The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-21
Three CHEERS! IT
/ HAS ADJOURNED!
Visionary Horse Play Marks the
Closing Hours of Session With
Some Legislation.
tFrsm n stan CorrespoadenD.

. legislature OF 1911 passed into histor.
about 8 O'Clock last night.
IA big grist OF work was done Z!
both house and senate, concurring il
amendments and passing bills, blu
tie childish spirit dropped out at in
tervals, and whenever occasion seem
"a 70 offer, a waste basket would sal
across the room and strike some de
voted solon on the head or beak. This
would probably be returned with +.
+ piece or hard orange peel, and thu
night would become general, till tn,
f speaker managed to get order. Tn,
senate was boisterous, but more cas-
. ily controlled
The senate killed most OF the az
ternoon waiting for the house TO seac
q message that 1t was ready TO ad
journ. To while away the time. some
Of the members had fun with Senator
John Leidlein, OF Saginaw, who mas Q
boom for the Democratic nomination
tor governor. They flched the door
mat with the word Governor" in big
red letters, from In front OF the execu'
3 tive ONCE, and placed 1t In front OF
Leidlein's desk. Leidlein curled him
self up In his chair on the mat like
contented German pussy cat, when
some one tied his leg TO the chair,
and he found his escape impeded.
& Leidlein was called TO the chair TO
sing .Hi-Lee-H i-Lo," and when he re-
turned there was a cake Of ice on
the governor sign. This was a sam
! pie OF the pleasantries OF the day.
Leidlein was made chairman Of the
1~<<u ,ry.lf f<.a 20. 80. he m.
form IL that the senate was ready to
adjourn. The committee was met
with fusilade. and Leidlein caught
the corner Of a waste basket on the
ridge OF his nose, as he made his way
+ % the front.
In spite OF the confusion, the legis'
lature did some effective work. The
. urinary bill. which had been amend
ed 80 as to take the nomination or
Judges away from the people, wGs
oaved at the last moment. the house
& refusing to concur in the amendment,
and the senate finally agreeing 10
. otfike 1t out. Rep. Flowers, author
Of the bill, was inclined to let 1t 20,
rather than endanger the rest OF the
bill, and to try to correct the error
next session. Rep. Jerome pointed
ont that enemies of the primary
system would fight to the last
ditch before they would let the
amendment be struck out, once 1T be-
came law. Guy Miller's argument
that 1t was undignifed to have
Judges pulling for votes with the peo-
B pie, was met with the argument that
IT. was undignified for them to be
pulling wires with political conven-
tons.
Rep Warner, who was one OF the
framers OF the Warner-Cramton
liquor law, created sensation short
w before adjournment, by declaring
that joker had been slipped into the
senate amendment to the Martz-Stev-
enson bill. The amendment was SUB
posed merely to limit wholesalers
to those who sold not less than three
gallons at a time. Warner declared
that another section had been slip
y ped in which made the township
board or city council sole judge as to
whether q license should be issued,
80 that a town or city which had
been voted wet might be held dry by
s the action Of the board or council.
Hep. Martz said that he was perfect
f " satisfied with the bill, and Warner
. animated that he had reason to be
f ~ "the city fellows had put one over
on the country members" He spoke
bitterly OF the defeat OF the township
unit bill, and intimated that the big
city brewers were back OF move
ment to keep as much as possible OF
the state dry for the benefit of the
mail order trade. Rep. Warner failed
to get reconsideration.
The senate bill to increase the sal.
aries OF Detroit aldermen from $1,000
10 $1,000 passed the house after IL
WAS assured that referendum clause
WAS attached. Detroit members when
f. home, last Sunday, were pestered 70
death by friends Of aldermen calling
ND in behalf of the bill.
Rep. Austins bill for the employ.
ment OF convicts on roads, passed the
rying out another OF Gov. Osborn
Inaugural recommendations.
The Ashley fraternal insurance reg
ulation bill was killed through the ca.
forts of representatives OF the New
IRA association at Grand Rapids.
The house and senate agreed on a
conference report, for the appoint
ment OF a commission Of Ave, to study
the needs In the ways OF an employees
compensation bill and report TO :ho
next Legislature.
Another joint resolution called 10,
the payment of salaries TO all the Elm
ployes for the full time to final ad
1ournment Most of them will be
drawing pay on other jobs before the
. 10 days IL up, but the precedent wns
20 long established that the legisla
tors decided to be generous with the
peoples money.
Gov Osborn sent in message:
yetoing several appropriations. They
were Pioneer and Historical society
<f2.000: Mackinac Island park. 81,
. 600; Eastern Michigan asylum, ne-
bnilding, 100000: Michigan schoo
or the blind, remodeling building
4 $500; compiling military records
$500.
The governor said that the work o
the pioneer and historical society
socicty could be taken care OF by tn,
f state librarian. and that the Mackina,
Island park could be cared for or a.,
4 sale OF concessions. Out of ieelini
. Tor Mrs. Ferry. who has charge OF IN,
historical museum, an attempt wa
made 60 pass shat item over the 20,
crnor's veto. but the movement re-
cei>cd only ~ of the necessary s
votes.
Tfo ecnate refused to pass the bll
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