The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-30
TO CONFER ON
PRIMARY BILL
House Passes Measure and Commit
tees From Each House Will Iron
Out" Differences.
(Froms STAR correspondsnt.)

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LANSING. Mich. April s0.-A CON
ference committee all iron out the
differences In the state primary bill
which has passed both the senate and
house. The house agreed to the meas
ure yesterday afternoon. The yarie.
ties OF the planks In the bill as agreed
10 by the two houses are not import.
ant.
A survey shows that Its paramount
points provide for an advisory vote
for United States senator: nomina.
ton or candidates for governor and
neutenant-governor at primaries: noni-
nation OF candidates for secretary OF
state, state treasurer. state land CON-
missioner. auditor-general and attor.
ney-general by conventions: one pri-
mary day for all parties and candi.
dates: April election day to be the
enrolment day for all political parties:
primaries TO be compulsory; voters
can adopt the convention system 5y
majority vote.
The bill as II passed the senate pro-
vides that no candidate can place his
name on primary ballot unless not
more than four per cent or not less
than two per cent OF his party electors
sign his petition. This provision
means that the privilege the Wayne
county law granted 10 candidates of
paying a fee in lien Of Ming q signed
petition TO get their names on the bal
lot will be abolished.
The bin as agreed TO by the house
permits candidates for county ofices
alone TO get on a ballot by a fee or
signed petition.
The senate yesterday passed these
bills on third reading. Appropriatfng
$4,000 a year for the geological sur
vey until the state survey is COM
pieted. and $4,000 a year for the
biological survey; authorizing the
board OF state auditors to borrow
$250.000 for not to exceed three years:
providing $4,000 for the unwilling Of
the monument TO Gen. Custer. In Mon.
roe: for state public schools. $50 200,
out OF which $l1.127 shall be used for
repairs; the Northern Michigan In
sane asylum Is TO get $S2.745 for the
next two years. OF which $50 900 Is for
the new lighting plant
These bills were introduced In the
senate:
BY Shields. OF Howell. and MacKey
OF Detroit. authorizing the Wayne cir
cult judges to classify cases on the
docket without the customary IA days
notice; Kline. of Addison. amending
the law so IL will not be necessary to
bring libel actions against newspapers
within year from the time publica-
ton occurs: Moriarty. authorizing
Protestant Episcopal bishops TO hold
property I'm trust for the church the
same as the Catholic bishops: Ming. of
Cheboygan. empowering the state
librarian and state board OF auditors
to supply counties having court In
more than one place with copies Of
complied laws and supreme court opin-
ions.
These bills were agreed to in COM
mittee OF the whole:
By Rep. Hatch. requiring the super
intendents OF asylums. homes for the
feeble-minded and also probate judges
to make reports to the auditor-gen-
eral as often as required. giving the
number OF inmates, date Of aumfs-
sion. the county they came from ana
whether the patients are public. pri-
yate or voluntary inmates; Bolt, OF
Ravenna, requiring that the primary
school interest fund and the one mill
tax shall be applied first to paying
teachers wages and only the surplus
shall be used for general school pur-
poses.
The house in committee OF the
whole agreed to the following bills:
By Colby. of Detroit. requiring that
all board OF control OF state institu-
lions or any municipality must give
the lowest bidders contracts for the
erection OF buildings: Senator Aitkin,
recurring banks In cities and villages
of less than $500 to hold one-quarter
OF their reserve In legal money; Sen
ator Mapes. approprfating $500 Tor
the use of the forestry commission Tor
the care OF the state reserves In Craw
ford and Roscommon counties; Morri-
son. of Clinton, appropriating sl1s,OOO
for the industrial school for boys TO
cover current expenses for the next
two years: Van Raalte, appropriatlhg
$3.50 900 for the current expenses OF
the soldiers home: Heney, OF Calhoun.
$3.50 600 for the industrial school for
girls and $4,000 for the Kalamazoo