The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-01-12


their depositors a. they see At. without
They solicit deposits OF money by the
public. and these deposits should be safe
guarded In every way.
witnessed conspicuous examples OF the
necessity for state examination OF private
banks. There is. In the proposed iegis-
rights. 1t Is simply and solely meas
ure OF safety and protection In the In
terest OF the public In the first instance
OF the private banks themselves. 1t
seems to me that there can be no ques-
ton that state supervision and examina-
proved standing In the estimation OF the
public and thus increase their business
and usefulness. recommend that a
exan%inatIon Of q pryats bsn1s be- pro
,vided by this legislature"
Direct Nominations.
THE subject of direct nomination OF
candidates for public office demands
the Public Acts of 1905. known as the
primary election law. was passed and
received my approval Experience un-
der Il has demonsfrared tha ne IN some
but that the law Is satisfactory in the
main is demonstrated by the fact that
in the campaign inst closed t It was , not
and public speakers on this subject
was In striking contrast with the con-
jditions of two years before.
mary election law which Its operation
has pointed out Is that both to the
candidate and the public 1T Is too ex-
and quite successfully stopped the cor
rupt use OF money, 1t has not operated
as Its trainers thought 1t would oper-
paign for nomination. but has rather
aggravated that evil. The poor man
ought not thus to be placed at dis
ndyantags In nro contest WITH ths man OF
blanks ought to be radically amended,
making the minimum and maximum
number of signatures required very
small and very near together.
AT the outset 1t was deemed wise
to provide one primary. for the submits
tions and the nomination of governor
and lieutenant governor. and one for
the nomination of other candidates.
and private expense. There should be
but one primary day and upon that
day all nominations. under the provi-
yson Of eoas be mass De
sion of the question of direct nomina-
tions whenever petitioned for at the
April election. thus making use of the
election machinery already in use and
with but slight additional expense.
THE provision of the law requiring
party enrolment. in its operation, has
justified the Recommendation which I
made in 1905. Party enrolment pre-
vents false pretense and in no way In
terferes with the right Of the voter at
law went into effect, we have had one
day. election day in April last. on
which voters of every political party
rollment on that one day amounted to
1854. 500, Notwithstanding the fact that
there was no election OF any kind in
State State. This is remarSabie When You
take into consideration that at the late
general election in November the total
vote cast in the state by all parties.
showing the number of enrolled voters
to be 81 per cent. OF the number OF
votes cast at the November general
that does not provide for party enroll
ment. If the special acts now in force
in Wayne. Kent, Muskegon. Alpena
the statute books. each should be
amended by requiring the use Of the
party enrolment feature of the gen.
eral law.
Convict Labor Problem.
"A recent decision OF the supreme
court. interpreting section three of
article Is of the constitution. has ma
terially changed conditions under which
may BE geSe
unable to find provision of this kind
in the constitution of any other state.
That .convicts should labor and that
conceded by everyone who Is concerned
in the welfare of the prisoners or the
interests of the taxpayers. We have
law of their liberty. We have not the
right to deprive them of their reason.
Enforced idleness brings about that
there were not another reason for II
than his own welfare. That conceded.
1T seems to me equally true that the
tain our state and its Institutions
should be paramount and that the Ia
Dor of the convicts should be produce
tive and profitable dts i Is also true that
victs is adopted. the product of their
labor. when placed upon the market by
the state or contractor. whether used
by an individual or in state fnstitu-
tion. will. to that extent. displace the
product OF free labor. This result of
their labor Is condition we all de-
plore. but Il has never been and never
can be entirely done away with. We
should remember when considering
this matter that there are over $780,
pared with 1880 inmates working in
our prisons. or less than one-half of /
per cent who can come in direct COM
eo Mi ,re we're To- be employed
building roads the same objection
could and would be made by those who
would MAINTAIN, ana correctly TOO, tnat
the. increased cost of the prisoners
maintenance and the prevention of
escapes would employ many more free
iaborers than are now employed on the
highways.
assuming. then. that prisoners
must be employed and employed with
in enclosures. we are compelled to
which this labor can be used; namely,
the contract system by which the state
receives a certain stated price per day
for each convict: the piece price plan.
where the amount paid is based upon
the. number Of articles made. and the
labor Is used by the state and the
product sold by the state in the open
market. have secured. from different
states. information relating to this
to you later. with the belief that it
will aid you in determining the best
course to pursue in dealing with the
bills which will be introduced.
For Binder Irvine Plant.
Manufacturing binder Irvine on
state account has been q success so far
as 1t has been established. Binder
Irvine is certainly a staple commodity
that can be sold to our own people, and
by the state to Michigan farmers
would not Interfere with the profits of
some Individuals. that objection should
not prevail. II II did. our prisoners
would always be idle. We have, no
factory OF the kind in our state and
to one who could possibly claim to be
harmed i recommend that provision
he made for the establishment of o
binder Irvine plant at Jackson prison.
THE constitution and the laws of the
state provide that all revenue from spe-
ula 10 hon a