The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-15
WHAT IS DOING
IN LANSING
THE WATER POWER OF THE
STATE is BEING COB
BLED UP FAST.
CURTIS MOVES TO STOP 1T
What Has Been Done and Things
Proposed, Also the Gossip of the
Capital.
Especial Correspondence

marked by the overthrow of the Boxer
element which, under the leadership
of Senator Mckay, rallied to obstruct
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 1G employees off 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 for the senate included
in the house resolution for EN-
ployes, and though the job was cut
off last session, it 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 /: 80 p. m. as
the opening hour for the daily SEES
sions. except that on Monday. the call
to order will be D. m. to allow for
the arrival of all trains.
The reception to the governor and
state officers on Wednesday 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 a 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
favorable impression by his prompt
ness as It has usually been the custom
to adjourn for week to give him
time to make up his list. The APP
pointments gave general satisfaction.
the only contest being on the chair
manship OF the judiciary committee,
which was finally awarded 10 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, F. {. Miller,
Field Perry. Chambers. Speer. Nc
Hale Lodge, McFadden.
General taxation-Guy A. Miller
Edwards. Tubbs. McNaughton. Max
ey, Milliken, Sanders, Yaple. Giles.
Judiciarv-Flowers Hatch, Yaple,
Heckert. Verder, F. c. Miller, Currie,
Oates. Warner
Labor-Vander Veen, c. II. Waters,
Clarken. Wheeler, Young.
IT NTa1f
Raalte, Watkins. Straight, Pice. Nor
rice, Stevenson. Ormsbee. Kepler.
Local taxation-Boussom, Perry,
Morgan. Johnson, BRYANT.
Lumber and salt-Ball Harris. Rey-
nolds. Woodruff, Burnham.
Public lands-Morrice, Bierd. Bur-
dick Dusenbury. Green. McNaughton,
Young. Baldwin. Maxey.
ailroads-Crampton. 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. Voc.
Revision OF the constitution-Oates,
Wood. Yaple, Heckert. Stewart, wha-
len. Mckay. Speer. Huntley. Cum
mines. Chandler, J. S. Monroe.
Military affairs-Stewart Sanders,
G. A. Miller. Straight. McCabe
Mines and minerals-TTnsoeld, Cali
mas. La Huis, Sterling. Tubbs.
Supplies and expenditures-San
born. Baker. Jensen. Colby. Sterling.
WAYS and means-Rice Morrice,
Harris. Chambers. Van Raalte. Farm
err Burnham. Wi'loughby, Reynolds.
State misunderstanding. Henry Cur
tiss, AGNES, Woodwork. Mckay, wha-
len, Morrison. Haviland
Senate Committees.
The principal senate committees
follow
LIQUOR trafic-Taylor, wetmore and
Scott.
RaiIroads-Bates. Taylor. Fowler.
Aitl1en 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-SneIl, Bates and Wat
kins.
Education-Scott, Shields and Bar
nabv.
State affairs-McKay. Ming, New
ton. Walker and Barnabv.
Fish and Watkins. FAIR
banks, Bolt. Collins and Anhut
important Bills.
Two primary bills are being fran
ed. but interest centers chiefly In Sen.
ator Dickinson's bill which is said 70
be about complete. Tn order to retain
the form OF state conventions this
bill will exempt from the primaries
secretary Of state. auditor general.
state treasurer. attorney. general and
land commissioner. The other bill.
which will come from the house. Is
said to embody complete primary
nominations.
Senator MacKay introduced two
bills of state scope One provides for
civil service law. which is based