The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-11
|MAPES Bill FOR
I. CIVIL SERVICE IS
LAID ASIDE
MACHINE INFLUENCE IS SHOWN
IN sENATE-MEAsuR BY
wooowoRTH. GRADING SAL.
ARIES is PASSED eY HOUSE.
(From q star Correspondent

from q star Correspo ndent.)
LANSING. Mich. March lO.-The
house yesterday afternoon passed the
bill introduced by Woodwork. of HUI
ron. grading the salaries Of $1,000
clerks In the stale department. but
the Mapes civil service bill was almost
killed In the senate.
The volcanic flame in the house
came from an unexpected source and
broke upon me house like thunder
bolt from a clear sky and ii was all
over the Woodwork bill. taken up on
the special order, for grading the sal
aries OF state department clerks.
verdisr. OF Kent, said he had tried
to become convinced that this was a
meritorlous measure but failed He
considered the present law ample 10
regulate the merit system, as 1t pro
vides that salaries to these clerks
should not exceed $1,000 year. but
body In at the maximum figure be-
cause all who secured job did SO
only through a political pull and were
given the high price TO pay up politi-
cal debts due from the elective Of
fcers. He insisted that the clerks
could be graded under the present law
anywhere from $500 TO $1,000 il the
appointive powers so desired.
J. s. Monroe, OF Gogebic, asked Yer
der II he had proofs OF his state
ments. Proofs was the answer, why
1t IL the common knowledge of every
body" This called forth cheers and
Monroe was sQuelched.
The real hot work began when Du-
senbury, Of Isabella, arose and d.
rectly charged that this bill is an adj
ministration measure To defeat the
civil service bill pending in the SEN
ate and said II was another scheme OF
Gov. Warmers to increase his political
machine. Dusenbury said that Speak
er Campbell was in the deal. The
speaker promptly responded TO the
contrary but could go no farther while
In the chair. A little later he called
President Protein Monroe 10 the
chair and took his place as a member
on the floor. In the meantime Cramp-
ton, of Lapeer. scorched Verdier good
and plenty, saying his entire talk was
guess work and theory with no facts
to back him. Speaker Campbell in
scathing language, denounced Repub-
hcan members for insinuating dishon-
est intents In the men whom they are
supposed to have voted for.
Flowers, OF Detroit. said he had
previously thought OF opposing the
bill, but now considered that $1,000
rather monotonous and the variety
OF salaries now offered would be bene-
fetal and jumped onto the governor $
"band wagon" with the closing re-
mark that he hoped the bill would
pass.
When the Woodwork bill came TO a
vote the success of the whipasnapping
was shown. Those who voted with
Dusenbury. Straight and Verdier. all
three OF whom are new members. were
as follows:
Yeas: Austin, Baldwin, Boussum.
Burns. Cramton, Davis. Deyoung. En-
gel, Field, Flowers, Folks, Selinas
Giles. Gray. Harris, Hatch. Haviland.
Heckert, Henry. Hoeft, Huntley. Jen-
sen. Johnson. Happier. Kemmerling,
Lahuis, Lodge, McCabe, Mckay. Nc
Naughton. Maxey, Miller. F. c. Mon
roe, Morgan, Newkirk, Odell, Pear
son, Perry. Reynolds, Rice, Sanborn.
Sanders, Schantz. Sterling. Tubbs. Tn
soeld. Vanraalt, Walker. Warner, Wa
tiers, Watkins, willoughby. Wood.
Woodruff. Woodwork. Yaple. Yeo.
Young, Speaker-55.
Nays-Agens, Baker, Ball, Beeman.
Brown, Burdick, Chambers. Chandler.
Colby. Copley. Curtiss, Decker, Dusen-
bury, Edwards, Farmer, Foueir, Nc
Fadsen, Miller, G. A. Morrice. Oates.
Speer, Stevenson, Stewart, Straight.
vanderveen, Verdier.-2S.
The civil service system for state
employees kept the senators busy most
Of the time yesterday. Arguments on
both sides were prolonged and vol
luminous There was deep interest in
the debates, but the startling elements
failed and the old factional lines ap.
pear dissolved
The Mapes bin for civil service was
the one under fire. Rep. Woodworths
bill Is intended to head il of The
Mapes bill therefore Is looked upon as
not to the governors taste.
futile. of lngham, tried TO cut out
the salary for the civil service COM
mission which Is fixed at $4,000 each
for the three members
Moriarty, OF Crystal Falls. said
there was no demand for any such
bill; the state was over-ridden now
with boards and commissions and this
legislature could make no better rec.
ord than stop creating them and wipe
out some that already existed. This
amendment was voLed down. Ming.
Of Cheboygan, made an effort TO sub
stitute his bill, but was ruled out Il
order. and later on motion TO kill
was agreed to. When taken up In
regular session this action was con.
Cured In when a motion was made 20
reconsider this last action but Nor.
iarty promptly moved TO table this
with the resulting vote of 10 yeas 10
IA nays, on which the president ruled
It required a majority vote or II NAYS
to carry such motion. which leaves
the whole proposition in the air, but
really does not kill the bill as IL may
yet be untangled ana brought up for
a square vote on its merits.