taken from the specia
order and tabled. 1t is not likely &c
be heard from again.
The other lately deceased hill Is one
which sought to create n state commisN
sion to examine and license ccrinir
classes of electrical workers who were
to he required to give bonds for the
proper performance Of work entrusted
to them. For some reason or other
none of the provisions of the bill ap
pcarcd TO appeal to any of the MON.
hers Of the house committee III state
affairs. which, after hearing. last
week. quietly pigcon-hoed the meas.
ure.
To Regulate Private Banks.
Two bills designed to regulate the
business Of private banking have made
their appearance in the house. One
introduced by Representatives Mont
gomery of Ingham seeks to place the
institutions under the Supervision of
the state commissioners of banking,
while the other introduced W. Repre-
sentative Lord of Wayne simply
makes it unlawful for any corporation.
firm, partnership or person, whose bus
mess is not subject to supervision and
examination by the state commissions
er to use the words bank" bank |