The Detroit times., 1911-03-17
TO
ADJOURN APRIL IS
Bill To Amend Detroit: Charter Is
Passed by the Lower House
Voters Must Ratify.
(From a star corresponden)

! LANSING, Mich March l1.-They
! viii adjourn April l9.
This action vas settled late yester-
day afternoon, after the house had
! tuddled around at morning session,
due 10 its skipping school, Wednes,
day, TO hear the Murtha pyroteChnics,
and then had spent the afternoon in
| cOutortions, tying Itself up IN a Knot
and untying itself.
The senate adopted d resolution for
April l9 several weeks ago, and II has
slumbered in committee WedneS
day, the committee tried 10 bring il
out and found that the clerk had
| gone away and locked up the resolu.
ton in desk. SO new resolution
! vas introduced fixing Cne day later
Rep. Dunn brought the adjournment
| question up yesterday afternoon, and
asked that it be made a special or
| der for early next week, saying that
he disliked to have it acted upon Fri
day, because 80 many members were
| likely tu be away. This brought
Speaker Baker, who had relinquished
the chair, TO his feet, and he roasted
the house for being SO delinquent III
! attendance that II mad come to be
! taken for granted tha. important bust
ness could be transacted only in the
middle OF IN eWeek. He asked II that
was what Michigan paid the members
their salaries Tor. Then he went
farther and said that the Wayne coun-
ty members were particularly delin-
quent, and that It ha0 always been so,
and those that lived farther away and
oh 81 |
Sunday We're inclined to be peeved.
There was a sCurry OF Detroiter to get
from under Rep Flowers said he was
not guilty, and so did Rep Ashley.
Reps Lord and Ogg were on their feet
wildly. striving for recognition. Then
Rep. Dunn withdrew his motion and
asked that the adjournment be taken
up Immediately. This was agreed to.
Some one asked a roll call to show
that the members were really not so
DELINQUENT The foil call revealed n
in their seats, and 4 lot more were
found in the cloak room and corridors.
Rep. Heckert tried TO get an amend
ment fixing the date at April 2l,
which would require concurrence by
the senate. He withdrew the amend
ment The resolution was adopted,
SO to l5.
April 10 is~,the date for stopping
work The speaker, lieutenantgover,
nor, and clerks will remain in Lam
sing till May to enroll bills.
1t is expected that many bills will
fail Of consideration, but the effort
will be to pass the important ones.
Rep. Dunn's motion was made un.
der permission OF Rep. Rankin. who
had the floor. TO move that Bert
CramtOn, former representative, be in
vited TO address the mouse. When MIR.
Rankin regained the floor, Cramton
had vamOOsed.
Earlier in the afternoon, food OF
eagle screaming over the old soldiers
taxation exemption bill nearly block
ed the bill to amend DetrOit's charter
and permit bond limit increase TO
three per cent. which has had more
bad luck than any important measure
since the opening Of the session. The
bill vas finally rescued and passed
with an amendment permitting the
voters to ratify it by two-th1rds
vote anv time in 1911 The bill was
given immediate efreCt. 1t Will now
90 to the senate, and may get through
in time for the April election.
The soldiers exemption argument
arose over a bill introduced by Rep.
Holcomb OF Montcalm county to abol-
.ish the present exemption, OF $1,000,
Rep. Warner quickly introduced sub
stitutc making the exemption $1,000,
lucrative whatever the wealth or the
soldier Rep. Warner made some pref
ty sensible and patriotic remarks and
denounced any one AS traitor thar
would deny an old soldier or his
widow this little boon, amounting to
possibly $l5 a year. Rep. HOlcomD
said there were so many benehrlarie5
in his neck Of the woods that thev
constituted n drain on the treasury
and that the exemption dld not touch
the one who needed help most. the
man without any property. Rep GIas-
ner ad an essay, but was not allow.
ed TO finish II Rep Rankin started
10 tell an incident OF his march to|
the sea with sherman There were
several other speakers who put the
Old national bird in need OF throat
lOZC ngr.
Tho house passed bill introduced
bv Rep WOlCOtt. requiring manufac.
tlTF lS Oh INI Ill NAV lllhtl anu ''''''>'
aft,I 1913. 70 use standard die screws
and nuts Rep WOlCOtt stated that
the implement and vehicle people
were getting rich by making screws
with a speCial thread. so that they
could charge CXorhitant prices for
paris Rep Graves bill fixing the
rate OF tuition for LOnresidents A.
state normal schools las passed With
amendments Rep. Graves would have
made non.rcsidents pay $45 year;
and residents who finishing the
course. 81 with $40 COR the summer
term As amended, the rates are $l5,
$40 and 81
The house adopted II committee OF
the whole bill introduced by Rep.
COpley. and on which he has done
hard work. regulating
ua,,n brokers and chattel and
mortgage loan agents Hitherto,
there have been two different laws, |
one Tor pawn brokers and the other |
for mortgag" loan agents. and loan |
sharks OF each class sCaped the Law
by protesting 10 belong to III" other |
The new bill applies ~ all who charge !
more than per cent interest AMI !
limits the amount winch can b" chars.
ed to . p"r cent a month on loans