The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-05
LEGISLATORS HURL
| VILE NAMES IN
DEBATE
Rep. Fouch. OF Allegan, Calls Rep.
Sanders DIRTY Coward and Ac-
cuses Him Of Supporting Ex-
n travagant Methods.
Danders Replies With Singing Re-
marks-House Committee Sub
mits Report on Tax Lands,

(Prom . STAN Correspondent.)
LANSING. Mich. May 5-The house
was the scene this afternoon OF BIZ
ssr light In which Rep. rouch. OF Allie
gan. called Rep. Sanders, OF Ingham.
. dirty coward" Eouch charged thai
0endeS 'ducked" In the vote on the
bun extending the powers OF the state
livo stock sanitary commission. He
said that Sanders had been whipped
INTO line to support the legislative ex-
,travagances. Sanders holly denied
the charges and called Fouch a coward
for his improper personal attack
tSpeaker Campbell raped for order
and ended the fight. The bill was put
through on final passage.
The hnal contest on the home rule
bill was begun this afternoon. Men,
;bers Of the house said they hoped the
matter would be settled today. The
house has adopted it's bill instead of
the senate measure but many amend
ments are being made The provision
for more representation for cities on
boards OF supervisors was voted down
by IS to 80.
Six new sections were added regu-
lating Justices OF the peace. Stewart
OF Kent. proposed a section for the re-
call of all local officers. Guy Miller
OF Detroit jumped onto this with a
vengeance. and called II Socialism
pure and simple. Stewart as holly re-
torted that all the people might de-
mand this recall some day and as this
provision is under the referendum why
not now let cities try II IL they choose.
IL was voted down by % yeas to So
nays. Now the house bill. which Is a
close duplicate of the Hally measure,
10 on third reading. but when passed
must go back to the senate for accept
ance or rejection.
The special house committee on state
lands. composed Of John o. Maxey. Of
L'Anse. chairman; VIM. J. Bierd. OF
Bay; Frank II. Dusenberry. of Isabella;
Thomas II. McNaughton. OF Kent, and
James l.. Morrice, OF Emmett. sub
mitted its report to the legislature
today. The report shows that the
ststa loses a large sum through the
maintenance of the land ONCE and this
fact has spurred legislators to renewed
activity In an effort to have that de-
partment abolished.
II cost the state $1,763, 163. 43 to han.
die state lands through both the audi
tor-general's once and the land COM
missioner's department from 1902 to
1909. The total receipts from the sale
OF state lands, including city lots, was
$1,284,992S1, loss to the state OF
$478,170.63 The average price per
acre received by the state was SIP.
Money received In trespass cases re-
duced the net loss in handling the
lands to 1917. 8S0.96.
The total number OF homestead lands
now on the books amounts To 32S.2G5
and the taxes against them to SS4o.-
S93.42. an average OF $257 per acre.
The committee says agents on the
inside made large sums OF money.
The report shows that the total tax
lands decided to the state amount TO
S1,957,444. which, added to the lands
ready for deciding. and figuring the
cost of the lands to the state at s2.oI
DER acre, shows a paper loss to the
state Of $5.763,5S7.