The L'Anse sentinel., 1910-03-19

Lansing. Mich, March 17.-Political
potboiling?Well yes. Judge Montgomery
Is out of the race for governor; the
democrats tried to get busy and dis
mally failed; Kelley, Musselman and
Osborn are still finding plenty of OPP
portunities to talk; many cities in the
state have held their primaries and
there were an unusual number of appli-
cants for city Offices; Senator Dickin-
son, candidate for Lieutenant Governor
made trip in the lower peninsula and
is sanguine- and yet, the city elections
are not until April a, the fall primaries
September 18 and the fall election in
November.
Of 664 correspondents reporting on
the condition of wheat to the secretary
of state for February, lat stated that
that cereal sustained injury during the
month, while SIT report no damage.
Some of the correspondents in the
southern tier of counties were of the
opinion that wheat has been severely
injured by ice. 1t is estimated that
there are still A, 600, 600 bushels of wheat
in the possession of growers.
Doee any one want to sit on the fourth
side of the table? The quartet of CUB
ernatorial material has lost one of their
number and with the little pleasantries
that have floated around since the cam
paign, he will be missed. However,
Justice Montgomery saw something
better than bare possibility of having
an opportunity of sitting in the govern
or's chair.
Both Lieut. Gov. Kelley and Chase
S. Osborn handed l.. T. Hemans, dem
ocrat and general political disturber of
small dimensions, some straight-arm
jolts and upper-cuts at the gubernatori-
al roundup of the Detroit Board of
Commerce meeting last week, who en-
deavored to mix-in with a few of his
private opinions.
The ad valorem system is attracting
to educators and Prof. Lutz, who holds
the chair of economics in Oberlin col
lege, has asked permission of the state
tax commission to come here and devote
several weeks to the study of this
system. Permission was granted.
State Game Warden Pierce's month
ly report shows a total of SO cases
started against alleged violators of the
game and fish laws. OF these 26 con-
victions and one acquittal resulted. The
department. has collected $445. As in fines
and costs.
Amos. S. Musselman, candidate for
governor, has now come out fiat-footed
for local option but he does not favor
prohibition as he does not think the
state is ripe for it. He also gives a
few more supplements to his platform.
With the resignation of Justice
Montgomery from the Supreme Bench
and his withdrawing from the guber-
material race, the other three candidates
are already laying claim to his strength.
However, it is pretty certain that all
three will get slice, depending upon
the locality in measure. Mr.. Mussel-
man will get good liberal slice from
some of the northern section of the
lower peninsula which will put him well
in the race with the other two candidates
and now the fight looks like a very pref
ty three-cornered-af 49,
A Hastings Judge has handed the
new "a hour law a severe jolt on the
ground of discriminating against can
ming factories and number Of other
cases are pending which is causing the
advocates of this law as well as the
opposers to watch with much appre-
hension.
Inspector G. M. Dame, backed by the
dairy and food department, landed an
Allegan butcher for selling diseased
meat. In addition to $500 fine he was
given Jail sentence of 80 days.
Two school district treasurers. of Bay
county have been forced to resign by
Superintendent Of Public Instructions
Wright for using the primary school,
funds of their districts for private gain.
Gov. Warner had an opportunity OF
giving Lawton T. Hemans an answer
to some of the remarks he made at the
Kalamazoo banquet in speech at De-
troit last Friday night and after the
governor got through Mr.. Hemaps will
have to forget few more things he
said in the past in order to make an ans.
wer that will even look good.
Lansing, Mich, March l7-Since
Governor Warner stated in his big
Rapids speech that he believed that the
rates charged by express companies
should be matter of state investiga.
tion, numerous letters have been re-
celved calling attention to excessive
rates and in some instances alleging