The Detroit times., 1911-04-17
LEGISLATURE HAS DONE
LITTLE MORE THAN 0BSTRUCT
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order TUESDAY. tlOWeTS Dill, diio"ihe
women TO vote at school primaries
has passed both houses.
Uniform system OF accounting
Lord bill, passed house; Is before the
Senate Monday. Will probably pass
Free text books in schools-Stra
uniform text book commission bill
passed house; Is before senate.
Legislation for protection OF wo
men and children laborers-House
killed bill forcing women to work
longer hours in laundries in summer
Stopping publication Of dishonest
advertisements Oppenborn bill
much shorn. passed house and Is In
judiciary committee OF senate. Hen
nv bill against immorNl advertising
also much pruned, passed and sign
ed by governor.
Here are the governors measures
that failed:
Corporation income tax.
Improvement of court procedure
Civil service for state employees.
Four-year term for governor.
Executive mansion.
Abolition OF the state land office
state oil Inspector and state salt In
spector.
Central state purchasing bureau.
Consistent policy Of grade separa
ton.
Use OF convict labor on the roadF
Securing OF special incor'"
state from water-power rights.
Laws to do away with the sale o.
wildcat mining stocks.
Compulsory voting law.
Creation OF a state secret service
department
Supervision OF stock brokers.
Commission Of agriculture.
The legislature passed only one bill
giving more liberty to saloon men
This is the Martz-Stevenson-K emmer
ling bill, a combination Of three ef
forts. II allows the saloons TO remain
open on several holidays when they
now have TO close; allows the remova
OF a license from one location to an
other, and allows administrators u
carry on the business Of deceased sa
loonkeepers. On the other hand, the
small unit bill is dead, and a bin pun
ishing physicians and others who
abuse the prescription privilege ha'
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senate.
The legislature has not been stronl
for direct legislation or anything else
In popular government or extension Of
the franchise.
Initiative, referendum and recall
passed the house, but there Is a Turk
ing suspicion that many OF the mem
bers voted for them TO square them
selves with their constituents under
the belief that the senate would Kill
the measures. III they should get
through the higher house today il
would be a joke on certain solons. :
The resolution for a constitutions
amendment for woman suffrage lacked
IL votes OF adoption in the lower
house. II Is believed that that many
were dubbed by interests, afraid oil
an enlarged suffrage.
Rep. ID. G.. r. Warner led the fight
against the suffrage amendment.
Detroit has Jared well in some re
spects, being granted permission &c
increase its water bonds TO S3,5OO,0 600
and its bonding limit for general pur
poses to per cent. On the other
hand, the city has been betrayed by
some of It's own representatives In the
senate In making the initiative on
municipal ownership amendments prac
tically impossible. Senators Guy A
Miller and George @. Scott were the
chief executioners. Rep. Miller .alsc
corraled the spotlight when IL was
found that he had tried to slip through
a bill without the knowledge of the
city officials which would have cost
the city millions Of dollars In grade
awards.
or the Detroit members. George
I ord has introduced more successful
statewide measures than any other
They include enlarged powers for the
state tax commission, TO make posi-
bic an adequate assessment OF mining
which hitherto has escaped
for lack OF experts in the commission
service: a state beard OF equalization
and an increased salary for the com
OF insurance with the cut
ting OF OF the unsatisfactory fee sys-
tenn Mr.. Lords state accounting bill
Is now before the senate.
Rep Ogg has presented the bills per
hitting an increased bond limit. much
needed. He also introduced bill pro
tecting owners Of outside showcases
by making II criminal offepse 70