Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-14
The WATER POWER OF THE
STATE 10 BEING COB
BLED UP FAST.
CURTIS MOVES TO STOP IT
What Has Been Done and Thinqs
Proposed, Alto the Gossip Of the
Capital.
(specIal CONSEQUENTIAL

the administration. Senators Kreu-
ger, Anhut and Scott refused to join
the movement which ANONYMOUSLY
collapsed
There was a howl when the senate
caucus cut 16 employees of the list
and strenuous efforts are being made
TO restore the old number and there
are indications that the decapitation
act was largely in the nature of a
four flush.
The newspaper correspondents got
press clerk tor the senate included
in the house resolution for en-
ployes, and though the job was cut
of last session, ii went through fly
ing this time and the boys are jubil-
ant over having the routine work OF
the senate prepared for them.
One of the best fabricated features
of the week was the Republican eau
Gus which put through a complete
slate without a break. making every
nomination by reclamation.
The house decided on 1870 p. m. as
the opening hour for the daily Ges-
sions. except that on Monday. the call
10 order will be 9 p. M, to allow for
the arrival OF all trains.
The reception to the governor and
state officers on Wednesda evening
was a decidedly SNOWY affair. II was
military from start to finish. There
was plenty of music, flowers and gold
braid: not TO speak of the abundance
of Warner cheese and five barrels OF
crackers. The house and senate at.
tended in body but the intense cold
had its effect on the attendance of the
general public.
The speaker on Thursday an
nounced his committees and created
a favorable impression by his prompt
ness as it has usually been the custom
to adjourn for a week to give him
time to make up his list The ap-
pointments gave general satisfaction,
the only. contest being on the chair
manship OF the judiciary committee,
which was finally awarded to Rep.
Charles Flowers. of Detroit. over Rep.
GUY Miller. of the same city. The
makeup of the principal house com
mittees is as follows:
Elections-Colbv. +. c. Miller,
Field. Perry. Chambers. Sreer Nc
Naughton. Green. Watkins. DeYoupg,
Hale. Lodge. McFadden.
General taxation-Guy A. Miller
Edwards. Tubbs. McNaughton. Max.
ey. Milliken. Sanders. Yapie. Giles.
Judiciarv-Flowers Hatch. Yaple,
Heckert. Verdier, F. c. Miller. Currie,
Oates. Warner.
Labor-Vander Veen. C. H. Waters,
Clarlyen. Wheeler Young
Liquor traffic.. r. Walters, Van
Raalte. Watkins. Straight. Pice. Nor
rice. Stevenson. Ormsbee. Kepler.
Local taxation-Boussom, Perry,
Morgan. Johnson. Brvant
Lumber and salt-Ball. Harris. Rey-
nolds. Woodruff. Burnham.
Public lands-Morrice, Bierd. Bur
dick. Dusenhurv. Green. McNaughton,
Young. Baldwin. Maxey.
Railroads-Cramnton. Henry. Ste
venson. McCabe, Currie, Odell. Wat
kins. Whalen.
Religious and benevolent societies
-Burdick. Hatch Willoughby. Dun
ming. Huntley.
Revision and amendment Of stat
utes-Fouch. Woodruff Sanburn. Cum.
mings. Dusenbury, Maxey, Copley.
Saunders. zoe.
Revision of the csnstitution-Oates,
Wood. Yaplc, Heckert. Stewart, VIVA
len. Mckay. Speer. Huntley. Cum
mines. Chandler. J. s. Monroe.
Military affairs-Stewart. Sanders.
G. A. Miller. Straight. NcCabe.
Mines end mjnerals-TTnsoeld, Cali
mas La Huis. Sterling. Tubbs.
Supplies and expenditures-San
born. Baker. Jensen. Colby. Sterling
Wavs and means--Rice. Morrice,
Harris. Chambers. Van Raalte. Farm.
er. Burnham. Willoughby, REYNOLDS
State affairs-Newkirk Henry Cur
tiss. Agnes. Woodwork Mckay, Wha-
len. Morrison, Haviland
Senate Committees.
The principal senate committees
follow:
Liquor trafIic-Taylor. Wetmore and
Scott.
Railroads-Bates. Taylor. Fowler.
Aitken and Dickinson
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mapes. Shields.
Aitken and White.
Finance-Smith. Bates, Kline Fair.
banks and Bradley.
observation-disclosures Newton. Whit.
new Smell and Barnaby
. Observation-Disclosures Moriarty. Fox.
Foster and Smell
Agriculture-Snell, Bates and Wat.
kins.
Education-Scott, Shields and Bar.
nabv.
State affairs-NcKay. MinS. New.
ton. Walker and Barnaby.
Fish and concentrations. Fair.
banks, Bolt. Collins and Anhut.
Important Bills.
Two primary pills are being fran.
cd. but interest centers chiefly i'm Sen.
ator Dickfnson's bill which is said 10
be about complete. In order to retain
the form OF state conventions this
bill viii EXEMPT from the primaries
secretary of state. auditor general.
state treasurer. attorney. general and
land commissioner. Tho other bin
which will come from the house. &c
said TO embody complete primary
nominations.
Senator MacKay introduced two
bills ~ state scope. Orc provides for
a civil service law. which is based
on the Wisconsin law. 1t provides
for a commission OF three members
chief examiner and for the appoint.
ment OF county examiners Tho hill