The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-07
0v.WARNER URGES
DRASTIC LIQUOR
LEGISLATION
SUGGESTS TO LEGISLATURE
THAT TRAFFIC BE RESTRICT
Ed AND LOCAL OPTION Elk.
TENDED.

LANSING, Mich. Jan. THE De-
troit delegation Jared we'll In the APP
pointments on nearly all the commit
tees. Senator Smell. of Wayne, was
made chairman OF the committee on
agricultural interests and the insane
asylum at Newberry, and Senator
Scott was made chairman OF the COM
mittee on education and the Industrial
home for girls.
Senator Anhut Is made chairman or
immigration and the state library, and
Senator Mckay Is appointed chairman
OF the state affairs and Jackson pris-
on committee. Charles Smith, or the
upper peninsula, Is chairman OF the
committee on finance and appropria'
tions and the soldiers home, and Wet
more heads the committee on federal
relations and the judiciary.
Austin Is chairman OF the agricul-
tural committee elections. Colby;
general taxation. Guy A. Miller; judi
ciary. Flowers: mines and minerals,
Unsoeld; printing. Curtiss; revision
of the constitution. Flowers; rules,
Ogg; state library, Lodge; university
Copley; village corporations, Brown.
Ogg Is also a member OF the city cor
porations committee.
In his third inaugural message. which
was delivered before the two houses OF
the legislature in Joint convention TINS
afternoon Gov. Warner discussed the
subject OF state finances at great length
He says that the failure OF the last
legislature TO provide for the raising by
taxation "A sufficient revenue TO meet
the general expenses OF the state ana
the consequent shortage In the state
treasury was due to tho failure OF the
auditor-gcneral. In November, 1905 ana
f.lIA 1sNv IN h Ia nd
tom of years and the plain provision or
the statute and distribute practically
the entire sum remaining In the pri-
mary school interest fund. the COVER
nors Investigation showed that for -
wears previous to 1906. all uut the odd
cents In the per capita amount In this
fund was distributed among the coun-
ties of the state the averase balance
remaining after the November appor-
tionment being only $4,000. In strong
contrast with this situation was the
action OF the auditor-generai In with
holding from distribution si.2?2, 1865!
1907. Notwithstanding the provision or
the law requiring that the entire fund
he distributed. When the Legislature
of 1907 asked for the balance In tho
state treasury at the close OF 1906. in
order that II might intelligently make
up the general budget to be raised by
taxation. IL was Informed that the bal
No,s,nS was @as seIG sbo". YoS
fhis1 amount being primary school
money and neither the legislature nor
the governor had any knowledge or
this fact.
The statement was made that during
the biennial period ending Dec. Is, 1905.
the total receipts Of the primary school
during the same period there was paid
from this fund to the counties a total
OF 1881 .0762S. or s563.22s.5c more than
the revenue OF the fund The aggre-
gate OF state taxes levied and collected
during the same two years was but 81.
9S5,S13.42, and the back tax-r collected
was s371.2i4S6 The expenditures OF
the state on account OF the educational
penal. charitable and reformatory In.
stttutions during the same period
amounted TO s6.793.224s3.
The GIaxier Case.
The message dealt fully with the
charges made against State Treasurer
rilazier and the resignation OF that Of
fetal. or the s6s5.5s7.7e OF state funds
on deposit with the Chelsea Savings
bank at the time il failed. the state has
received $4,000 from the American
Surety company. one or the companies
ceiver of the bank two dividends aggre-
eating $276.625. II. The balance due the
state from the bank IL S35S,962.6S. Suit
has been commenced against five surety
companies on the banks bond to the
state In the sum OF $4,000. and there
Is an additional liability of 10000 OF
the surety on the bond OF Frank Il. Gla-
gter. state treasurer.
Gov Warner renewed his recon-
mendation that a law for the regulation
Df private banks be enacted and also
gent law for the regulation OF stock
brokers.
The legislature was Informed that
since the creation OF the state highway
department. 326 miles of state reward
road have been built In Michigan and
the 40 additional counties will vote in
April on the adoption of the system, 26
counties now being under the law. The