The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-02

,iature Is contained In four bulky VOL
avor to at least show where each man
public interest.
gation a copy of the following report
ated IL at all We did not wish to
measures before the House, by the
votes on which We may Judge where
our representatives stood on this I'm
portant question. The FIRST was a
Association. called the ormsbee Bill.
generally conceded TO have been draft
ed by the well known corporation law
| YER Fred A. Baker. In behalf OF the
that there were some thirty "jokers"
In this bill; some OF the warmest
friends OF the temperance cause say
The final vote on this measure was
on the question OF striking out every
thing utter the enacting clause. Rep
resentatve Cramton. the author OF a
real restrictive measure which was
later enacted into law. said, back In
March: II will take till June to cure
all the defects In this bin by amend
nesses as real regulation measure
had been clearly pointed out on the
floor Of the House. the following ia
the motion to strike out everything
after the enacting clause: Reprcpen-
tatives Austin, Ciarken, Copley, Cur
@ rS s"S un: "Sa M, J SaE
nal. page 1863 The same men had sup
ported tho bill in the Committee OF
the Whole. Representative Lodge has
stated to us that though he was
pledged at a caucus TO support the bill
and carried out his pledge. he immedi-
ately after its defeat presented Cram
the WarnerCramton Excise Bill and
urged him to get busy on it.
Representative Flowers was quoted
the drys must be working for some
interests. we know not what" In re-
ply. Representative Newkirk. OF Ann
Arbor. said that petitions were in pos,
names, asking that the bill be not
passed. Representative Guy 4. Miller
argued for the Ormsbee Bill
real measure In the interest of the reg
ulation OF the liquor traffic was
pushed. resulting in the enactment of
ton Bill. This bill has greatly stiff
fened the restrictions upon the liquor
traffic in Michigan and Is unquestion-
ably In the interest Of good. morals.
they could not foist on the State the
the Warner-Cramton Bill.
The Primary Bin and the Nomination
by the People Of United
states Senators.
Although some cities of the state. In
Guiding Detroit. had direct primaries
before the last session of the legisla-
ture, the extension OF the system to the
state at large Is the result OF one OF
the bills passed by the Legislature of
1909. BY this act, the state at large
bill, so far as Detroit Is concerned, Is
I'm some respects not so good as the
special act under which Detroit has
been operating.
There was at least one important
point In the travails OF this bill. by the
votes on which II seems to us we may
representatives or the people.
One provision OF the bill was that
the candidate for United States Sena-
tor who receives the highest number OF
votes at a party primary must be that
partys regular nominee by the Legis-
lature. Senators Anhut and Kreuger
voted to retain this provision. Mackay
voted against It, Scott and Smell were
absent (senate Journal page 277D
MacI<ay Would Save the People From
Themselves.
Senator MacI<ay led the fight against
that It was reform demanded by the
people, but he said on the floor of the
Senate, as quoted In the journal. Feb
ruary 25. 1909. when you yield to
popular clamor the whole foundation OF
a nation trembles, and IL you persist.
Just so sure as the sun shines, the
rate tnat overlook Greece ana rome
will befall this nation"
The provision was Incorporated by
the Senate by vote OF seventeen to
nine.
Record In the House.
This same question did not come up
In the House In such a way as to give
us a roll call Representatives Flow
ers and Miller led the movement on the
floor OF the House. thus coming to the
assistance of Thomas J. Navin and
Malcolm J. Mcleod. OF Detroit lobby
lists at Lansing, against incorporating
this provision. (See News. April %,
5000. Representative Flowers began
with a motion to strike out all refer
the bill. and Representative Miller
harangued about the glory OF the
Michigan Senator'S that the old leyis-
lative caucus system has given the
state. giving the Legislative caucus of
1897 clean bill. Notwithstanding the
plain charges made by Representative
Newkirk. of Ann Arbor, on the floor OF
the House that thousands of dollars
were spent in both 1893 and 1897 to
control the votes of legislators in re-
gard to the choice OF United States
Senator. Representative Miller In the
previous legislature had voted against
killing a resolution to nominate United
States Senator'S by direct vote of the
people.
delegation on this question Is not
available. as the vote In the House was
taken simply by a show of hands.
The Anti-Iobby Hill.
One plank In the platform of the
Republican party on which Governor
Warner was elected. was the passage
OF bill by which the people might
know who bring pressure TO bear upon
the Legislators in enacting laws and
the kind OF pressure.
An anti-lobbying bill, backed by the
administration, passed the Senate with
but three dissenting votes. This bill
was to provide for the registration OF,
and to regulate the employment OF Leg
islative lobby counsel and agents; to
provide for the filing OF expense &C
counts of said counsel and agents and
to provide a penalty for violations OF
this act
Senator's Anhut. Kreuger and Scott
voted for IL. Senators Mackay and
SMELL were absent. (Senate Journal.
page 1881
Record In the House.
The bill. having passed the Senate,
was received by the House and re-
ferred TO the Committee on Judiciary
of which Representative Flowers, OF
Detroit, was chairman. On May II.
notice was given that on the follow
Ing day a motion would be made TO
discharge this Committee from further
considering the bill. on the 10Th
such a motion was made, but STONY"
Monroe moved that said motion be
laid on the table. and II was laid on