The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-10
|RElsUnF DEFICIT
MUST Be WIPED
6overncr Declares Big Institutions
INST Be Treated the Same as the
Smaller Ones and Appropriations
Gut Down To the Bone.
Bin In To Abolish Office Of Mineral
Statistics Commits
sioner.
fErom : staff correspondent.l

h LANSING, Mich, Feb. 10.-Gov.
Osborn announced to a group OF legis-
htors in his once yesterday that he
Was only ont for economy and that IT
would touch. not only the petty things,
such as extra pay and extra number
on employees, but items large enough
10 make a definite showing in the
treasury balance OF the state.
81 He announced that he would veto
every appropriation bill for an institu-
tion which exceeded the bare needs
81 that institution, cutting out all
frflls. The University OF Michigan,
4 of which he was once a regent, would
receive no more favors In the way OF
Injuries than the smallest establish
Inenf, whose .burget Is a few Thousand
dollars. Coy. Osborn said that the
legialature might pass items over his
head Ii. IL wished, but that he was
going 10 do his share to see that the
expected $600,000 deficit In the state
treasury before the next tax levy Is
available, should be wiped out. Mem
hers OF the finance and appropriations
committee OF the senate and OF the
ways and means committee OF the
house were, in hearing of his voice at
the time.
Lieut.-Gov. Ross is also out for
economy, and has been impressing
the fact upon members OF both COM
mittees. 1t viii be a bad year for
gingerbread work
Senator Carl Mapeis bill to abolish
the ONCE OF commissioner OF mineral
6fatistics, passed the senate yeSter-
day, making the first definite action
toward carrying out Gov. Osborn's
policy OF doing away with useless
state boards and commissions. The
senate also passed bill by Senator
'Fowle, increasing the number of
schools, which can receive state aid
from one TO three.
Senator Lee, who is q graduate OF
the Detroit College OF Law, introduce
ed bill. announced two or three days
ago, to compel students at all law
schools. to take the state bar examin-
affonf The bill does not affect
stud6&fs now enrolled. He says that
he WIN not stand for the passage Of
the bill unless IL is made to effect the
University OF Michigan as wei al the
Detroit college OF Law.
IS Senator Mapes Introduced bill
giving the CHIEF officer OF any charL
table instftution authority TO act1as
Guardian in cases where children sent
to the home by order Of the court are
about to be adopted.
8. Rep. Straight introduced bill in
the house which, II passed, would do
away with the Detroit board of edl-
cation. ft provides fer the efgaHiza-
ton OF all school districts in cities I'M
der commissions and doing away with
All present special charters.
i Two amendments to the general
liquor law were introduced, one by
Rep. Smith, allowing special licenses
TO hotelkeepers In dry counties. The
license fee Is fixed at $1,000 and
hotel must have 10 rooms In a village
under 1000 population and 20 rooms
ln q village or city over 1000. The
other Is by Rep Ewing and provides
that saioonkeepers who have been in
business the previous year, shall be
Kiven preference in the granting of
licenses the next year, where the
warner Cramton limit prevents in
creasfn& the number of licenses.
Rep. Perry introduced measure to
regulate sthe sale of liquor by phar-
macists,s and Rep Wood one to regu-
late the sale OF cocaine.
Rep. Henry introduced bill to
prohibit the practice of palmistry,